
Episode 1410
Protests Against Neoliberalism Rock Sri Lanka
Sputnik · Sputnik
April 11, 202218m 58sbonus
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Show Notes
In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, Sean and Jacquie are joined by writer Indi Samarjiva to discuss recent protests in Sri Lanka over power cuts and the recent history of neoliberalism in Sri Lanka that contributed to the current crisis, how that neoliberalism restricted Sri Lanka's ability to develop its productive capacity and left it vulnerable to exploitative loans, Sri Lanka's democratic socialist past and how recent protests have differed from previous protest movements in their demands for a return to that system, and the impacts of climate change runaway economic growth in the global north on Sri Lanka and the global south.