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\u2018Before you study the economics, study the economists!<\/em>\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

e-Con e-News 20-26 October 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2018During our last talks with the Government in London,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

when certain proposals were made for a settlement \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n

which, unfortunately, we could not consider \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n

we were offered that Jews should have more rights<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

than others<\/strong>. And certain examples were given us of certain<\/p>\n\n\n\n

English colonies, in Ceylon<\/strong> & other places. And we declared<\/p>\n\n\n\n

emphatically to the Government that we will not accept,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

we will fight any privilege accorded to a Jew because he is a Jew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What we want to have, is more Jews in Palestine, but not more<\/p>\n\n\n\n

privileges for the Jews.\u2019 \u2013 David Ben Gurion, at the Hearing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

of Representatives of the Jewish Agency, UN Special Committee<\/p>\n\n\n\n

on Palestine, 7 July 1947 (see ee Sovereignty<\/em><\/strong>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What exactly did the English promise David Ben Gurion, the \u2018father of Israel\u2019 in 1947?<\/strong> Were they offering Sri Lanka as the \u2018promised land\u2019 <\/em><\/strong>(of mi kiri & pani<\/em>) to the Jews? Were the Sinhala to suffer the fate of the Palestinians? After all, it is the Sinhala who have led the resistance to over 500 years of European despotism in Sri Lanka. And while it is common for liberals to make artificial comparisons between the settler-colonial state of Israel & the non-settler colonial state of Sri Lanka, it is the Sinhala who bear the most historical resemblance, to the Palestinian people .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     Or, were the English in 1947 offering the Jews the privileges they have provided to the other non-settler colonial merchant & moneylender sects in Sri Lanka? These \u2018minority\u2019 importer sects still help subjugate the country to foreign caprice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The United Nations, on 1947 November 29, recommended the partition of Palestine, which led to the Naqba<\/em><\/strong>, the continuing genocide of Palestinians, who were the majority\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     In Ceylon, England\u2019s Soulbury Constitution imposed a House of Representatives as the lower chamber<\/strong> of the Parliament. The first election was held over a month (August-Sept) and Parliament first met on 1947 October 14. The first House of Representatives consisted of elected & appointed \u2018Members of Parliament\u2019 (MPs). The appointed members were to represent \u2018important interests which were not represented or inadequately represented in the House<\/strong>\u2019: European, Burgher, Indian Tamils, & Muslim (Moors or Malays), as well as Sinhala and Tamil \u2018caste groups\u2019 \u2013 all feted & fashioned under colonialism. Many of these \u2018interests\u2019 (European & Burgher planters, Northern & Southern \u2018Ruling-Castes\u2019) were involved in inflicting violence on voters. These \u2018interests\u2019 have indeed been afforded privileges in exchange for pushing imperial dictat. In the Senate<\/strong>, as the upper chamber of the Parliament of Ceylon, half the members were elected by the lower chamber, the rest were appointed by the colonial Governor-General.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     The English plan <\/strong>was to short-circuit the law-making body with all the trip switches possible to prevent Sri Lanka\u2019s escape from the clutches of its colonial import-export plantation economy<\/strong>. Important legislation like the Paddy Lands Act was vetoed, and treasonable conspirators were pardoned by London long after 1948. The JVP in 1971 had to be charged with overthrowing England\u2019s Queen Elizabeth<\/em><\/strong>. The bicameral Parliament & Senate were accordingly abolished in 1971, prior to adopting a new Republican Constitution of Sri Lanka on 22 May 1972. The imperial plan, unrelenting since then, has been to restore the colonial status quo by hook or by crook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There is also an ulterior motive for the World Bank & great powers<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

to promote tourism as a solution to Sri Lanka\u2019s economic woes.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tourism depends on the goodwill of powerful countries, who<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

can just as easily close the tap of tourist flows<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

if Sri Lanka diverges from their geopolitical interests<\/em><\/strong>.<\/em><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Ahilan Kadirgamar, World Bank\u2019s Development Trap (ee Economists<\/em><\/strong>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Jewish Question<\/em><\/strong> continues to stalk & mug us. The media inadvertently divulged that the strategic East coast especially Arugam Bay et al are being used as \u2018rest & recreation\u2019 (R&R) bases for Israeli soldiers on leave from their ongoing genocide in Palestine. It has also been suggested that the Israelis are being used as a \u2018forward force\u2019 to establish US R&R in Sri Lanka, like the USA used Thailand & Singapore during the US wars on Southeast Asia, 1950-70s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     Indeed the R&R revelation (\u2018It\u2019s more S&S, Sex & Stimulation\u2019<\/em>, quipped one wag) came about through a series of sensationalist headlines about purported threats to tourists:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

