This is a moment of unbearable sorrow and despair. People have nowhere to turn, in particular the fishing folk along coastal lines. In those regions Sinhala, Tamil and Muslim poor people have been made destitute. The tsunami disaster has no doubt opened the eyes of people throughout the world. There is mass sympathy and rethinking on our common human future. But behind this wave of sympathy there are vultures circulating, waiting for an opportunity to grab the flesh of the poor.
No to induction of foreign troops!
4 January 2005, bySri Lankan New Left Front condemns the induction of foreign troops to Sri Lanka under cover of relief and rescue operations.
NSSP comrades appeal
1 January 2005, byMany thousands of people have been killed and over 2.5 million people displaced by the deadly Tsunamis that swept across South East Asia, hitting Sri Lanka the hardest. Many of our comrades including trade union members have been definitely affected in coastal areas.
Tsunami disaster
31 December 2004, byGlobal capital and its ruling organizations failed miserably in this tsunami disaster to warn us in time.
CADTM France calls for debt relief in quake zone
31 December 2004, byCADTM France, urged "total cancellation of the
external debt" of countries devastated by the tsunami.
London ESF great success
21 October 2004Over twenty thousand anti-globalisation activists from across Europe descended on Alexandra Palace for the Third European Social Forum.
