B. Skanthakumar | Ceylon’s ‘Great Hartal’ of 1953: The Masses Enter History B.Skanthakumar is co-editor of Pathways of the Left in Sri Lanka (2014, Colombo: Ecumenical Institute for Study and Dialogue)

#PolityArchive Today is the anniversary of the 1953 ‘Great Hartal’, when the collective action of the masses changed the course of Sri Lanka. Skanthakumar writing in 2023 on its 70th anniversary dissects the causes and reach of the Hartal, with the 2022 #Aragalaya in mind.
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