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Sri Lanka: MR forced to resign but mobilises his support to attack protesters. Unions call for indefinite strike in response.
The Sri Lankan government’s attempt to defeat the movement has provoked a ferocious reaction from protesters. Just days before on 6 May, trade unions organised the most successful Hartal (a general stoppage of work combined […]
CWI Shows support for 6th May Hartal
Committee for a worker’s international (CWI) has produced a series of videos supporting the 6th May Hartal in Sri Lanka See the statements using the following links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJMZZBmlBCk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbmxsRcEoGk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXY56E7FfzI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7sNttTZ45I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0yMWkn8Bqw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpL1IflS7jo
28th April 2022: General Strike Sri Lanka
Today in Sri Lanka, hundreds of the trade unions held a General Strike on the streets of Colombo calling for the President to step down as the country faces economic and social collapse. Tamil Solidarity […]
Meeting 30th April 2022: Developing political perspective for Eelam Tamils
Developing political perspective for Eelam Tamils in current epoch Discussion and publication of the Tamil Solidarity perspective. Speakers: Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam Member of Parliament Tamil National People’s Front Thirumurugan Gandhi Coordinator May Seventeen Movement. Kobe gem […]
Tamil leaders fail to advocate vital united mass struggle
Tamil organisations and self-proclaimed leaders have so far refused to come out clearly in support of bringing down the Gotabaya Rajapaksa regime. With the position of ‘anybody but the Rajapaksas’ in the past, these leaders […]
What are the causes of the economic crisis in Sri Lanka?
The economic crisis in Sri Lanka did not appear suddenly but has been in the making for some time. Covid-led destruction devastated the tourist industry and government policies have further accelerated the crisis. The recent […]
Sri Lanka: People should not be made to pay for the crisis.
As we write protests continue to take place across Sri Lanka the day after protesters defied one of the strongest-ever curfews in place and gathered in many parts of the capital city and across the […]
Sri Lanka : Tamil Solidarity call for protest in London.
Tamil Solidarity fully supports the protests that are taking place against the Gotabaya Government. Tamil Solidarity invites all those in UK to take part in the protest that is organised in London this Wednesday. Protest […]
Sri Lankan Independence day; Diaspora organisations register their protest
The Tamil population in the UK showed up yet again outside the Sri Lankan High Commission in protest the 74th Independence day celebration. Many diaspora organisation activists had weathered the cold and rain to show […]
