Rohini Hensman is a writer, independent scholar, and activist working on workers’ rights, feminism, minority rights, and globalization. Her most recent book is Indefensible: Democracy, Counterrevolution, and the Rhetoric of Anti-Imperialism (Haymarket, 2018).

11.24.2019

Rohini Hensman

The Struggle for Democracy in Sri Lanka

In the push and pull between authoritarianism and democracy in Sri Lanka, the former has won out more often than not. But the fact that the country is not a full-blown dictatorship today is a testament to a spirit of resistance that can’t be snuffed out.

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The Struggle for Democracy in Sri Lanka