Page 6 - Old Left News Today

To the barricades, um, Tip Jar! Naked Capitalism deserves your support.

By DR. DAYAN JAYATILLEKA When President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s administration engaged in a ‘shock ban’ of a large number of items, I expected the Opposition’s economists to do exactly what they did when President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Dr PB Jayasundara did the same thing. That is, to denounce it to the high heavens, demanding “BUILD BRIDGES, […]

Zinn made no pretense of neutrality. He believed that “in a world of conflict,” it was the historian’s job to advocate for the oppressed.

Do those of us who remember President John F. Kennedy ever wonder what happened to his style of Democrat?

Could it be that Brexit had something to do with the problems of the EU rather than the unique peculiarity of the British?

Ron Radosh was a student and follower of Pete Seeger. Ron recalls his personal relationship with Seeger as well as Seegers loyalty to the vagaries of the Communist Party line in his memoir Commies: A Journey Through the Old Left, the New Left and the Leftover Left, published by Encounter Books in 2001. Encounter has kept it in print along with the rest of the back catalog. In 1941 Seeger

By Uditha Devapriya Over the last few decades, the Social Scientists’ Association has published a number of significant books. Their prices never reflect their value, and their value far exceeds their prices. Through them the SSA has made an indelible contribution to the intellectual climate of this country, even if that climate seems to be […]

Former Foreign Minister EVARIST BARTOLO dismisses rumours of any ‘kick upstairs’ to the Presidency; while looking back on 40 years’ involvement, in a Labour Party that now has ‘a lot of work to do’

Earl Robinson’s music became a critical part of U.S. working-class culture in the 20th century. Best known for composing the music for songs like “The House I Live In,” “Joe Hill,” and “Black and White,” Robinson wrote many other songs for the stage and movies that will likely be famil...

Earl Robinson’s music became a critical part of U.S. working-class culture in the 20th century. Best known for composing the music for songs like “The House I Live In,” “Joe Hill,” and “Black and White,” Robinson wrote many other songs for the stage and movies that will likely be famil...