Democratic Socialist Movement

For Struggle, Solidarity and Socialism in Nigeria

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RIVERS RERUN ELECTION

RIVERS RERUN ELECTION By Chinedu Agbebire Nearly two years after the 2015 general election, the Rivers state legislative rerun election finally took place on December 10, 2016 with the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) winning two senatorial seats while the All Progressive Congress (APC) won one senatorial seat amidst the usual Nigeria election features such as killing, maiming, ballot snatching, shooting,

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BAYELSA GUBERNATORIAL POLL: THE BATTLE OF TWO SHARKS

BAYELSA GUBERNATORIAL POLL: THE BATTLE OF TWO SHARKS By Chinedu Agbebire On the 5th of December 2015, Bayelsa state will conduct its gubernatorial election. But there is little choice between the main contestants. Both the incumbent Governor Sirake Dickson and the immediate former governor Timipre Sylva are callous and unrepentant capitalist representatives who have emerged as the candidates of the

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BUHARI’S INAUGURATION: THE TASKS AHEAD FOR WORKERS AND YOUTH

BUHARI’S INAUGURATION: THE TASKS AHEAD FOR WORKERS AND YOUTH By Ayo Ademiluyi Muhammadu Buhari, former Military Head of State was formally sworn in as a democratically-elected President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on 29th May, 2015. This was after an election that has been regarded as “historic” due to the defeat of the incumbent for the first time in

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Buhari Government: Working People Must Prepare to Struggle for improvement and Real Change

Buhari Government: Working People Must Prepare to Struggle for improvement and Real Change Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) Statement Today May 29, 2015 is historic in Nigeria being the first time an elected opposition takes over the mantle of government. The high expectation among the large layers of the populace from the new government of Muhammadu Buhari is palpable. Many

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2015 ELECTIONS: RULING PARTY CRUMBLES IN HISTORIC ELECTION

2015 ELECTIONS: RULING PARTY CRUMBLES IN HISTORIC ELECTION But Only Mass Struggle Can Guarantee the Interests of Workers and Poor Masses under Buhari’s Presidency By National Executive Committee(NEC), Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) The March 28, 2015 election was without doubt a major turning point for Nigeria. For the first time in the country’s 55 years existence as an independent country,

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2015 GENERAL ELECTIONS: ASUU HOLDS NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM

2015 GENERAL ELECTIONS: ASUU HOLDS NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM Neither the PDP nor APC Can Vow to Implement Chapter 2 of the Constitution! Dimeji Macaulay On Thursday 6th February, 2015, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) organised a public symposium on the issues facing the country at the ETF building of the University of Abuja, FCT, Abuja. The symposium was organised

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2015 ELECTION POSTPONEMENT: A DISTURBING SIGN OF INCREASED MILITARY’S ROLE IN NIGERIA’S DEMOCRACY

2015 ELECTION POSTPONEMENT: A DISTURBING SIGN OF INCREASED MILITARY’S ROLE IN NIGERIA’S DEMOCRACY A Warning to the Working and Toiling Masses to Be Prepared for a Possible Truncation of Civil Rule By HT Soweto Member, National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) Despite the overwhelming popular desire for change, the unfortunate fact is that whenever the 2015

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SHIFT OF POLLS

SHIFT OF POLLS NO TO INTERFERENCE OF MILITARY IN ELECTORAL PROCESS Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) Statement We of the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) condemn the recent postponement of the 2015 general elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission at the instance of the Nigeria’s military authorities. We hold that it completely begs the question for INEC to postpone

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2015 GENERAL ELECTIONS AND THE WORKING MASSES

2015 GENERAL ELECTIONS AND THE WORKING MASSES Aj. Dagga Tolar and Kola Ibrahim Elections have become a periodic ritual, mandated and made compulsory by law, at least to keep the pretence of the so called “civil rule” in motion. In 2015, there is a sharper division among the ruling elites who, despite current economic and social hardships, are turning to

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ABIA STATE AND 2015 GENERAL ELECTIONS: A CONTINUATION OF STATE RUINATION

ABIA STATE AND 2015 GENERAL ELECTIONS: A CONTINUATION OF STATE RUINATION For a Working People Political Alternative Now Support the Struggle for the Registration of SPN By Chinedu Agbebire In preparation towards 2015 generation elections, different bourgeois politicians are seriously strategizing on how to hoodwink suffering masses so as to continue with the pillage of state treasury and collective wealth.

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2015 GENERAL ELECTIONS: None of the existing political parties represent the change working masses a

2015 GENERAL ELECTIONS: None of the existing political parties represent the change working masses and youth desire By Segun Sango, National Chairperson, Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) Nigeria’s 2015 general elections, from all key indications, promises to be the most beleaguered since post colonial rule in 1960. Politically and economically, the capitalist institutions and all their political parties are locked