Democratic Socialist Movement

For Struggle, Solidarity and Socialism in Nigeria

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WORLD TEACHERS DAY: ERC CALLS FOR N200, 000 MINIMUM WAGE FOR NIGERIAN TEACHERS

We call for unity between NUT and PRISCTUN to fight for improved pay and working conditions for all teachers and proper funding of education The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) salutes Nigerian teachers on the occasion of this year’s World Teachers Day which takes place every 5th October to celebrate the sacrifices of teachers all over the world. On this day,

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DSM Calls for Mass Support for NLC and TUC General Strike

Reversal of Hikes in Petrol Prices and Fees in Public Universities and other Tertiary Institutions Should be Part of Strike’s Demands! No rotten compromises! The Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) welcomes the declaration of a general strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress and calls on workers, youth and the masses to support the action which is called

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SPN DEMAND LIVING WAGE FOR LAGOS STATE WORKERS AND IMPROVED LIVING CONDITIONS FOR ORDINARY PEOPLE

WE DEMAND PROVISION OF BASIC AMENITIES The Lagos State Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Ope George, recently disclosed that the Lagos State Government generated N400 billion in the first half of this year. This revelation came to light during the 2024 Budget Consultative Forum, where Mr. George expressed confidence in the state’s ability to meet its end-of-year target. While

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#JUSTICEFORMOHBAD! AGAIN, NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT HAS FAILED ITS YOUTH!

MASS PROTEST UNTIL JUSTICE WE MUST PROTEST ALL THE FAILURES OF THE GOVT THAT LEAD MANY TO AGONY AND UNTIMELY DEATH! FOR A BETTER SOCIETY THAT GUARANTEES QUALITY PUBLIC EDUCATION AND DECENT JOBS The Youth Rights Campaign (YRC) extends our sympathy to friends, family and Nigerian youths who have been left in shock and depression over the sad and sudden

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OAU: WE CONDEMN THE OUTRAGEOUS FEE INCREMENT

WE DEMAND IMMEDIATE REVERSAL! All OUT AGAINST ANTI-STUDENT GOVERNMENT: FOR A JOINT STRUGGLE OF STUDENTS AND EDUCATION WORKERS! The attention of the Education Rights Campaign (ERC) has been drawn to an official release by the university authorities of Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, announcing astronomical increase in fees of students. We condemn this callous, unjustifiable and anti-poor increment in fees. This

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DSM Holds Socialist School

The Democratic Socialist Movement held a two-day Socialist School on Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 September, 2023. The school, was organized essentially to arm our members (both old and new) as well as supporters theoretically and help them deepen their understanding of the rudiments of our Marxist ideas as well as discuss the current developments in the class struggle in

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UNILAG ANTI-FEE HIKE PROTEST: RELEASE ARRESTED STUDENTS

RELEASE  GIWA TOPNOTCH, FEMI ADEYEYE, PHILIP OLATINWO AND AYODELE ADUWO! PROTEST IS A RIGHT; HALT THE CLAMPDOWN ON DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS NOW! The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) calls on the Lagos State Commissioner of Police to immediately and unconditionally release comrades Giwa Topnotch (the Public Relations Officer of the National Association of Nigerian Students -NANS), Femi Adeyeye, Philip Olatinwo and Ayodele

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SPN SUPPORTS NLC-DECLARED GENERAL STRIKE BUT CALLS FOR MASS MOBILISATION TO ENABLE MASS PARTICIPATION

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has declared the plan to go on a two-day warning general strike starting from Tuesday, September 5 and an indefinite strike later after the expiration of a 21-day ultimatum to the government. This is, according to its National Executive Council (NEC), in response to governments’ interference in union affairs, particularly the National Union of Road

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Gabon: Current Wave of Coups in Africa Highlights Failure of Capitalism and Declining Faith in Bourgeois Democracy

No to all looters, civilian or military Working people need to build a movement for democratic rights and socialist change “In the name of the Gabonese people” the military coup leaders on August 30, 2023 declared that they have decided to put “end to the current regime”. There was no open forum where the military leaders had secured the mandate

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LASU STUDENTS REMEMBER COMRADE OMOMEEWA TWO YEARS AFTER

We continue to cry for Justice!  The Education Student Association of Nigeria Lagos State University chapter (ESAN-LASU) had a memorial event on Friday August 18 in honour of the late Comrade Yusuf Nurudeen Alowonle Omomeewa. A prominent student activist and Socialist, comrade Omomeema was brutally murdered by yet to be apprehended persons two years ago on August 18, 2021 at

