This seems quite similar to the 2022 Aragalaya protests in Sri Lanka.
Gen Z in Nepal burned down the parliament, burned down the homes of government officials, forced the prime minister to resign, and paraded the finance minister through the streets nearly naked.
September 9, 2025 at 10:50 PM
This seems quite similar to the 2022 Aragalaya protests in Sri Lanka.
The Sinhala word „Aragalaya,“ which means „struggle“, became the battle cry of the nation. After 75 years of independence, all nations, religions, generations, and people representing all social levels stood together for a united demand for change. The objective?👉🏽 lcb.de/diplomatique/2022-අරගල-අවරදද
2022. අරගල අවුරුද්ද.
LCB diplomatique: Ashani Ranasinghe, 2022. Das Jahr von Aragalaya.
https://lcb.de/diplomatique/2022-අරගල-අවරදද/
March 3, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The Sinhala word „Aragalaya,“ which means „struggle“, became the battle cry of the nation. After 75 years of independence, all nations, religions, generations, and people representing all social levels stood together for a united demand for change. The objective?👉🏽 lcb.de/diplomatique/2022-අරගල-අවරදද
What are the limits and possibilities of scholarly inquiry in times of protest?
In our new podcast episode, Samal Hemachandra, Lara Wijesuriya and Andi Schubert discuss the 2022 People's Struggle in Sri Lanka, known as Aragalaya.
www.historyworkshop....
In our new podcast episode, Samal Hemachandra, Lara Wijesuriya and Andi Schubert discuss the 2022 People's Struggle in Sri Lanka, known as Aragalaya.
www.historyworkshop....
February 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
What are the limits and possibilities of scholarly inquiry in times of protest?
In our new podcast episode, Samal Hemachandra, Lara Wijesuriya and Andi Schubert discuss the 2022 People's Struggle in Sri Lanka, known as Aragalaya.
www.historyworkshop....
In our new podcast episode, Samal Hemachandra, Lara Wijesuriya and Andi Schubert discuss the 2022 People's Struggle in Sri Lanka, known as Aragalaya.
www.historyworkshop....
Why is America waiting for leadership for protesting against a tyrant?
Take a lesson from little Sri Lanka. In 2022, through a leaderless revolution known as "aragalaya", the Sri Lankan people toppled a government of tyranny.
asiafoundation.org/notes-from-t...
Take a lesson from little Sri Lanka. In 2022, through a leaderless revolution known as "aragalaya", the Sri Lankan people toppled a government of tyranny.
asiafoundation.org/notes-from-t...
Notes from the Field: Sri Lanka’s Revolutionary "Aragalaya" - The Asia Foundation
Stay updated with The Asia Foundation's latest news, program updates, stories, media releases, and testimonials from around the world.
asiafoundation.org
February 1, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Why is America waiting for leadership for protesting against a tyrant?
Take a lesson from little Sri Lanka. In 2022, through a leaderless revolution known as "aragalaya", the Sri Lankan people toppled a government of tyranny.
asiafoundation.org/notes-from-t...
Take a lesson from little Sri Lanka. In 2022, through a leaderless revolution known as "aragalaya", the Sri Lankan people toppled a government of tyranny.
asiafoundation.org/notes-from-t...
Mark Salter - From Independence to Aragalaya
A Modern History of Sri Lanka
À paraître en octobre chez Hurst
A Modern History of Sri Lanka
À paraître en octobre chez Hurst
March 9, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Mark Salter - From Independence to Aragalaya
A Modern History of Sri Lanka
À paraître en octobre chez Hurst
A Modern History of Sri Lanka
À paraître en octobre chez Hurst
The 2022 People's Struggle in Sri Lanka, known as Aragalaya, led to the toppling of the government.
In this week's podcast episode, Samal Hemachandra, Lara Wijesuriya and Andi Schubert reflect on articles they recently published in HWJ 97 on the roots of the protests.
www.historyworkshop....
In this week's podcast episode, Samal Hemachandra, Lara Wijesuriya and Andi Schubert reflect on articles they recently published in HWJ 97 on the roots of the protests.
www.historyworkshop....
February 27, 2025 at 8:00 AM
The 2022 People's Struggle in Sri Lanka, known as Aragalaya, led to the toppling of the government.
In this week's podcast episode, Samal Hemachandra, Lara Wijesuriya and Andi Schubert reflect on articles they recently published in HWJ 97 on the roots of the protests.
www.historyworkshop....
