The movement began in March, when thousands flocked to the streets to protest long power outages and rising prices, as well as to demand that the Rajapaksa family that had dominated the country's politics for much of the last 20 years to leave power. Here is how a band of activists brought down the Sri Lankan government.
In order to brainstorm strategies to resurrect Sri Lanka's faltering protest movement, a group of about a few dozen activists began gathering on a regular basis in June at a seaside tent camp in Colombo.
The group, that included a popular playwright, a digital strategist, and a Catholic priest, was a resounding success.
Within a few weeks, Colombo was overrun by tens of thousands of people. After intially squabbling with police, protesters took over important official houses and buildings, pressuring President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his prime minister to commit to resign.
Chameera Dedduwage, a digital strategist at a prominent advertising agency w...
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