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Which party did Goonewardene help rise?

All India Party
Lanka Sama Samaja Party
Democracy Party
Freedom Party

Answer

The Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP), the first Marxist party in Sri Lanka, was instrumental in galvanizing the working class and the emerging intelligentsia. Founded by a group of intellectuals, including N.M. Perera and Philip Gunawardena, it advocated for social and economic equality, workers' rights, and the abolition of colonialism. The LSSP played a significant role in Sri Lanka's independence movement and subsequent political landscape.