In this week's podcast episode, Samal Hemachandra, Lara Wijesuriya and Andi Schubert reflect on articles they recently published in HWJ 97 on the roots of the protests.
www.historyworkshop....
honestly hoping for an Aragalaya style protest to break out in the USA. but everyone tells me it's silly to expect Americans to do that
I hold a lot of disdain for the people who didn’t see this coming given P2025 but it does seem like the actual support for these goals is nonexistent, everyone who voted for him did so under the incredibly stupid assumption that he wouldn’t do this
February 2, 2025 at 3:41 PM
honestly hoping for an Aragalaya style protest to break out in the USA. but everyone tells me it's silly to expect Americans to do that
3rd world crony capitalist authoritarian governments cannot be toppled with 1st world parliamentary maneuvers. How do I know ? Sri Lanka presidential impeachment saga 1992 vs Aragalaya 2022
November 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
3rd world crony capitalist authoritarian governments cannot be toppled with 1st world parliamentary maneuvers. How do I know ? Sri Lanka presidential impeachment saga 1992 vs Aragalaya 2022
Stories of anti-authoritarian resistance - a thread on the Aragalaya in Sri Lanka:
In early 2022, Sri Lankans were in a rough place. 🛢 Gas lines stretched for miles. Daily blackouts hit 13+ hours. Food inflation passed 90%. The Rajapaksa regime blamed “global issues.” The people weren’t buying it…
In early 2022, Sri Lankans were in a rough place. 🛢 Gas lines stretched for miles. Daily blackouts hit 13+ hours. Food inflation passed 90%. The Rajapaksa regime blamed “global issues.” The people weren’t buying it…
August 5, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Stories of anti-authoritarian resistance - a thread on the Aragalaya in Sri Lanka:
In early 2022, Sri Lankans were in a rough place. 🛢 Gas lines stretched for miles. Daily blackouts hit 13+ hours. Food inflation passed 90%. The Rajapaksa regime blamed “global issues.” The people weren’t buying it…
In early 2022, Sri Lankans were in a rough place. 🛢 Gas lines stretched for miles. Daily blackouts hit 13+ hours. Food inflation passed 90%. The Rajapaksa regime blamed “global issues.” The people weren’t buying it…
The efforts of women in and around the 2022 #Aragalaya to give meaning and substance to the demand for "system change" from a left feminist perspective, are retraced by Chulani Kodikara and Amalini de Sayrah.
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polity.lk/chulani-kodi...
Chulani Kodikara and Amalini de Sayrah | Left Feminism in and after the Aragalaya
Chulani Kodikara is a director of the Social Scientists’ Association and an editor of Polity. Amalini de Sayrah is a writer, photo-journalist, and activist.
polity.lk
December 24, 2025 at 9:06 AM
The efforts of women in and around the 2022 #Aragalaya to give meaning and substance to the demand for "system change" from a left feminist perspective, are retraced by Chulani Kodikara and Amalini de Sayrah.
polity.lk/chulani-kodi...
polity.lk/chulani-kodi...
Last week, former Sri Lankan president Ranil Wickremesinghe was arrested. What was behind the protest movement that led to his – and his predecessor’s – ouster, and what can we learn from it?
David Timberman explains: carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
David Timberman explains: carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
The Aragalaya Protest Movement and the Struggle for Political Change in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka’s political transition highlights the potency, though also some of the inadequacies, of political protest movements.
carnegieendowment.org
August 27, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Last week, former Sri Lankan president Ranil Wickremesinghe was arrested. What was behind the protest movement that led to his – and his predecessor’s – ouster, and what can we learn from it?
David Timberman explains: carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
David Timberman explains: carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
Resistance started small—candlelight vigils, handwritten signs. But the Aragalaya (“struggle”) exploded into a mass, decentralized uprising. Students, teachers, unions, monks, and artists all took the streets.
www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2022...
www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2022...
August 5, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Resistance started small—candlelight vigils, handwritten signs. But the Aragalaya (“struggle”) exploded into a mass, decentralized uprising. Students, teachers, unions, monks, and artists all took the streets.
www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2022...
www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2022...
Social media has usurped the traditional media’s influence in Sri Lankan politics, particularly after the Aragalaya – and even any improvement in media freedom under the new NPP government cannot solve the industry’s entrenched problems, @AmanthaP writes
Sri Lanka’s traditional media risks being jettisoned with its old political guard
“LISTEN TO THE SONG,” was my mother’s advice on how to figure out who had won an election in Sri Lanka. This was way before the internet, back when Sri Lanka on
buff.ly
December 4, 2024 at 9:15 AM
Social media has usurped the traditional media’s influence in Sri Lankan politics, particularly after the Aragalaya – and even any improvement in media freedom under the new NPP government cannot solve the industry’s entrenched problems, @AmanthaP writes
This month, we’ll be screening GoHomeGota (2023) by Sulochana Peiris, which tells the story of Sri Lanka’s youth-led Aragalaya (Struggle) protests in 2022, in response to the 2022 economic crisis. Subscribe to the Screen Southasia newsletter here: https://www.himalmag.com/newsletters/
August 10, 2026 at 6:02 AM
This month, we’ll be screening GoHomeGota (2023) by Sulochana Peiris, which tells the story of Sri Lanka’s youth-led Aragalaya (Struggle) protests in 2022, in response to the 2022 economic crisis. Subscribe to the Screen Southasia newsletter here: https://www.himalmag.com/newsletters/
Whatever happened to the populism of the #NPP? Pradeep Peiris asks whether, in politics as well as economics, #SriLanka's progressive political movement is more committed to stabilising than changing what the #Aragalaya rejected.
