@skanthakumar_b

co-editor @Polity_LK | director @ssa_lanka & @werc_sl | alum @soasLAW

 Colombo
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Joined March 2017
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'Manal Aru/Weli Oya' by Urs Geiser & Benedikt Korf is a fascinating biography of a borderland in NE #SriLanka by two geographers steeped in agrarian political economy. Some remarks read at its launch on 26 May in Colombo are online here island.lk/cartographies-of-cโ€ฆ
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Kanishka Jayasuriya @fafner100.bsky.social@fafner100Oct 23
Richard Robison on his work and the cold are politics of the study of Indonesian politics and much else. Very interesting interview. Please forward to networks tjcd.substack.com/p/richard-โ€ฆ
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promise li@promise__liOct 17
The Fourth International @FourthIntern is hosting a panel of youth comrades in different sections active in the youth movements in France, Belgium, India, Brazil, and Spain tomorrow, October 18! See the IG link for more details: instagram.com/p/Del7N5cCABg/โ€ฆ
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IIRE@IIREOct 13
We are deeply saddened by the news of the passing of Peter Thomas. Peter was a brilliant Marxist scholar and during his years in Amsterdam a regular collaborator of the IIRE.
Historical Materialism Journal@histmatOct 12
It is with immense sadness and grief that we at Historical Materialism share the news of the death of our comrade, friend and long-standing member of the journalโ€™s editorial board, Peter Thomas.
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PolityLK
@Polity_LKOct 13
In the work of artists and activists in #SriLanka during and after war, Yolanda Foster recognises a sustained struggle to make perceptible what censorship, distance, fear and habituation could render invisible. polity.lk/the-art-of-witnessโ€ฆ

Yolanda Foster | The Art of Witness: Memory and Resistance in Sri Lanka

Yolanda Foster is an independent researcher and human rights advocate whose work explores art, resistance and justice. She is on the board of the London-based Sri Lanka Campaign for Peace and Justice.

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PolityLK
@Polity_LKOct 5
๐’๐ฎ๐›๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ž ๐๐Ž๐– ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ญ! Visit polity.lk/subscription/ #politics #justice #gender #history #ecology #religion #labour #GananathObeyesekere
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SSA_Lanka@ssa_lankaSep 28
Up to ๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ% ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ for SSA publications from ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ– ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ— ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ, celebrating the Literary Month 2026! Visit us at 380/86, Sarana Road, Colombo 07 to purchase. Find us on Google Maps: maps.app.goo.gl/nCPQyieQj8t5โ€ฆ
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@Polity_LKSep 14
Out Now! Vol. 14 No. 1 (January - June 2026). 134 pages. #srilanka. Politics. Ecology. Justice. Agrarian Studies. History. Religion. Books. Gananath Obeyesekere memorial. Cover Picture: Ranjini Obeyesekere. LKR1000 from the Social Scientistsโ€™ Association (@ssa_lanka). To receive your copy by mail and/or keep Polity website open access, subscribe/donate at polity.lk/subscription/
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SSA_Lanka@ssa_lankaSep 11
๐จ๐ง ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ“ ๐๐Œ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐‹๐š๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ก Offers That Cannot Be Refused: An anthropology of extortion Date: ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” Time: ๐Ÿ“:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐๐Œ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ”:๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ ๐๐Œ Location: ๐’๐’๐€, ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ–๐ŸŽ/๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ”, ๐’๐š๐ซ๐š๐ง๐š ๐‘๐, ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ๐›๐จ ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ•.
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SSA_Lanka@ssa_lankaSep 8
Tomorrow at 5 PM Discussion on Precarities and Possibilities: Queer Politics and Economic Crisis in Sri Lanka by ๐๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐’๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฏ๐š Date: ๐–๐ž๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐Ÿ— ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” Time: 5.00 PM - 6.30 PM Location: SSA, 380/86, Sarana Rd, Colombo 07
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The sharpest critique yet by Lionel Bopage at the 2-year mark of the #NPP government he supports.
PolityLK
@Polity_LKSep 8
Lionel Bopage invites us to imagine how trade union leader Bala Tampoe would have taken stock of the #NPP government, the opposition, and the absent alternative in #SriLanka. polity.lk/this-government-thโ€ฆ
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promise li@promise__liSep 7
My latest for Jacobinโ€”how Hong Kong workers first fought for democracy and decolonization with a 16-month general strike 100 years ago. The Cantonese working class called for universal suffrage in Hong Kongโ€”a demand refused by the British then, and still denied by the PRC today.
Jacobin
@jacobinSep 7
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Cantonโ€“Hong Kong strike, one of the longest general strikes in history. The strike was a remarkable experiment in working-class democracy and its outcome shaped the course of 20th-century China. jacobin.com/2026/09/china-geโ€ฆ

