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In opposition to the government, opposition parties, trade unions and their fake “left” hangers-on, the SEP urges workers to take matters into their own hands and build independent action committees to fight for their social and democratic rights.
The Trade Union and Mass Organisation held a seminar to cement a pro-capitalist front with opposition parties aimed at blocking any independent action by workers and the poor that threatens capitalist rule.
Wickremesinghe’s denunciations of anti-government protesters as “fascists” and “terrorists,” and the ongoing arrests, are not isolated actions but preparation for far broader attacks on democratic rights.
The Wickremesinghe regime has over the past two days arrested trade union leaders, extended essential services orders banning strikes in the health, electricity and fuel distribution sectors, and threatened a new wave of arrests against Galle Face protestors.
After remaining silent for days as the anti-government protests swelled, the unions are now claiming to support them. But they do so with the aim of preventing them from becoming a challenge to capitalist rule.