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polity.lk/pradeep-peir...
Pradeep Peiris | System Stability not Change: The NPP abandons populism for liberal democracy
Pradeep Peiris (PhD., Colombo) is senior lecturer in the Department of Political Science and Public Policy at the University of Colombo. He is the author of Catch-All Parties and Party-Voter Nexus in ...
polity.lk
May 14, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Whatever happened to the populism of the #NPP? Pradeep Peiris asks whether, in politics as well as economics, #SriLanka's progressive political movement is more committed to stabilising than changing what the #Aragalaya rejected.
polity.lk/pradeep-peir...
polity.lk/pradeep-peir...
Street power spills leaders.
From Sri Lanka’s Aragalaya protests ousting Gotabaya Rajapaksa in 2022 to GenZ demonstrators driving Nepal’s former prime minister out this year, recent youth-led uprisings have been reshaping politics from South Asia to Africa.
https://f.mtr.cool/pxgkvndzik
From Sri Lanka’s Aragalaya protests ousting Gotabaya Rajapaksa in 2022 to GenZ demonstrators driving Nepal’s former prime minister out this year, recent youth-led uprisings have been reshaping politics from South Asia to Africa.
https://f.mtr.cool/pxgkvndzik
October 20, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Street power spills leaders.
From Sri Lanka’s Aragalaya protests ousting Gotabaya Rajapaksa in 2022 to GenZ demonstrators driving Nepal’s former prime minister out this year, recent youth-led uprisings have been reshaping politics from South Asia to Africa.
https://f.mtr.cool/pxgkvndzik
From Sri Lanka’s Aragalaya protests ousting Gotabaya Rajapaksa in 2022 to GenZ demonstrators driving Nepal’s former prime minister out this year, recent youth-led uprisings have been reshaping politics from South Asia to Africa.
https://f.mtr.cool/pxgkvndzik
Scenes of music and dance performances facing off against soldiers. Aragalaya was a movement centered on creativity and the arts.
September 23, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Scenes of music and dance performances facing off against soldiers. Aragalaya was a movement centered on creativity and the arts.
Republic of Amnesia will screen at the Colombian International Human Rights Film Festival www.ficdeh.com/peliculas/re...
Republic of Amnesia (República de la amnesia) — 13° FICDEH 2026
Republic of Amnesia sigue el ascenso y la caída del Aragalaya (“La Lucha”), el movimiento de protesta liderado por jóvenes que obligó al presidente autoritario
www.ficdeh.com
August 9, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Republic of Amnesia will screen at the Colombian International Human Rights Film Festival www.ficdeh.com/peliculas/re...
There are many lessons #USPoli learn from Sri Lanka's history.
Anti-tamil pogrom, black July, civil war, LTTE, suicide bombings, Rajapakse clan, protests (aragalaya), got betrayed by politicians again, and then finally voted better ones in.
Hope Americans won't make the same mistakes #LKA made.
Anti-tamil pogrom, black July, civil war, LTTE, suicide bombings, Rajapakse clan, protests (aragalaya), got betrayed by politicians again, and then finally voted better ones in.
Hope Americans won't make the same mistakes #LKA made.
February 5, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Many compare the youth uprising in India with Sri Lanka’s 2022 #Aragalaya, Bangladesh’s 2024 #MonsoonRevolution and Nepal’s 2025 Gen-Z uprising. #NepalGenZ
#cockroachjantaparty #MainBheCockroach
Read:
wepunjab.com/south-asias-...
#cockroachjantaparty #MainBheCockroach
Read:
wepunjab.com/south-asias-...
South Asia's Gen-Z Movement Reaches India
Led by India's Gen-Z-driven satirical Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), roughly 100,000 young people are protesting at Jantar Mantar.
wepunjab.com
July 22, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Many compare the youth uprising in India with Sri Lanka’s 2022 #Aragalaya, Bangladesh’s 2024 #MonsoonRevolution and Nepal’s 2025 Gen-Z uprising. #NepalGenZ
#cockroachjantaparty #MainBheCockroach
Read:
wepunjab.com/south-asias-...
