100 Years of the BBC & Fascism

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100 Years of the BBC & Fascism

e-Con e-News 30 October – 05 November 2022

The (so-called Sri Lankan-owned) media has demanded with one voice that Sri Lanka default on debts & submit to the IMF. These debts were largely incurred to pay for imports of fuel, fertilizer, food, pharma and machinery, most of which was not invested in productive efflorescence.

      At the same time, the US Treasury’s IMF, which is not a democratic organization at all, is clearly working thakata-thei with US games to turn Sri Lanka into a US military base in the Indian Ocean. Until Sri Lanka submits, they aim to play all sides against the middle, while depriving us of the essentials we’re prevented from producing for ourselves.

      The media this week took instead to openly trying to blame China again for the ‘delay’ in imposing the IMF’s blessings. It is the US (& IMF) dictat that is creating further chaos. Instead, they are framing China for the continuation of the colonial import-export plantation oligarchy’s policies.

      This recent report blaming China originates with the Hindustan Times quoting unnamed ‘financial analysts based in Washington’. Of course we aren’t surprised that Hindustan is also the modifier for Hindustan Unilever, the largest English multinational in India – and not that coincidentally – the largest media advertiser.

      ee repeats: Unilever, World Bank, IMF, Asian Development Bank, etc., are no democracies by any means. And yet, US President J Biden recently divided a multinational-corporation-dominated world into ‘democracies’ and ‘autocracies’:

‘By democracies Biden means the US & allied Western financial oligarchies.

Their aim is to shift economic planning out of the hands of elected governments

to Wall Street & other financial centers under US control.

US diplomats use the IMF & World Bank

to demand privatization of the world’s infrastructure

and dependency on US technology, oil & food exports…

More recently, US diplomats appointed Juan Guaidó

as Venezuela’s head of state, instead of its elected president,

and turned over that country’s gold reserves to him.

President Biden has insisted, Russia must remove Putin

and put a more pro-US leader in his place.

This ‘right’ to select heads of state has been a constant in US policy

spanning its long history of political meddling in… political affairs since WW2…

By democracy he means a client oligarchy under US control,

creating financial wealth by reducing living standards for labor,

as opposed to mixed public/private economies

aiming at promoting living standards & social solidarity.

– ee Economists, Germany’s position in US’ New World Order

This insight indubitably puts in percipient perspective all the pervasive parroting of the media: about an ‘independent’ Central Bank, the demand for unaccountable accountants and corporate-funded technocrats, the overmuch attacks on politicians – as if artists and professors, doctors and lawyers, were paragons of incorrupt rectitude, etc, – as if it is this ‘civil society’ dominated by corporations, who should select our leaders.

• It becomes clearer every day, and it has taken a determined Russian President V Putin to state it: The US is behind the unjustified inflation of the dollar, and the criminal strangling of supply lines related to fuel, fertilizer, food, medicine. Fuel, food & pharma multinationals, blocking supply chains, are making killings, ie, with profits going through the ozone layer, even as the rate of profits decreases due to the refusal to invest in modern production, rather than in non-productive rentier activity (eg, real-estate, tourism, luxury consumption, etc). And yet the English media says the very opposite, and will not state the obvious:

Prices are not going up just because of supply chain or labor

or some other invisible market forces, they are going up

because powerful executives are making deliberate choices

to maximize their profits at the expense of the rest of us.

(see ee Finance, An Economist’s Chart Goes Viral)

• English media has been slobbering over Rishi Sunak being made England’s first off-white government leader, acting the Hindu Brahmin, etc. (England’s King is their head of state, who by law has to be an Anglican!).

      If ‘ethnicity’, ‘race’ or ‘genes’ are the major or only determining factor in human’s behavior on this earth, then Rishi Sunak’s real ethnicity or race is ‘fund manager’. He is the first Goldman Sachs employee to openly ‘rule’ a country. This Goldman-Sachs DNA is what determines his policies, not the blue Krishna!

      Sunak is compared to Italy’s Mario Monti and Mario Draghi:

‘A typical technocratic leader or central banker.

He is prime minister by appointment:

neither elected through a general election,

nor even by his own party or parliament.

The Conservative Party avoided a members’ vote

by setting an artificially high first-round voting threshold.’

see ee Sovereignty, England’s transition from Tweedledee to Tweedledum

      The policies Sunak has been chosen to uphold and impose, and perhaps even die for, do not issue out of his Brahmanic brain alone. He represents a particular strain of the English body politic, the same strain that goes in for sometimes dressing up in their mother’s garters but with some sense of what is a home game within the (financial) city’s boys-only sausage dens, and what’s played outside in their country towns and churches.

• The US-led NATO alliance is increasing their resort to terrorist tactics in the Ukraine and Russia. This includes the bombing of nuclear plants & dams, threats of ‘dirty bombs’, and the exposure of England’s hand in recent large-scale attacks. ee focuses on this Baltic arena, not to divert from their daily horrors in Asia (from North Korea to Yemen, Palestine, etc) and Africa (East Africa, Libya, Mali, etc). The attempts to do what they normally practice in our countries, gets more media exposure because Russia and China do not stay quiet like our leaders.

      This terrorism must be exposed because US corporations like Trimble Sensors have been contracted to ‘comprehensively’ monitor Victoria Dam, etc. (ee 2 Aug 2020).

• Build Better Colonies (BBC) – The 100^th anniversaries of the BBC as well as Italy’s National Fascist Party are being celebrated this autumn. The link between the BBC and the promotion of fascism is quite enlightening (ee Focus). The fascists and the Nazis have always seen English colonial policy and their settler-states (US, Canada, South Africal Australia, New Zealand) as their ‘elder brothers’. Fascism indeed is ‘the return’ and recrudescence of Europe’s colonialism and imperialism.

      Italy: recall that Mussolini’s establishment of the Vatican as a separate state, and compensation for the confiscation of church properties (1929 Lateran Treaty) was made in return for the Catholic Church promoting, from every pulpit, the invasion of Ethiopia in 1936 (which Italy had also invaded in 1896).

      This Italian centenary marks the ‘March on Rome’ and the momentary triumph of fascism. Indeed the similarities between fascism’s ‘anti-state state’ demands, and the recent aragalaya’s ‘March on Galle Face’ with its demands to submit to the US and IMF, bear investigation (Check out ee Media, The Nightwatchman’s Bludgeon – 100 Years of Fascism).

.• ‘These sites link to state-owned websites’, only referring to Russia or China, is now a mainstay banner witnessed by those who use Twitter, Facebook, etc. Such warnings could very well accompany Twitter, etc, themselves.

      Despite the monopoly control of the media by a few capitalist corporations, based mainly in London and New York, serving the aims of the imperialist powers, English media becomes more crazed by the hour.

      There is an almost total whitewash of the massive protests ongoing in the US colony of South Korea, demanding the end of US-South Korea-Japan war exercises. Why US colony? – you may ask. Now imagine what people may say if there were 50,000 and more Chinese troops in Sri Lanka? God Save the Anglican Queen or King or (gender-fluid) Monarch?

      Rising protests across Europe against US-led NATO war also do not make the daily news.

      The English media also ignores the increasingly closer relations between Asian & African countries, preferring to focus on differences. As, eg, this week Nguyễn Phú Trọng, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, stated: ‘Vietnam has made the development of friendship and cooperation with China the top priority in our foreign policy.’

      Russia recently labeled Facebook aka Meta as a terrorist organization, for posts promoting attacks on civilians. How long will it take for these US organizations to be banned all together or at least regulated in Sri Lanka? Contrary to their own propaganda (aka public relations) about individual-ownership, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, etc, nay, the entire internet, their origins & their raison d’être, are controlled by the US government.

      This week it was revealed that ‘Meetings between representatives of Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, Discord, Wikipedia, Microsoft and LinkedIn and US intelligence officers were [are?] held every month…’ (see ee Media, Leaked US Documents).

      Indeed, their hybrid wars using so-called (multinational-dominated) social media and lawfare (ask USAID-funded BASL) are their ‘fair and lovely’ masks….

      Meanwhile we notice that every single Daily Mirror, Sunday Times and Financial Times (all under the Wijewardena-owned Wijeya Group) online article shown online has ads for Unilever, and linked online distributors as well as supermarkets, eg, Cargills, etc, whose opening of its 500^th outlet was graced by none other than the Central Bank Governor!

      It’s a no-brainer to see the link between the supposed Tamil-owned Cargills supermarket network and Anglo Unilever, the plantation and FMCG giant.

      Note the appointment this week of a new Managing Partner for Unilever-owned GroupM Sri Lanka, ‘a data-centric, digitally charged marketing services conglomerate, with 6 agencies including Wavemaker, MediaCom, Mindshare, mSix, Motivator, Essence, and speciality services…’.

      ee also notices ads by Pearson in this media. Pearson is now the world’s biggest seller of overpriced yet compulsory textbooks as well as examination systems! ee has already tracked Pearson’s earlier avatar in the origins of the Anglo-Dutch Shell Co, and their sabotage of DJ Wimalasurendra’s striving to make Sri Lanka self-sufficient in energy. Wimalasurendra’s ghost most certainly would haunt any party with pretensions to leadership of the country, as ee  has kept saying so long before this year’s powercuts (see: Who’s Afraid of Wimalasurendra? ee 1 Aug 2020, and Wimalasurendra Yaka Caused the Powercut! ee 5 Sept 2020)

• Pearson’s US Police: Sri Lankan students relying on ‘Z Library’ for obtaining free access to overpriced school textbooks, are disappointed to hear of US police seizing digital database Z-Library domains.

      Users worldwide for years could freely access Z-Library books, from novels to academic texts and journals demanded by universities. Non-paying users could download up to 5 books a day. This week users were met with a blocker that stated the FBI had seized the website domain:

‘This domain has been seized by the Federal Bureau of Investigation

in accordance with a warrant issued pursuant to 18 USC § 981(b) and 21 USC § 853(f)

by the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York as part of a law enforcement action

by: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York

and The Federal Bureau of Investigation,’

Contents:

A1. Reader Comments –

• No ee Plan? • IMF No Life Saver • Sari Wars Woke Imperialism • Other Columbus Tangent • CIA, Musk & SLTRC • Woe Sirimavo • Sunak’s Neck • 1962 Wak • Oil Wars • US Terror & SL Seas • Moldova’s Real Cons • EU Plus Pus

A2. Quotes of the Week

• Royal’s Ethnic Quotas • US Oil Profits Burn • IMF Awaits Spring • Central Bank Land Fraud • Maritime Attacks • Novel & Imperialism • Mad for Free • Economics & Science Fiction

A3. Random Notes –

• IMF Fakes Aid • IMF Looney Tunes • 4 Pillars of IMF • Sunak’s Ceylonese Ancestors • 1956 National Planning Council Act •   IMF’s Ukraine Rules • Media Blind to Attacks on DPRK • US Nukes in Australia • Nuke Games at Sea • Destroying Israel Nukes • Congo on the Move • English Sabotage in Russia • China on Marxism & Economy •

B. ee Focus       

B1. 100 Years of the BBC & Fascism & Radio Ceylon

B2. Planning for the 21st Century from the World’s First Socialist Economy: Elena Veduta – Part 3

C. News Index

A1. Reader Comments

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• ‘ee has to go beyond telling us we need industrialization, oppose the import-export mafia, and capture the home market to industrialize rural agriculture. What do we do now?’

• ‘I take exception to ee calling the IMF a ‘life-saving doctor’. Sarcasm, if it is, is a blunt & ineffective weapon.’

• ‘The controversy over teachers’ saris is symptomatic of the way in which cultural values are defining the anti-imperialist struggle, to the detriment of vital socioeconomic issues.’

• ‘The Other Columbus part is slightly going off on a tangent but still pretty funny.’

• ‘Re: USAID & Musk’s Anti-Iran moves: in December 2021 the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka said they had talks with Elon Musk’s SpaceX about internet service, regulatory aspects and ‘prerequisites of initiating the service in the near future’. No word since.’

• ‘It’s shameful if CBK & her sis have tarnished the name of their mother, Sirimavo, in that documentary.’

• ‘Rishi Sunak will also probably last a few months before getting kicked out. They want women/minority politicians to take the blame for England’s economic situation.’

• ‘1962 was also the year India received a nice whacking from China, so it wasn’t all bad.’

• ‘I feel the US actually wants high oil prices. It ends up eating reserves of oil-importing countries which screws up their trade balances resulting in economic crises & bankruptcy, which seems to be what the US really wants.’

• ‘The US has been making counterterrorism a centerpiece of US South Asia Policy (of course the terrorists are funded by the US too) along with the threat of sea-based IS attacks. All for the Quad to swoop in I suppose. There you have it: the future of Sri Lanka, as written out by this US poser.’ (see ee Security, Policy Roundtable)

• ‘The program of the party behind the recent protests in Moldova, the Şor, or Social Political Movement ‘Equality’, is labeled ‘National Conservative’. Its program includes: Free universal healthcare. Free education including higher education. Increasing the size and scope of disability benefits, maternity benefits and retirement pensions. The creation of modernized collective farms to work alongside the private sector. Active state intervention in infrastructure, transport, energy, communications, housing, pharmaceuticals, etc. The nationalization of foreign-owned energy companies. A commitment to law & order including … addressing the underlying socioeconomic issues that may cause crime. A commitment to Moldovan independence and military neutrality.’

• ‘The EU? It seems they want to bring down the quality of life in their countries… and ours before that.’

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A2. Quotes of the Week_

• ‘The admission of 25% Tamil students into Royal College back then, was not based on so-called merit. Further the admission of 25% Burghers and Muslim students, was not based on merit. Those percentages affected Sinhala students unjustly.’ – ee Workers, Just an introduction

• ‘US oil & gas companies have made windfall profits thanks to the extraordinary geopolitical & energy tensions instigated by the US government. eg, Exxon Mobil Corp posted record-breaking 3^rd-quarter profits of $19.66bn, while Chevron Corp reported its 2^nd-highest ever quarterly profit of $11.2bn, according to media reports. Undoubtedly, the US is the biggest winner in the turbulent global energy market, particularly Europe’s energy crisis, due to the Russia-Ukraine conflict.’ – ee Sovereignty, US-Europe ties look increasingly like zero-sum

• ‘The government is now engaged in the tedious process of debt restructuring so it could be the early recipient of the IMF Extended Fund Facility of $2.9billion under a 48-month arrangement. There are strong indications that Sri Lanka will not be able to avail itself of the funds this year. The earliest prospects, diplomatic sources said yesterday, would be March next year. Here again, it would be dependent on conclusive discussions with debtors, a prospect that remains distant. Fears are mounting that it could go beyond this time frame despite redoubled efforts.’ – ee Economists, Talks with India mired over issue concerning different data

• ‘Land Fraud & Central Bank – Amendments to the Registration of Documents Ordinance 23 of 1927 are being discussed in parliament, without reference to Act 6 of 2006 .It is necessary to amend the Ordinance to comply with Act 6, granting powers to the Registrar to reject invalid land transactions from entering the register. In Act 6, provision has been made for ‘The Financial Intelligence Unit of Sri Lanka’ to prevent fraud and money laundering using land transactions. The Act has provision to check the owners names/addresses/phone numbers/NIC and to refuse land transactions [deeds] for registration if they do not comply with Act 6. The Registration of Documents Ord 23 of 1927 is an impediment to implement Act 6 of 2006.

      The Registrar does not have the power to reject deeds, under Section 7 of Ordinance 23 of 1927, for non-compliance. Land transactions with forged signatures are easily registered and money is laundered as the Registrar does not have the power to reject deeds under Section 7. It would make sense if an amendment to Ord 23 has reference to Act 6 giving power to the Registrar to reject invalid deeds by checking the owners’ names etc as done in all other countries.’ – ee Security, Is the Central Bank

• ‘Given the goals of the US Indo-Pacific strategy, US support for South Asian counter-terrorism measures should ideally be oriented around maritime security in order to help the navies of the littoral states of the eastern Indian Ocean Region and western Indo-Pacific – Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Sri Lanka – fortify their coastal areas against the threat of sea-based Islamic State attacks. After all, terrorism – not just piracy or the aggressive actions of China – poses a threat to the “free, open, and inclusive” principles that Washington, along with key partners like India and Japan, so often tout when discussing their vision of the Indo-Pacific region.’ – ee Sovereignty, Policy Roundtable

• ‘I am not trying to say, the novel or the culture in the broad sense ’caused’ imperialism, but that the novel, as a cultural artefact of bourgeois society, and imperialism are unthinkable without each other. Of all the major literary forms; the novel is the most recent, its emergence the most datable, its occurrence the most Western, its normative pattern of social authority the most structured; imperialism & the novel fortified each other to such a degree that it is impossible, I would argue, to read one without in some way dealing with the other.’ – Edward W Said, Culture & Imperialism

• ‘Drapetomania: a supposed mental illness that, in 1851, US physician Samuel A Cartwright hypothesized as the cause of enslaved Africans fleeing captivity. This hypothesis centered around the belief, slavery was such an improvement upon the lives of slaves that only those suffering from some form of mental illness would wish to escape… The term derives from Greek δραπέτης (drapetēs, runaway [slave]) & μανία (mania, madness, frenzy)’

• ‘Economics & science fiction share many interrelations that are rarely recognised. Firstly, a lot of economics is science fiction. Many economists believe in the fiction that they are practising ‘science’, while many also believe in the fiction that progress in ‘science’ (& thus technology) is the solution to virtually all economic problems. Saying that much of economics is science fiction doesn’t mean that science fiction itself is not useful for economics. It has been a powerful way to imagine alternative realities in which very different technologies have changed our institutions and even individuals, making us re-think our assumptions about economy & society. Extending this logic, we can say history is a dystopian science fiction even without memories of advanced technologies. Moreover, if studying history helps us to imagine other realities, so do comparative studies. In trying to understand the world we can be immensely helped by science fiction, history & comparative studies, because they allow us to see that the existing economic and social order is not a ‘natural’ one, that it can be changed, and, most importantly, that it has been brought about only because some people dared to imagine a different world and fought for it.’ – ee Economists, Economics vs Science Fiction

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A3. Random Notes (‘Seeing Number in Chaos’) _

• ‘The International Monetary Fund has no intention of providing meaningful solutions to Sri Lanka’s problems… I am not sure if we will get the $2.9billion the IMF has promised us. On the other hand, the government is not doing anything to boost our exports, address structural issues and make the state sector more efficient. Ranil Wickremesinghe administration is hoping China, India, US and other world powers will give it bridging finance once the IMF money comes… Placing all hopes on IMF funding and tourism is a bad idea… This is irresponsible behaviour and Sri Lanka needs to study what India and Russia did when they faced economic crises… In 1982 Argentina defaulted; since then it has defaulted 4 times. We are going down that road. India faced a similar crisis in the early 90s and came out because it had a plan. We have no plan. Waiting for IMF money and hoping tourists will arrive is not a plan.’ – ee Economists, Weerawansa: Govt has no plan

• ‘The IMF is not the answer to Sri Lanka’s present crisis… it has not succeeded in saving a single country, from 2015 to date, and it will therefore, not succeed in saving Sri Lanka either. The result of dealing with the IMF will be, any independent strategy that is available to Sri Lanka to emerge from this crisis will be blocked.’ One such independent strategy is printing money; the IMF can’t impose any conditions on countries like Myanmar, South Korea, Cuba, because they print their own money.

