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A left strategy for Europe A reply to Michel Husson
Michel Husson’s article, A European strategy for the left was published by International Viewpoint on January 2011. In the article Husson argues that “the radical left must not get locked into the impossible choice and start the risky adventure of leaving the euro and a utopian idea of currency harmonisation.” In this response Costas Lapavitsas argues that the euro is irreformable and advances an alternative strategy. A fuller version of this article will appear in Socialist Register, |
| Sri Lanka
Review of a history of oppression: The Tamils of Sri LankaIn February 2011, the President of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa, celebrated the 63rd anniversary of the island’s independence. In his speech, he stressed the necessity of “protecting the reconstructed nation”, as well as protecting “one of the oldest democracies in Asia”, its unity and its unitary character. -> read article... |
| Sri Lanka
Trouble brewing on Govt’s HR and TU policiesThe Government is pressed from two sides. Firstly, the government is pressed to go forward in giving a real space to the Tamil nationality in Lanka. On this issue, the recent increase in dictates from the Indian government has become a real headache for Mahinda. As a puppet of Delhi, he thought he will be protected by India against the pressure from elsewhere. -> read article... |