Interviewed by Yasoun In April 2022, demonstrations against rising prices and material shortages broke out in the South Asian island nation of Sri Lanka. The demonstrations soon turned into nationwide protests. In May, Sri Lanka’s largest opposition party— the center-left Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) held a large-scale demonstration in the capital, Colombo's Independence Square, followed by college students storming the National Assembly in June and July, the authorities imposing an emergency nationwide curfew, demonstrators occupied the presidential residence, and the president went into exile in the Maldives. On July 13, the demonstrators occupied the Prime Minister's Office of the acting president. As the state machine is paralyzed, the future of Sri Lanka has fallen into a dead end - if it is not a new revolutionary government, then it will be in a debt limbo. In this situation, we are honored to interview Sri Lankan feminist social activist Aruni Samarakoon to talk to u...
中大新左學社創立旨在提供討論與學術平台予中大學生交流理論,反思自上世紀六十年代(Long Sixties)激進運動以來的國際新左思潮,以及其於世界各地與香港本地的實踐。作為理論社團,我們將定期出版文章與刊物,邀請各地學者分享交流,並舉行讀書會、研討小組及其他活動。 我們時代的新浪潮蓄勢待發,新左學社尋找自身的歷史使命。為此,我們必須冷靜認知歷史現實、追求「真實的烏托邦」,擺脫當下的既定現實框架,解放可能性,唯有如此,我們化作想象與已知希望 (begriffene Hoffnung)的存在。——這也代表,每一個新時代的左翼都不可能絕望。 New Left Society, CUHK aims to provide a platform for academic discussion for CUHK students to explore New Left theories. we publish essays and journals, invite scholars from all over the world to discuss and share thoughts.