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| 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... |
| Review
Towards a Queer Marxism? Peter Drucker reviews two books on sexuality, socialism and queer Marxism.
Peter Drucker reviews Sexuality and Socialism: History, Politics, and Theory of LGBT Liberation by Sherry Wolf, Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2009, pages, $12 paperback and The Reification of Desire: Toward a Queer Marxism by Kevin Floyd Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2009, 271 pages, $25 paperback for Against the Current -> read article... |