Aaron Goings is a historian based in Tacoma, Washington. His latest book is The Port of Missing Men: Billy Gohl, Labor, and Brutal Times in the Pacific Northwest (UW Press, 2020). He can be reached at agoings@stmartin.edu
The article reveals the little-known role of Buddhist monks in the JVP’s second insurrection in Sri Lanka during the late 1980s, tracing their involvement in revolutionary politics, the brutal violence that claimed
Tobacco use among schoolchildren in Sri Lanka has increased significantly over the past eight years, with the proportion of students who have tried smoking at least once doubling between 2016 and 2024, according to a World Health Organization survey. The
Plans to open Sri Lanka’s Adam’s Bridge Marine National Park to tourism on October 15 have drawn strong objections from an environmental lawyer and
Sri Lanka’s state universities are struggling to recruit and retain senior academics as lecturers leave for overseas employment, creating staffing shortages that threaten their
Editor’s Note: The following essay is adapted from CounterPunch and examines a little-known chapter of early twentieth-century American history in Grays Harbor, Washington. It explores the entanglement of business elites, far-right movements,
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