Chapter 3: ‘Flag Independence’, Left-Wing Nationalism and Decolonization, 1948 – 1977

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Foreword VII
3. Preface IX
4. Contents XI
5. Abbreviations XV
6. Figures List XVII
7. Tables List XIX
8. Appendices List XXI
9. Chapter 1: Introduction: Crisis in Sri Lanka and the World 1
10. Chapter 2: Pre-Colonial Era to Colonial Rule and Capitalism: C. 3 BCE to 1948 22
11. Chapter 3: ‘Flag Independence’, Left-Wing Nationalism and Decolonization, 1948 – 1977 61
12. Chapter 4: Neoliberalism, Authoritarianism and Recolonization, 1977 –2009 90
13. Chapter 5: Geopolitical Rivalry, Neocolonialism and Political Destabilization, 2009 –2019 122
14. Chapter 6: Debt Colonialism, Inequality and the Crisis of Survival, 2019 – 2022 158
15. Chapter 7: Ecological and Collective Alternatives to Neoliberal Globalization 202
16. Appendices 225
17. Selected Bibliography 235