Ceylon Communist Party (Maoist) texts

Ceylon Communist Party (Maoist)

      [Note: There may be several different centers and lines which claim continuity with the CCP (Maoist). Documents from other centers will be posted if we can obtain them.]

• 2015:
  • “Unite To Overthrow The Neo-Colonial State And The Capitalist Dictatorship! Fight To Achieve A Bright New Word Of Freedom, Upon the Ashes and Ruins of Imperialism! Statement of the Ceylon Communist Party-Maoist on the Presidential Election-2015”, 2 pages.   MS Word (.docx) (18 KB)
  • “On the Appointment of Hon. Sambandan as Leader of the Opposition”, by Surendra Ajit Rupasinghe, Secretary, CCP(Maoist), n. d. (but probably 2015), 1 page.   MS Word (.docx) (16 KB)
  • “Reptilian Politics of the Lizard and the Fall of the JVP”, by Surendra Ajit Rupasinghe, Secretary, CCP(Maoist), n. d. (but probably 2015), 3 pages.   MS Word (.docx) (20 KB)
• 2014:
  • “Turn the Intra-Class Battle for Power Into a Revolutionary Struggle for Democracy and Freedom”, by Surendra Ajit Rupasinghe, Secretary, CCP(Maoist), n. d. (but probably December 2014), 3 pages.   MS Word (.docx) (20 KB)
  • “The Presidential Election: Mortal Dangers, Intractable Challenges and Rare Historic Opportunities”, by Surendra Ajit Rupasinghe, Secretary, CCP(Maoist), n. d. (but probably December 2014), 2 pages.   MS Word (.docx) (18 KB)
  • “A Response to Kumar David’s Article Titled ‘A Bright Light at the End of the Tunnel. Facilitating Rajapaksa’s Departure’, Nov. 30, 2014”, by Surendra Ajit Rupasinghe, Secretary, CCP(Maoist), c. Dec. 6, 2014, 2 pages.   MS Word (.docx) (18 KB)
• 2012:
  • “Initial Response To Workers Dreadnought On Bob Avakian’s ‘New Synthesis’”, by Surendra Ajit Rupasinghe, Secretary, CCP(Maoist), April 18, 2012, 6 pages.   PDF Version (146 KB);   MS Word (52 KB)
  • “Post Geneva Stakes: Strategic Agendas, Imperatives of the Regime and Path to Freedom and Democracy”, by Surendra Ajit Rupasinghe, Secretary, CCP(Maoist), circa April 13, 2012, 4 pages.   PDF Version (276 KB);   MS Word (24 KB)
  • “The LLRC Report: A Flowering of Freedom OR a Panacea for Despotism?”, by Surendra Ajit Rupasinghe, Secretary, CCP(Maoist), circa Feb. 11, 2012, 2 pages.   PDF Version (172 KB);   MS Word (18 KB)
  • “Dayan Jayatileke: The Architect-Ideologue of the War of Annihilation of the Tamil Nation”, by Surendra Ajit Rupasinghe, Secretary, CCP(Maoist), circa Feb. 4, 2012, 2 pages.   PDF Version (382 KB);   MS Word (16 KB)
  • “The Politics of Fascist Terror: A Sociological Analysis”, by Surendra Ajit Rupasinghe, Secretary, CCP(Maoist), circa Feb. 3, 2012, 6 pages.   PDF Version (410 KB);   MS Word (31 KB)
• 2011:
  • “The LLRC Report: A Process of Reconciliation or Perpetuation of a Dynastic Military Junta?”, by Surendra Ajit Rupasinghe, Secretary, CCP(Maoist), circa Dec. 29, 2011, 2 pages.   PDF Version (255 KB);   MS Word (19 KB)
  • “Whence the Dark Night of Terror Shall End and the Light of Freedom Shine Through the Land of Lanka?”, by Surendra Ajit Rupasinghe, circa Nov. 18, 2011, 2 pages.   PDF Version (197 KB);   MS Word (14 KB)
  • “‘Occupy Wall St’: Trends Towards Democratic Reform or Fascist Backlash in the US”, by Surendra Ajit Rupasinghe, Oct. 17, 2011, 2 pages.   PDF Version (159 KB);   MS Word (15 KB)
