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Rezgar Akrawi

Rezgar Akrawi is a leftist writer and researcher focused on technology, AI, the digital revolution, and the development of contemporary leftist thought and practice in response to these transformations. He works as an expert in systems development and e-governance, and is a theorist of the concept of the ‘Electronic Left'.

    October 20, 2026
    Columns/Geopolitics

    The French Protests Are Being Misunderstood

    The French protests that are spreading over Europe are not receiving proper attention.  The explanation that students all over France, with the disturbances spreading into Italy and Belgium, are burning down historic

    Sri Lanka

    Sri Lanka’s illicit cigarette trade costs government Rs 29.5bn in lost tax revenue

    Sri Lanka lost an estimated Rs 29.5 billion in potential tax revenue in 2025 because of illicit factory-made cigarette consumption, according to an economic assessment by Oxford Economics, which estimates that illegal products accounted for 20% of the market despite

    October 20, 2026

    Sri Lanka: Rising Prices and People’s Patience

    Sri Lanka

    A familiar storm gathers Sri Lanka’s inflation reached 8% in September 2026, above the Central Bank’s 3–7% target band for a third straight month,

    Women’s Role in Peacekeeping Stalls Worldwide

    Editor's Choice/Geopolitics

    More than 25 years after the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security, women’s representation in multilateral peace operations

    Featured image for the article about Anthropic, Claude, and artificial intelligence safety.

    Artificial Intelligence: Private Ownership, Collective Risks

    September 23, 2026
    Artificial Intelligence

    The article examines the growing conflict over the risks posed by advanced artificial intelligence, from autonomous cyberattacks and weapons to political persuasion and the wider transformation of work and human consciousness. It

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    The SDF Is Gone: What Next for the Kurds?

    September 5, 2026
    Columns/Geopolitics

    The People’s Palace Scene: The End of an Experiment and the Beginning of a Question On 25 August 2026, Mazloum Abdi announced from the People’s Palace in Damascus the end of the mission of

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    How Algorithms Are Reshaping Consciousness to Serve Capital

    August 14, 2026
    Columns/Technology

    A few days ago, TIME revealed how an artificial intelligence system went out of control and attacked other systems. Days later, more than 1,100 engineers at major artificial intelligence companies signed a joint petition calling for

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    Digital Fascism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism

    July 16, 2026
    Columns/Geopolitics

    When Vladimir Lenin wrote about imperialism and considered it the highest stage of capitalism, he was tracking the moment capital shifted from the space of free competition into the world of monopoly, where banks merged with

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    The Left and Breaching Capitalism’s Digital Fortress

    June 24, 2026
    Columns/Geopolitics

    The battle for socialist liberation in the twenty-first century cannot be fought with the weapons of the last century. In an era in which algorithms hold sway, in which the influence of

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    Soft Digital Repression: New Challenges and Strategies for Resistance

    June 13, 2026
    Columns/Geopolitics

    During the recent assault on Gaza, thousands of activists witnessed their posts deleted or their accounts restricted simply for documenting Israeli occupation crimes or expressing solidarity with the Palestinian people. This is far from

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     The Left, Labour Unions and Mass Organizations

    May 29, 2026
    Editor's Choice/Geopolitics/History

    Most countries of the Middle East and the Global South operating under authoritarian regimes share a single structural crisis, one whose substance is the acute and chronic fragmentation and weakness that afflicts

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    The Sri Lanka Guardian is an online newspaper founded in August 2007 by a group of concerned Sri Lankan citizens including journalists, activists, academics and retired civil servants. Sri Lanka Guardian has registered as an online newspaper in the Government of Sri Lanka. This portal is currently a platform for over seven hundred regular writers from around the world. We are an independent and nonprofit. Email : editor@slguardian.org
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