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PM resigns, President flees: It’s all happening in Sri Lanka

Originally published: Peoples Dispatch on July 9, 2022 (more by Peoples Dispatch) |

In the wake of massive protests in Sri Lanka, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled his residence. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe announced his resignation to pave way for an all-party government.
Crisis of Sri Lankan capitalism provokes a popular uprising

Originally published: Red Flag on May 29, 2022 by Eleanor Morley (more by Red Flag) | (Posted Jun 03, 2022)

Since early April, Sri Lanka has been engulfed by a wave of mass protests demanding the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Thousands of workers and students have mobilised in the most significant mass movement in 30 years.