      ‘I am not in favour of a military Government, but Myanmar does not face starvation, addictive drug problems, or the collapse of the state machinery. I am not saying that we need to form a Government like Myanmar, I am only saying that there are countries surviving without the conditions of the IMF.’

      The IMF targets countries like Sri Lanka because of its inability to control the US and all countries belonging to Europe excluding England that print their own money. ‘Does the IMF give permission to the USA to print US dollars? What right does the US have to maintain the US dollar at such a high rate? The IMF cannot impose any conditions on the use of Euros in Europe, because that authority lies with the European Parliament.’

      While it was possible for the IMF to limit and impose restrictions on countries like Sri Lanka 3 decades ago, it is no longer possible to do the same because they do not hold the monopoly power anymore.

      ‘The IMF cannot restrict or control countries like us anymore because they can no longer rely on the support and empowerment of the US and Europe because they are economically struggling. Organisations like the World Health Organisation and other financial institutions are gradually becoming Asian-based, as they are relying on Asian funding.’ – ee Economists, Rathana Thera says IMF not the Solution

• IMF’s 4-pillar reform agenda for Sri Lanka – Sri Lanka reached a Staff-Level Agreement with the IMF on a 4-year program supported by the Extended Fund Facility on 1 September. The program, amounting to $2.9bn, is expected to restore macroeconomic stability and debt sustainability while protecting the vulnerable and safeguarding Sri Lanka’s financial system. This agreement remains subject to IMF Executive Board approval.

      The IMF program has been centred around Sri Lanka’s ambitious reform program. The government’s reform agenda is based on 4 pillars:

      1. Fiscal reform. The program foresees the implementation of ambitious revenue-based fiscal consolidation measures, combined with revenue administration reforms and the introduction of fuel and electricity pricing mechanisms to minimize fiscal risks stemming from SOEs. It also includes the enhancement of existing social safety nets to protect the most vulnerable;

      2. Restore public debt sustainability. Sri Lanka’s debt situation has been deemed unsustainable by the IMF and will need to be addressed by a comprehensive debt treatment;

      3. Restore price stability and rebuild external buffers. The government is committed to refraining from any monetary financing and the Cabinet will soon approve the Central Bank Act that will strengthen the Bank’s independence and modernise its policy framework;

      4. Safeguarding financial system stability, a key condition to Sri Lanka’s economic recovery. This will be achieved by ensuring that Sri Lanka’s banking system is adequately capitalised and by strengthening the resilience and governance of its state-owned banks.

      In addition to these pillars, the government will introduce a series of anti-corruption reforms that will align Sri Lanka’s legal framework with international standards and will implement broader structural reforms to unlock Sri Lanka’s growth potential.

• Sunak owes it to Ceylonese Black-whites – ‘Three people from Ceylon were path breakers for the vast Indian subcontinent. The first Asian to be called to the English bar was Sinhala Christian, Harry Dias, in 1847. The word Cinghalese was used to describe all the people from the island. Sir Harry’s admission to the Middle Temple was cheered throughout the English Empire. It was only in the mid-1830s that Catholics and Jews were allowed in the professions. In the case of Sir Harry, he was an Anglican, which dominated the English establishment. Sir Harry was the first non-European lawyer to be allowed in the English Empire. He later became the first Sinhala to be knighted. He paved the way for another statesman from Ceylon – Sir Muthu Coomaraswamy, the most prominent family in Ceylon. He was the Tamil member of the Ceylon Legislative Council, a post his family monopolised for many years. Sir Muthu became the first Hindu (in a religious sense) to be called to the Bar. Sir Muthu was admitted to Lincoln’s Inn in 1862. Like Sunak, Sir Muthu may have taken his oaths with the Bhagvad Gita. He was the first non-Christian or non-Jew to be called to bar… Sir Muthu cleared the way for another Asian pioneer, who was also from Ceylon. James Peiris was a Sinhala Christian who was an undergraduate at Cambridge in 1880s. In 1882 Sir James (as later known) was elected President of the Cambridge Union. Sir James was the first non-European President of the Oxford or Cambridge Union. No other coloured was elected as Oxford or Cambridge Union for nearly another 50 years. Sir James was a Liberal in England and later became one of Ceylon’s leaders. He was the Vice President of the Ceylon Legislative Council and Acting Governor of Ceylon. He was one of the very few natives who acted as Governor in the English Empire.’ – ee Media, Sunak’s Path to No 10 may have begun in Ceylon

• National Council – ‘A National Council has been established within the Parliament consisting of 35 members representing all political parties with the objective of a) Determine priorities on guidelines for the formulation of National short-, medium- and long-term policies. b) To reach a consensus on a common minimum short-, medium- and long-term program to stabilize the economy.

      There is serious doubt whether the members of this Council have the capacity and the will to deliver the tasks assigned. Most of them have been in Parliament for decades and some held ministerial responsibilities. When even the very Parliament which had overarching power over finance had no sense of priorities and allowed the present crisis to develop over so many years failed miserably, serious doubts on these 35 members making an impact is justified. National policies and priorities should be devoid of partisan politics. It would be impossible for these members to determine national interest over political interest.

      In 1956 Sri Lanka introduced the National Planning Council Act where the Council was to advise the Cabinet on the planning of agriculture, industry, commerce, education, housing, health & social services, public utilities, and all other matters pertaining to the national economy. SWRD envisaged a 10-year national development plan. It was after 1977 that National Planning was given up.

      Priorities on National Development cannot be plucked out of thin air but must be based on potential and prospects of the economy based on in-depth studies. This is the task of a National Planning body staffed with trained technocrats. Political manifestos provide visions on national development. We had such broad visions in Regaining Sri Lanka, Mahinda Chintanaya, Visions of Prosperity, but did not have any well-formulated plans for implementation.

      The number of countries with a national development plan has more than doubled, from about 62 in 2006 to 134 in 2018. More than 80% of the global population now lives in a country with a national development plan of one form or another. This is a stunning recovery of a practice that had been discredited in the 1980-90s as a relic of directed economies and state-led development.

      China is on its 14^th 5-year Plan & South Korea is on the 5^th 5-year plan. What we need is a scientifically formulated National Development Plan and a strong mechanism for plan implementation, not a political declaration of the ‘state of the Union’. – ee Economists, National Planning Council Act

• The IMF is complaining the Ukraine has become a ‘thieves’ paradise in which corporate loan defaults are written off; embezzlement from banks is not traced; the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) no longer audits the country’s bank liabilities and reserves; and the IMF admits it cannot tell how much of the $35billion in foreign cash grants and loans promised to Kiev has been disbursed, or to whom…

      However, in a 32-page IMF staff report on the state of Ukrainian budget finance and the risk of system-wide financial collapse, the Fund experts have concluded, ‘large-scale forbearance with a delayed recognition of NPLs [commercial bank non-performing loans] and the suspension of NBU enforcement actions and audits of financial statements make a comprehensive assessment of the impact of the war difficult and uncertain.’

      ‘Uncertainty’ is IMF official-speak for black hole. ‘The balance of probabilities,’ according to staff paper October 3, ‘would suggest Ukraine has an unsustainable level of debt.’ According to IMF rules, this should suspend or stop IMF and all other foreign government cashflows’. – ee Economists, Thieves’ Paradise in Kiev

• The US & their South Korean colony began massive war games off the Korean peninsula on Monday. Operation Vigilant Storm is a 5-day joint drill involving hundreds of warplanes and thousands of troops. The DPRK (‘North Korea’) condemned the war games as ‘a rehearsal for invasion and proof of hostile policies by Washington and Seoul’. Sri Lankan English media reportage on the Korean peninsula is uniformly white! Further proof that the English media is a colonial imposition on Sri Lanka as well. No mention is made that ‘South Korea’ is still a US colony, with at least 50,000 US troops based there, with constant provocations – but only the DPRK’s responses broadcast as provocations. Numerous US bases surround East Asia.

• The USA has deployed 6 nuclear-capable B-52 bombers to northern Australia. The US is building dedicated facilities for these aircraft at Tindal airbase at the south of Darwin. The US is hoping to spark a new arms race, by escalating regional tensions. In 2021 the security deal AUKUS had the US and England sell Australia nuclear-powered submarines. This July US sent 4 nuclear-capable B-2 Spirit stealth bombers to Amberley air force base near Brisbane. – ee Sovereignty, US nuclear bombers

• ee last week noted, US CENTCOM General Michael ‘Erik’ Kurilla flew to USS West Virginia, the Navy Ohio-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine at an undisclosed location in the Arabian Sea. He was joined on 19 Oct by Vice Admiral Brad Cooper, commander of the US Navy’s 5^th Fleet & NAVCENT (Naval Forces Central Command) – headquartered at Bahrain on the Persian Gulf.

      The surfacing of this genocidal machine, and the threats to use nukes in the Ukraine (which, using typical media ‘inversion & projection’, are blamed on Russia) saw a flurry of high-level back&forth assurances against (nuclear) escalation, involving US Secretary of War Lloyd J Austin, Russian Minister of Defense Sergey Shoygu, Ukraine Minister of War Alexei Reznikov, US Joint Chiefs of Staff’s Chairman Gen Mark A Milley, Russian General Staff chief Gen Valery Gerasimov, English chief of staff Admiral Tony Radakin, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Ukraine Secretary of State Dmitry Kuleba, English War Secretary Ben Wallace, etc. – ee Sovereignty, US signals readiness to launch nuclear strike

• The UN General Assembly First Committee called on Israel last Monday to destroy all its atomic weapons and place its nuclear sites under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency in a 152 to 5 vote. 5 countries – Canada, Israel, Micronesia, Palau & US – opposed the resolution over the ‘risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East.’ 24 other countries abstained, mostly EU members.

      Israel possesses 200-400 nuclear warheads, making it the sole possessor of nonconventional arms in West Asia. The Israeli regime has meanwhile murdered at least 7 Iranian nuclear scientists; conducted major sabotage operations against Iran’s nuclear facilities.

• On October 31, thousands of Congolese in Goma, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s North Kivu Province, protested the war of aggression waged by Western-backed Rwanda and Uganda’s M23 militia, which is terrorizing the surrounding countryside.

• England’s Terrorist Attack on Russia – In September 2020, London and Kiev agreed to expand the training program for Ukrainian military sailors-divers by English instructors. At the end of 2020 they began to implement a program to counter threats in the Black Sea, ‘Naval Training Initiative’, which includes training courses for combat swimmers.

      English-Ukrainian naval cooperation, within the framework of the joint multinational training group/ Ukraine program, is carried out on the basis of a separate center of special operations ‘South’ named after Ataman A Golovaty of the special operations forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (Military Unit A3199, former 73^rd Marine Center of Special Operations) in the city of Ochakov, Mykolaiv region, and includes the training of underwater saboteurs for operations in the waters of the Black and Azov Seas. In Odessa, on the basis of the school of military divers (part of the 198^th Training Center of the Navy, Military Unit A3163, Nikolaev), specialists are trained in the course ‘special purpose diver’ with the development of deep-sea demolition skills.

      On the coast and in the Black Sea near the cities of Odessa, Nikolaev and Ochakov, with the participation of English specialists, the Navy units conducted diving descents, including a training explosion of the facility.

      In August-Sept 2022, on Pervomaisky Island in the waters of the Dnieper estuary, 3km south of Ochakov, English military instructors (about 15) trained servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to control unmanned underwater vehicles (UAVs) designed to destroy ships.

      The English trained the crews of minesweepers transferred to Ukraine. The English Navy also transferred a certain number of UAVs to the Ukrainian side.’ – ee Sovereignty, England’s Terrorist Attack

• The 20^th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) was just concluded. Here are excerpts from Xi Jinping’s Report…, Hold High the Great Banner of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics (the CPC just point blank says what it’s going to do in all of its documents, and the Western media always acts as if the Chinese are cryptic, ‘inscrutable’ and erratic, relying on hoary anti-China stereotypes):

      ‘We must stay confident in our history and culture, make the past serve the present, and develop the new from the old. We must integrate the essence of Marxism with the best of fine traditional Chinese culture and with the common values that our people intuitively apply in their everyday lives. We should keep endowing Marxist theory with distinctive Chinese features and consolidating the historical basis and public support for adapting Marxism to the Chinese context and the needs of our times. With this, we will ensure that Marxism puts down deep roots in China…

      ‘In pursuing economic growth, we must continue to focus on the real economy. We will advance new industrialization and move faster to boost China’s strength in manufacturing, product quality, aerospace, transportation, cyberspace, and digital development. We will carry out industrial foundation reengineering projects and research projects on major technologies and equipment; support enterprises that use special and sophisticated technologies to produce novel and unique products; and move the manufacturing sector toward higher-end, smarter, and greener production.

      We will consolidate our leading position in industries where we excel, work faster to shore up weaknesses in sectors vital to China’s development security, and improve our capacity for securing the supply of strategic resources. We will promote the integrated and clustered development of strategic emerging industries and cultivate new growth engines such as next-generation information technology, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, new energy, new materials, high-end equipment, and green industry.

      We will promote collaborative innovation in vocational education, higher education, and continuing education, and promote integration between vocational education and general education, between industry and education, and between science and education. We will better establish vocational education as a category in the educational system.

      To inspire greater creativity, we will invest more effectively in science and technology and advance reform of the mechanisms for the allocation and use of government research funds. We will promote closer enterprise-led collaboration between industries, universities, and research institutes, stay goal-oriented, and promote the industrial application of scientific and technological advances.’

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B2. Special Focus__

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B1. 100 Years of the BBC & Fascism & Radio Ceylon

• 100 Years of BBC (Build Better Colonies) – Leading manufacturers of radio transmitters and wireless receivers (radios) formed a consortium called the British Broadcasting Company. They were issued a single broadcasting licence by England’s General Post Office. The company was to be financed by a royalty on the sale of BBC radio sets from approved domestic manufacturers. On 14 Nov 1922 – the BBC began radio service in England, broadcasting from London.

• Welcome Japan Bearing Gifts – Meanwhile, ee noticed this story that only mentions that Japan gave us the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC) as ‘a gift’. There is no mention made on the buying of expensive equipment, parts, and expertise, TV sets, etc. (see ee Focus).

      Also: The IMF media is evident in this news item about introducing ‘painful reforms’ – which actually amounts to robbery of workers’ wages & national property. One IMF media strategy appears to be about making broad statements, then issuing denials, etc. (see ee Economists, Further Delayed)

‘While denying speculations on moves to privatise

State-owned & loss-making Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC),

Mass Media Minister Bandula Gunawardana said a proposal has been submitted

to the Cabinet to lease out an underutilised land block owned by SLRC

to a State-owned higher educational institute for 30 years.

We received SLRC as a gift from the Japanese government.

We will not sell Rupavahini.

However, the current debt of SLRC has risen to Rs1billion.

With rising debt levels, interest cost is also rising,

thereby we are struggling to continue operations of SLRC’

(see ee Media)

This ee Focus examines the umbilical link between the state and technology:

In 1885, an English-controlled Indian National Congress, an association of lawyers and professionals, was set up for schooled Indians. In that year, Physical Science Professor Jagdish Chandra Bose (1858-1937), at Kolkata’s Presidency College (1885-1915) made instruments to show plants sensitivity, proved similar properties of radio waves and light waves, and before Marconi, invented a device for detecting radio waves.

      However, in 1897, after England granted Guglielmo Marconi, the patent for wireless, he set up (Marconi Co) as the Wireless Telegraph & Signal Co (aka Wireless Telegraph Trading Signal Co) and opened (in 1898), the world’s first radio factory, in Chelmsford. In 1900 Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph & Signal Co was renamed Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph Co (later RCA).

In 1901: Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph Co set up the Wireless Telegraph Training College. Marconi received the first trans-Atlantic radio signal, from Poldhu Wireless Station in Cornwall, England, to Signal Hill in St John’s, Newfoundland, Canada.

1904: Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph Co made the radio diode valve and set up Marconi Marine.

In 1919: The invention of the shortwave radio was announced in the USA. The US General Electric Co (GEC) set up England’s National Grid. The US Navy and General Electric Co agreed not to sell Alexanderson alternators to English-owned Marconi Co and subsidiary Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co. The US Navy asked GE to create a US-owned radio company, with the US Navy securing commercial monopoly of long-distance radio communication. GE then took over US Marconi and set up Radio Corporation of America (RCA, 1919-86), with the assets of Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co of America, the Pan-American Telegraph Co, plus those controlled by US Navy. RCA, General Electric, United Fruit, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, and AT&T then set up point-to-point and broadcast radio (including 1926 National Broadcasting Co – NBC).

      RCA was financed via German-Jewish settler Henry Lehman (who had set up Lehman Brothers, to trade enslaved cotton for cash or merchandise. After the US Civil War, Lehmans joined the NY Stock Exchange in 1887, underwriting retailer FW Woolworth and store chain Macy’s, and Halliburton as well. In 2008, Lehman was sent into bankruptcy).

In 1922: Thomas N Perkins (grandson of China opium trader Colonel Thomas Handasyd Perkins) accompanied Owen D Young of General Electric Co to Argentina, to consolidate radio operations of Radio Corporation of America with English Marconi Co, French Compagnie de Telegraphie Sans Fil, and German Telefunken.

1923: General Electric Co (GEC) set up industrial research laboratories at Wembley in England. James Finlay & Co’s Burmah Oil Co (BOC) aka Anglo-Persian Oil Co (APOC) secretly gave £5,000 to (future PM) Winston Churchill to lobby the English government to allow them to monopolize Persian oil resources. (1963: Burmese leader Ne Win nationalized all industries in Burma, setting up Myanma Oil & Gas Enterprise).

      An Experimental Radio Broadcasting in Colombo by Telegraph Department: Gramophone music broadcast from Central Telegraph Office with transmitter from captured German submarine (1925: Colombo Radio)

      The Canadian National Railway (CNR)’s Radio Department network of radio stations across Canada, North America’s first radio network.

1924: Marconi Co set up Unione Radiofonica Italiana (URI), with a monopoly of radio broadcasts granted by Mussolini’s fascist regime.

1925: Colonial “Colombo Radio” (later Radio Ceylon, then Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation/SLBC) launched regular broadcasting service using Medium Wave radio transmitter of 1 kilowatt of output power from Welikada, Colombo – 3 years after launch of BBC. Colombo Radio was first ever radio station in Asia.

      Colombo Public Library set up by amalgamating Colombo Library and Pettah Library.

1926: Opening of Concert Studio at Ceylon University College. 1927: Installation of acoustic studios and Engineering Control Room at Torrington Square, Colombo.

In 1931: To create a Canada public broadcasting system like the BBC, Prime Minister RB Bennett, a Canadian Pacific corporate lawyer, ended CNR’s on-train radio service. 1933: CNR withdrew from the radio business, with radio assets sold to new public broadcaster, Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission. 1936: CRBC became Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)

1934: Ceylon’s Wireless Broadcasting Advisory Board. Experimental shortwave transmission was made outside a 40-mile radius of Colombo. Construction of a Receiving Station for ‘Empire Programs’.

1937: 3.5-5kw medium-wave transmitter installed by a Ceylonese engineer. 1939: Fortnightly Program Supplement to subscriber licence holders.

1939: Marconi Research Laboratories set up at Great Baddow, England.