  • “Statement On the Recent Incidents at Navanthurai, Jaffna”, by Surendra for the CCP(Maoist), Sept. 1, 2011, 2 pages.   PDF Version (342 KB);   MS Word (17 KB)
• 2010:
  • “Student Agitation: A Marxist Perspective”, by Surendra Ajit Rupasinghe, c. Nov. 2, 2010, 4 pages.   PDF Version (164 KB);   MS Word (52 KB)
  • “Lessons to be Learned from the ‘Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission’ — LLRC”, statement by Surendra Ajit Rupasinghe, Secretary of the CCP(Maoist), c. Oct. 31, 2010, 3 pages.   PDF Version (152 KB);   MS Word (45 KB)
  • “Arundathi Roy Facing Threat of Sedition Charges”, statement by Surendra Rupasinghe, Chairman of the Anti-Imperialist People’s Alliance, Oct. 27, 2010, 4 pages.   PDF Version (71 KB);   MS Word (36 KB)
  • “The Flames of Kashmir and the Path to Liberation”, presentation to be made by Com. Surendra, Secretary of the CCP(M), and Chairman of the Anti-Imperialist People’s Alliance, at the Kashmir Study Forum in Colombo, on Oct. 27, 2010, 4 pages.   PDF Version (145 KB);   MS Word (58 KB)
  • “Plot to Kill the Editor of the Sunday Leader”, statement by the Ceylon Communist Party (Maoist), Oct. 11, 2010, 1 page.   PDF Version (105 KB);   MS Word (30 KB)
  • “What Would It Take to Unseat the Emperor?”, by Com. Surendra, Secretary, CCP (Maoist), not dated, 2 pages. (Received by BannedThought.net on Sept. 14, 2010.)   PDF Version (144 KB);   MS Word (41 KB)
• 2009 and earlier:
  • “Global Politics and the Sri Lankan Trajectory”, by Com. Surendra, Secretary, CCP (Maoist), not dated, 2 pages.   PDF Version (63 KB);   MS Word (35 KB)
  • “The Issue of War Crimes: A Question of Sovereignty and Moral and Political Jurisdiction”, by Com. Surendra, Secretary, CCP (Maoist), not dated, 2 pages.   PDF Version (70 KB);   MS Word (37 KB)
  • “The Liquidation of the Liberation Tigers of Thamil Eelam (LTTE): Lessons Paid in Blood”, by Com. Surendra, Secretary, CCP (Maoist), not dated, 7 pages.   PDF Version (121 KB);   MS Word (70 KB)
  • “On the Agenda of Defeating ‘Separatist Terrorism’”, an unsigned article excerpted from Shining Path, organ of the CCP (Maoist), not dated, 2 pages.   PDF Version (136 KB);   MS Word (34 KB)
  • “Northern Spring, Truth and Reconciliation”, Report of a Field Mission by a Journalist on Behalf of the Ceylon Communist Party (Maoist), not dated 3 pages.   PDF Version (85 KB);   MS Word (51 KB)
  • “The Miracle of Asia: An Analysis of the Rajapakse Project”, by Com. Surendra, Secretary, CCP (Maoist), not dated, 2 pages.   PDF Version (123 KB);   MS Word (44 KB)
  • “A Contribution to the Debate between Raipal Abeynayake and Malinda Senevirathne on the Role of the Moral Police”, by Com. Surendra, Secretary, CCP (Maoist), not dated, 2 pages.   PDF Version (153 KB);   MS Word (41 KB)
  • “Mahinda, Sarath and Their Monstrous Crimes against the People and Humanity”, by Com. Surendra, Ceylon Communist Party (Maoist), on behalf of the Election Campaign Committee of the Common Left Candidate — Com. Dr. Vickremabahu, posted on the Transcurrents.com web site on Dec. 16, 2009, 4 pages.   PDF Version (179 KB);   MS Word (39 KB)
  • “To the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M): Revolutionary Greetings from the Ceylon Communist Party-Maoist”, by Com. Surendra, on behalf of the Central Re-Organizing Committee, 2008, 2 pages. 

