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The European Radicals in Sri Lanka consisted of a group of Europeans in the British colony of Ceylon who supported radical politics and opposed the colonial system prevailing on the island. They were anti-imperialist in their political outlook and worked with Sri Lankan activists to assist the colony in achieving independence from British colonial rule. The group held a disproportionate amount of influence relative to their size, and most were radical activists in their home countries who had married Sri Lankan activists and revolutionary politicians; being active in the Lanka Sama Samaja Party, the Communist Party of Sri Lanka and the Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party. Several attempts were made at deporting them by the colonial government, most notably the Australian ex-planter Mark Anthony Bracegirdle, along with Rhoda Miller de Silva, Jeanne Hoban Moonesinghe and Maud Keuneman. Other notable European Radicals included Doreen Young Wickremasinghe, who became a MP, Edith Gyömrői Ludowyk and Hedi Keuneman.
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Lanka Sama Samaja Party
History
Bracegirdle Incident
European Radicals
Hartal 1953
Janadina
Suriya-Mal Movement
Youth Leagues
Notable members
S. C. C. Anthony Pillai
Colvin R. de Silva
William de Silva
Doric de Souza
Meryl Fernando
Leslie Goonewardene
Vivienne Goonewardene
Philip Gunawardena
Robert Gunawardena
P. Kandiah
V. Karalasingham
Pieter Keuneman
M. G. Mendis
N. M. Perera
Edmund Samarakkody
Bernard Soysa
A. Vaidyalingam
Tissa Vitharana
Batty Weerakoon
S. A. Wickramasinghe
Factions & spin offs
Bolshevik Samasamaja Party
Lanka Sama Samaja Party (Revolutionary)
Nava Sama Samaja Party
Sri Lanka Sama Samaja Party
United Socialist Party
Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party
Related articles
Ceylon Federation of Labour
Fourth International
Government Clerical Services Union
Trotskyism
Communism Portal
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