Author: Rasika Ruwanpathirana

Around the world

Jean-Luc Godard, revolutionary filmmaker

September 15, 2022 Rasika Ruwanpathirana
We are saddened to receive the news of the death of the pioneering filmmaker, critic, and political activist Jean-Luc Godard on Sept. 13.  His films broke ground as part of the French New Wave. Most […]
Around the world

Sri Lanka: The struggle continues

August 31, 2022 Rasika Ruwanpathirana
Recent news of people overrunning the presidential palace in Sri Lanka, followed by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fleeing the country, took Western media by storm. What is not reported is the ongoing police repression by the […]
Im/migrants and refugees

Immigrant activist: Facebook should belong to the people

October 31, 2020 Rasika Ruwanpathirana
A talk given at a Peoples Power Assembly press conference in Baltimore Oct. 30 to resist the coordinated campaign by the Department of Homeland Security, Facebook and Trump supporters to sabotage organizing for a Nov. […]
Covid-19

In solidarity with Sri Lankan migrant workers fleeing Italy

March 31, 2020 Rasika Ruwanpathirana
In the wake of Covid-19, countries around the world are moving to close their borders and locking their citizens in their homes in an attempt to stop or slow down the infection. For the past […]