Counterfire’s Shabbir Lakha speaks to Nirmala Rajasingam, an organiser with GotaGoGama London and active in the South Asia Solidarity Group, about the background to the mass protests in Sri Lanka that ousted the President and the next steps for the movement
Join Revolution! May Day weekender in London
The world is changing fast. From tariffs and trade wars to the continuing genocide in Gaza to Starmer’s austerity 2.0.
Revolution! on Saturday 3 – Sunday 4 May brings together leading activists and authors to discuss the key questions of the moment and chart a strategy for the left.
Shabbir Lakha
Shabbir Lakha is a Stop the War officer, a People's Assembly activist and a member of Counterfire.
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08 Jan 2015
Dispatches from hope: a primer on the Greek election
Analysis
Supporters at a Syriza election rally in Athens in May 2014. Photograph: Petros Giannakouris/AP
06 Jan 2015
Syriza: the Greek road to socialism?
News
05 Nov 2014
Irish water charges and the growth of anti-austerity politics
Analysis
Protestors stand in San Giovanni square during a demonstration organized by Italian General Confederation of Labor (CGIL) union on October 25, 2014 in central Rome as part of a nationwide protest called by the union to protest Prime Minister Matteo Renzi’s plans to overhaul the labor market. AFP PHOTO
31 Oct 2014
A tale of two cities: a million on the streets against Renzi and his millionaires
Opinion
A protester (centre) raises his umbrellas in front of tear gas which was fired by riot police to disperse protesters blocking the main street to the financial Central district outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong, on Sept 28, 2014. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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