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09-07-2007, 04:08 PM
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JVP had been with its ups and downs since 1971. JVP is the only party in the south that has paid its political price in thousands of lives of youth, in 1971 and 1988/89 respectively.
From its inception, JVP has identified themselves as Marxists. However, it’s a doubt that how many people in this country, even those who have voted for JVP are aware of the principles of Marxism.
Some people think that it is similar to the political ideology of traditional ‘Samasamaja’ or Communist party of Sri Lanka. However, you may have hardly seen JVP leaders in the same stage of Samasamaja/Communist party leaders for obvious reason of the different in ideology.
If we have to compare JVP, the closest choice is the ‘Nava Samasamaja Party’ (NSSP) lead by Wickramabahu Karunarathna.
In fact, in the local government election in 2004, JVP was allied with NSSP and JVP leaders and NSSP leaders were campaigning in the same stage. In those political stages JVP leaders and NSSP leaders publicly admitted their commitment for Tamil peoples right of ‘self ruling’ which is one of the core principle in Marxism.
It was ironically the JVP’s worst election result in their political history.
It was after this unsuccessful election that JVP took a U turn in its political agenda and took more patriotic and nationalistic face. Suddenly, the hand painted reddish poster format was replaced by more yellowish and brownish posters which was originally adopted by the Sinhala national movements including Sihala Urumaya party.
It is ‘demand and supply’ theory used by JVP. The party is showing its Marxist interface to the student unions in the universities, trade unions in the public and government sector, and far rural areas of the country while showing its patriotic and nationalistic face to the urban public.
Although, JVP took different face in being more patriotic and nationalist, still Marxism has dominated in the party. That is why they have formed Patriotic National Movement (PNM) to present their patriotic face to the urban upper middle class and educated rural people and only selective set of JVP leaders attending to the rallies and media briefings organized by PNM.
One can define this double faced behavior of JVP as mere opportunistic and cunning which is quite true. But it equally shows the pathetic state of the university student movements and trade unions. Still they are miles behind than the educated middle class society of Sri Lanka.
Time will only tells if JVP will be able to transform its bankrupt backward minded Marxism sectors in to more realistic and progressive force or they are cornered in to another unsuccessful rising of self destruction.
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JVP had been with its ups and downs since 1971. JVP is the only party in the south that has paid its political price in thousands of lives of youth, in 1971 and 1988/89 respectively.
From its inception, JVP has identified themselves as Marxists. However, it’s a doubt that how many people in this country, even those who have voted for JVP are aware of the principles of Marxism.
Some people think that it is similar to the political ideology of traditional ‘Samasamaja’ or Communist party of Sri Lanka. However, you may have hardly seen JVP leaders in the same stage of Samasamaja/Communist party leaders for obvious reason of the different in ideology.
If we have to compare JVP, the closest choice is the ‘Nava Samasamaja Party’ (NSSP) lead by Wickramabahu Karunarathna.
In fact, in the local government election in 2004, JVP was allied with NSSP and JVP leaders and NSSP leaders were campaigning in the same stage. In those political stages JVP leaders and NSSP leaders publicly admitted their commitment for Tamil peoples right of ‘self ruling’ which is one of the core principle in Marxism.
It was ironically the JVP’s worst election result in their political history.
It was after this unsuccessful election that JVP took a U turn in its political agenda and took more patriotic and nationalistic face. Suddenly, the hand painted reddish poster format was replaced by more yellowish and brownish posters which was originally adopted by the Sinhala national movements including Sihala Urumaya party.
It is ‘demand and supply’ theory used by JVP. The party is showing its Marxist interface to the student unions in the universities, trade unions in the public and government sector, and far rural areas of the country while showing its patriotic and nationalistic face to the urban public.
Although, JVP took different face in being more patriotic and nationalist, still Marxism has dominated in the party. That is why they have formed Patriotic National Movement (PNM) to present their patriotic face to the urban upper middle class and educated rural people and only selective set of JVP leaders attending to the rallies and media briefings organized by PNM.
One can define this double faced behavior of JVP as mere opportunistic and cunning which is quite true. But it equally shows the pathetic state of the university student movements and trade unions. Still they are miles behind than the educated middle class society of Sri Lanka.
Time will only tells if JVP will be able to transform its bankrupt backward minded Marxism sectors in to more realistic and progressive force or they are cornered in to another unsuccessful rising of self destruction.