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Members of the French union CGT Martinique perform a go-slow protest on the ring road leading to the airport in Fort-de-France, on the French Caribbean island of Martinique, on Oct. 15,
2024. Philippe Lopez/AFP via Getty Images) November 1, 2024 The colonial legacy lurking beneath economic unrest in the French Caribbean David A. Vivian, Soka University of America
Recent protests in the French overseas territories of Martinique and Guadeloupe are ostensibly over cost-of-living increases. But the roots of inequality go much deeper.