#cockroachjantaparty #MainBheCockroach
Read:
wepunjab.com/south-asias-...
🔘Almost unnoticed by everyone but seasoned Sri Lanka watchers Gen Elections redrawing island's political map
🔘Trend reflective of 2022 Aragalaya protests
🔘Possibly the cleanest break from a governance culture rife with corruption, nepotism, violence, self-preservation results.elections.gov.lk
🔘Trend reflective of 2022 Aragalaya protests
🔘Possibly the cleanest break from a governance culture rife with corruption, nepotism, violence, self-preservation results.elections.gov.lk
November 14, 2024 at 7:25 PM
🔘Almost unnoticed by everyone but seasoned Sri Lanka watchers Gen Elections redrawing island's political map
🔘Trend reflective of 2022 Aragalaya protests
🔘Possibly the cleanest break from a governance culture rife with corruption, nepotism, violence, self-preservation results.elections.gov.lk
🔘Trend reflective of 2022 Aragalaya protests
🔘Possibly the cleanest break from a governance culture rife with corruption, nepotism, violence, self-preservation results.elections.gov.lk
Somebody quipped that "Sir Lanka Files" (https://books2read.com/b/mgw00v) is not fiction since it's about an island nation ruled by a guild of thieves 😛
I started the book during the aragalaya. Have a sequel in mind but I will have to wait a couple of months to see where things go?
#Writing #LKA
I started the book during the aragalaya. Have a sequel in mind but I will have to wait a couple of months to see where things go?
#Writing #LKA
December 22, 2024 at 2:16 PM
Somebody quipped that "Sir Lanka Files" (https://books2read.com/b/mgw00v) is not fiction since it's about an island nation ruled by a guild of thieves 😛
I started the book during the aragalaya. Have a sequel in mind but I will have to wait a couple of months to see where things go?
#Writing #LKA
I started the book during the aragalaya. Have a sequel in mind but I will have to wait a couple of months to see where things go?
#Writing #LKA
FROM THE ARCHIVES: In March 2022, a wave of citizen-led protests began in #SriLanka against government mismanagement that led to an economic crisis. In July,
@marlona.bsky.social made notes on growing public consciousness & police brutality during the #Aragalaya
@marlona.bsky.social made notes on growing public consciousness & police brutality during the #Aragalaya
Notes on the Sri Lankan struggle
The black, red and yellow sign written in bold letters across the white walls of Temple Trees, the official residence of Sri Lanka's prime minister, stated 'mah
buff.ly
March 13, 2025 at 5:30 AM
FROM THE ARCHIVES: In March 2022, a wave of citizen-led protests began in #SriLanka against government mismanagement that led to an economic crisis. In July,
@marlona.bsky.social made notes on growing public consciousness & police brutality during the #Aragalaya
@marlona.bsky.social made notes on growing public consciousness & police brutality during the #Aragalaya
“The [#SriLankan] government does not want to anger its main constituency, which they consider to be the southern public… they are listening to the bureaucracy which is still the same," says Ambika Satkunanathan about minimal change in #lka since #Aragalaya
Southasia's Youthquakes - with Himal Southasian
♦️Himal Southasian is Southasia’s first and only regional news and analysis magazine. Stretching from Afghanistan to Burma, from Tibet to the Maldives, this ...
buff.ly
September 26, 2025 at 4:30 AM
“The [#SriLankan] government does not want to anger its main constituency, which they consider to be the southern public… they are listening to the bureaucracy which is still the same," says Ambika Satkunanathan about minimal change in #lka since #Aragalaya
#PolityArchive Today is the anniversary of the 1953 ‘Great Hartal’, when the collective action of the masses changed the course of Sri Lanka. Skanthakumar writing in 2023 on its 70th anniversary dissects the causes and reach of the Hartal, with the 2022 #Aragalaya in mind.
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polity.lk/ceylons-grea...
B. Skanthakumar | Ceylon’s ‘Great Hartal’ of 1953: The Masses Enter History
B.Skanthakumar is co-editor of Pathways of the Left in Sri Lanka (2014, Colombo: Ecumenical Institute for Study and Dialogue)
polity.lk
August 12, 2025 at 10:07 AM
#PolityArchive Today is the anniversary of the 1953 ‘Great Hartal’, when the collective action of the masses changed the course of Sri Lanka. Skanthakumar writing in 2023 on its 70th anniversary dissects the causes and reach of the Hartal, with the 2022 #Aragalaya in mind.
polity.lk/ceylons-grea...
polity.lk/ceylons-grea...