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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox political party<br />
|country = Sri Lanka<br />
|name = United Socialist Party<br />එක්සත් සමාජවාදි පකෂය<br />ஐக்கிய சோசலிச கட்சி<br />
|logo = United Socialis Party of Sri Lanka logo.png<br />
|leader1_title = General Secretary<br />
|leader1_name = [[Siritunga Jayasuriya]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/news/49952-eprlf-calls-for-re-merger-of-north-and-east.html|title=EPRLF calls for re-merger of north and east|work=[[The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)|Daily Mirror]]|date=21 July 2014|access-date=24 December 2017}}</ref><br />
|foundation = 1989<br />
|headquarters = 53/6, E. D. Dabare Mawatha, Narahenpita, [[Colombo]] 05<br />
|newspaper = Rathutharuwa / Sentharakai<br />(''Red Star'')<br />
|ideology = [[Marxism]]<br />[[Socialism]]<br />[[Trotskyism]]<br />
|position = [[Far-left]] <br />
|international = [[Committee for a Workers' International (2019)]]<br />
|colours = [[Red]]<br />
|symbol = Trishaw<br>[[File:Election Symbol Of United Socialist Party .png]]<br />
|website = {{URL|http://www.lankasocialist.com/|www.lankasocialist.com}}<br />
|colorcode = #FF0000<br />
}}<br />
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The '''United Socialist Party''' ({{lang-si|එක්සත් සමාජවාදි පකෂය}}, ''Eksath Samajavadi Pakshaya'', {{lang-ta|ஐக்கிய சோசலிச கட்சி}}, ''Aikkiy soōcialica Kaṭci'') is a [[Trotskyist]] political party in [[Sri Lanka]]. It is affiliated to the [[Committee for a Workers' International (2019)|Committee for a Workers' International]].<br />
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==History==<br />
The USP traces its history back to the main opposition left group in the [[Lanka Sama Samaja Party]], the Vama Samasamaja. This group were introduced to what was to become the Committee for a Workers' International (CWI) in the 1970s.<ref>[http://www.marxist.net/srilanka/index.html Trotskyism and Reformism Today], ''marxist.net''. 17 August 2007. Retrieved 24 December 2017.</ref> The Vama Samasamaja became the [[Nava Sama Samaja Party]] when it separated from the LSSP in December 1977 following a number of expulsions from the LSSP starting in 1972.<br />
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The NSSP was a section of the CWI from its foundation until it left in 1989. Disagreements on areas of theory and policy (such as the analysis of [[Stalinism]]) with the CWI eventually led to a split.<ref>Taaffe, P. (2004) ''A Socialist World Is Possible'', London: CWI Publications pg.75.</ref> One disagreement was over the leaders of the NSSP deciding to support the 1987 [[Indo-Sri Lanka Accord]], which led to the deployment of the [[Indian Peace Keeping Force]], in a document issued on 12 February 1988.<ref>Moorthy, M. "A lost opportunity for Left in Sri Lanka", ''Militant International Review'', Number 39 Spring 1989.</ref> After 1989 the NSSP became a section of the [[Fourth International (post-reunification)|United Secretariat of the Fourth International]], while those still supporting the CWI became the USP.<br />
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==Criticism against India==<br />
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===Sri Lankan Civil War===<br />
The USP criticised the Indian government for providing military support to the Sri Lankan government whose armed forces were conducting a campaign against opposition in the north of the country.<ref>[http://www.jesaonline.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=110:india-should-stop-all-military-aid-to-sri-lanka&catid=908:jesa--sapi-blog&Itemid=75 India should stop all military aid to Sri Lanka], ''JESA'', 19 February 2009. Retrieved 24 December 2017.</ref> The party opposed the [[Mahinda Rajapaksa|Rajapaksa]] government's militarist solution to [[Sri Lankan Civil War|the country's civil war]], holding the position that military victory in the [[Sri Lankan Tamil people|Tamil]]-dominated areas will not solve the [[Tamil Eelam|national question]], with ill feeling and further violence likely as a result. USP General Secretary, [[Siritunga Jayasuriya]], is also quoted as saying that the government's military operation was a “war not against [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam|LTTE]] cadre, but against the Tamil people.”<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/lsquoIndia-should-pressure-Sri-Lanka-for-a-political-solutionrsquo/article15327059.ece|title=India should pressure Sri Lanka for a political solution|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=22 October 2008|access-date=24 December 2017}}</ref><br />
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==Elections==<br />
In the [[2005 Sri Lankan presidential election]], its candidate, [[Siritunga Jayasuriya]], came third with 35,425 votes(0.36%).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/11/18srilanka.html|title=United Socialist Party (cwi) comes third in presidential election|website=socialistworld.net|date=18 November 2005|access-date=17 August 2007|archive-date=10 June 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070610034839/http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/11/18srilanka.html|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2010/01/24/spe08.asp|title=Presidential Election 2005: Dawn of a new era|work=[[Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka)|Sunday Observer]]|date=24 January 2010|access-date=7 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140914000216/http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2010/01/24/spe08.asp|archive-date=14 September 2014|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref><br />
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In the 2006 council elections, the USP won 710 votes (2.37%) in Eheliyagoda Pradeseheeya Sabha (Ratnapura District), winning a seat in the council.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.socialistworld.net/index.php/international/asia/44-sri-lanka/2219-Sri-Lanka--United-Socialist-Party-(CWI)-wins-council-seat|title=United Socialist Party (CWI) wins council seat|website=socialistworld.net|date=31 March 2006|access-date=24 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2006/05/29srilanka.html|title=Elections and the menace of war|website=socialistworld.net|date=29 May 2006|access-date=17 August 2007|archive-date=30 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930022245/http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2006/05/29srilanka.html|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.lankasocialist.com/ United Socialist Party]<br />
*[http://www.socialistworld.net/ Committee for a Workers' International]<br />
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