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Day: 10 May 2022

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: Prime Minister forced to resign but mobilises his support to attack protesters – trade unions call for indefinite strike in response

May 10, 2022 TU Senan, CWI

The Sri Lankan government’s attempt to defeat the movement against it has provoked a ferocious reaction from protesters. Just days before, on 6 May, trade unions organised the most successful Hartal (a general stoppage of […]

Britain

Britain: Anger, disenchantment and voting shifts

May 10, 2022 Judy Beishon, Socialist Party executive committee

On local elections day, 5 May, none of the main parties offered any escape from the escalating, unrelenting cost-of-living crisis. No surprise then that the turnout was low. Those who did vote gave a snapshot […]

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka in flames

May 10, 2022 Srinath Perera, United Socialist Party (CWI Sri Lanka)

The following article was written just before the resignation yesterday of Sri Lanka’s prime minister, Mahinda Rajapaksa, after weeks of protests amid an economic crisis. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa remains in place as demands grow for […]

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