The Cantonโ€“Hong Kong Strike Changed Chinaโ€™s History

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Cantonโ€“Hong Kong strike, one of the longest general strikes in history. The strike was a remarkable experiment in working-class democracy and its outcome...

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@Polity_LKSep 1
In solidarity with political prisoners in #Iran and elsewhere; against executions, sanctions and the US-Is**el war; and for an anti-imperialism from below, @Polity_LKย amplifies this collective statement initiated byย #anticolonialiran polity.lk/our-support-for-thโ€ฆ
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Meera Srinivasan@MeerasriniAug 25
Amid #SriLankaโ€™s green energy push, communities in Mannar, in the Northern Province, fear environmental fallout Read full article: thehindu.com/news/internatioโ€ฆ via @the_hindu

Amid Sri Lankaโ€™s green energy push, communities in Mannar fearย environmental fallout

Mannar residents voice concerns over environmental impacts from Sri Lanka's green energy projects, highlighting fears for their livelihoods.

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SSA_Lanka@ssa_lankaAug 24
Tomorrow at 5 PM Discussion on ๐“๐จ๐›๐š๐œ๐œ๐จ ๐‘ฤ๐ง๐ข: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š ๐‰๐š๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ง๐š ๐’๐ฅ๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ’-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ’ by ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ค ๐๐š๐ฅ๐ฆ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก Date: Tuesday, 25 August 2026 Time: 5.00 PM - 6.30 PM Location: SSA, 380/86, Sarana rd, Colombo 07
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PolityLK
@Polity_LKAug 18
Plumbing the depths of the #archive on Colomboโ€™s breakwater, Sujit Sivasundaram explores some of the questions about the present that emerge from an imperial photo album in Cambridge. #history polity.lk/breaking-the-spellโ€ฆ
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Tomorrow. โ€“ at Sri Lanka
SSA_Lanka@ssa_lankaAug 10
Discussion on ๐’๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž ๐„๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ž: ๐๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐’๐ซ๐ข ๐‹๐š๐ง๐ค๐š๐ง ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ by ๐“๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐š ๐…๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ง๐๐จ Date: ๐–๐ž๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ— ๐€๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” Time: 5.00 PM - 6.30 PM Location: SSA, 380/86, Sarana Rd, Colombo 07
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PolityLK
@Polity_LKAug 11
Sunil Bastian argues that ethnic conflict, civil war, and economic crises in #SriLanka emerged from interaction between evolving state structures, capitalist transformation, electoral politics, and international political economy, writes Bhadrajee Hewage. polity.lk/state-formation-anโ€ฆ
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SSA_Lanka@ssa_lankaAug 11
Tomorrow at 5 PM Discussion on ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐€๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ by ๐€๐ฅ๐Ÿ ๐†๐ฎ๐ง๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง Date: ๐–๐ž๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” Time: 5.00 PM - 6.30 PM Location: SSA, 380/86, Sarana Road, Colombo 07
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PolityLK
@Polity_LKAug 4
#SriLanka's 2026 #Animal Welfare Bill is a major step forward from the current colonial-era law, writes Kasun Kavishka. However, dilution of the 'duty of care' in the 2006 version, after 20 years of struggle, disappoints. polity.lk/a-duty-of-care-to-โ€ฆ
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Meera Srinivasan@MeerasriniAug 1
"The cockroaches are everywhere" - sharp reflection by Sri Lankan researcher and activist @EnHui on what the youth-led protests in #India looked like from #SriLanka, and what ails our region's public education system #mustread m.thewire.in/article/south-aโ€ฆ via @thewire_in
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