The Jathika Nidahas Peramuna or National Freedom Front (NFF) is a left-wing offshoot of non-radicals formerly part of the JVP led by former JVP member Wimal Weerawansa, it remains closely aligned to the SLFP.

The 1987–1989 JVP insurrection, also known as the 1988–1989 revolt or the JVP troubles, was an armed revolt in Sri Lanka, led by the Marxist–Leninist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, against the Government of Sri Lanka. The insurrection, like the previous one in 1971, was unsuccessful.

The JVP was able to build a separate identity and uniqueness in its propaganda campaigns and created the hand painted poster instead of the printed one and made it a strong advertising weapon that won the attention and respect of the country. The JVP held its first May Day demonstration in 1978.

2024年3月8日 · Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the leader of the National People’s Power (NPP) alliance, received a red carpet welcome, following which two top officials spent time with him in the capital. The main...

The JVP during the last four decades produced the most honest, dedicated, committed, and efficient politicians in Sri Lanka. Most of all, the JVP produced a humble servant of the people of Sri Lanka. LONG LIVE THE JVP!

2025年3月9日 · The most powerful politicians in Sri Lanka withdrew from the election campaign fearing defeat to save them from the JVP’s great political tsunami. The JVP climbed to the top of the mountain and raised the JVP flag in the 2024 general election. ‘Will that wave also be like the waves of 1971, 1988, 2004..?’ It is impossible to comment exactly.

2021年4月5日 · The JVP was critical of the mainstream left parties, the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP) and the Communist Party as they had entered into an alliance with the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and would be constituents of the United Front (UF) government, which came to power in May 1970.

Even during its early years, the JVP betrayed its chauvinistic streaks. Serious political criticism of the JVP came from the Marxist Leninists, Sanmugathasan in particular. This was readily dismissed by the parliamentary left, which was intoxicated by its electoral success

The JVP (Janatha Vikmuthi Peramuna—the People's Liberation Front) first came to the attention of the world outside Sri Lanka when it launched an abortive insurrection in 1971. In 1987, the JVP made another bid to come to power by force of arms.

would you locate the JVP, its ideology and programme in relation to this constitutional reform debate, which was at the time conducted primarily between the United Left Front and the UNP-led government? In order to clarify the JVP’s position, we need to understand the political and economic transition of Lanka