Gota Go Gama

Sri Lankan student leader says diversity strengthens the people’s movement

Lahiru Weerasekera, a student leader and key actor in the people’s movement, discusses the new forms of struggle in the mass protests in Sri Lanka.

July 9 Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: A victory for a non-violent people’s movement

The people’s movement in Sri Lanka that converged in the last three months achieved its main objective on July 9 with President Nandasena Gotabhaya Rajapakse's offer to resign, reports Janaka Biyanwila.

Sri Lanka: Women workers and the Gota Go Gama uprising

Women’s Centre leader Padmini Weerasuriya discusses the unfolding Gota Go Gama popular uprising and women workers’ struggles in Sri Lanka.