In 1940: Special Commission under ‘Sir’ Kandiah Vaithianathan for broadcasting. Number of radio licences in Ceylon reached 10,000.

1942: Torrington Square vacated for occupation by RAF and moved to Cotta Road, Borella. 1944: Lord Louis Mountbatten moved RADIO SEAC operations from New Delhi to Kandy and then to Colombo during World War I2, broadcasting for 18-20 hours on 19-meter band at 15.120mhz via shortwave transmitter in Ekala.

1945: Italy’s Marconi URI became RAI – Italy’s biggest broadcaster. 1946: English Electric bought The Marconi Co.

1947: Building of Torrington Square broadcasting station. Government Archives made separate department with Historical Manuscripts Commission, Office of the Government Record Keeper, Office of the Registrar of Books & Newspapers, and Office of the National Bibliography. 1949: Torrington Square broadcasting station completed. Radio SEAC (South East Asia Command) taken over for Radio Ceylon. Number of licence holders reached 27,000. 1950: Radio SEAC renamed Radio Ceylon and station shifted to Torrington Square. Radio Ceylon Commercial Service began under Colombo Plan. 1953: Appointment of a Commission on Broadcasting under NE Weerasuriya QC. 1954: Separate 2-storey building for Commercial Service work. 1958: Installation of a Medium-wave Station at Diyagama. 1960: Experimental Project set up Regional Station in Kandy. 1967: State corporation set up – Ceylon Broadcasting Corporation. 1972: Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation, SLBC.

1999: GEC Marconi Electronic Systems demerged, sold to British Aerospace, which formed weapons-maker BAE Systems.

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• Some Lessons on Planning for the 21^st Century from the World’s First Socialist Economy: Elena Veduta – Part 3

The creation of an automated management system for a socialist economy in the interests of people: This science was born in the USSR – the only country with a history of dedicated attempts to use computing power to improve the quality of life for the people, and not just the profits of a minority in society.

Digital Projects of the Socialist Economy

Norbert Wiener’s Cybernetics was published in the USSR in 1958, a decade after it was first written. In the same year, the Laboratory of Economics & Mathematical Methods in Moscow (later, Central Economics & Mathematics Institute [CEMI]) and the Institute of Economics and Industrial Organization in Novosibirsk were created under the guidance of scientist-statistician V Nemchinov. The inspiration for these 2 institutions was Leontief’s input-output econometric model, based on the use of statistics and mathematics. It was designed to forecast scenarios, which had little to do with direct planning of the economy.¹⁸

      Another technocratic method of creating an automated control system, ignoring the laws of economic development, was the basis for developing the National Automated System Management at the Institute of Cybernetics in Kiev. The Institute, founded in 1962 under the leadership of V Glushkov, assumed that the national automated control systems would include a state computer network connecting data collection centers located in all regions of the country, and serve as the basis for the transition to optimal planning.

      Glushkov and the head of the CEMI, N Fedorenko, wrote a remarkable article in 1964 about the obstacles for nationwide integration of computing technologies into the economy of the USSR. They stated, whether or not an automated control system would be created for the economy would decide the fate of the country and its victory in the Cold War. This article put forward the goal of rigorously coordinating mutual efforts to create the nationwide automated control system, and sketched out the huge potential advantages as compared to the US system, where each business pursues its own private interests.¹⁹

      This was also noted in the United States. In 1962 John Kennedy’s advisor wrote a secret memorandum, ‘the Soviet decision to bet on cybernetics’ would give the USSR a significant advantage. If the US continues to ignore cybernetics, the advisor concluded, ‘we will be finished.’²⁰

      In practice, however, in the USSR the narrowly selfish interests of the given institution were placed above those of the state. This is still the situation today. Glushkov, having no idea of what the automated control system software should be, installed hardware that did not work. There were huge costs for the introduction of expensive computers throughout the country. For this reason, the Ministry of Finance stopped funding the costly project. Today, all the developers of the digital economy are repeating Glushkov’s mistake.

      CEMI & the Institute of Novosibirsk began to focus on the study of Western economic & mathematical models. The system of optimal functioning of the economy created by CEMI was based on hierarchical mathematical models of direct and dual tasks of linear and nonlinear programming. These mathematical models and econometric modeling of inter-sectoral balance in the formal terms developed by Leontief had nothing in common with the planning practice of GOSPLAN, which was forced to continue using the method of manual iterative planning.

      These t3 institutions, operating separately, were not able to develop a methodology and model for optimal planning rapidly enough because the narrow-minded interests of researchers were placed above the public interest. The lack of a scientific approach was reflected in the institutions’ competition for funding to develop mathematical models of the automated control system. This affected the activities of the Main Computing Center of GOSPLAN, which was created in 1959 for the automation of system-planned calculations.

      In the absence of a dynamic model of inter-sectoral balance that would coordinate calculations for all industries and economic sectors to ensure development in the desired direction, there was no interaction between sectoral automated control systems and automation of system-planned calculations. The Main Computing Center united branch computing systems and turned them into a body for analytical support of the 1965 Kosygin reform. While GOSPLAN asked to speed up the development of the automation of system-planned calculations, the sectoral ministries demanded more powers.²¹

      In the critical absence of a model of inter-sectoral balance, the automation of system-planned calculations was reduced to a set of analytical tables created for different departments of GOSPLAN and the automated document management system, Dokument. Its task was to track the process of drawing up a plan, but not to automate the actual planning calculations. Furthermore, the activity of the Main Computing Center was reduced to the unification of the networks of GOSPLAN, with the computer systems of republics, ministries & departments interacting in real time. The disease of workflow automation – instead of the automation of calculations that ensure real income growth – is inherent today in all countries of the world. Today, this primitive approach characterizes the Analytical Center for the Government of Russia, who calls this process an E-Government project.²²

      If we return to the origins of the problem in the field of economic and mathematical modeling and automation of economic management, then we should recall the 1962 creation in Minsk of the Central Research Institute of Technical Management under the leadership of the scientist-cyberneticist, Nikolai Veduta. This institute introduced automated systems of economic management at a number of large machine-building plants. Veduta was a practitioner in the field of economic planning. But his main success was in the creation of the country’s first automated control system, resulting in a dynamic model of inter-sectoral balance. This model is a system of mathematical algorithms that describe the coordination process between the orders of end consumers (government, households, exporters) and the capabilities of producers, including the procedure for adjusting initial assignments to achieve the proper input-output balance.²³

      In the course of calculations, according to the model, the structure of the final product is optimized to increase the real solvency of the national currency and effectiveness in the choice of new technological methods of production in order to maximize the rate of economic growth, through which the fulfillment of macro-economic proportions & employment are ensured. The result of these calculations is the construction of production chains and the distribution of investments between industries so as to enhance the trajectory of growth in quality of life. It can be argued that the dynamic model of inter-sectoral balance is the only digital technology in the world that is able to ‘construct’ the future, ensuring the development of the economy in the direction of social progress that realizes human values.

      The main differences between Veduta’s cybernetic model of inter-sectoral balance and Leontief’s econometric model are as follows:

      The method of building the model. Veduta’s economic cybernetics requires integrating the actions of objective economic laws when modeling inter-sectoral balance. Leontief’s econometric model is based simply on statistics and mathematics.

      In planning technology. When constructing a cybernetic inter-sectoral balance, the method of successive approximations for calculating a plan is used, and in doing so the principles of proportionality, production efficiency, and optimization of the consumption structure are implemented. This method ensures the convergence and stability of solutions. Leontief’s econometric model of inter-sectoral balance uses scenario forecasts calculated on the basis of systems of equations, with economic forecasting parameters obtained by methods of mathematical statistics. The resulting solutions are unstable.

      Investments as a managing or predictive parameter. Investments are the governing parameter of the plan in a cybernetic model of inter-sectoral balance. The allocation of investments is determined iteratively during the calculations of the plan. In econometrics, investments are a predictive parameter that does not interfere with the competing interests lobbying for state support.

      Collecting information. An economic robot (AI in the economy, or automated control systems for economic management) is based on a cybernetic model of inter-sectoral balance that organizes information flows about final consumer orders, consumer market equilibrium price dynamics, production relationships, new technological methods of production, foreign trade balances, the balance of capital investments and income and expenditures of the population, and the state budget in the rolling planning mode (online). The econometric model of inter-sectoral balance uses statistics after the fact (ex-post) from the national accounting system.

      The scientist-philosopher V Pikhorovich notes that Glushkov, unlike Veduta, had tremendous support from the country’s leadership and was constantly busy promoting his idea. At the same time, Veduta, although holding similarly important and authoritative posts, was a lone enthusiast in developing the principles of automation. However, he had a significant advantage over Glushkov: he was not only a professional cyberneticist, but also a serious and principled political economist. Neither, however, were ranked among leading Soviet economists.²⁴

      The time has come to unblock Veduta’s cyber-planning to create a socialist economy. Socialism is the only global cybernetic project that is presently capable of implementing a plan for social progress realizing human values. Automation of economic management means the coordination of the activities throughout all industries and sectors of the economy, as well as all technical AI, so as to improve the efficiency of management decisions.

      Lenin once said, Socialism is Soviet Power plus Electrification of the whole country. Today, this slogan can be paraphrased as socialism is democracy plus automation of the country’s economic governance. The introduction of economic AI, which automates managerial work, is a necessary condition for the transition from capitalism to socialism without the possibility of the former’s restoration. (next week: Conclusions)

Endnotes

16. Klaus Schwab & Thierry Malleret, Covid-19: The Great Reset (Zurich: Agentur Schweiz, 2020).

17-18. Norbert Wiener, Cybernetics, or Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine, (Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press, 1948), 77.

19. Glushkov & N Fedorenko, ‘Problemy shirokogo vnedrenija…,’ Voprosy jekonomiki (1964).

20. Pikhorovich, Essays on the History of Cybernetics in the USSR (Moscow: Lenand, 2019).

21. Safronov, ‘Pionery cifrovizacii Analiticheskij centr pri Pravitel’stve Rossijskoj Federacii’ (2019).

22. N Veduta, S Evtushenko & Ju Haritonov, ‘Smogut li politiki…,’ REGNUM News Agency, 2019.

23. Veduta, Strategy and Economic Policy Governance.

24. Pikhorovich, Essays on the History of Cybernetics in the USSR.

– monthlyreview.org/2022/10/01/some-lessons-on-planning-for-the-twenty-first-century-from-the-worlds-first-socialist-economy/

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C. News Index______________________________________________

• ee News Index provides headlines & links to make sense of the weekly focus of published English ‘business news’ to expose the backwardness of multinational, corporate controlled ‘local media’:

C1. Sovereignty

(ee is pro-politics, pro-politician, pro-nation-state, anti-corporatist, anti-expert, anti-NGO)

ee Sovereignty news emphasizes sovereignty as economic sovereignty – a strong nation is built on modern (machine-making) industrialization fueled by a producer culture.

• ‘It’s done’: Liz Truss ‘message’ to Blinken after English Nord Stream attack

– lankaweb.com/news/items/2022/11/01/its-done-liz-truss-message-to-blinken-over-nord-stream-attack/

– aa.com.tr/en/russia-ukraine-war/russia-accuses-uk-of-involvement-in-attack-on-black-sea-fleet-nord-stream-gas-pipelines/2726455

– tass.com/politics/1531535

• War In Ukraine – US Creeping Towards Ever Deeper Involvement

‘NATO forces in Eastern and Central Europe had risen by two and a half times since February and might increase further in the near future’

– moonofalabama.org/2022/11/war-in-ukraine-us-creeping-towards-ever-deeper-involvement.html

• Russian warships enter Sea of Sri Lanka to cross Indian Ocean

– english.newsfirst.lk/2022/11/4/russian-warships-enter-sea-of-sri-lanka-to-cross-indian-ocean

• Two Russian warships enter territorial waters of Sri Lanka – US Naval News

– lankaweb.com/news/items/2022/11/03/two-russian-warships-enter-territorial-waters-of-sri-lanka/

• Kra Canal: Leveraging connectivity for Sri Lanka’s economic and strategic benefits

– ft.lk/columns/Kra-Canal-Leveraging-connectivity-for-Sri-Lanka-s-economic-and-strategic-benefits/4-741670

• IMF Delay Catalyzes Anarchists

– dailynews.lk/2022/10/31/features/290156/defusing-foreign-interferences-and-influences-part-xiii

• US Ambassador hails 21st Amendment; Govt.’s efforts to prevent corruption

– ft.lk/news/US-Ambassador-hails-21st-Amendment-Govt-s-efforts-to-prevent-corruption/56-741623

• Speaker signs 21st Amendment to the Constitution Bill

– dailymirror.lk/breaking_news/Speaker-signs-21st-Amendment-to-the-Constitution-Bill/108-247745

– economynext.com/sri-lanka-speaker-signs-constitutional-amendment-into-law-101537/

• Roundtable discussion on development of the Northern Province

‘hosted by Governor Jeevan Thiagarajah, Japanese Ambassador Hideaki Mizukoshi and Centre for Policy Alternative Executive Director Paikiyasothy Saravanamuttu, Korean Ambassador Santhush Jeong Woonjin, Thailand Ambassador Poj Hernpol, Vietnam Ambassador Ho ThiThanah True, Malaysia High Commissioner Tan Yang Thai, Indonesian Ambassador Dewi Gustina Tobing, India’s Consul General in Jaffna Raakesh Nataraj, Turkey’s Third Secretary Bilal Saglam, World Food Program’s Abdur Rahim Siddiqui, UNDP Representative Robert Junker, ADB’s Unit Head Portfolio Administration Anura Nanayakkara, World Bank Senior Operations officer Asela Dissanayake and Advisor Husam Abudagga and JICA Chief Representative Tetsuya Yamada. Secretary to Prime Minister Anura Dissanayake and SL High Commissioner in India Milinda Moragoda’

– ft.lk/news/Roundtable-discussion-on-development-of-the-Northern-Province/56-741514

• Downfall and death of LTTE’s Mahathaya – Jeyaraj

‘How Tiger Chief Prabhakaran got his No 2 arrested, interrogated and executed’

– dailymirror.lk/opinion/Downfall-and-death-of-LTTEs-Mahathaya/172-248070

• Menike Mage Hithe and Suranganee sway Indians but the Indian-built Cultural Center in Jaffna remains inactive

– newsin.asia/menike-mage-hithe-and-suranganee-sway-indians-but-the-indian-built-cultural-center-in-jaffna-remains-inactive/

• Eco-friendly US embassy with Lankan touch

‘declared open by President Ranil Wickremesinghe with US State Department’s Management Under-Secretary John Bass, and the State Department’s Overseas Building Operations Managing Director Chelsea Bakken. The Sunday Times was given an exclusive tour of the premises….Peter van der Meulen, principal architect…

– sundaytimes.lk/221030/news/eco-friendly-us-embassy-with-lankan-touch-500425.html

– sundaytimes.lk/221030/plus/where-two-countries-meet-in-spirit-and-culture-499910.html

• Towards a peaceful and inclusive European Union

– lankaweb.com/news/items/2022/11/03/towards-a-peaceful-and-inclusive-european-union/

• Dutch-funded Sri Lankan stakeholders prepare for COP 27 in Joint Climate Change Dialogues

‘Netherlands and the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) hosted dialogue for stakeholders from SL and Maldivian government, private sector, banks, academia and civil society.’

– bizenglish.adaderana.lk/sri-lankan-stakeholders-prepare-for-cop-27-in-joint-climate-change-dialogues/

• 6^th EU-Sri Lanka Working Group on Governance, Rule of Law and Human Rights in Colombo

‘The Working Group was co-chaired by Varuni Muthukumarana, Director General Europe, Central Asia, EU and Commonwealth, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka and Rensje Teerink, Deputy Director and Head of South Asia Division, European External Action Service.’

– ft.lk/news/EU-reaffirms-commitment-to-support-Sri-Lanka-through-economic-crisis/56-741570

• EU encourages tangible progress by SL on its GSP+ commitment

– dailymirror.lk/breaking_news/EU-encourages-tangible-progress-by-SL-on-its-GSP-commitment/108-247960

• European External Action Service (EEAS) Deputy Managing Director of Asia & Pacific on PTA

– ft.lk/front-page/EU-committed-to-strengthen-Sri-Lanka-s-democracy-and-economy-Pampaloni/44-741473

• European Union’s campaign on ‘EU Support for a Peaceful and Inclusive Society’

– ft.lk/news/European-Union-s-campaign-on-EU-Support-for-a-Peaceful-and-Inclusive-Society/56-741671

• Sri Lanka & India meet to further fast track multi-million dollar flagship grant projects

– ft.lk/news/Sri-Lanka-and-India-hold-meetings-to-further-fast-track-multi-million-dollar-flagship-grant-projects/56-741572

• Kishore Reddy re-elected President of Sri Lanka India Society

‘Vice Presidents: Renganathan, A. Kandasamy and Jaykumar; Secretary Kailasapillai; Asst. Secretary Chaturi Ranasinghe; Treasurer Saravanan Neelakandan; Asst. Treasurer S. Shameer; and Editor Sumit Law. Another 14 Sri Lankan and 10 Indian members also serve on the Executive Committee.’

– ft.lk/news/Kishore-Reddy-re-elected-President-of-Sri-Lanka-India-Society/56-741674

• Ex (LTTE) cadres in New Delhi attend ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Event

– sundaytimes.lk/221030/columns/deal-with-disney-whos-being-taken-for-a-ride-500347.html

• Release of 8 LTTE members by the government needs to be commended: USAID NPC Perera

– island.lk/spirit-of-magnanimity-to-accompany-national-problem-solving/

• Need for reparations to those pardoned but kept imprisoned beyond their periods of legal incarceration: USAID NPC Perera

– english.newsfirst.lk/2022/11/1/need-for-reparations-to-those-pardoned-but-kept-imprisoned-beyond-their-periods-of-legal-incarceration-national-peace-council

• Indian police find Link between Coimbatore car cylinder explosion, 1998 serial blasts, Lanka Easter bombings

– island.lk/indian-police-find-link-between-coimbatore-car-cylinder-explosion-1998-serial-blasts-lanka-easter-bombings/

• When a “Giant Bomb’’ killed LTTE’s “Smiling Face” 15 years ago

– ft.lk/columns/When-a-Giant-Bomb-killed-LTTE-s-Smiling-Face-15-years-ago/4-741539

• Device to influence policies of other nations – US benefits from dual citizenship

‘a dual citizen, without being in an elective position, is capable of influencing national agenda through his or her position within the governing body or the political party responsible for that governance.’

– island.lk/device-to-influence-policies-of-other-nations/

• Canadian Businesses to support Sri Lanka

‘Delegation included Han Dong MP, Rachel Thomas MP, Ganesan Sugumar, Arthur Kraus, Kula Sellathurai, Mohan Perera, Jude Francis, Siva Sivanathan, Elanko Ratnasabapathy, Prem Yachamanai, Riyaz Rauff, Mahesh Abeywardene, David Stao, Sutharsan Sriyoganathan and Arun Kiruba, State Minister of Higher Education Suren Raghavan & Secretary to the Prime Minister Anura Dissanayake.

