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Factum Special Perspective: Politics, economics, and S. B. D. de Silva

By Kanishka Goonewardena “Capitalism is nothing if not the displacement of politics by economics.” This provocation by Fredric Jameson, the leading Marxist critic in the US, offers a fine insight with which to aim for some clarity amidst the confusion concerning the present crisis of Sri Lanka – which the Aragalaya has revealed, but…

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Factum Perspective: Right to Life in the Sri Lankan Constitution – Potentials and Possibilities

By Lakmali Bhagya Manamperi In Sri Lanka, the right to life had long been waiting for constitutional recognition. Only last year, with the most recent constitutional change, did Sri Lanka recognize the inalienable, unrestricted right to life. However, there has been no substantive discussion about this development. The rhetoric needs to be brought to limelight,…

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Factum Perspective: The impact of Vesak on international relations

By Vinod Moonesinghe The festival of Vesak celebrates the birth, enlightenment (nibbana), and demise (Parinibbana) of Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, also known as Sakyamuni Buddha. It may be compared to a combined festival of Christmas, the Theophany, and Easter for Christians, or the Prophet's birthday, Hajj, and Ramazan for Muslims. Also known as Buddha Day,…

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Factum Perspective: Mission Accomplished? – The War in Iraq at 20

Vinod Moonesinghe At the beginning of 2003, the United States seemed on top of the world. The sole superpower, its ideologues spoke openly of America as the “global policeman”, fighting multiple major wars enforcing a “Pax Americana.”  That March, the US invaded Iraq, setting in motion a sequence of events which resulted in today’s increasingly…

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