"A republic, if you can keep it." Defeat MAGA
"A republic, if you can keep it." Defeat MAGA
Anthony is a Tamil living in Batticaloa in eastern Sri Lanka, an elderly gentleman whose passive demeanor belies a lifetime of service to his community. During the Black July riots of 1983, hundreds (perhaps thousands) of Tamils were killed by…
People in Sri Lanka told me I should meet the “Russian monk.” When I finally located him, I called and asked if I could interview him. He agreed. Ven. Rathanasara is not really Russian, he’s Sinhalese, but he was educated…
I first went to Batticaloa, Sri Lanka, when it was under siege– the city itself held by the government and the countryside by the LTTE. Â The streets were empty, many of the shops closed, and soldiers were everywhere. A concrete pillbox…
A contact in Sri Lanka sent me the following this week: Yesterday, there was a report of a LTTE attack on farmers in Kantale. Today, there was a report of a LTTE attack on farmers in Welikanda. The news reports…
Dr. Sharif Abdullah, Executive Director of the Commonway Instutute in Portland, Oregon, is currently on the ground in Sri Lanka. He offers this perspective: In a recent article, the fair and objective “International Crisis Group” (ICG) laid out the problem…