– ft.lk/front-page/PM-assures-top-Canadian-delegation-speedy-approval-for-foreign-investment-proposals/44-741693

– english.newsfirst.lk/2022/11/4/canadian-businesses-to-support-sri-lanka

– bizenglish.adaderana.lk/canadian-business-community-accorded-to-support-the-development-of-sri-lankas-economy/

• State flag of Montana flown over the state capital in Helena in honour of Sri Lanka Embassy

‘Technical advice and training delivered by the Montana National Guard/Air National Guard for technical training and education for the military in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR), medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) and other activities under Subject Matter Expert Exchange program.’

– ft.lk/news/State-flag-of-Montana-flown-over-the-state-capital-in-Helena-in-honour-of-Sri-Lanka-Embassy/56-741676

• India to stick with Russian energy project

– rt.com/business/565794-india-russia-energy-sakhalin/

• Myanmar Strikes Concert (at Rebel Army Base): How & Why the West Lies

– youtube.com/watch?v=DG1nKFna9oc

• Pakistan’s FIA chief silent on extradition of Dawood, Hafiz Sayeed to India

– island.lk/pakistans-fia-chief-silent-on-extradition-of-dawood-hafiz-sayeed-to-india/

• Pakistan’s Khan set to march on Islamabad to demand snap polls

– island.lk/pakistans-khan-set-to-march-on-islamabad-to-demand-snap-polls/

• Imran Khan Receives Bullet Injury After Gunmen Open Fire on his Truck Container: Report

– newsclick.in/Todays-News-Round-Up-nov-3-2022

– english.newsfirst.lk/2022/11/3/pakistan-pm-condemns-attack-on-imran-khan

– dailymirror.lk/breaking_news/Imran-Khan-shot-and-wounded-at-protest-march/108-247972

– themorning.lk/pakistans-ex-prime-minister-imran-khan-shot-and-wounded-at-protest-march/

– newsclick.in/why-was-imran-khan-attacked-answer-lies-pakistani-societys-turmoil

• Russia’s Accusation That Pakistan & Ukraine Are Cooperating On Nuclear Weapons

– korybko.substack.com/p/analyzing-russias-accusation-that?

• Upcoming G20 summit on the island of Bali on November 15-16

– tass.com/politics/1531595

• An interpretation of the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s 20th Congress Report:

– mronline.org/2022/11/03/an-interpretation-of-the-cpcs-20th-congress-report/

• ‘Peaceful modernization’: China’s offering to the Global South

– thecradle.co/Article/Columns/17132

• Olaf Scholz thinks Germany must change the way it deals with China

‘German leader noted that Beijing was veering back to a ‘Marxist-Leninist’ political path…German companies would need to take steps to reduce ‘risky dependencies’ in industrial supply chains, particularly in terms of “cutting-edge technologies.’

– politico.eu/article/olaf-scholz-defend-china-germany-europe-change/

• 100+ US Air Force Warplanes Conduct 24-Hour-Long Combat Drills With S. Korea

– eurasiantimes.com/100-us-air-force-warplanes-conduct-24-hour-long-combat-drills/

• US and South Korea launch new war games as China warns Washington of nuclear-armed B52s

– radiohc.cu/en/noticias/internacionales/303680-us-and-south-korea-launch-new-war-games-as-china-warns-washington-of-nuclear-armed-b52s

• DPRK fires unidentified ballistic missile eastward: Yonhap

– news.cgtn.com/news/2022-11-02/DPRK-fires-unknown-ballistic-missile-Yonhap-1eCJbB0q88w/index.html

– dailymirror.lk/breaking_news/South-hits-back-as-N-Korea-fires-most-missiles-in-a-day/108-247906

• US nuclear bombers bomb Australia’s own interest

– news.cgtn.com/news/2022-11-01/U-S-nuclear-bombers-bomb-Australia-s-own-interest-1eBsh4P1qE0/index.html

• Papal trip to Bahrain to highlight importance of opening doors

– island.lk/papal-trip-to-bahrain-to-highlight-importance-of-opening-doors/

• Palestine calls for elimination of Israel’s nuclear arsenal

– radiohc.cu/en/noticias/internacionales/303723-palestine-calls-for-elimination-of-israels-nuclear-arsenal

• Israeli warplanes attack Gaza Strip in fresh act of aggression

– radiohc.cu/en/noticias/internacionales/303937-israeli-warplanes-attack-gaza-strip-in-fresh-act-of-aggression

• Satellite images show Israeli missile system deployed in UAE

– radiohc.cu/en/noticias/internacionales/303558-satellite-images-show-israeli-missile-system-deployed-in-uae

• Lebanon and Israel sign maritime border agreement

– thecradle.co/Article/News/17486

• Syrian UN ambassador says the right to retake Israeli-occupied Golan Heights is inalienable

– radiohc.cu/en/noticias/internacionales/303402-syrian-un-ambassador-says-the-right-to-retake-israeli-occupied-golan-heights-is-inalienable

• Netanyahu back; deadliest year for Palestinians

– dailymirror.lk/opinion/Netanyahu-back-deadliest-year-for-Palestinians/172-247980

– radiohc.cu/en/noticias/internacionales/303757-polls-show-netanyahu-poised-to-win-israeli-election-with-far-right-alliance

– radiohc.cu/en/noticias/internacionales/303920-netanyahu-and-far-right-allies-win-israeli-elections

• 4 killed by Israeli forces across occupied territories in deadliest day for Palestinians this week

– radiohc.cu/en/noticias/internacionales/303997-four-killed-by-israeli-forces-across-occupied-territories-in-deadliest-day-for-palestinians-this-week

• How Israeli Apartheid Destroyed My Hometown

– youtu.be/aEdGcej-6D0

• The Bosnian Crisis May Be About to Get Ugly

– strategic-culture.org/news/2022/11/01/the-bosnian-crisis-may-be-about-to-get-ugly/

• The choice is between direct NATO war and proxy war

– johnhelmer.net/

• Plenary Session of the 19th Annual Meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club

– valdaiclub.com/multimedia/video/plenary-session-of-the-19th-annual-meeting/

– youtube.com/watch?v=iVJp7YY778M

• English Drone Attack On Sevastopol

‘The maritime drones are English and Russia alleges that English specialists had trained the Ukrainian navy in using them. It also says English soldiers were involved in the attack on the Nord Stream.’

– moonofalabama.org/2022/10/drone-attack-on-sevastopol

– newseu.cgtn.com/news/2022-11-01/Three-grain-ships-leave-Ukrainian-ports-Russia-accuses-UK-of-sabotage-1eBMQJ2lWHm/index.html

• Russia says English navy blew up Nord Stream, London denies involvement

– news.yahoo.com/russia-says-british-navy-personnel-112154191.html

• Russia warns England about its level of involvement in Ukraine

‘The Russian Foreign Ministry summoned the English Ambassador to Moscow, Deborah Bronnert, over England’s supposed link to the attack in Crimea’

– rt.com/news/565922-kelin-evidence-attack-uk/

• England’s Terrorist Attack on Russia

– mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/news/1836563/

• US signals readiness to launch nuclear strike against Russia

– johnhelmer.net/the-us-signals-readiness-to-launch-nuclear-strike-against-russia/#more-69043

• Xi, Scholz warn against ‘irresponsible’ nuclear threats over Ukraine

– reuters.com/world/china/german-chancellor-scholz-lands-beijing-2022-11-04/

• Who’s afraid of US troops in Ukraine?

– indianpunchline.com/whos-afraid-of-us-troops-in-ukraine/

• Terrifying’ Putin driven by ‘evil forces,’ says European Central Bank’s Christine Lagarde

– business-standard.com/article/international/terrifying-putin-driven-by-evil-forces-says-ecb-s-christine-lagarde-122102900089_1.html

• Russia’s ambassador to UN says Washington must return overseas nukes to national territory

– radiohc.cu/en/noticias/internacionales/303557-russias-ambassador-to-un-says-washington-must-return-overseas-nukes-to-national-territory

• Complaint by Russian Federation under Article 6 of Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention

– russiaun.ru/en/news/271022_nb

• A Biden-Putin meeting in Bali cannot be ruled out

– indianpunchline.com/a-biden-putin-meeting-in-bali-cannot-be-ruled-out/

• Glaring Western Hypocrisy on Human Rights in Africa: Ethiopia & the Democratic Republic of Congo

– blackagendareport.com/glaring-western-hypocrisy-human-rights-africa-ethiopia-and-democratic-republic-congo

• Ethiopia agrees to African Union-mediated peace in Tigray after two years of conflict

– radiohc.cu/en/noticias/internacionales/303941-ethiopia-agrees-to-peace-in-tigray-after-two-years-of-conflict

• Somalia Mogadishu bombings: Twin blasts kill 100 in capital

– dailymirror.lk/breaking_news/Somalia-Mogadishu-bombings-Twin-blasts-kill-100-in-capital/108-247712

– english.newsfirst.lk/2022/10/31/somalia-car-bombs-kills-over-100

• Thomas Sankara of Burkina Faso to the United Nations General Assembly, 4th October, 1984

‘an interventionist French and US military strategy in Africa has effectively worsened the security crisis in the region by unleashing the very militias the Burkinabe people are fighting against.’

– blackagendareport.com/speech-thomas-sankara-united-nations-general-assembly-4th-october-1984

• Why are Haitians Protesting Foreign Intervention

– newsclick.in/mapping-faultlines-why-are-haitians-protesting-foreign-intervention

• Civil society groups urge Biden not to send troops to Haiti

– radiohc.cu/en/noticias/internacionales/304002-civil-society-groups-urge-biden-not-to-send-troops-to-haiti

• Venezuelan president says Caracas returning to Andean Community of Nations

– radiohc.cu/en/noticias/internacionales/303935-venezuelan-president-says-caracas-returning-to-andean-community-of-nations

• War in Ukraine now threatens to engulf Europe

– dailymirror.lk/opinion/War-in-Ukraine-now-threatens-to-engulf-Europe/172-248068

• France: Mass protests erupt in Paris against NATO, demands for exit

– youtu.be/27iqPBxUvQE

• Germany’s position in USA’s New World Order

– michael-hudson.com/2022/11/germanys-position-in-americas-new-world-order/

• England’s transition from Tweedledee to Tweedledum – Bhadrakumar

‘Don’t expect England’s first Asian prime minister to radically reverse the UK’s direction, as he is a pillar of the establishment.’

– thecradle.co/Article/Columns/17596

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C2. Security (the state beyond ‘a pair of handcuffs’, monopolies of legitimate violence)

ee Security section focuses on the state (a pair of handcuffs, which sposedly has the monopoly of legitimate violence), and how the ‘national security’ doctrine is undermined by private interests, with no interest in divulging or fighting the real enemy, whose chief aim is to prevent an industrial renaissance as the basis of a truly independent nation.

• Is the Central Bank an Accessory to Money Laundering and Land Fraud? – An Open Letter to Nandalal Weerasinghe Governor of the Central Bank – The Legal Arm of ‘The Socialist Vanguard Party for the Restoration of a Sovereign Unitary State of Sri Lanka’

– lankaweb.com/news/items/2022/10/29/is-the-central-bank-an-accessory-to-money-laundering-and-land-fraud-an-open-letter-to-mr-nandalal-weerasinghe-governor-of-the-central-bank/

• EU concerned over the recent use of PTA

– timesonline.lk/news-online/EU-concerned-over-the-recent-use-of-PTA/2-1139415

• SL assures EU that PTA will be replaced

– island.lk/sl-assures-eu-that-pta-will-be-replaced/

• Anti-PTA battle cry to divert attention away from far bigger issues facing country

– island.lk/anti-pta-battle-cry-to-divert-attention-away-from-far-bigger-issues-facing-country/

• Obstructing peaceful protest at Galle Face: Court recalls summons issued on SSP Roshan Dias

– dailymirror.lk/breaking_news/Obstructing-peaceful-protest-at-Galle-Face-Court-recalls-summons-issued-on-SSP-Roshan-Dias/108-247823

• Police have no authority to stop protests: Journos

– themorning.lk/police-have-no-authority-to-stop-protests-journos/

• Fingerprints needed for Last Will in future

– timesonline.lk/news-online/Fingerprints-needed-for-Lastwill-in-future/2-1139375

• Security clearance no longer needed to marry foreigners?

– themorning.lk/security-clearance-no-longer-needed-to-marry-foreigners/

• Lawyers, rights activists alarmed by revised jail rules

– sundaytimes.lk/221030/news/lawyers-rights-activists-alarmed-by-revised-jail-rules-500247.html

• BASL: Ensure integrity of nominations to Constitutional Council

– island.lk/basl-ensure-integrity-of-nominations-to-constitutional-council/

• Attorney General is not a person with special privileges- Saliya Pieris PC

– dailymirror.lk/breaking_news/Attorney-General-is-not-a-person-with-special-privileges-Saliya-Pieris-PC/108-247910

• Executive Director of National Police Academy promoted

– http://www.adaderana.lk/news/85938/executive-director-of-national-police-academy-promoted

• A significant Madras judgment for Lankan Hindu Tamil refugees

– island.lk/a-significant-judgment-for-lankan-refugees/

• Most appointments of Officers-in-Charge made on the recommendations of politicians

– sundaytimes.lk/221030/columns/humans-who-make-wild-animals-seem-more-civilised-500190.html

• Matara shooting incident: SI remanded until Nov 4

– sundaytimes.lk/221030/news/matara-shooting-incident-si-remanded-until-nov-4-500438.html

• Cop dies while attempting to disperse protesters in Kebithigollewa

‘Four culprits, including a Buddhist monk, were arrested over the incident

– dailymirror.lk/breaking_news/Cop-dies-while-attempting-to-disperse-protesters-in-Kebithigollewa/108-247803

– island.lk/monk-among-14-arrested-over-killing-of-cop-at-kebetigollewa/

• Reckless driving in Yala wildlife park: Forest Conservation Ministry blacklists 35 vehicles

– sundaytimes.lk/221030/news/reckless-driving-in-yala-wildlife-park-forest-conservation-ministry-blacklists-35-vehicles-500359.html

• Yala motor show: Wildlife Minister’s nephew arrested

– sundaytimes.lk/221030/news/yala-motor-show-wildlife-ministers-nephew-arrested-500416.html

• President’s House repairs to cost Rs. 364.8mn in public funds

– sundaytimes.lk/221030/news/presidents-house-repairs-to-cost-rs-364-8mn-in-public-funds-500414.html

• Rishad acquitted on AG’s instructions

– island.lk/rishad-acquitted-on-ags-instructions/

• If Ranil’s cases are laid by then Court should lay by cases against all defendants: Maithripala

– dailymirror.lk/breaking_news/If-Ranils-cases-are-laid-by-then-Court-should-lay-by-cases-against-all-defendants-Maithripala-tells-court/108-247755

• Northern narcotics crisis: Special Task Forces deployed to crackdown on peddlers and users

– sundaytimes.lk/221030/news/northern-narcotics-crisis-special-task-forces-deployed-to-crackdown-on-peddlers-and-users-500320.html

• Islandwide survey from December to ascertain drug use

– themorning.lk/islandwide-survey-from-december-to-ascertain-drug-use/

• Policy Roundtable: The Future of South Asia (2019)

– tnsr.org/roundtable/policy-roundtable-the-future-of-south-asia/

• Fitch warns Sovereigns face growing risk from cyberattacks

– ft.lk/front-page/Fitch-warns-Sovereigns-face-growing-risk-from-cyberattacks/44-741690

• Of fortifications and military heritage of Sri Lanka

‘Postgraduate Institute of Archaeology conference with the Department of Archaeology, Department of National Museums, the Central Cultural Fund, The National Trust Sri Lanka and ICOMOS Sri Lanka. 2 presentations from the University of Lisbon, Portugal and University of Leiden, the Netherlands.

Lt. Commander (Retired) Somasiri Devendra., Archaeological Study of the Development of Fort Frederick, Trincomalee, Weapons as depicted in Sculptures from Anuradhapura to Kandyan periods and Colonial Military History as Reflected in the Graffiti at Sober Island in Trincomalee.

– sundaytimes.lk/221030/plus/of-fortifications-and-military-heritage-of-sri-lanka-499918.html

• Forgotten Ceylonese war heroes of WW I – ECB Wijeyesinghe

– island.lk/forgotten-ceylonese-war-heroes-of-ww-i/

• Japan joins NATO cyber defense unit

– news.cgtn.com/news/2022-11-04/Japan-joins-NATO-cyber-defense-unit-1eGJbgSUboA/index.html

• Air superiority slipping out of West hands in UAV era: NATO commander

– english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/air-superiority-slipping-out-of-west-hands-in-uav-era:-nato

• Uncontrolled weapon proliferation from the war in Ukraine

– moonofalabama.org/2022/11/some-ukraine-items-.html

• Poland to buy 300 US-Korean Chunmoo multiple rocket launchers

‘The news came months after the two countries agreed on a $5.8-billion contract in August for Hyundai Rotem to sell tanks and Hanwha Defense to provide howitzers to Poland.’

– koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2022/10/205_337961.html

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C3. Economists (Study the Economists before you study the Economics)

ee Economists shows how paid capitalist/academic ‘professionals’ confuse (misdefinitions, etc) and divert (with false indices, etc) from the steps needed to achieve a modern industrial country.

• US S&P Agency downgrades SL Bonds to ‘D’ after missed payments

– ft.lk/front-page/S-P-downgrades-SL-Bonds-to-D-after-missed-payments/44-741695

• IMF Executive Board agreement could be further delayed – President

– english.newsfirst.lk/2022/11/1/imf-executive-board-agreement-could-be-further-delayed-president

• State Fin. Min. denies reports stating delay in gaining IMF board approval

– dailymirror.lk/business-news/State-Fin-Min-denies-reports-stating-delay-in-gaining-IMF-board-approval/273-248056

• Process to obtain IMF loan facility is in final stage: State Minister promises December Dollars

– http://www.adaderana.lk/news/85941/process-to-obtain-imf-loan-facility-is-in-final-stage-state-minister

• SL holds virtual meeting with Official Creditors

– english.newsfirst.lk/2022/11/3/sri-lanka-holds-virtual-meeting-with-official-creditors

– http://www.adaderana.lk/news/85925/finance-ministry-and-cbsl-hold-virtual-meeting-with-sri-lankas-official-creditors

– economynext.com/sri-lanka-issues-statement-after-virtual-meeting-with-official-creditors-101891/

– timesonline.lk/news-online/Finance-Ministry-and-CBSL-hold-virtual-meeting-with-official-creditors/2-1139432

– themorning.lk/govt-monetary-gatekeepers-meet-creditors-in-virtual-meeting/

• Crucial round of talks on debt restructuring today: State Minister

– timesonline.lk/news-online/Crucial-round-of-talks-on-debt-restructuring-today-State-Minister/2-1139408

• Sri Lanka starts second round of debt restructuring talks with creditors

– http://www.adaderana.lk/news/85923/sri-lanka-starts-second-round-of-debt-restructuring-talks-with-creditors

• Sri Lanka issues statement government is committed to halting money printing, after virtual meeting with official creditors

– economynext.com/sri-lanka-issues-statement-after-virtual-meeting-with-official-creditors-101891/

• Sri Lanka’s IMF debt analysis includes domestic debt

– economynext.com/sri-lankas-imf-debt-analysis-includes-domestic-debt-101748/

• Dollar debt restructuring is key to any recovery

– ft.lk/columns/Dollar-debt-restructuring-is-key-to-any-recovery/4-741640

• ‘Inability to meet IMF targets may force domestic debt restructuring’: US Verite

– themorning.lk/inability-to-meet-imf-targets-may-force-domestic-debt-restructuring/

• Sri Lanka’s new “painful” IMF reforms won’t be reversed – State FinMin Semasinghe

– economynext.com/interview-sri-lankas-new-painful-reforms-wont-be-reversed-state-finmin-100838/

• China lets down Colombo in securing $2.9 billion IMF loan in December – The Hindustan Times

– lankaweb.com/news/items/2022/11/03/china-lets-down-colombo-in-securing-2-9-billion-imf-loan-in-december/

• Is Sri Lanka on track to access funds from the IMF? – The Hindustan Times

‘A report in the Hindustan Times quoting financial analysts based in Washington said that SL will miss the IMF deadline and will have to wait till March next year to secure a loan of $2.9 billion, as Beijing was involved in the 20th National Party Congress.’

