{"id":380633,"date":"2018-10-12T08:40:30","date_gmt":"2018-10-12T07:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/the-struggle-for-socialism-and-the-importance-of-history-david-north-interviewed-on-radio-sri-lanka\/"},"modified":"2018-10-12T08:40:30","modified_gmt":"2018-10-12T07:40:30","slug":"the-struggle-for-socialism-and-the-importance-of-history-david-north-interviewed-on-radio-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/the-struggle-for-socialism-and-the-importance-of-history-david-north-interviewed-on-radio-sri-lanka\/","title":{"rendered":"The struggle for socialism and the importance of history: David North interviewed on Radio Sri Lanka"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">\n<h3 class=\"nomargin\">\u00a0<\/h3>\n<h2>The struggle for socialism and the importance of history: David North interviewed on Radio Sri Lanka<\/h2>\n<h5>\n<p>    12 October 2018<\/p>\n<\/h5>\n<p>David North, chairman of the international editorial board of the <em>World Socialist Web Site<\/em>, was interviewed for more than 30 minutes on Radio Sri Lanka\u2019s English-language \u201cCoffee with Dan\u201d program on October 8. The radio station is part of the state-funded Sri Lankan Broadcasting Corporation network.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCoffee with Dan\u201d is hosted by Dr. Dan Malika Gunasekera, a well-known legal consultant and attorney at law. Gunasekera\u2019s probing questions gave North the opportunity to discuss the crisis of global capitalism, the character of the Trump administration in the US, the significance of the economic rise of China, the danger of imperialist war, and the necessity for the many workers and young people becoming interested in socialism to study the history of the Fourth International.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SfmFimnUUHo?rel=0&amp;hd=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><span style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF; padding-top:10px;\">David North interviewed on Sri Lankan state radio\u2019s \u201cCoffee with Dan\u201d program<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"campaign\" style=\"margin:20px 0 0 0;\">\n    <!-- <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsws.org\/donate\/?pk_campaign=appeal&pk_kwd=article\" style=\"display:block; margin-bottom:15px;\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wsws.org\/en\/media\/photos\/legacy\/frontpage\/201802appeal490.png\" width=\"490\" style=\"width:490px; float:none; margin:0;\"><\/a> --><\/p>\n<div class=\"censorship\">\n<h3>Fight Google&#8217;s censorship!<\/h3>\n<p>Google is blocking the <em>World Socialist Web Site<\/em> from search results.<\/p>\n<p>To fight this blacklisting:<\/p>\n<h4>Share this article with friends and coworkers<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <noscript>Please enable JavaScript to view the <a href=\"http:\/\/disqus.com\/?ref_noscript\">comments powered by Disqus.<\/a><\/noscript><br \/>\n  <!-- <a href=\"http:\/\/disqus.com\" class=\"dsq-brlink\">blog comments powered by <span class=\"logo-disqus\">Disqus<\/span><\/a> --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsws.org\/en\/articles\/2018\/10\/12\/srin-o12.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 The struggle for socialism and the importance of history: David North interviewed on Radio Sri Lanka 12 October 2018 David North, chairman of the international editorial board of the World Socialist Web Site, was interviewed for more than 30 minutes on Radio Sri Lanka\u2019s English-language \u201cCoffee with Dan\u201d program on October 8. 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