Geopolitics
The Negombo Bloodbath: A Legacy of Neocolonial Austerity and Political Criminality in Sri Lanka
The tragic prison riots in Negombo, Sri Lanka, which killed 28 and injured over 100, were a horrific explosion of violence stemming from systemic failures like gross overcrowding and the insidious nexus between political elites and organized crime. This bloody catastrophe is a direct legacy of decades of Western-backed neoliberal austerity, state-sanctioned criminality, and the imperialist disregard that sacrifices the stability of the Global South for geopolitical and economic extraction.
