A broad collective known as Liyannaj Kont Pwofitasyon (LKP) launched a general strike in Guadeloupe, challenging high prices, low wages, unemployment and the concentration of economic power. The Creole name translates roughly as 'collective against profiteering'. The mobilization foregrounded the island's colonial history and continuing inequalities in ownership, labor and trade, including the dominance of mainland-linked commercial groups. It was rooted in Guadeloupe and should not be reduced to a mainland French labor dispute. The movement later spread to Martinique and other French Caribbean territories.
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What did the LKP mobilization in Guadeloupe challenge in 2009?
LKP means roughly 'collective against profiteering' and addressed living costs, wages and economic concentration in Guadeloupe.