Editorial

Editorial

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When Argentina's players unfurled a banner reading "Las Malvinas son Argentinas" after their World Cup semifinal victory over England this week, the British state required no time for reflection. Within a day, Downing Street had urged FIFA to investigate, ministers had denounced the gesture, and the Prime Minister's spokesperson had delivered the line that "the World Cup might not be ours, but…

Fostering Hatred

Sri Lanka is laying the foundations for renewed war.

Extortion Economy

Sri Lanka’s crisis was made possible by international engagement.

Living Horror

Sri Lanka’s concentration camps exemplify ethnic relations there.

Hostages

Sri Lanka is – again – trying to make money through Tamil suffering.

The Liberal Moment

These are both revealing and defining times for the Tamils and Sri Lanka.

Our Holocaust

The struggle for Tamil liberation is entering a new phase.

Disconnect and Mobilisation

The West wants the Tamils to make it easy and forget the genocide.

Great Expectations

How will Western liberal states respond to the Tamils’ appeals?

Futile Wait

Sri Lanka’s slaughter reveals the fiction of international liberalism.

Different Certainties

How international belief in a fictional Sri Lanka fuels the slaughter.