期刊名称：International Institute for Asian Studies Annual Report
出版年度：2005
期号：39
出版社：International Institute for Asian Studies
摘要：According to K.M. De Silva, 'in the first decade of the twen-tieth century there was a perceptible quickening in thepace of political activity in the island after the near immobili-ty in formal politics in the last quarter of the nineteenth cen-tury.'1The early 1920s saw unrest among skilled workers;encouraged by influential political leaders, they demandedbetter working conditions and higher remuneration. Marxismentered Sri Lankan politics around 1926 through the SuriyaMal movement and gained ground in the 30s, eventuallyresulting in the establishment of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party(LSSP) in 1936