– english.newsfirst.lk/2022/11/4/is-sri-lanka-on-track-to-access-funds-from-the-imf

• SL Heading for Another Turbulence as it Fails to Secure $2.9Billion IMF Loan, Courtesy China

– lankaweb.com/news/items/2022/11/03/sri-lanka-heading-for-another-turbulence-as-it-fails-to-secure-2-9-billion-imf-loan-courtesy-china/

• IMF bailout unlikely by this December – The Hindustan Times

– themorning.lk/imf-bailout-unlikely-by-this-december/

• Sri Lanka to sell SOEs to build reserves: President

– economynext.com/sri-lanka-to-sell-soes-to-build-reserves-president-101602/

• President eyes $3-4 billion via sale of SOEs; says big State sector did not help SL to grow fast

‘AGM of the Sri Lanka Tea Factory Owners Association ‘

– ft.lk/front-page/President-eyes-3-4-b-via-sale-of-SOEs-says-big-State-sector-did-not-help-SL-to-grow-fast/44-741523

• SOEs Restructuring Unit to study and make recommendations on SriLankan Airlines

– http://www.adaderana.lk/news/85872/soes-restructuring-unit-to-study-and-make-recommendations-on-srilankan-airlines

• First steps to restructure Sri Lankan Airlines starts

– timesonline.lk/news-online/First-steps-to-restructure-Sri-Lankan-Airlines-starts/2-1139378

• Cabinet nod to make recommendations on SriLankan restructuring

– english.newsfirst.lk/2022/11/1/cabinet-nod-to-make-recommendations-on-srilankan-restructuring

• Sri Lanka drops plan to sell Sri Lankan Airlines piecemeal

– economynext.com/sri-lanka-drops-plan-to-sell-sri-lankan-airlines-piecemeal-101728/

• National carrier open for privatisation: CEO Nuttall

 – dailymirror.lk/business-news/National-carrier-needs-to-be-twice-its-size-Nuttall/273-248061

• New CBSL regime prints more money than the former

– ft.lk/front-page/New-CBSL-regime-prints-more-money-than-the-former/44-741455

• Sri Lanka’s economic turmoil and value of Senaka Bibile drug policy: All Ceylon Medical Officers Association

– island.lk/sri-lankas-economic-turmoil-and-value-of-senanka-bibile-drug-policy/

• Rathana Thera says IMF not the solution for SL, advocates money printing

– themorning.lk/rathana-thera-says-imf-not-the-solution-for-sl-advocates-money-printing/

• National Planning Council Act – Kulatunga

– lankaweb.com/news/items/2022/11/01/national-council/

• The Way Out of the Economic Meltdown – Karunaratne

– lankaweb.com/news/items/2022/10/29/the-way-out-of-the-economic-meltdown/

• Government prepares to force the people to accept the economic burdens – Vitarana

– island.lk/government-prepares-to-force-the-people-to-accept-the-economic-burdens/

• Weerawansa: Govt. has no plan to address root causes of economic crisis

– island.lk/weerawansa-govt-has-no-plan-to-address-root-causes-of-crisis/

• Sri Lanka’s Communist Party praise China’s achievements in an extraordinary decade

– epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20221017/Articel05005GN.htm

• COPF asks govt. why it shared IMF pact with other committees

– island.lk/copf-asks-govt-why-it-shared-imf-pact-with-other-committees/

• Talks with India mired over issue concerning different data

– sundaytimes.lk/221030/columns/basils-power-declines-mahinda-promoting-namal-for-leadership-500337.html

• 1905 – Government hotline to report government corruption

– english.newsfirst.lk/2022/11/4/1905-hotline-to-report-corruption

– http://www.adaderana.lk/news/85945/hotline-to-file-complaints-about-irregularities-committed-by-public-officers

• CMA Sri Lanka Founder President claims bureaucracy responsible for nation’s bankruptcy

– ft.lk/front-page/Top-professional-claims-bureaucracy-responsible-for-nation-s-bankruptcy/44-741521

• SLT Chief calls on Govt. to avoid desperate moves suggested by economic pundits’

– ft.lk/front-page/SLT-Chief-calls-on-Govt-to-avoid-desperate-moves-suggested-by-economic-pundits/44-741584

• HC orders Bribery Commission to file submissions linked to objections filed by Johnston, et al

– island.lk/hc-orders-bribery-commission-to-file-submissions-linked-to-objections-filed-by-accused-johnston-et-al/

• GR weak in decision-making– Prof. Charitha Herath

– dailymirror.lk/hard-talk/GR-weak-in-decision-making-Prof-Charitha-Herath/334-247919

• With financial markets unwilling to extend credit, time to look at ‘Rubber-Rice Pact’ with China – DM Editorial on Barter

– dailymirror.lk/opinion/Our-economic-crisis-needs-out-of-the-box-solutions-EDITORIAL/172-247837

• Parliament slow in implementing proposals to bring critical systematic changes – President writes to Speaker

– timesonline.lk/news-online/Parliament-slow-in-implementing-proposals-to-bring-critical-systematic-changes-President-writes-to-Speaker/2-1139413

– economynext.com/sri-lanka-president-tells-speaker-that-parliament-slow-in-making-far-reaching-changes-101885/

– island.lk/prez-asks-parliament-to-get-its-act-together/

• ‘Rob Peter to pay Paul’ tax policy will make things worse, says Indian Ideal Motors director

– dailymirror.lk/business-news/Rob-Peter-to-pay-Paul-tax-policy-will-make-things-worse-says-company-director/273-247915

• Taxes, tax hikes, and tax exemptions

– island.lk/taxes-tax-hikes-and-tax-exemptions/

• Taxing thoughts on taxing incomes

– themorning.lk/taxing-thoughts-on-taxing-incomes/

• Are proposed taxation measures equitable and will they achieve fiscal consolidation? – Sanderatne

‘Fiscal consolidation is an economic prerequisite to achieving economic stability and growth. It is also a precondition to obtain the assistance of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)’

– sundaytimes.lk/221030/columns/are-the-proposed-taxation-measures-equitable-and-will-they-achieve-fiscal-consolidation-500265.html

• The new tax hikes are an IMF conditionality – Abeyratne

– sundaytimes.lk/221030/business-times/bitter-truth-in-bitter-times-500065.html

• Child’s guide to Ranilnomics VIII: Don’t ignore the message delivered by IPS SOE22 – Wijewardena

– ft.lk/columns/Child-s-guide-to-Ranilnomics-VIII-Don-t-ignore-the-message-delivered-by-IPS-SOE22/4-741480

• The Desirability of Domestic Debt Restructuring: Verité Research Sri Lanka

– timesonline.lk/news-online/The-Desirability-of-Domestic-Debt-Restructuring-Verit%C3%A9-Research-Sri-Lanka/2-1139412

• Economic crisis to reverse SL’s gains in economic freedom: Fraser Institute & US Advocata

– dailymirror.lk/breaking_news/Economic-crisis-to-reverse-SLs-gains-in-economic-freedom/108-247918

• “Our role in facing an economic crisis” – A seminar for Colombo schools on suffering

– youtu.be/00jufhJCpyQ

• Acuity Partners-Daily FT forum today on way forward for domestic debt market

‘Keynote by Verité Research Director Nishan De Mel and panel with DFCC Bank CEO and Acuity Partners Group Chair Thimal Perera, Acuity Partners Group Director Sachith Perera and Oberlin College US Professor of Economics Prof. Udara Peiris, moderated by Daily FT Editor Nisthar Cassim.

– ft.lk/front-page/Acuity-Partners-Daily-FT-forum-today-on-way-forward-for-domestic-debt-market/44-741560

• Home-grown funding models to support rural livelihoods

– island.lk/academics-rise-to-challenge-with-sustainable-solutions/

• The end of business as usual in Sri Lanka – Dev Gunawardene

‘From hollowing out the country’s revenue base through decades of tax concessions and “investor-friendly” policy, to promoting financialisation and capital market liberalisation, to the most recent disastrous decision to default, it is not socialism that has led Sri Lanka into the crisis.’

– ft.lk/columns/The-end-of-business-as-usual-in-Sri-Lanka/4-741497

• Can we have good economics and bad politics? – Manikkalingam & Devarajan

– island.lk/can-we-have-good-economics-and-bad-politics/

• Dr. Pethiyagoda blames Lanka’s woes on rulers, bureaucrats not using common sense

– island.lk/dr-pethiyagoda-blames-lankas-woes-on-rulers-bureaucrats-not-using-common-sense/

• Growth Plan for Sri Lanka – Tom Sato and Saliya Weerakoon

– island.lk/growth-plan-for-sri-lanka/

• Govt. planning spending frenzy whilst people suffer: SJB

– ft.lk/top-story/Govt-planning-spending-frenzy-whilst-people-suffer-SJB/26-741569

• Stopping subsidies, refraining from funding SOEs essential for economic recovery – former Reserve Bank of New Zealand Acting Governor Grant Spencer.

– themorning.lk/direct-taxes-in-sl-need-to-be-restructured/

– island.lk/stopping-subsidies-refraining-from-funding-soes-seen-as-essential-for-economic-recovery/

• Crisis-hit Sri Lanka reveals foreign debt details; owes $35 bln in total, $7 bln to China

– economynext.com/crisis-hit-sri-lanka-reveals-foreign-debt-details-owes-35-bln-in-total-7-bln-to-china-101892/

• Geopolitical propositions for multinational firms: 5-point agenda

‘Sri Lanka is an example. Macroeconomic mismanagement along with geopolitical factors, e.g., prolonged ethnic conflicts, have led the country into an unmanageable crisis. Also, the amplification of existing inflationary pressures as a result of the Ukraine war has led to global shortages of fertilizers, soaring prices of oil and natural gas and shortages of global grain supply, thus increasing the risk of social instability.’

– http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/opinion/2022/08/137_334507.html

• China’s “Social Credit Score System” – Fact or Fiction?

– youtube.com/watch?v=gAYnZREu-Mk

• Russia’s Finance minister says Russia has ‘found antidote’ to sanctions

‘The documentary about the formation of the Russian financial system “History of Russian Finance” will run to coincide with the 220th anniversary of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation.’

– tass.com/economy/1530173

• Asia poised to generate half of the world’s GDP by 2050

– sundaytimes.lk/221030/business-times/asia-poised-to-generate-half-of-the-worlds-gdp-by-2050-500037.html

• The whole world is facing a debt crisis, but richer countries can afford to stop it

– sundaytimes.lk/221030/sunday-times-2/the-whole-world-is-facing-a-debt-crisis-but-richer-countries-can-afford-to-stop-it-500202.html

• Thieves’ Paradise in Kiev

‘IMF admits it doesn’t know how much Ukraine has received of $35 billion in promised foreign cash, or where the money was spent’

– johnhelmer.net/thieves-paradise-in-kiev-imf-admits-it-doesnt-know-how-much-ukraine-has-received-of-35-billion-in-promised-foreign-cash-or-where-the-money-was-spent/#more-70130

• MTI strategically re-assessing 5 Ethiopian SOEs

– bizenglish.adaderana.lk/mti-strategically-re-assessing-5-ethiopian-soes/

• How Russia Sees U.S. Sanctions

‘the US is ignoring the fears of other primarily developing countries regarding a sharp increase in interest rates. Poorer nations are being driven even deeper into debt.’

– nationalinterest.org/feature/how-russia-sees-us-sanctions-205716?page=0%2C1

• US-Europe ties look increasingly like zero-sum competition

– globaltimes.cn/page/202211/1278491.shtml

• Denmark: the happy social democrat model? – Roberts

‘The bottom 50% of adults in Denmark have less than 5% of total personal wealth while the top 10% have 50% and the top 1% over 20%. Social democracy is more a name than reality.’

– thenextrecession.wordpress.com/2022/11/02/denmark-the-happy-social-democrat-model/

• Economics vs Science Fiction – what can each learn from the other? – Ha-Joon Chang

– youtu.be/tjf2jM300ek

• An Economist’s Chart Goes Viral: Shows Main Source of Inflation: Corporate profits

– wallstreetonparade.com/2022/11/an-economists-chart-goes-viral-shows-main-source-of-inflation/

• US voters are understandably angry about inflation

– sundaytimes.lk/221030/sunday-times-2/why-do-americans-vote-for-extremists-500263.html

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C4. Economy (Usually reported in monetary terms)

ee Economy section shows how media usually measures economy by false indices like GDP, etc., in monetary terms, confusing money and capital, constantly calling for privatization, deregulation, moaning about debt & balance of payments, without stating the need for modern industrial production.

• Colombo inflation rate eases to 66% in October

– dailymirror.lk/breaking_news/Colombo-inflation-rate-eases-to-66-in-October/108-247793

– economynext.com/sri-lanka-inflation-eases-to-66-pct-in-october-2022-101563/

• Inflation as per CCPI decreases in Oct. for first time in 13 months

– ft.lk/front-page/Inflation-as-per-CCPI-decreases-in-Oct-for-first-time-in-13-months/44-741522

• Sri Lanka Inflation Slows for First Time in Year in October

– bizenglish.adaderana.lk/sri-lanka-inflation-slows-for-first-time-in-year-in-october/

– lankaweb.com/news/items/2022/11/02/sri-lanka-inflation-slows-for-first-time-in-year-in-october/

• UNP advisor Ashu predicts drop in cost of living by next March

– island.lk/unp-advisor-ashu-predicts-drop-in-cost-of-living-by-next-march/

• Sri Lanka’s official reserve assets drop in Oct 2022

– http://www.adaderana.lk/news/85943/sri-lankas-official-reserve-assets-drop-in-oct-2022

• Lanka’s forex reserves further hit by Bangladeshi move

‘SL’s precariously low foreign reserves suffered another blow this week after Bangladesh’s Central Bank, Bangladesh Bank, directed all banks in that country to only resort to cash deals and no credit with SL banks under an international payment settlement gateway. …India has already stopped dealing with SL through the ACU – a much bigger blow given the quantum of trade between the two countries.

– sundaytimes.lk/221030/news/lankas-forex-reserves-further-hit-by-bangladeshi-move-500409.html

• Bangladesh issues precautionary measure against Sri Lanka, SL trade at risk

‘… due to the outstanding balance of 1.2 billion USD, which Sri Lanka owes to India. This is being deferred every time the amount comes up’

– english.newsfirst.lk/2022/11/1/bangladesh-issues-precautionary-measure-against-sri-lanka-sl-trade-at-risk

• If government fails to have Budget 2023 ratified, economic crisis will take a turn for the worse

– island.lk/towards-collective-suicide/

• Govt. targets revenue increase of Rs 900 bn in 2023

– island.lk/govt-targets-revenue-increase-of-rs-900-bn-in-2023/

• Achieving tax revenue over 11% a ‘daydream’ in contracting economy: Eran

– themorning.lk/achieving-tax-revenue-over-11-a-daydream-in-contracting-economy-eran/

• Budget 2023 is most testing since Independence: State Minister of Finance

– ft.lk/front-page/Budget-2023-is-most-testing-since-Independence-State-Minister-of-Finance/44-741519

• Govt. to implement Finance Commission recommendations for 2023

– ft.lk/front-page/Govt-to-implement-Finance-Commission-recommendations-for-2023/44-741558

• Start-ups await ‘proper’ share swap legislation to raise capital in Singapore

‘Founders of start-ups such as Mintpay, Agrithmics, Ifinity and Scybers are currently working with KPMG and the Department of Foreign Exchange (DFE) in considering share swaps..’

– sundaytimes.lk/221030/business-times/start-ups-await-proper-share-swap-legislation-to-raise-capital-500084.html

• Budget debate: Travel restrictions on ministers

– sundaytimes.lk/221030/news/budget-debate-travel-restrictions-on-ministers-500354.html

– dailymirror.lk/breaking_news/Foreign-travel-for-MPs-restricted-during-Parliament-days-budget/108-247816

– themorning.lk/foreign-travel-of-govt-mps-to-be-restricted-during-budget-debate/

• The US Fed hikes US interest rates to fresh 14-year high – BBC

– themorning.lk/the-fed-hikes-us-interest-rates-to-fresh-14-year-high/

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C5. Workers (Inadequate Stats, Wasteful Transport, Unmodern Plantations, Services)

ee Workers attempts to correct the massive gaps and disinformation about workers, urban and rural and their representatives (trade unions, etc), and to highlight the need for organized worker power

• Just an introduction – Nalin de Silva

– www1.kalaya.org/2022/11/blog-post_4.html

• Extraordinary Gazette declares power and fuel supply essential services

– ft.lk/front-page/Extraordinary-Gazette-declares-power-and-fuel-supply-essential-services/44-741688

• Unilever Sri Lanka recognised as one of Asia’s Best Employer Brands in 2022

‘Hosted by the World HRD Congress and Stars of the Industry Group, endorsed by the Asian Confederation of Business, judged by the Employer Branding Institute, which connects senior HR leaders across the world to share best practices in Employer Branding,… partner with John Keels Holdings and London Stock Exchange to launch ‘Fast-Track…and partner with CIMA, the Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT), General Sir John Kotelawala Defense University (KDU), AIESEC Sri Lanka and Gavel clubs…’

– island.lk/unilever-sri-lanka-recognised-as-one-of-asias-best-employer-brands-in-2022/

• There’s a lot of experience around the world in managing worker resistance to privatization

– island.lk/can-we-have-good-economics-and-bad-politics/

• Freeze salaries and wages and cut capital expenditure: Institute of Policy Studies (IPS)

– sundaytimes.lk/221030/business-times/sri-lankas-economic-development-would-be-set-back-for-years-ips-500062.html

• Stalin accuses police of attempting to disrupt protest

– island.lk/stalin-accuses-police-of-attempting-to-disrupt-protest/

• Accusing govt. of repression, FUTA pledges solidarity with protesters

– island.lk/accusing-govt-of-repression-futa-pledges-solidarity-with-protesters/

• Kussi Amma Feisal and Planters’ Association Oppose Plantation Unions

– sundaytimes.lk/221030/business-times/tea-changing-times-500071.html

• Lankan Govt to Appoint Panel for Integration of Indian-origin Tamil Workers in Society: Prez Wickremesinghe

– lankaweb.com/news/items/2022/10/31/lankan-govt-to-appoint-panel-for-integration-of-indian-origin-tamil-workers-in-society-prez-wickremesinghe/