US warns of attack threat in Sri Lanka<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

surf<\/em><\/strong> haven popular with Israeli tourists<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After Sri Lanka decided to sign a letter against Israel at the UN, the US embassy on October 23 decided to issue a warning \u2018about a potential attack targeting Arugambay\u2019. Israel\u2019s National Security Council then advised its citizens to leave, \u2018suggesting that all of Sri Lanka was unsafe for Israelis\u2019. Over 50% of tourists in Arugam Bay are from Israel, many visiting after military service, though its currently off-season due to the northeast monsoon there. However, England amplified also the US advisory, implying that all of Sri Lanka is dangerous, stating: \u2018Terrorists are very likely to attempt attacks in Sri Lanka.\u2019 England was of course followed by Australia & further negative international media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     Meanwhile, the Acting Chief of Police claimed that information on a possible attack was received by the GoSL on the 7th of October, and was discussed at multiple security council meetings, investigated, and precautions taken. Opposition forces immediately responded by asking if the Government did have information before the statement from the US embassy went out, why didn\u2019t the officials tighten security before?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     Indian Signals<\/strong> \u2013 A Daily Mirror<\/em> columnist finds eerie parallels between the Israeli revelation & the 2019 April terror attacks: \u2018The warnings, as seems to be an alarming pattern, come from India<\/strong>, raising serious questions about Sri Lanka\u2019s intelligence service\u2019s capabilities to know what is happening on its home turf.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     The travel advisories are being seen as an attempt to derail \u2018economic recovery\u2019<\/strong>, and furthermore tighten the possible burning tire around the JVP. \u2018A hit on tourism revenue\u2019 would force the new government \u2018to shift resources towards security & tourism instead of economic reforms & corruption-busting measures\u2019. Corruption<\/em>, again. What is corruption? In a merchant & moneylender ruled economy, among thieves, it is the most honorable of occupations in such a mode of production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     Tourism operators are worried about \u2018the reckless actions of those with megaphones\u2019 & the impact on \u2018what looked to be a promising winter tourism season\u2019; and wonder out loud, if this is \u2018some kind of cruel joke being played on Sri Lanka & its vital tourism industry, crucial to economic recovery, by a group of foreign Embassies\u2019? Apparently, \u2018in countries like Sri Lanka, where international tourism communication is virtually nonexistent, advisories play a disproportionate role in misleading travellers\u2019. But then, the very same commentator claims: the \u2018tourism sector\u2026 plays a critical role in uplifting millions in rural communities still recovering from recent serious economic setbacks\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     Now this is patently untrue. As SBD de Silva always said: tourism is an absolute curse on Sri Lanka<\/strong>, providing no advanced skills & using few goods made in Sri Lanka. As are the tea plantations. If the country were turned into one giant hotel or plantation, we would not need schools or universities!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     Further, the US & their killer poodles are escalating war on West Asia, which will put an end to easy movement, and promises to soar oil prices from $100 to $500!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2022 <\/strong>2024 marks the 100th<\/sup> death anniversary of Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov aka Lenin:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2018In the electricity sector, he saw the future of industrialization<\/p>\n\n\n\n

& agriculture in the Soviet Union. So much so that he declared<\/p>\n\n\n\n

that the Soviets & electrification equaled socialism.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 see ee Industry<\/em><\/strong>, Electricity, Logic & Science<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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     2024 is also the 100th<\/sup> anniversary of the launching of the Aberdeen-Laxapana Scheme<\/strong>, which was engineer DJ Wimalasurendra\u2019s dream<\/strong> to locally produce inexpensive hydroelectricity to replace the costly coal, diesel & gas used at the time. Wimalasurendra\u2019s plan would however continue to be blocked, as it had been for the 20 years before 1924. Construction work started in 1924 but was stopped in 1927. Wimalasurendra named powerful \u2018big business\u2019 like England\u2019s Whitehall Securities Corporation (later Pearson, now claiming a monopoly in textbooks & examinations, so you can see where all these \u2018O\/Level leakages\u2019 are heading!) linked to Shell Oil, and Boustead Brothers in Singapore. Work on the Aberdeen-Laxapana Hydroelectric Scheme recommenced in 1945 and only entered into operation in 1950, 2 years after \u2018independence\u2019\u2026by then we had lost a major advantage, while the new Central Bank of Ceylon under a US governor prevented investment in industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     We recall Wimalasurendra because the English High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Andrew Patrick, this week proudly proclaimed: Sri Lanka<\/strong> is now \u2018England\u2019s 2nd<\/sup> largest partner in transnational education<\/strong>\u2018. Considering the population size of Sri Lanka, \u2018that\u2019s an extraordinary statistic\u2019, Patrick said. Guess what? He was speaking at Pearson BTEC Higher Education Forum 2024<\/em><\/strong> held in Colombo on Oct 23. It also turns out: \u2018In Pakistan, Sri Lanka & Malaysia, for example, many members of the judiciary have law degrees from the University of London.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     So this is why, comrades, sisters & brothers, we do not have justice or lights! Mr Patrick should weep blood. But we won\u2019t hold our breath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2022 Meanwhile, <\/strong>the IMF<\/strong> is apparently holding talks on \u2018stolen asset recovery\u2019<\/em><\/strong>. The UN also wishes to examine our record on violence. But how far back do they wish to go? Will they recover our assets from Portugal, Holland, & England? Will they measure how much we lost by allowing a US Treasury agent to formulate & govern the Central Bank? Will they measure how much we are going to lose by continuing to prevent modern industrialization?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