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UI: ERC REJECTS THE INCREMENT IN ACCOMODATION FEE AND DEMANDS IMMEDIATE REVERSAL

Students must prevail on Tobiloba-led Students’ Union to mobilize for resistance against hiked accommodation fee and any form of fee hike  We of the Education Rights Campaign, ERC, University of Ibadan branch specially congratulate and welcome to the campus the new students, after almost two years of awaited resumption. At the same time, we urge both the fresh and returning students to reject

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THE NIGERIEN COUP AND THE POTENTIAL FOR REGIONAL WAR AND INSTABILITY

WORKERS AND POOR MASSES MUST REJECT THE COUP AND FOREIGN MILITARY INTERVENTION FOR A CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY BASED ON SOCIALIST PROGRAMME LINKED WITH REGIONAL WORKING CLASS SOLIDARITY By Chinedu Bosah, NEC Member, Democratic Socialist Movement (CWI in Nigeria) Traduction française ci-dessous et online. Niger has become a focus of international interest and discussion since the military elite presidential guard seized power from

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Le coup d’état nigérien et le potentiel de guerre et d’instabilité régionale.

Les travailleurs et les masses pauvres doivent rejeter le coup d’état et une intervention militaire étrangère. Pour une assemblée constituante basée sur un programme socialiste lié à la solidarité régionale de la classe ouvrière ! Par Chinedu Bosah , membre du comité exécutif national, Democratic socialist movement (Mouvement socialiste démocratique – CIO/CWI au Nigeria) Traduit par Gauche révolutionnaire – CIO/CWI

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Mass struggles break out in Nigeria over falling living standards and neo-liberal attacks

On Wednesday, August 2nd 2023, the less than three-month old Tinubu capitalist regime was greeted by a nationwide protest of Nigerian workers, youth and poor masses. Organised by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade union Congress (TUC), the protests were to demand reversal of fuel price, Naira devaluation, increment of fees on campuses, increase in VAT and the

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PRESIDENT TINUBU’S ECONOMIC POLICIES ARE SUFFOCATING WORKERS AND POOR

WE CAN NO LONGER BREATHE REVERSE FUEL PRICE TO N195 NOW! NO TO FEE HIKE! NO TO HIKE IN ELECTRICITY TARIFF! END ALL ANTI-POOR POLICIES! The Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) urges the working people and youth to come out, get organized by setting up democratic action committees in communities, workplaces and campuses, and begin to fight against the anti-poor policies

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ERC Holds Symposium on Students’ Loan Policy and Fee Hike

As part of its activities to mobilize mass resistance against the onslaught on public education by the Tinubu and APC government, as made obvious by the recently signed Student Loan Act and the wave of fee hike across campuses, The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) held a hybrid public symposium on July 22. The ERC had previously on June 21 held

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SUMAL FOOD WORKERS’ STRUGGLE: CDWR set to commemorate the “World Day for Decent Work with a Protest on Casualization and Persecution of Abbey Trotsky”

We appeal for a financial support and Solidarity! The Campaign for Democratic and Workers Rights, CDWR, Oyo State Chapter, plans to intensify its campaign against casualization at workplaces and the state persecution of Comrade Abiodun Bamigboye, popularly known as Abbey Trotsky, in connivance with the management of Sumal Foods and leadership of the company’s trade union. By Yusuf Salaudeen CDWR,

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LASU: CDWR Demands the Immediate Recall of ASUU-LASU 5

The Campaign for Democratic and Workers Rights (CDWR) is shocked that a year after an Appeal Committee set up by the University administration recommended the reinstatement of five (5) victimized leaders of the Academic Staff Union of Universities branch of the Lagos State University (ASUU-LASU), the Governor Babajide Sanwolu-led administration of Lagos State through the University’s Governing Council has continued

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NO TO FEE INCREMENT IN UNIABUJA: We Demand Immediate Reversal!

We Condemn the Victimization of Students’activists and Clampdown on Democratic Rights of Students The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) strongly condemns the obnoxious increment in fees imposed on students by the management of University of Abuja (Uniabuja). We consider this increment as fraudulent and insensitive to the economic plights of children of working class and the poor background. We understand that

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CASUALISATION: NLC, TUC and Trade Unions Must Seriously Fight the Menace

Casualisation is an anti-labour and indecent work practice that puts workers in a precarious and slave condition in the quest for more profit by the capitalist business owners. In the last 15 years, casualization and precarious work practices have not only been entrenched but also increased from 55% to 70%, as a proportion of workforce, according to CDWR study. Though,