• X-Press Pearl: West coast fisherfolk find insurance payouts problematic

– sundaytimes.lk/221030/news/x-press-pearl-west-coast-fisherfolk-find-insurance-payouts-problematic-500284.html

• 5.7 Mn Sri Lankans need urgent assistance – International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies

– english.newsfirst.lk/2022/11/4/5-7-mn-sri-lankans-need-urgent-assistance-ifrc

• Elders’ home owners, residents in dire straits

– themorning.lk/elders-home-owners-residents-in-dire-straits/

• Lankan bishops seek support for needy

– island.lk/lankan-bishops-seek-support-for-needy/

• Many children dying from dengue, outbreak feared

– sundaytimes.lk/221030/news/many-children-dying-from-dengue-outbreak-feared-500356.html

• Six die in Colombo after taking sex enhancing drugs without medical advice

– island.lk/six-die-in-colombo-after-taking-sex-enhancing-drugs-without-medical-advice/

• Chemsex trending in Sri Lanka

– dailymirror.lk/top_story/Chemsex-trending-in-Sri-Lanka/155-247982

• Lanka Hospitals School of nursing graduation ceremony

‘Each year the school trains around 60 nurses, with an English language curriculum and lectures fully conducted in English’

– island.lk/lanka-hospitals-school-of-nursing-graduation-ceremony/

• The Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists – New Office Bearers 2022/2023

– sundaytimes.lk/221030/sunday-times-2/the-sri-lanka-college-of-microbiologists-new-office-bearers-20222023-500212.html

• Royal Institute produced extraordinary results for this year’s O-Level examination

– sundaytimes.lk/221030/education/royal-institute-international-school-excels-in-delivering-the-national-curriculum-in-sri-lanka-500114.html

• Professor Maithree Wickramasinghe delivers keynote at first Research Symposium on Gender Equity and Equality (RSGEE)

– sundaytimes.lk/221030/news/professor-maithree-wickramasinghe-delivers-keynote-address-at-rsgee-500362.html

• Female teachers request saree-less dress code

– themorning.lk/female-teachers-request-saree-less-dress-code/

• Female school teachers, students uniform should not change: Ven. Palitha Thera

– dailymirror.lk/breaking_news/Female-school-teachers-students-uniform-should-not-change-Ven-Palitha-Thera/108-247907

• Dress code of teachers, school children will not change: Minister

– dailymirror.lk/breaking_news/Dress-code-of-teachers-school-children-will-not-change-Minister/108-248025

• Expatriation for employment to UAE with tourist visas suspended

– http://www.adaderana.lk/news/85924/expatriation-for-employment-to-uae-with-tourist-visas-suspended

• Over 11,000 refugees who fled to India during conflict return to Sri Lanka: minister

– economynext.com/over-11000-refugees-who-fled-to-india-during-conflict-return-to-sri-lanka-minister-101610/

• 400 nurses declared unsuitable to work in the USA due to lack of English

– island.lk/a-tragedy/

• Three more Lankan athletes go missing in Europe amid currency crisis

– island.lk/three-more-lankan-athletes-go-missing-in-europe-amid-currency-crisis/

• ILO Officials at the Port City Economic Commission

‘ILO Country Director Simrin C. Singh & Senior Employment Specialist of ILO HQ, Sher Verick…’

– ft.lk/business/ILO-Officials-at-the-Port-City-Economic-Commission/34-741544

• Global labour market to deteriorate further: ILO

– ft.lk/front-page/Global-labour-market-to-deteriorate-further-ILO/44-741517

• TNUEF and CPI(M) protest untouchability wall in Tamil Nadu

– newsclick.in/Tamil-Nadu-Dalits-Backed-Left-Thwart-Construction-Untouchability-Wall

• Hundreds of truckers’ blockades lifted in Brazil

– radiohc.cu/en/noticias/internacionales/303998-hundreds-of-truckers-blockades-lifted-in-brazil

• Refugee death toll rises to 21 in Greece shipwrecks

– radiohc.cu/en/noticias/internacionales/303892-refugee-death-toll-rises-to-21-in-greece-shipwrecks

• Germany’s largest union IG Metall calls on workers in metal and electronics industry to strike

– borneobulletin.com.bn/german-industry-workers-striking/

– radiohc.cu/en/noticias/internacionales/303462-german-industry-workers-begin-strike-after-pay-rise-talks-fail

• Thousands protest in Madrid amid Spain’s high inflation

– radiohc.cu/en/noticias/internacionales/303954-thousands-protest-in-madrid-amid-spains-high-inflation

• Ontario Government Greets Education Workers with an Iron Fist: More Public Sector Austerity, Even Less Democracy for Workers

– socialistproject.ca/2022/11/ontario-government-greets-education-workers-with-an-iron-fist/

– socialistproject.ca/2022/11/support-cupe-education-workers/

• US Supreme Court appear poised to end affirmative action in college admissions

– radiohc.cu/en/noticias/internacionales/303681-supreme-court-justices-appear-poised-to-end-affirmative-action-in-college-admissions

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C6. Agriculture (Robbery of rural home market; Machines, if used, mainly imported)

ee Agriculture emphasizes the failure to industrialize an agriculture that keeps the cultivator impoverished under moneylender and merchant, and the need to develop the rural home market, monetization and commercialization, to produce, rather than import, agricultural machinery.

• Northeast monsoon active: More rains likely

– sundaytimes.lk/221030/news/northeast-monsoon-active-more-rains-likely-500440.html

• Sluice gates of Kukuleganga open due to technical failure, alert issued: Irrigation Dept.

– dailymirror.lk/breaking_news/Sluice-gates-of-Kukuleganga-reservoir-open-due-to-technical-failure-alert-issued-Irrigation-Dept/108-247814

• Farmer killed, another injured in lightning strike

– timesonline.lk/news-online/Farmer-killed-another-injured-in-lightning-strike/2-1139406

• Beaver Blood Moon lunar eclipse on November 8th at moonrise

– lankaweb.com/news/items/2022/11/02/beaver-blood-moon-lunar-eclipse-on-november-8th-at-moonrise/

• Ukrainian leaders again promise not to use humanitarian routes in Black Sea for military aims

– mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/news/1836748/

• 72 mn litres of diesel needed for Maha season paddy harvest

– dailymirror.lk/breaking_news/72-mn-litres-of-diesel-needed-for-Maha-season-paddy-harvest/108-247950

• About 10,909 bowser loads of diesel required for Maha cultivation season

– island.lk/about-10909-bowser-loads-of-diesel-required-for-maha-cultivation-season/

• Keells Food top line surges on higher prices but margins under pressure

‘Sri Lanka’s largest processed food maker’

– dailymirror.lk/business-news/Keells-Food-top-line-surges-on-higher-prices-but-margins-under-pressure/273-247912

• Taxes yes but JKH wants Govt. to strike proper balance on stability and growth

– ft.lk/top-story/Taxes-yes-but-JKH-wants-Govt-to-strike-proper-balance-on-stability-and-growth/26-741697

• Sugar, wheat & dhal prices down in international market, but locals charged exorbitant prices

– island.lk/karu-blasts-businessmen-official-for-fleecing-consumers/

• Prices of several food items reduced from midnight today

– http://www.adaderana.lk/news/85871/prices-of-several-food-items-reduced-from-midnight-today

• New regulations issued to importers of chocolates and biscuits

– ft.lk/front-page/New-regulations-issued-to-importers-of-chocolates-and-biscuits/44-741581

• SL bodies to overcome food crisis

‘National Food Security and Nutrition Council; the National Combined Mechanism to Review and Monitor the Policies on National-level Policies; Technical Committee to prepare Action Plans…’

– sundaytimes.lk/221030/business-times/sl-plans-to-overcome-food-crisis-500081.html

• World Bank-funded fertiliser

– sundaytimes.lk/221030/business-times/world-bank-funded-fertiliser-500090.html

• Sri Lanka spends record amount on maize imports after agrochemical ban

– economynext.com/sri-lanka-spends-record-amount-on-maize-imports-after-agrochemical-ban-101819/

• Sri Lanka’s China-backed Hambantota Port enters bonded fertilizer business

– economynext.com/sri-lankas-china-backed-hambantota-port-enters-bonded-fertilizer-business-101699/

• UN World Food Programme (WFP) warns situation here likely to worsen

– island.lk/un-warns-situation-here-likely-to-worsen/

• USAID provides fertiliser for paddy cultivation

– island.lk/usaid-provides-fertiliser-for-paddy-cultivation/

• JICA delivers maize seeds to farmers, another milestone in bilateral friendship

– island.lk/jica-delivers-maize-seeds-to-farmers-another-milestone-in-bilateral-friendship/

• Bakery items, including bread, lowered by Rs.10 from tonight: All Ceylon Bakery Owners’ Association (ACBOA)

– dailymirror.lk/breaking_news/Bakery-items-including-bread-lowered-by-Rs-10-from-tonight/108-247754

• Eco friendly regional development River Basin model

– island.lk/eco-friendly-regional-development-model/

• DIMO partners University of Ruhuna for Agricultural Machinery Training and Research Hub

– island.lk/dimo-in-partnership-with-university-of-ruhuna-develops-agricultural-machinery-training-and-research-hub/

• Nation’s tea sales average dips in Oct. from previous month

– dailymirror.lk/business-news/Nations-tea-sales-average-dips-in-Oct-from-previous-month/273-248057

• The country has a very competitive tea industry that needs to be modernized – President

– bizenglish.adaderana.lk/the-country-has-a-very-competitive-tea-industry-that-needs-to-be-modernized-president/

• Plantations diversify to brand Sri Lankan coffee

‘Hayleys Plantations MD and Planters Association Spokesman Roshan Rajadurai said almost every company is today engaged in cultivating at least 25-30 hectares of coffee…while tea requires about 1000 labour days per hectare per year, coffee on the other hand requires about less than 50 labour days with picking carried out only twice.

– sundaytimes.lk/221030/business-times/plantations-diversify-to-brand-sri-lankan-coffee-500087.html

• Sri Lanka allows milk powder import under “Open Account” amid central bank concerns

– economynext.com/sri-lanka-allows-milk-powder-import-under-open-account-amid-central-bank-concerns-101647/

• President appoints committee to facilitate and oversee implementation of National Action Plan to mitigate human-elephant conflict

– island.lk/president-appoints-committee-to-facilitate-and-oversee-implementation-of-national-action-plan-to-mitigate-human-elephant-conflict/

• Environmentalists: All official statistics on elephants bogus

– island.lk/environmentalists-all-official-statistics-on-elephants-bogus/

• Deforestation in Anuradhapura has increased human elephant conflict – Environmentalist

– island.lk/deforestation-in-anuradhapura-has-increased-human-elephant-conflict-environmentalist/

• Fertiliser ban bane for 45% price increase in agri products: Croplife

– island.lk/croplife-highlights-agriculture-sector-woes-at-interactive-event/

– ft.lk/front-page/Fertiliser-ban-bane-for-45-price-increase-in-agri-products-Croplife/44-741462

• There are 67 accepted species of booklice in Sri Lanka.

– island.lk/the-retreat/

• Tamil Nadu Paddy Farmers Suspect ‘Implementation’ of Abolished Farm Laws

– newsclick.in/Tamil-Nadu-Paddy-Farmers-Suspect-Implementation-Abolished-Farm-Laws

• Genetically modified crops may be on the way in India

– island.lk/genetically-modified-crops-may-be-on-the-way-in-india/

• Russia to donate 25,000 tons of wheat to Lebanon

– thecradle.co/Article/News/17633

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C7. Industry (False definitions, anti-industrial sermons, rentier/entrepreneur, etc)

ee Industry notes the ignorance about industrialization (versus handicraft and manufacture), the dependence on importing foreign machinery, the need to make machines that make machines, build a producer culture. False definitions of industry, entrepreneur, etc, abound, and the need for a holistic political, economic and military strategy to overcome domination by merchants and moneylenders.

• Sri Lanka Railway Department to be converted to an Authority

‘no plans to privatize the Railway’

– timesonline.lk/news-online/Railway-to-be-converted-to-an-Authority/2-1139429

• ‘We have run out of energy imports due to financial constraints’, Energy Minister says

– ft.lk/news/Sri-Lanka-s-energy-struggle-amidst-crisis-under-spotlight/56-741553

– http://www.adaderana.lk/news/85877/sri-lanka-cant-afford-enough-fuel-imports-energy-minister-says

– lankaweb.com/news/items/2022/11/01/sri-lanka-cant-afford-enough-fuel-imports-energy-minister-says/

• No fuel price revisions in November, says Sri Lanka energy minister

‘sufficient stocks are available to cater the necessary requirements under the national fuel pass’

– economynext.com/no-fuel-price-revisions-in-november-says-sri-lanka-energy-minister-101887/

• Sri Lanka keen to privatise oil trade, yet to sign any deal

– island.lk/sri-lanka-keen-to-privatise-oil-trade-yet-to-sign-any-deal/

• Chevron Lubricants Lanka posts high profits, appoints BS Paul as Managing Director/CEO

‘he was Director/ CEO of Richard Pieris Distributors, the sole hypermarket operator in Sri Lanka and prior to that at Anglo Dutch Multinational, Reckitt Benckiser’

– ft.lk/business/New-Chairman-MD-CEO-at-Chevron-Lubricants-Lanka/34-741546

• Russia becomes No. 1 oil supplier for India

– english.newsfirst.lk/2022/11/2/russia-becomes-no-1-oil-supplier-for-india

• Iran ambassador says ready to deliver oil to India

– news.cgtn.com/news/2022-11-04/Iran-ambassador-says-ready-to-deliver-oil-to-India-1eGZAWsaZ1u/index.html

• Fuel industry has to be regulated to win public’s trust’ – PUCSL Chairman Janaka Ratnayake – dailymirror.lk/opinion/Fuel-industry-has-to-be-regulated-to-win-publics-trust-PUCSL-Chairman-Janaka-Ratnayake/172-247834

• Fuel imports, storage for foreign /private suppliers

‘The Petroleum Products Special Provision Amendment Bill, passed last week, allows foreign suppliers to enter as retail operators, eliminate the monopoly of the CPC and liberalise the energy sector’

– sundaytimes.lk/221030/business-times/fuel-imports-storage-for-foreign-private-suppliers-500078.html

• Energy Minister reveals reason why fuel stations are drying up

– http://www.adaderana.lk/news/85916/energy-minister-reveals-reason-why-fuel-stations-are-drying-up

• Sri Lanka’s Trinco Petroleum Terminal to invest up to US$70mn in tank farm

‘a joint venture between state-run Ceylon Petroleum Corporation and India’s Lanka IOC’

– economynext.com/sri-lankas-trinco-petroleum-terminal-to-invest-up-to-us70mn-in-tank-farm-101740/

• China donates over 10 Mn litres of diesel to Sri Lanka; shipment scheduled in Nov.

– http://www.adaderana.lk/news/85882/china-donates-over-10-mn-litres-of-diesel-to-sri-lanka-shipment-scheduled-in-nov

• PUCSL Chairman predicts doom unless 33 more coal shiploads received before April

– island.lk/pucsl-chairman-predicts-doom-unless-33-more-coal-shiploads-received-before-april/

• No cost recovery by CEB despite sharp price increase

‘increased global fuel and coal prices as well as the rupee’s depreciation adversely impacted the finances of the CEB. This particularly applied to 2022.’

– island.lk/no-cost-recovery-by-ceb-despite-sharp-price-increase/

• No more tenders in renewable energy purchase, AG tells CEB

– sundaytimes.lk/221030/news/no-more-tenders-in-renewable-energy-purchase-ag-tells-ceb-500434.html

• Solar industry outraged over intended tariff

– sundaytimes.lk/221030/business-times/solar-industry-outraged-over-intended-tariff-500075.html

• Three trains derailed in two days; no reports submitted by Railways Dept.- Station Masters’ Union

– dailymirror.lk/breaking_news/Three-trains-derailed-in-two-days-no-reports-submitted-by-Railways-Dept-Station-Masters-Union/108-247904

• Kandy railway station under water

– dailymirror.lk/breaking_news/Kandy-railway-station-under-water/108-248053

• IFS partners Hatch for ChallengerX incubator programme

– dailymirror.lk/business/IFS-partners-Hatch-for-ChallengerX-incubator-programme/215-247699

• Microsoft launches Founders Hub in Sri Lanka

– dailymirror.lk/business/Microsoft-launches-Founders-Hub-in-Sri-Lanka/215-247844

• Abans launches Apple iPhone 14 Series in Sri Lanka

– dailymirror.lk/business/Abans-launches-Apple-iPhone14-Series-in-Sri-Lanka/215-247843

• Indian Technical & Economic Cooperation (ITEC) Day Celebration by High Commission of India

– ft.lk/news/India-and-Sri-Lanka-commit-to-more-cooperation-in-education-and-skills-training-at-ITEC-Day-Celebration-by-High-Commission-of-India/56-741673

• Colombo Dockyard launches cable laying, repair vessel C/S Sophie Germain

‘dignitaries from the Embassy of France, Embassy of Japan, officials from SLN, EDB, SLPA, Customs, officials from state and private banks, ship designers, class surveyors and CDPLC management and employees… design developed by Vard Design AS of Norway and Geir Rygg Berge Department Manager Project Engineering.. .CDPLC is owned by Onomichi Dockyard Co. of Japan, with a 35 percent stake by Sri Lankan government institutions’

– dailymirror.lk/business-news/Colombo-Dockyard-launches-cable-laying-repair-vessel-CS-Sophie-Germain/273-248054

• Terrifying ordeal of crew on board rotting Indian flagged ship in the Colombo harbour

– island.lk/terrifying-ordeal-of-crew-on-board-rotting-ship-in-the-colombo-harbour/

• Sri Lanka’s John Keells-Adani container terminal starts dredging

– economynext.com/sri-lankas-john-keells-adani-container-terminal-starts-dredging-101688/

• Biz chambers, associations write to Nimal Siripala over freight fee revisions

– themorning.lk/biz-chambers-associations-write-to-nimal-siripala-over-freight-fee-revisions/

• Business chambers, industry associations write to Shipping Minister over proposed hike in fees

– dailymirror.lk/business-news/Business-chambers-industry-associations-write-to-Shipping-Minister-over-proposed-hike-in-fees/273-247917

– ft.lk/front-page/Exporters-importers-write-to-Govt-objecting-rise-in-shipping-costs-via-new-Gazette/44-741580

• Colombo International Maritime and Logistics Conference 2022

– ft.lk/front-page/Global-maritime-and-logistics-confab-highlights-opportunities-and-challenges-for-SL/44-741556

• Sri Lanka government in particular should not be in business: Minister Sabry

– economynext.com/sri-lanka-government-in-particular-should-not-be-in-business-minister-101717/

• Bribery Commission summons RDA project unit

‘Charges & controversy over multibillion-$ highway from New Kelani Bridge to Athurugiriya’

– sundaytimes.lk/221030/news/bribery-com-summons-rda-project-unit-500423.html

• An A-Grade bottleneck on the A2

– sundaytimes.lk/221030/news/an-a-grade-bottleneck-on-the-a2-500226.html

• High Commissioner Moragoda early customer of new 2022 Maruti Suzuki Grand Vitara SUV

– island.lk/high-commissioner-moragoda-early-customer-of-new-2022-maruti-suzuki-grand-vitara-suv/

