A Short History of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Star Publishers
Published: 1960
Place of publication: Colombo, Sri Lanka
Copyright date: CC
First sentence: Preparatory Work
The Lanka Sama Samaja Party was founded on December 18th 1935 with the broad aims of Independence and Socialism, by a group of young people who had gathered together for that purpose.
Table of contents: title: Contents; title: A Short History of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party .......................... 2; title: Table of Figures .............................................................................. v; title: Foreword ........................................................................................ vi; title: Chapter 1 – The Early Period.......................................................... 1; title: Preparatory Work ........................................................................ 1; title: The Party is Launched ................................................................. 4; title: Bringing Politics to the People .................................................... 6; title: The Bracegirdle Episode ............................................................. 9; title: The Trade Union Field .............................................................. 12; title: Chapter 2 – War and Repression .................................................. 16; title: Trotskyism and Stalinism .......................................................... 16; title: The Underground Period ........................................................... 18; title: Escape from Jail ........................................................................ 22; title: Formation of the Bolshevik Leninist Party of India .................. 24; title: Chapter 3 – 1945 to 1950 .............................................................. 28; title: The Post War Upsurge .............................................................. 28; title: Working Class Struggles ........................................................... 31; title: The Split in the LSSP ................................................................ 36; title: The 1947 Elections .................................................................... 39; title: Chapter 4 – Ebb and Revival ........................................................ 43; title: Consolidation of the Right ........................................................ 43; title: The 1952 Elections .................................................................... 46; title: The Great Hartal ........................................................................ 49; title: The Split of 1953 ....................................................................... 54; title: 1953-1955.................................................................................. 57; title: Chapter 5 – The New Era .............................................................. 60; title: The Language Question ............................................................ 60; title: The UNP Defeat of 1956 ........................................................... 63; title: The Trade Union Upsurge ......................................................... 66; title: The Present Period .................................................................... 70