Grocery price inflation – Robbery at the check-out

In February 2023, average inflation was 5.2 percent; prices are still increasing but more slowly than a year ago. However, food inflation was 10.6 percent, reinforcing the strong feeling that the big three grocery companies are profit gouging consumers. In order to appear that they are doing something, MPs summoned the heads of the big […]

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Sri Lanka: Masses Revolt Against Failing System

Geert Cool is a member of Linkse Socialistiche Partij / Parti Socialiste de Lutte (ISA in Belgium). In late 2019 and in 2020, the Rajapaksa family scored convincing victories in both presidential and parliamentary elections in Sri Lanka. As we explained then, this was a call for stability, something that the alliance around the Rajapaksa […]

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