 Millions of Venezuelan workers, the poor and youth will mourn the death of Venezuelan president, Hugo Chavez
 The capitalist “vampire squid” and the class struggle in Europe
 Gaddafi Dead - What now? - Independent action by Libyan workers, youth and poor vital to prevent revolution’s derailment
 After Gaddafi - Stop the revolution’s derailment - independent workers’ action needed!
 Gaddafi regime crumbles - No to foreign military intervention Libyan workers, youth and poor must act independently of imperialism
World Economic Crisis
 Eight months after the overthrow of Mubarak, workers and youth still face poverty, unemployment & corruption
 Capitalist strategists are filled with gloom at the prospect of a new economic downturn
 Trying to control an anarchic and blind system, none of the measures taken stem the downward spiral
 Global economy shaking - US recovery strangled and European debt crisis deepening
Egypt
 21/11/2011: Defend the revolution! For mass struggle to overthrow army rule!
 21/02/2011: Class confrontations are challenging the regime and the whole system.
 09/02/2011: Vital to build a mass party to realise aims of workers and small farmers.
 03/02/2011: Eyewitness report from Cairo’s Tahrir Square.
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May 24, 2013
New stage for Sinhala Chauvinism
 Development of Bodu Bala Sena must be stopped
The recent growth and actions of Bodu Bala Sena (Buddhist Power Force, BBS) in Lanka is very alarming. BBS is an extreme right-wing group headed by chauvinist Buddhist monks. Its general secretary Galaboda Aththe Gnanasara Thero is particularly notorious and a known extremist.
This group has been formed at precisely the moment when the dictatorship of the Rajapaksa family fears it is beginning to lose its support base. Until now the Sri Lankan government has had attempted to hide the brutal massacre that took place during the end of the decades-long war in May 2009.
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May 16, 2013
Against Capitalism and Communalism
USP May Day Report – 2013
Lankasocialist Correspondent
USP held a Successful May Day Celebration
 The United Socialist Party held its 2013 May Day rally at Grandpass Junction, Colombo. USP demonstrations started from Meethotamulla and marched via the Avissawella Road, Orugodawatta Junction, and States Road to reach Grand pass Junction.
“Against Capitalism and Communalism” was the theme of USP’s Socialist May Day celebration this year. This year’s May Day demonstration was one of the most successful May Day demonstrations the USP has organized in the past decade. Most impotently, Tamil and Muslim comrades from Jaffna, Trincomalle and Amparai together with Tamil plantation comrades from Nuwara Eliya and Kandapola took part in the demonstration. USP members in places including Polonnaruwa, Wellawaya, Deraniyagala, Panadura, Horana, Matugama, Elpitiya and Ehaliyagoda also took part in the May Day celebrations.
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May 16, 2013
‘National Protest Day’ Against Electricity Tariff Hike
Reduce Electricity Bill!
Lankasocialist Staff Reporter
CCTUA Call for 21st May Token Strike and Protest Campaign against Electricity Tariff Hike Gaining Momentum
The Coordinating Committee for Trade Union Alliance (CCTUA) has called a token strike on 21st May which was declared a "national protest day" against the most recent electricity tariff hikes by the government. The CCTUA ‘national Protest Day’ appeal has by now caught high fever among the working class and other affected social segments including the urban middle and lower classes.
The CCTUA is a working alliance of major trade unions that include the Federation of University Teacehrs' Associations (FUTA), National Trade Union Congress (NTUC), Jathika Sevaka Sangamaya (JSS), Union of Postal and Telecommunication Officers (UPTO), All Ceylon Trade Union Federation (ACTUF), Free Trade Zones & General Services Employees' Union (FTZ&GSEU), Ceylon Estate Staffs' Union (CESU), Ceylon Teacher Services Union (CTSU), Lanka Jathika Estate Workers' Union (LJEWU), National Trade Union Federation (NTUF), All Ceylon Estate Workers' Union (ACEWU), Public Services National Trade Union Federation (PSNTUF) and Inter Company Employees' Union (ICEU).
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April 24, 2013
மனோ கணேசன் மீது தாக்குதல்
By General
ஜனநாயக மக்கள் முன்னணியின் தலைவர் மனோ கணேசன் மீது இனந்தெரியாத நபர்கள் கற்களால் தாக்குதல் மேற்கொண்டுள்ளனர். தாக்குதலில் காயமடைந்த மனோ கணேசன் கொட்டகலை வைத்தியசாலையில் அனுமதிக்கப்பட்டு சிகிச்சை பெற்றுள்ளார்.
16 தொழிற்சங்கங்களை உள்ளடக்கிய மலையக பெருந்தோட்ட தொழிற்சங்க கூட்டமைப்பு ஏற்பாட்டில், தோட்டத் தொழிலாளர்களுக்கு கூட்டு ஒப்பந்தம் மூலம் பெற்று கொடுக்கப்பட்ட சம்பள உயர்வை எதிர்த்து கொட்டகலை நகரில் இடம்பெற்ற ஆர்ப்பாட்டத்தின் போதே இந்த தாக்குதல் மேற்கொள்ளப்பட்டுள்ளது.
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April 19, 2013
USP Condemns Attack on ‘Udhayan’ News Paper
By a United Socialist Party Correspondent
USP strongly condemns the 13th April arson attack on the office of the ‘Udhayan’ News paper published in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. This is the 3rd attack on ‘Udhayan’ News Paper and its Journalists and other staff in the past four months.
We are always bound to unconditionally protect and fight for the rights of the people to access the news and other information that concerns their lives. Apart from the government news media, ‘Udhayan’ News Paper is one of the very few number of news sources currently available for the people in Jaffna.
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