• • Thousand Flowers — Journal of the Ceylon Communist Party (Maoist)
    • Vol. 1, #1, March 2008   Complete issue in PDF Format (77 pages, 539 KB)
      Individual article:
      “Open Letter to Genuine Communist Revolutionary Forces”, by Comrade Surendra, Chairman, CCP-Maoist.   MS Word Format (32 KB)  PDF Version (165 KB);   MS Word (40 KB)
    • N. Sanmugathasan and His Writings: Nagalingam Sanmugathasan (or Shanmugathasan) (1920-1993) was the founding Secretary General of the Communist Party of Ceylon (Maoist), in 1964.
      
      • “Sanmugathasan, the Unrepentant Left and the Ethnic Crisis in Sri Lanka”, by Ravi Vaitheespara, Economic & Political Weekly [India], Oct. 27, 2007, 8 pages.   PDF Only (170 KB)
      • “On the Demise of Comrade Nagalingam Sanmugathasan: Comrade Shan: An Unrepentent Communist”, by the Central Organizing Committee, Ceylon Communist Party (Maoist), A World to Win, #19, 1993, 2 pages.   PDF Version (14 KB);   MS Word (32 KB)
      • Political Memoirs of an Unrepentant Communist, by N. Sanmugathasan (Colombo: 1989, 301 pp.). Excerpts only! (25 pages), including some useful background about the early development of the communal (ethnic) conflict in Ceylon.   PDF Version (171 KB);   MS Word (264 KB)
      • “Some Thoughts on Mao’s Philosophy”, by N. Sanmugathasan, 1986, 7 pages.   PDF format (25 KB)
      • “Indictment Against Sri Lanka: Black July 1983: The Charge is Genocide: Sri Lanka’s week of shame; an eyewitness account”, by N. Sanmugathasan, writing anonymously in the journal Race & Class: A Journal for Black & Third World Liberation, vol. XXVI, #1, Summer 1984, 11 pages.   PDF Version (151 KB);   MS Word (142 KB)
      • “Enver Hoxha Refuted”, by N. Sanmugathasan, A World to Win, preliminary issue No. 1, May 1981. This is an well-written refutation of Albanian leader Enver Hoxha’s erroneous criticisms of Mao and the Chinese Revolution.   HTML Version
      • “In Defence of Mao Tsetung Thought”, by N. Sanmugathasan, General Secretary of the Ceylon Communist Party, adopted at a special congress of the CCP held in July 1979; 7 pages. From Revolution, Vol. 4, #10-11, Oct.-Nov. 1979, published by the RCP,USA.   Searchable PDF photo format
      • “The Italian Party Congress”, by N. Sanmugathasan, 1969, 4 pages. From Liberation, vol. II, #7 (May 1969), published by the CPI(M-L).   PDF Version (121 KB);   MS Word (25 KB)
      • “The Bright Red Banner of Mao Tsetung Thought”, by N. Sanmugathasan, written to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China. (Colombo: Workers Press, 1969), 57 sheets, 103 pages. [Note, however, that this scan is defective; it is missing pages 12-13, 30-31 and 100-101. We will post a complete and better quality version if we can obtain it.]   PDF format (10,072 KB);   Excerpts from Chapter IV focusing on Mao’s development of dialectics in Marxist philosophy (from A World to Win, #19, 1993):   MS Word format (39 KB)
      • “Mao Tse-tung’s Contribution to Marxism-Leninism”, by N. Sanmugathasan, 1967, 13 pages. Taken from Liberation, vol. I, #2 (Dec. 1967), published by the CPI(M-L); originally in Red Flag (Colombo), Oct. 3, 1967.   PDF Version (269 KB);   MS Word (40 KB)
      • “Only the Thought of Mao Tse-tung Can Lead Indian Revolution to Success”, by N. Sanmugathasan, 1967, 7 pages. Taken from Liberation, vol. I, #1 (Nov. 1967), published by the CPI(M-L); originally in Red Flag (Colombo).   PDF Version (227 KB);   MS Word (29 KB)
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