Sri Lankan Trotskyists' appeal on tsunami aid

Submitted by AWL on 2 January, 2005 - 11:48

The Sri Lankan Trotskyist organisation NSSP has issued this appeal following the Indian Ocean tsunami of 26 December 2004.
As you already know, more than 25000 people have been killed and over 2.5 million people displaced by the deadly Tsunamis that swept across South East Asia, hitting Sri Lanka the hardest.

Many of our comrades including trade union members have been definitely affected in Northern-Eastern-Western-Southern coastal areas. Definite figures and details of damages for our comrades have not been available yet. All infrastructure has been damaged in those areas. The situation in the northern and eastern (mostly Tamils and Muslims ) provinces is much more disastrous and the properties in the areas are devastated .People living in those areas who has lost some of their family members and properties need our assistance and help. In many cases whole families have been wiped out as hundreds of entire villages have been washed away. We have observed that sufficient relief does not reach those areas.

So it has become our responsibility to help our comrades who are urgently in need of help. As such we have started to collect various items and money to assist them. Under these circumstances we have cancelled our party anniversary which was scheduled to be held on 30 December 2004.

We appeal to you brief every comrade and organisation regarding this untold misery and find a way to help these destitute people.

1. If developed and the lending countries are genuinely concerned with the current situation and the destitution, you could campaign and pressurise such countries to cancel Sri Lanka's debt.

2. We request you to make an appeal to our organisations scattered all over the world to make financial contributions to help distressed people immediately.

Please take action to inform all the sections and sympathisers of the 4th international immediately.

A/c no.0600 169 645
Bank of Ceylon
5th city branch

comradely: Niel, for the NSSP.

More information and comments on the tsunami disaster from radical activists in the region and trade unionists internationally at: asiantsunami.blogspot.com/.

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