Blows against the Empire. Trotskyism in Ceylon: The Lanka Sama Samaja Party, 1935 - 1964

I. The origins of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party
- Jayawardene- The background to the formation of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party
- Manifesto of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party
II. The politics of the LSSP
- Gunawardena- Speech to the state council (28 aug 1936, excerpt)
III. The defence of Mark Bracegirdle
- Jayawardene- The Bracegirdle affair
- Interview with Mark Bracegirdle
IV: The LSSP turns to trotskyism (1939 - 1941)
- An interview with a comrade: Ceylonese masses want no part of bosses war
- Goonewardene- The Third International condemned!
- Murder of Trotsky the leader of the world revolution Stalin's evil deed
- The struggle against imperialism
V: The Lanka Sama Samaja Party, 1939 - 1960
- Fernando- An account of the LSSP, 1939 - 1960
VI: The LSSP against imperialist war (1939 - 1945)
- Reggie Perera- Jail break! The escape of the political prisoners
- The real situation in Ceylon
- Gunawardena- Revolutionary defeatism
VII: The 1945 split in the LSSP
- Amarasinghe- The samasamajists divided
- Gunawardena- The Bolshevik-Leninist Party of India, a sectarian dead-end
- de Silva and Goonewardene- A statement
- Resolution adopted by the central committee of the Bolshevik-Leninist Party of India
- Gunawardena and N. M. Perera- A statement
- The BLPI and the grouping calling themselves Samasamajists
- de Silva- Whither the New Samasamaja Party?
VIII: The dispute over independence
- de Silva- Independence, real or fake?
- N. M. Perera- A statement
- Dissarnayake- A letter from Ceylon
IX: The unification of the LSSP in 1950
- Interview with Prins Rajasooriya
- Philip Gunawardena splits from the LSSP
- The LSSP and BSP unite
- Programme of action of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party, adopted at the unity conference, 4 june 1950
X. The great hartal of 1953
- Tampoe- Some lessons of the hartal
- Samarakkody- 1953: a missed opportunity?
- Goonewardene- 1953 in perspective
- Rajasooriya- A purely LSSP affair
XI. Tamil rights: The LSSP against Sinhala only (1955 - 56)
- Goonewardene- The language question
- The state language question. A declaration of the LSSP (excerpts)
- N. M. Perera- For parity of status. Speech in the Ceylon house of representatives, 19 october 1955 (excerpts)
XII: The LSSP against the People's Front (1956 - 1960)
- Grannum- The 1956 general election
- Samarakkody- Behind Bandaranaike's assassination
XIII: The years of crisis (1960 - 1964)
- Amarasinghe- From independent party to coalition partner
- Karalasingham- The collapse of the old leadership
- Ervin- Trotskyism in India, 1942 - 48)