• Grounded BIA project likely to take off with AASL funds

‘The suspension is costing Sri Lanka heavily, with Rs. 1.5 billion having to be paid each month as commitment charges. The government currently owes Rs. 9.5 billion to Taisei Corporation as commitment charges’

– sundaytimes.lk/221030/news/grounded-bia-project-likely-to-take-off-with-aasl-funds-500411.html

• Dialog Enterprise uses IoT Solutions to assist SriLankan

– dailymirror.lk/business/Dialog-Enterprise-uses-IoT-Solutions-to-assist-SriLankan-in-maintaining-quality-standards/215-247841

• Startups and local digital services: The elephant in the room

– ft.lk/columns/Startups-and-local-digital-services-The-elephant-in-the-room/4-741540

• SLAF airlifts persistent vegetative state patient to NHC to retrieve vital organs

– dailymirror.lk/breaking_news/SLAF-airlifts-persistent-vegetative-state-patient-to-NHC-to-retrieve-vital-organs/108-247752

• Russia’s biggest charter airline Air Azur returns to SL today

– ft.lk/front-page/Russia-s-biggest-charter-airline-Air-Azur-returns-to-SL-today/44-741563

• Govt. owes billions of rupees to construction contractors

– sundaytimes.lk/221030/business-times/govt-owes-billions-of-rupees-to-construction-contractors-500052.html

• USAID funds SL Sustainable Energy Authority on Energy Efficiency Building Code (EEBC)

– sundaytimes.lk/221030/business-times/usaid-supports-sri-lankas-first-energy-modelling-programmes-500027.html

• Intl Buddhist Society of Nepal in Lumbini donates consignment of medicines to Lanka

– island.lk/intl-buddhist-society-of-nepal-in-lumbini-donates-consignment-of-medicines-to-lanka/

• Malaysia donates urgently required medical supplies to Sri Lanka

– lankaweb.com/news/items/2022/11/01/malaysia-donates-urgently-required-medical-supplies-to-sri-lanka/

• China donates essential medicines to Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children

– island.lk/china-donates-essential-medicines-to-lady-ridgeway-hospital-for-children/

• Qatar Fund for Development sends 4.7 tons of urgent medical aid to Sri Lanka

– lankaweb.com/news/items/2022/11/03/qatar-fund-for-development-sends-4-7-tons-of-urgent-medical-aid-to-sri-lanka/

• SL illicit liquor industry grown by 300% – Finance State Minister

– dailymirror.lk/breaking_news/SL-illicit-liquor-industry-grown-by-300-Finance-State-Minister/108-247719

• Govt. has forgotten to keep its promise to waive duty on sanitary pads

– island.lk/govt-has-forgotten-to-keep-its-promise-to-waive-duty-on-sanitary-pads/

• Minister shines light on tycoons’ liquor racket

– island.lk/minister-shines-light-on-tycoons-liquor-racket/

• John Keells’ Ceylon Cold Stores 2Q profits soar as runaway inflation drives consumer spending on essentials

– dailymirror.lk/business-news/Ceylon-Cold-Stores-2Q-revenues-soar-as-runaway-inflation-drives-consumer-spending-on-essentials/273-247913

• Most imported ceramics are rejected goods, says SL Ceramics and Glass Council Chief

– sundaytimes.lk/221030/business-times/most-imported-ceramics-are-rejected-goods-says-sl-ceramics-and-glass-council-chief-500045.html

• Public Finance Committee to suspend bathware imports

– themorning.lk/public-finance-committee-to-suspend-bathware-imports/

• Higher prices, rupee depreciation boost Teejay 2Q performance

‘Sri Lanka’s first multinational textile producer’

– dailymirror.lk/business-news/Higher-prices-rupee-depreciation-boost-Teejay-2Q-performance/273-247916

• “Handloom, Batik & Dumbara Fashion Industry in Sri Lanka”

‘prepared by Professor Robert Meeder, coordinated and facilitated by the Cultural Relations Platform for the EU Delegation in Sri Lanka…which also hosted “Threads on Threads”, a conference on textile’

– island.lk/workshop-with-couture-designer-andrea-brocca-and-fashion-filmmaker-gourab-ganguli/

• Colombo Fashion Week (CFW) looks for more fashion entrepreneurs amid economic crisis

– economynext.com/sri-lankas-cfw-looks-for-more-fashion-entrepreneurs-amid-economic-crisis-102009/

• M. Visvesvaraya & India’s Early Industrialization

– en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._Visvesvaraya

• Arch-rivals BJP, Left unite to back Adani port in Kerala

– timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/arch-rivals-bjp-left-unite-to-back-adani-port-in-kerala/articleshow/95239687.cms

• India developing world’s most advanced affordable Artificial Heart

– island.lk/india-developing-worlds-most-advanced-affordable-artificial-heart/

• Xi Jinping says China will build stable supply chain with ‘comrade’ Vietnam

‘Vietnam has made the development of friendship and cooperation with China the top priority in our foreign policy’

– scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3197914/xi-jinping-says-china-will-build-stable-supply-chain-comrade-vietnam

• Hendrik van der Bijl & the South African Steel and Iron Corporation ISCOR

– en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hendrik_van_der_Bijl#cite_note-SAHistory-2

• Bolivian opposition tries to take over Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) plant

– radiohc.cu/en/noticias/internacionales/303454-bolivian-opposition-attempts-to-take-over-palmasola-oil-plant

• Decoupling from China would serve only USA’s interests: German politician

– globaltimes.cn/page/202211/1278554.shtml

• Dear Friends, Sorry to Announce Genocide: Naomi Wolf on the Pfizer “Confidential Report”

– lankaweb.com/news/items/2022/11/01/dear-friends-sorry-to-announce-a-genocide-dr-naomi-wolf-on-the-pfizer-confidential-report/

• Taking inspiration from insect world

‘Electronic sensors are getting smaller and better, largely because of smartwatch research. Fabrication techniques have advanced, making it easier to construct tiny parts. Small battery technology is also improving.’

– borneobulletin.com.bn/taking-inspiration-from-insect-world/

• A robotic exoskeleton makes a boy with cerebral palsy walk

– borneobulletin.com.bn/standing-10-feet-tall/

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C8. Finance (Making money from money, banks, lack of investment in modernity)

ee Finance tracks the effects of financialization, the curious role of ratings agencies, false indices, etc., and the rule of moneylenders, preventing investment in modern production.

• APAC corporates step up bond buybacks amid rising rates: Fitch

– themorning.lk/apac-corporates-step-up-bond-buybacks-amid-rising-rates-fitch/

• Rajendra Theagarajah honoured by Asian Banks Association (ABA) as ‘Chairman Emeritus’

– ft.lk/financial-services/Rajendra-Theagarajah-honoured-by-ABA-with-title-Chairman-Emeritus/42-741592

• Outstanding credit card balance of commercial banking sector grows Rs.817mn in Sept.

– dailymirror.lk/business/Outstanding-credit-card-balance-of-commercial-banking-sector-grows-Rs-817mn-in-Sept/215-247702

• Sri Lanka to give cut-price ADB loans to small and micro firms hit by crisis

‘Asian Development Bank is re-purposing the 13.5 million US dollars (4.9 billion rupees) left over from an existing Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Line of Credit (SMELoC) Project… Bank of Ceylon, Regional Development Bank, Hatton National Bank, Commercial Bank, Seylan Bank, National Development Bank, Nations Trust Bank and Sampath Bank have been allocated 612 million rupees each to on-lend.’

– economynext.com/sri-lanka-to-give-cut-price-loans-to-small-and-micro-firms-hit-by-crisis-101548/

• ComBank declared ADB’s ‘Leading Partner Bank in SL’ for Trade & Supply Chain Finance

– dailymirror.lk/business/ComBank-declared-ADBs-Leading-Partner-Bank-in-SL-for-Trade-Supply-Chain-Finance/215-247959

• SEC, CSE and WB’s IFC host the second Investor Forum in Galle

‘The Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka (SEC), the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE), and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), with the Australian Government, conducted the second Investor Forum of the year in Galle at Radisson Blu Resort as part of the sixth World Investor Week (WIW) 2022, launched by the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO)’

– bizenglish.adaderana.lk/sec-cse-and-ifc-host-the-second-investor-forum-in-galle/

– island.lk/sec-cse-and-ifc-host-the-second-investor-forum-in-galle/

• ComBank entrepreneurship programme for Vocational Training Authority (VTA) in A’pura

‘Duminda Dissanayaka, Manager of the Anuradhapura Regional Office of the Central Bank, was invited as the resource person to this event.’

– sundaytimes.lk/221030/business-times/combank-conducts-entrepreneurship-development-programme-for-vta-students-in-apura-500055.html

• Copreus gets enjoining order against YouTube channel for defamatory videos linking Priyamali

‘Copreus, a subsidiary of a global conglomerate of the same name, is providing certain BPO services for http://www.finq.com and http://www.gulfbrokers.com, 2 renowned international CFD e-trading platforms’

– dailymirror.lk/business/Copreus-gets-enjoining-order-against-YouTube-channel-for-publishing-defamatory-videos-linking-Priyamali/215-247848

– dailymirror.lk/breaking_news/Publishing-defamatory-videos-linking-to-Thilini-Priyamali-Copreus-gets-Enjoining-Order-against-YouTube-channels/108-247811

– island.lk/thico-controversy-dc-issues-enjoining-order-against-youtube-channel-over-posting-of-defamatory-videos/

– ft.lk/front-page/Leading-international-company-granted-legal-relief-in-Sri-Lanka-in-online-defamation-dispute/44-741516

– ft.lk/front-page/Leading-international-company-granted-legal-relief-in-Sri-Lanka-in-online-defamation-dispute/44-741516

– timesonline.lk/news-online/Pvt-Co-gets-restraining-order-on-Youtube-channel-and-FB-page/2-1139380

– island.lk/magistrate-tells-priyamalis-lawyers-he-cannot-gag-media/

– themorning.lk/court-rejects-limits-on-media-reporting-of-thilini-priyamali-case/

• Janaki Siriwardena arrested over case against multi-billion rupee financial fraud

– ft.lk/news/Janaki-Siriwardena-arrested-over-case-against-multi-billion-rupee-financial-fraud/56-741683

– timesonline.lk/news-online/Business-woman-Janaki-Siriwardena-arrested/2-1139431

• Sri Lanka police arrest Krrish CEO over financial fraud links

– economynext.com/sri-lanka-police-arrest-krrish-ceo-over-financial-fraud-links-101990/

• Buddhist monk arrested over Thilini Priyamali case

– dailymirror.lk/breaking_news/Buddhist-monk-arrested-over-Thilini-Priyamali-case/108-247826

• 8,000 people defrauded of upto Rs. 14bn in cryptocurrency scam; two Chinese, three Lankans held: Police

– sundaytimes.lk/221030/news/8000-people-defrauded-of-upto-rs-14bn-in-cryptocurrency-scam-two-chinese-three-lankans-held-police-500418.html

– island.lk/cryptocurrency-scam-three-lankans-arrested/

• Sri Lanka bond yields flat (O31)

– economynext.com/sri-lanka-bond-yields-flat-101554/

• Sri Lanka bond activity weak (N01)

– economynext.com/sri-lanka-bond-activity-weak-101648/

• Govt. settles $96 mn in SLDBs (N02)

– themorning.lk/govt-settles-96-mn-in-sldbs/

• Sri Lanka bond market dull after FinMin statement on local debt restructuring

– economynext.com/sri-lanka-bond-market-dull-after-finmin-statement-on-local-debt-restructuring-101831/

• Sri Lanka T-bond yields edge down; rupee peg steady (N03)

– economynext.com/sri-lanka-t-bond-yields-edge-down-rupee-peg-steady-101917/

• Sri Lanka sells Rs88bn in Treasury bills (N02)

– economynext.com/sri-lanka-sells-rs88bn-in-treasury-bills-101816/

• Sri Lanka’s rupee guidance peg fall 20 cents; most government security yields up (N04)

– economynext.com/sri-lankas-rupee-guidance-peg-fall-20-cents-most-government-security-yields-up-102032/

• Stock market ends October with first loss in three months (O31)

– ft.lk/front-page/Stock-market-ends-October-with-first-loss-in-three-months/44-741518

• Sri Lanka stocks fall on Expolanka’s less-than-expected earnings; turnover at 3-month low

– economynext.com/sri-lanka-stocks-fall-on-expolankas-less-than-expected-earnings-turnover-at-3-month-low-101556/

• Sri Lanka’s stocks edge down in mid-day trade

– economynext.com/sri-lankas-stocks-edge-down-in-mid-day-trade-101535/

• ASPI edges up (N01)

– dailymirror.lk/business/ASPI-edges-up/215-247846

• Sri Lanka shares end steady in lackluster trade; budget policies awaited

– economynext.com/sri-lanka-shares-end-steady-in-lackluster-trade-budget-policies-awaited-101654/

• Sri Lanka shares move up in mid-day trade

– economynext.com/sri-lanka-shares-move-up-in-mid-day-trade-101617/

• Positive start for November at CSE though trading volume sinks to 4-month low

– ft.lk/front-page/Positive-start-for-November-at-CSE-though-trading-volume-sinks-to-4-month-low/44-741555

• Stock market sets off on bullish note but turns bearish by mid-day (N02)

– island.lk/stock-market-sets-off-on-bullish-note-but-turns-bearish-by-mid-day/

• CSE turns bearish

– ft.lk/front-page/CSE-turns-bearish/44-741583

• Sri Lanka shares edge down in mid-day trade

– economynext.com/sri-lanka-shares-edge-down-in-mid-day-trade-101721/

• Sri Lanka shares slip in mid-day trade (N03)

– economynext.com/sri-lanka-shares-slip-in-mid-day-trade-101881/

• Domestic debt restructuring worries bring down bourse

– island.lk/domestic-debt-restructuring-worries-bring-down-bourse/

• Sri Lanka stocks end at near 3-month low in thin trade; 2023 budget policies awaited

– economynext.com/sri-lanka-stocks-end-at-near-3-month-low-in-thin-trade-2023-budget-policies-awaited-101919/

• Turnover at CSE sinks to 3-month low (N04)

– ft.lk/front-page/Turnover-at-CSE-sinks-to-3-month-low/44-741691

• SL stocks near 3-month low; turnover slumps to 4-month low amid budget policy concerns

– economynext.com/sri-lanka-stocks-near-3-month-low-turnover-slumps-to-4-month-low-amid-budget-policy-concerns-102034/

• With crumbling share price, Credit Suisse announces spinning off its investment bank, ‘dramatically cutting its headcount, and raising $4 billion through a share offering’

– wallstreetonparade.com/2022/11/a-saudi-prince-recommended-buying-citigroup-at-33-it-went-to-99-cents-now-the-saudis-say-credit-suisse-is-a-steal-in-the-4-range/

• About those Brutal Losses in Your 401(K) – Here Are the Charts

– wallstreetonparade.com/2022/10/about-those-brutal-losses-in-your-401k-here-are-the-charts/

• 3 2^nd Circuit Judges, all in their 80s, Decide Traders Rigging Libor Wasn’t Really a Crime

– wallstreetonparade.com/2022/11/three-2nd-circuit-judges-all-in-their-80s-decide-traders-rigging-libor-wasnt-really-a-crime/

• US Fed Chair Powell Sends Stocks on a Wild Ride;

– wallstreetonparade.com/2022/11/fed-chair-powell-sends-stocks-on-a-wild-ride-says-premature-to-be-thinking-about-pausing-rate-hikes/

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C9. Business (Rentierism: money via imports, real-estate, tourism, insurance, fear, privatization)

ee Business focuses on the rentier diversions of the oligarchy, the domination by a merchant mafia, making money from unproductive land sales, tourism, insurance, advertising, etc. – the charade of corporate press releases disguised as ‘news’

• UDA joins bandwagon to rake in forex via apartment sales

– ft.lk/front-page/UDA-joins-bandwagon-to-rake-in-forex-via-apartment-sales/44-741694

• No question that casinos have been associated with money laundering

– sundaytimes.lk/221030/editorial/going-to-the-casinos-when-the-chips-are-down-500330.html

• JKH says finalising arrangements to operate casinos at Cinnamon Life

– dailymirror.lk/business-news/JKH-says-finalising-arrangements-to-operate-casinos-at-Cinnamon-Life/273-248062

• SL starts discussions to join Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) with potential EU FTA

– dailymirror.lk/breaking_news/SL-starts-discussions-to-join-OACPS-with-potential-EU-FTA/108-247784

– ft.lk/news/Sri-Lanka-starts-talks-to-join-OACPS-with-potential-EU-FTA/56-741515

• Women’s Chamber of Industry and Commerce (WCIC) new Board of Management

‘Chairperson: Anoji de Silva, 1st Vice Chairperson: Gayani de Alwis, 2nd Vice Chairperson: Renuka Senanayake, Joint Secretary: Sonali de Silva, Joint Secretary: Tusitha Kumarakulasigam, Treasurer: Ashanti Fernando, Assistant Treasurer: Samitha Perera, Board members: (Past-Chairperson) Indrani Fernando, Nayana Karunaratne, Sarrah Sammoon, Tehani Mathew, Nilani Seneviratne, Oshadhi Karunaratne, Krishnajina Rajapathirane, Chiranthi Cooray’

– sundaytimes.lk/221030/sunday-times-2/wcic-new-board-of-management-for-2223-announced-500216.html

• Unilever Lifebuoy partners with Sri Lanka Scout Association to advocate good hand hygiene

– sundaytimes.lk/221030/business-times/lifebuoy-partners-with-sri-lanka-scout-association-to-advocate-good-hand-hygiene-500058.html

• In the North and the East, clean toilet facilities are a nightmare

– sundaytimes.lk/221030/business-times/bringing-a-smile-on-the-face-of-tourists-500041.html

• Promoting adventure tourism in SL could’ve prevented Yala reckless driving: state minister

– economynext.com/promoting-adventure-tourism-in-sri-lanka-couldve-prevented-yala-reckless-driving-state-minister-101889/

• Tourism Alliance releases report on global travel demand for Sri Lanka

– themorning.lk/tourism-alliance-releases-report-on-global-travel-demand-for-sri-lanka/

• Expolanka Sept. profit declines on softening trade volumes and freight rates

– dailymirror.lk/business/Expolanka-Sept-profit-declines-on-softening-trade-volumes-and-freight-rates/215-247701

• Orel appoints Derrick Ferdinandus as new Head of Digital Infrastructure

‘Held managerial positions at the Lanka Indian Oil Co., 3M Lanka, Avian Technologies, Microsoft and Omak Technologies, President of the FITIS Hardware Chapter in 2014 and 2015 and also as Chairman of the Infotel organising committee, current President of the Rotary Club of Colombo Heritage.

– dailymirror.lk/business/Orel-appoints-Derrick-Ferdinandus-as-new-Head-of-Digital-Infrastructure/215-247696

• Hutch celebrates 25 years of operations in Sri Lanka

‘Hutchison Telecommunications Lanka (Hutch) is parented by CK Hutchinson Holdings…Hutch acquired the Call-link operation in 1997…merging Etisalat Telecommunications Group’s Sri Lanka subsidiary in 2018,

– dailymirror.lk/business/Hutch-celebrates-25-years-of-operations-in-Sri-Lanka/215-247845

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C10. Politics (Anti-parliament discourse, unelected constitution)

ee Politics points to the constant diversions and spectacles and the mercantile and financial forces funding the political actors, of policy hijacked by private interests minus public oversight.