     <\/strong>This week saw the English at that tired Commonwealth Heads of Government Meet<\/em><\/strong>, allowing their former slaves to bring up the promise to provide reparations for the Transatlantic Slave Trade (smooooth!<\/em> not calling it the European<\/strong> slave trade!). This week also saw people demanding the<\/strong> shutdown of the World Bank & the IMF<\/strong>, on the 80th<\/sup> anniversary of those \u2018Bretton Woods\u2019 institutions. It also witnessed Russia hosting the XVI BRICS Summit<\/strong> in Kazan. Many people hope BRICS could quickly take us out of the abyss, and replace<\/strong>, not just the useless & misnamed Commonwealth<\/em><\/strong>, but also the IMF<\/strong>. But this is still a long way off, especially as our countries remained divided & deluded.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

     <\/strong>As far as the imperialists are concerned, public investment is merely to encourage the private sector to take up the task of investment & development<\/strong>, ignoring the role of state investment & planning<\/strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

     The English news is all about us owing them<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 debt, debt, debt<\/em><\/strong>\u2013 because we still don\u2019t seem to understand English even if we elocute it well. If we are going to play their \u2018reparations\u2019 game (the Uva Provincial Council demanded reparations for the 19th century genocides in the southeast) with Europe & the USA, we should demand a share of the Bank of England (& the Bank of Portugal, & the Bank of Holland, and whichever US bank will pay for their capture & diversion of our Central Bank) & set up a modern industrial investment bank<\/strong>. In 1833, the English claimed to abolish African chattel slavery (in order to raise the price of slaves). The Bank of England only compensated the slave owners<\/em><\/strong>, with a loan from the Rothschild bankers. The slave owners then set up Barclays Bank, while English capital moved east, escalating the opium & indentured \u2018coolie\u2019 trade, de-industrializing Lanka, India & China\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2022 The Most Corrupt<\/em> Nations Corrupt the Most Corrupt Media<\/strong> \u2013 Having prevented the skilled employment of our citizens inside the country, we find out this week that Germany\u2019s Federal Office<\/strong> & the Goethe Institute<\/strong> sponsored senior journalists \u2013 7 from India, and 1 each from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka & Nepal \u2013 on a \u2018familiarization tour to promote migration to Germany for students & professionals\u2019, because German women are \u2018having fewer babies\u2019. \u2018Thousands of job opportunities for Sri Lankans\u2019 swooned the Sunday Times<\/em>\u2019 Feizal Samath, who writes under the overworked pseudonym of Kussi Amma Sera<\/em> (who fights with one Perera but loves his\/her sauer-kraut). As if to reinforce this robbery, an EU Delegation including Felix Neumann, Ambassador of Germany; Damiano Francovigh, Ambassador of Italy; Steluta Arhire, Ambassador of Romania; Charg\u00e9 d\u2019Affaires Marie-Noelle Duris of France, and Iwams Rutjens of the Netherlands, met the Sri Lanka President, to rehearse their tired gospel of \u2018expanding market access, employment opportunities\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    This is the EU, that is one moment talking high ideals, and the next second promoting war on Russia & West, Southeast & East Asia \u2013 calling the rest of a world a \u2018jungle\u2019 that must be invaded before we invade the \u2018garden\u2019 of Europe. And for those dreaming about \u2018rule of law\u2019, the US genocide in West Asia follows the pattern of the US settler colonial invasions of the Americas \u2013 that media success story of the \u2018New World\u2019\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    This ee Focus<\/em><\/strong>, therefore, continues the excerpts on the USSR\u2019s take on the need for a socialist path to industrialization, as imperialist countries have no interest in our advance, and their path is wasteful and destructive. We also continue the lessons China learned from the USSR, the first socialist country in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    This ee <\/em><\/strong>also includes a conversation an ee<\/em> correspondent had with USA\u2019s supposedly \u2018private\u2019 information agency, ChatGPT+<\/em><\/strong> about what they would divulge about ee<\/em><\/strong>, and if e-con e-news <\/em><\/strong>is run by the military like the US & EU media?!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Since its first report on the country, the World Bank has<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

sought to divert the attention of local policymakers away<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

from large-scale industry<\/strong> and towards various cul-de-sacs,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

including peasant colonisation, services, & micro-entrepreneurship.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As if any country has been able to develop along these lines.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the negotiations for the 1955 Non-Aligned Meeting in Bandung, England sought to use Sri Lanka against the rest of Asia. How much has changed? This ee Focus<\/em><\/strong> starts on a more hopeful note with an examination of this week\u2019s 16th<\/sup> BRICS Summit. Shiran Illanperuma\u2019s \u2018Out of the Abyss and into BRICS\u2019 notes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BRICS is still very much work in progress.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Its outcome is not written in stone. In the spirit of Bandung,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sri Lanka should be playing an active role in shaping<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

the outcome of BRICS and taking its rightful place in world history<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(see ee Focus<\/em><\/strong>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Did England offer Sri Lanka to the Jews in 1947? Is the USA now Dangling R&R Bases Too?<\/a><\/blockquote>