LankaWeb – Taking the Pulse Before the Crisis: What Sri Lanka Can Learn—and Must Not Copy—from the Soviet Komsomol System

Dr Sarath Obeysekera During my years of study in the Soviet Union, I became aware of what appeared to be an informal and sometimes discreet network of politically conscious young intellectuals operating within universities, workplaces and state organisations. Through Komsomol and Communist Party structures, information about the attitudes, concerns and political mood of students and […]