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A Short History of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party

By Leslie Goonewardene

Book information

Publisher
Star Publishers
Year
1960
Open Library ID
OL52408285M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1087535 bytes)
Series
N/A
Volume
N/A
Edition
First
Pages
75\82
Topic
Other Social Sciences\\Politics
Library
N/A
DPI
300
Orientation
portrait
Paginated
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2024-07-14 05:24:59
Colvin R de Silva,HistoryIndependence MovementLanka Sama Samaja PartyN M PereraPoliticsSri LankaSri Lanka Leftist MovementSuriya Mal Movement

Description

A Short History of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party The Lanka Sama Samaja Party, often abbreviated as LSSP (literally: Lanka Equal Society Party, Sinhala: ලංකා සම සමාජ පක්ෂය, Tamil: லங்கா சமசமாஜக் கட்சி), is a major Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It was the first political party in Sri Lanka (then British Ceylon), having been founded in 1935 by Leslie Goonewardene, N.M. Perera, Colvin R. de Silva, Philip Gunawardena and Robert Gunawardena. It currently is a member of the main ruling coalition in the government of Sri Lanka and is headed by Tissa Vitharana. The party was founded with Leninist ideals, and is classified as a party with socialist aims.

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