• JVP still unleashing violence like the 88-89 era – Namal

‘the way that they behaved on May 9 shows the behaviour of the 88 and 89 eras’

– dailymirror.lk/top_story/JVP-still-unleashing-violence-like-the-88-89-era-Namal/155-247753

• Reds on high horse

‘the JVP has shared a bed with every political party/leader since 1970, and the question is whether it can absolve itself of the blame for what successive governments have done to the country.’

– island.lk/reds-on-high-horse/

• Rally round Ranil or Perish – Island

– island.lk/probably-an-unpopular-point-of-view-on-rw/

• Sri Lanka’s once-mighty nationalist party splits after failed economic policies

– economynext.com/sri-lankas-once-mighty-nationalist-party-splits-after-failed-economic-policies-101940/

• Parliamentary Select Committee a ruse to postpone polls – Sumanthiran

– island.lk/psc-a-ruse-to-postpone-polls-sumanthiran/

• New Atamasthanadhipathi appointed; No politicians or VIPs, Only Media

– english.newsfirst.lk/2022/11/3/new-atamasthanadhipathi-appointed-no-politicians-or-vips-for-duty-assuming-ceremony

– dailymirror.lk/breaking_news/Ven-Pallegama-Hemarathana-appointed-new-Atamasthanadhipathi/108-247970

• Asian Church should become ‘more Asian, less Roman’

– island.lk/asian-church-should-become-more-asian-less-roman/

• Little has changed in country’s politics even under RW: Church of Ceylon

– dailymirror.lk/breaking_news/Little-has-changed-in-countrys-politics-even-under-RW-Church-of-Ceylon/108-247895

• Outsiders occupying MPs’ Madiwala quarters; Speaker orders probe

– island.lk/outsiders-occupying-mps-madiwala-quarters-speaker-orders-probe/

• Kariyawasam obviously wants to help Basil to butter his bread on both sides

– island.lk/basil-wants-to-butter-his-bread-on-both-sides/

• Exporters urge govt. to address key issues immediately to prevent protesters back on streets

– dailymirror.lk/business/Exporters-urge-govt-to-address-key-issues-immediately-to-prevent-protesters-back-on-streets/215-247849

• National Chamber of Exporters of Sri Lanka warns of ‘increasing chaos and mass protests’

– island.lk/nce-warns-of-increasing-chaos-and-mass-protests/

• Business Chambers request all parties to call off mass protests planned for tomorrow

– dailymirror.lk/top_story/Business-Chambers-request-all-parties-to-call-off-mass-protests-planned-for-tomorrow/155-247820

• Sri Lanka business chambers call to cancel Nov. 2 protest amid growing public anger

– economynext.com/sri-lanka-business-chambers-call-to-cancel-nov-2-protest-amid-growing-public-anger-101644/

– http://www.adaderana.lk/news/85878/business-chambers-urge-all-parties-to-call-off-protests-planned-for-nov-02

– timesonline.lk/news-online/SLs-top-business-chambers-urge-organisers-to-call-off-mass-protest-due-on-Wednesday/2-1139377

• Those who participate in tomorrow’s protests are traitors: Vajira

– dailymirror.lk/breaking_news/Those-who-participate-in-tomorrows-protests-are-traitors-Vajira/108-247824

• Minister of Labour & Foreign Employment questions purpose of protest planned tomorrow

– lankaweb.com/news/items/2022/11/01/minister-of-labour-and-foreign-employment-questions-the-purpose-of-the-protest-planned-tomorrow/

• SJB will participate in the protest: Sajith

– dailymirror.lk/breaking_news/SJB-will-participate-in-the-protest-Sajith/108-247821

• Mobilize popular support to prevent the ouster of the EC Chief, and hold the LG polls

– island.lk/dirty-regimes/

• Sajith warns authorities against attempts to crack down on today’s anti-Govt. protest

– ft.lk/front-page/Sajith-warns-authorities-against-attempts-to-crack-down-on-today-s-anti-Govt-protest/44-741562

• SL would have been a developed country if JRJ had been elected at a younger age

– island.lk/sl-would-have-been-a-developed-country-if-jrj-had-been-elected-at-a-younger-age-buddhist-prelate/

– ft.lk/news/26th-death-anniversary-commemoration-of-first-Executive-President/56-741552

– ft.lk/ft_tv/Commemorating-JR/10520-741526

• Battle between Sri Lanka’s main opposition SJB and popular JVP-led alliance hots up

– economynext.com/battle-between-sri-lankas-main-opposition-sjb-and-popular-jvp-led-alliance-hots-up-101619/

• Amid fears, PTSD, Sri Lanka protesters determined to continue anti-government struggle

– economynext.com/amid-fears-ptsd-sri-lanka-protesters-determined-to-continue-anti-government-struggle-101558/

• Sri Lanka opposition SJB demands elections, warns of protests against delay tactics

– economynext.com/sri-lanka-opposition-sjb-demands-elections-warns-of-protests-against-delay-tactics-101541/

• SLFP, SJB extend support for mass protest march in Colombo tomorrow

– http://www.adaderana.lk/news/85884/slfp-sjb-extend-support-for-mass-protest-march-in-colombo-tomorrow

• Opposition going with protest campaign, Govt questions timing

– timesonline.lk/news-online/Opposition-going-with-protest-campaign-Govt-questions-timing/2-1139374

– themorning.lk/multi-party-protest-to-go-ahead-despite-govt-chambers-objections/

• People’s P’ment to appoint ‘model’ Cabinet of experts

– themorning.lk/peoples-pment-to-appoint-model-cabinet-of-experts/

• Chambers cannot dictate people on rights – Harsha

– english.newsfirst.lk/2022/11/3/chambers-cannot-dictate-people-on-rights-harsha

• Harsha slams CCC for protest statement; Chamber chooses not to respond

‘several Twitter users had also pointed out the Ceylon Chamber’s statement supporting the tax cuts that were announced in late 2019, after the formation of a new government’

– themorning.lk/harsha-slams-ccc-for-protest-statement-chamber-chooses-not-to-respond/

• Sajith warns authorities against attempts to crack down on today’s anti-Govt. protest

– ft.lk/front-page/Sajith-warns-authorities-against-attempts-to-crack-down-on-today-s-anti-Govt-protest/44-741562

• Protest fizzles out amidst infighting

– themorning.lk/protest-fizzles-out-amidst-infighting/

• Sajith leaves anti govt. protest amidst displeasure from protestors

‘protestors however showing their displeasure, even went as far as to asking why Premadasa had arrived at the scene if he could not move past the police human barricade.

– lankaweb.com/news/items/2022/11/02/sajith-leaves-anti-govt-protest-amidst-displeasure-from-protestors/

• Aiyo, Aragalaya!

– island.lk/aiyo-aragalaya/

• Anti-Govt. protests draw big crowds

– ft.lk/news/Anti-Govt-protests-draw-big-crowds/56-741571

• LG polls: SLPP rebels ask EC to set process in motion forthwith

– island.lk/lg-polls-slpp-rebels-ask-ec-to-set-process-in-motion-forthwith/

• Protests send photographs worldwide, which will surely dissuade tourists

– island.lk/two-eloquent-speakers-and-what-they-said/

• Protests and economy

– island.lk/protests-and-economy/

• Citizen’s struggle not possible with spineless leaders: Tilvin

– ft.lk/news/Citizen-s-struggle-not-possible-with-spineless-leaders-Tilvin/56-741686

• JVP ‘plants’ sabotaged protest, alleges SJB

– themorning.lk/jvp-plants-sabotaged-protest-alleges-sjb/

• G.L. swears to defeat Govt. attempt to delay polls

– ft.lk/news/G-L-swears-to-defeat-Govt-attempt-to-delay-polls/56-741622

• Dilan slams Ranil for playing ball with problems of the people

– ft.lk/news/Dilan-slams-Ranil-for-playing-ball-with-problems-of-the-people/56-741624

• Neglect of essential reforms – Victor Ivan

– ft.lk/columns/Neglect-of-essential-reforms/4-741639

• The Parliament promotes future leaders

– timesonline.lk/news-online/The-Parliament-promotes-future-leaders/2-1139418

•‘Politically illiterate voters may even elect Thilini Priyamali’: Election Commission Chairman

– themorning.lk/politically-illiterate-voters-may-even-elect-thilini-priyamali/

• Lula’s luminescence, the mood in Moscow and my question to Mr. Putin – Jayatilleka

– ft.lk/columns/Lula-s-luminescence-the-mood-in-Moscow-and-my-question-to-Mr-Putin/4-741595

• India’s 1947 desire to continue her full membership of the Commonwealth

– island.lk/ups-and-downsii/

• Xi Jinping, Report to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China

– english.news.cn/20221022/fea670f419d7426ab564a795d5737b52/c.html

• Lula Never Left Brazil’s Centre Stage – Bhadrakumar

– newsclick.in/Lula-Never-Left-Brazil-Centre-Stage

• Lula’s Brazil, Perry Anderson – 2011

– lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v33/n07/perry-anderson/lula-s-brazil

• Insurgency and Counterinsurgency

– blackagendareport.com/insurgency-and-counterinsurgency-interview-dylan-rodriguez

• Black Politics and the 2022 Mid-Term Elections

– blackagendareport.com/black-politics-and-2022-mid-term-elections

• Dr. Al-Fatah Stewart Fights for Freedom

‘held in the Rikers Island correctional facility in New York for the last 43 months without trial’

– blackagendareport.com/dr-al-fatah-stewart-fights-freedom

• Ukrainians have failed to universalise their fight – NATO Žižek

– sundaytimes.lk/221030/sunday-times-2/the-orgy-at-the-end-of-the-world-500204.html

• Bring Politics Back Into Society: 40% in Italy Abstained – Not Without Justification

– socialistproject.ca/2022/10/bring-politics-back-into-society/

• Rishi Sunak and the limits of skin-deep identity

– island.lk/rishi-sunak-and-the-limits-of-skin-deep-identity/

• Rishi Sunak; why SL did not have a Tamil or Muslim as President?

– dailymirror.lk/opinion/Rishi-Sunak-why-SL-did-not-have-a-Tamil-or-Muslim-as-President/172-247778

• English Tories have got hold of an ambitious Indian to clean up their Brexit mess

– island.lk/britains-new-prime-minister-and-the-universe-of-postcolonial-politics/

• Trump aide Kash Patel granted immunity to testify over Mar-a-Lago documents

– radiohc.cu/en/noticias/internacionales/303943-trump-aide-kash-patel-granted-immunity-to-testify-over-mar-a-lago-documents

• Trump’s lawyers saw Clarence Thomas as key to overturning 2020 election

– radiohc.cu/en/noticias/internacionales/303947-trumps-lawyers-saw-clarence-thomas-as-key-to-overturning-2020-election

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C11. Media (Mis/Coverage of economics, technology, science and art)

ee Media shows how corporate media monopoly determines what is news, art, culture, etc. The media is part of the public relations (corporate propaganda) industry. The failure to highlight our priorities, the need to read between the lines. To set new perspectives and priorities.

• When A Story Breaks, Always Ask, “Why Now?”

– sonar21.com/when-a-story-breaks-always-ask-why-now/

• Biden Administration Again Plants False Nuclear Scare Stories

– moonofalabama.org/2022/11/biden-administration-again-plants-false-nuclear-scare-stories.html

• Another Day, Another False Scare Story

– moonofalabama.org/2022/11/another-day-another-false-scare-story.html

• Police have no authority to stop protests: Journos

– themorning.lk/police-have-no-authority-to-stop-protests-journos/

• How Shehan lifted the Booker winning plot

– allasiaweb.com/how-shehan-lifted-the-plot

• Booker winner Shehan Karunatilaka denies plagiarism allegation

– themorning.lk/booker-winner-shehan-karunatilaka-denies-plagiarism-allegation/

• Booker Prize, Chattel Slavery, Sugar, its Politics and Sri Lanka – Thoradeniya

– lankaweb.com/news/items/2022/10/30/booker-prize-chattel-slavery-sugar-its-politics-and-sri-lanka/

• Media Minister dismisses speculation on moves to sell Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation

– dailymirror.lk/breaking_news/Media-Minister-dismisses-speculation-on-moves-to-sell-SLRC/108-247705

• Amaradeva: a name for everything that is our little island

– lankaweb.com/news/items/2022/11/03/amaradeva-a-name-for-everything-that-is-our-little-island/

– lankaweb.com/news/items/2022/11/03/amaradeva-the-voice-of-our-nation/

• Christian-Hindu-Buddhist leaders seek apology from Taylor Swift for trivializing “karma”

– lankaweb.com/news/items/2022/11/03/christian-hindu-buddhist-leaders-seek-apology-from-taylor-swift-for-trivializing-karma/

• The Nightwatchman’s Bludgeon – 100 Years of Fascism

‘On 29 October 1922, Benito Mussolini was propelled to power by the March on Rome’

– newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/the-nightwatchmans-bludgeon

• A concise and readable history of Sri Lanka from ancient times to 1948

– island.lk/a-concise-and-readable-history-of-sri-lanka-from-ancient-times-to-1948/

• Former SLIM NASCO Awards now SLIM National Sales Awards 2022

– island.lk/former-slim-nasco-awards-now-slim-national-sales-awards-2022/

• SLIM to offer 20,000 free e-tickets to Electronic World Marketing Summit on 6-7 Nov.

– ft.lk/front-page/SLIM-to-offer-20-000-free-e-tickets-to-Electronic-World-Marketing-Summit-on-6-7-Nov/44-741687

• Namalie Herath new Managing Partner for GroupM Sri Lanka

‘started at J. Walter Thompson, launching MEC in SL, and then headed Wavemaker when the 2 entities, MEC and Maxus, were merged… a board member of the IAA (International Advertising Association).. GroupM is a data-centric, digitally charged marketing services conglomerate, with 6 agencies including Wavemaker, MediaCom, Mindshare, mSix, Motivator, Essence, and speciality services…’

– ft.lk/business/Namalie-Herath-new-Managing-Partner-for-GroupM-Sri-Lanka/34-741545

• Leaked US Documents Outline DHS’s Plans to Police Disinformation

‘Prior to the 2020 election, tech companies including Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, Discord, Wikipedia, Microsoft, LinkedIn, and Verizon Media met on a monthly basis with the FBI, CISA, and other government representatives.’

– theintercept.com/2022/10/31/social-media-disinformation-dhs/

• Big Tech collaborates with U.S. establishment in censoring social media

– radiohc.cu/en/noticias/internacionales/303889-big-tech-collaborates-with-us-establishment-in-censoring-social-media

• The Kievsky Mixtape (1916) – V. I. Lenin

‘in trusts, syndicates, etc., in the omnipotence of the giant banks, in the buying up of raw material sources, etc., in the concentration of banking capital, etc. Everything hinges on economic monopoly.’

– redsails.org/the-kievsky-mixtape/

• Singapore Airlines Sri Lanka recognised at the Marketing Warrior Awards

‘Aitken Spence is the General Sales Agency (GSA) for Singapore Airlines in Sri Lanka’

– island.lk/singapore-airlines-sri-lanka-recognised-at-the-marketing-warrior-awards/

• War, propaganda, and blindness

‘In the etymological sense, propaganda is just the art of convincing, of propagating ideas. But in modern times, it is an art that aims at reconstructing reality in order to denigrate the adversary and magnify one’s own troops.’

– voltairenet.org/article218325.html

• How to control your thoughts

– lankaweb.com/news/items/2022/10/31/how-to-control-thoughts-of-your-mind-try-this-trick-buddhist-story-on-meditation/

• Buddha vs God

– lankaweb.com/news/items/2022/10/31/buddha-vs-god/

• Theatrical presentation of ‘Ramayanaya’ through Ravana’s sister

– sundaytimes.lk/221030/magazine/theatrical-presentation-of-ramayanaya-through-ravanas-sister-499938.html

• Maruti’s Manike Mage Hithe remake

– sundaytimes.lk/221030/magazine/thank-god-released-here-with-manike-mage-hithe-remake-499897.html

• Sunak’s Path to No. 10 may have begun in Ceylon

– lankaweb.com/news/items/2022/10/31/sunaks-path-to-no-10-may-have-begun-in-ceylon/

• Esmond reveals JR’s offer of foreign ministry to Mrs. B –Amunugama

– island.lk/esmond-reveals-jrs-offer-of-foreign-ministry-to-mrs-b/

• Moving up the Colonial Civil Service ladder in the Caribbean and Africa – Monck-Mason Moore

– island.lk/moving-up-the-colonial-civil-services-ladder-in-the-caribbean-and-africa/

• 0.0) Starting A Book

– indi.ca

• You Are Not Your Name

– indi.ca

• 0.1) Birth

– indi.ca

• Historian seeks legal action against Akshay Kumar’s ‘Ram Setu’ for using his research work without permission and ‘fabricating’ story

– lankaweb.com/news/items/2022/10/31/historian-seeks-legal-action-against-akshay-kumars-ram-setu-for-using-his-research-work-without-permission-and-fabricating-story/

• Electronic Devices of The Wire’s Editors Seized ‘Without Providing Hash Value’

‘Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) IT cell head Amit Malviya lodged the FIR after The Wire recently claimed that Meta—the parent company of WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram—had given certain privileges to him that he could use to take down posts he thought were critical of the BJP’

– newsclick.in/Electronic-Devices-The-Wire-Editors-Seized-Without-Providing-Hash-Value

– newsclick.in/digipub-condemns-police-raids-wire-editors-based-private-complaint

• “Truth and Reconciliation Require the Shedding of Aggressive Masculinity”

‘Translated by Wendy Doniger, After the War is a new translation of the final parts of the Mahabharata.’

– newsclick.in/truth-reconciliation-require-shedding-aggressive-masculinity

• Politicians Make Black People the Face of Crime

– blackagendareport.com/politicians-make-black-people-face-crime

• Hegel: Philosophy of world history and spirit

– youtube.com/watch?v=9Dqyq-UjoVA

• Elon Musk’s Starlink launches satellite internet service in Japan

‘Starlink provides high-speed, low-latency internet service using satellite communications.’

– asia.nikkei.com/Business/Telecommunication/Elon-Musk-s-Starlink-launches-satellite-internet-service-in-Japan

• Musk Plans to Profit From Twitter, Not Create a Town Square for Global Democracy

– newsclick.in/musk-plans-profit-twitter-create-square-global-democracy

– dailymirror.lk/business/Elon-Musk-dissolves-Twitters-director-board/215-247850

– dailymirror.lk/business/What-next-for-Twitter-under-Elon-Musk/215-247703

– http://www.adaderana.lk/technology/85801/elon-musk-completes-usd-44-billion-twitter-takeover

• Dear Twitterati – Leave the Road to Serfdom, Learn to Code

– tomluongo.me/2022/10/28/dear-twitterati-leave-road-to-serfdom-learn-to-code/

• Amazon warns of slower sales as economy weakens

– dailymirror.lk/business/Amazon-warns-of-slower-sales-as-economy-weakens/215-247700

• Rock ’n’ roll – shorthand for white artists only.

– sundaytimes.lk/221030/magazine/when-michael-jackson-stole-paul-mccartneys-sound-499960.html

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