Democratic Socialist Movement

For Struggle, Solidarity and Socialism in Nigeria

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SPN Supports Planned NLC Strike and Protest over Cash Crunch

NLC and TUC Should Consistently Mobilise Mass Resistance against Economic Hardship and Anti-Poor Policies The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) supports the plan of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to go on strike and picket branches of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) nationwide as from Wednesday March 29, 2023. We indeed hold that such an action is long overdue

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DSM holds public symposium on elections and declares critical support for Sowore

Calls for a mass working people party with socialist programme and preparation for class struggle after election By Gideon Adeyeni On Saturday February 18, 2023, the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) held a public symposium in Lagos under the theme “2023 General Elections: Any Hope for the Working People and Youth?”. The event was attended by over a hundred participants from

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Unmitigated but avoidable hardship over Naira note redesign, fuel scarcity: SPN calls for a 48-hour warning General Strike backed with coordinated mass protests and rallies

*Responses of APC, PDP and LP show they are anti-working people *President Buhari’s broadcast varying the orders of the Supreme Court smacks of executive recklessness The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) decries the anguish and suffering working people and poor are being subjected to by the Buhari/APC government through the ill-conceived and poorly implemented naira note redesign and cashless policy

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SPN BLAMES THE FAILURE OF CAPITALISM AND THE BUHARI GOVERNMENT FOR THE SCARCITY OF PETROL AND CASH

TIME FOR MASS ACTION TO RESIST THESE ATTACKS The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) condemns the ongoing socio-economic hardships imposed on working people by the Buhari-led government and calls for mass resistance to reverse the situation. At present, it is extremely difficult for ordinary people to access cash (banknotes) for their daily transactions, something that has compounded the already terrible

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OYO STATE: Neither Makinde Re-Election nor His Replacement by APC or Accord Candidate can Guarantee A Better Life For Working People and Youth

Only a government formed by working people and run on Socialist Programme Can Satisfy the Needs and Desire of Workers, Youth and the Poor  It is no news that incumbent Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State is one of the candidates that will be participating in the 2023 general elections as the Gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP.

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SPN Welcomes Planned Salary Increase for Lagos workers but Calls for Resistance against Anti-poor Policies of the APC Government

The Lagos State Chapter of the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) welcomes the planned salary increment announced by Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu while addressing a gathering of workers during a visit to the office of State Head of Service on October 4. According to news reports, Governor Sanwo-Olu disclosed that since September he had instructed, the “Head of Service

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NLC’s CALL FOR VOTES FOR PETER OBI

*No pro-capitalist politicians can be trusted to defend and protect the interest of workers, youths and the poor *Only a government formed by workers and the poor run on the basis of socialist programmes can rescue Nigeria state and the economy The attention of the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) has been drawn to an open call on the Nigeria

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THE CRISIS IN NIGERIA EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM AND ASUU’S INDEFINITE STRIKE ACTION

H.T. Soweto’s speech at the 13th Memorial Lecture for Gani Fawehinmi held in Lagos The 13th annual memorial lecture in the honour of Gani Fawehinmi, Nigeria’s foremost human rights and pro-democracy activist and the founder of the National Conscience Party (NCP), was held in Lagos on Monday September 5, 2022. It is a yearly event organised by the Gani Fawehinmi

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BLAME THE ANTI-POOR, INEFFICIENT AND IRRESPONSIBLE OGUN STATE APC GOVERNMENT LED BY PRINCE DAPO ABIODUN FOR THE PETROL TANKER EXPLOSION AT OLAMBE-MATOGUN IFO LGA

WE DEMAND ADEQUATE COMPENSATION FOR ALL VICTIMS AND IMMEDIATE PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAM TO FIX ALL ROADS AND PROVIDE OTHER BASIC AMENITIES IN OUR COMMUNITIES The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) Ifo LGA chapter puts the blame for the petrol tanker explosion that occurred at the Olambe-Matogun road in Ifo LGA on the anti-poor, inefficient, and irresponsible All Progressive Congress (APC)

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OGUN STATE GOV. ABIODUN’S PLEDGE TO FIX JUST ONE SIDE OF LONG-ABANDONED 32km IFO ROAD IS LAUGHABLE AND AN ADMISSION OF FAILURE

*SPN DEMANDS THE COMPLETION OF ALL SECTIONS OF THE DUALISED 32-KILOMETRE ROAD The decision of the Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun, as reported in the Punch newspaper of 31st August 2022, to “fix one side of the 32km Sango-Ota/Ijoko/Olambe/Akute/Alagbole road” in Ifo local government is laughable, an insult to the intelligence of the people of Ifo LGA and an admission

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FG’S PLAN TO BAN MOTORCYCLES WITHOUT PRIOR MASSIVE CREATION OF GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES WILL HEIGHTEN INSECURITY AND SOCIAL CRISIS RAVAGING THE COUNTRY

SPN Condemns the plan ban, calls on the leadership of NLC and TUC to organise a resistance against it and demand massive creation of gainful employment opportunities The Socialist Party of Nigeria, SPN, condemns the plan of the Federal Government, FG to ban motorcycles as a means to curb activities of terrorists and other sources of insecurity ravaging the country

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NLC PLANNED PROTEST IN SUPPORT OF STRIKING WORKERS IN UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IS LEGAL AND A DEMOCRATIC RIGHT

*SPN Supports the Striking Workers and Calls on the Government to meet their Demands without Further Delay* *NLC and TUC should come together for sustained mass actions, including a 2-day general strike, until all demands are met* The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) condemns and rejects the recent claim by the Federal Government, FG, that the planned nationwide protest scheduled

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SEGUN SANGO (7 MAY, 1958-23 MAY 2022): FOUNDING NATIONAL CHAIRPERSON OF SPN, INDEFATIGABLE ORGANISER OF THE WORKING CLASS AND REVOLUTIONARY PER EXCELLENCE!

Comrade Segun Sango passed away on May 23, 2022, after an inspiring 64 years on earth and an adult life committed to ending the unjust capitalist system and for the socialist transformation of Nigeria and the world at large. In line with the idea of scientific socialism, Comrade Segun Sango opposed the exploitative and oppressive capitalist system that makes it

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2023 GENERAL ELECTIONS:  A FARCE IN THE OFFING

Only a government of Workers and Poor Formed on a Socialist Programme can Guarantee the Reconstruction of Society in the Interests of Working People By Abbey Trotsky Barring any last-minute changes, the 2023 general elections will be taking place against the background of economic, political and social crisis currently bedeviling the country and an obvious absence of a mass working

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OYETOLA’S SCORECARD AND THE OSUN 2022 GUBER POLLS:

Which Way Forward for the Working People, Youths and the Oppressed in Osun State By Alfred Adegoke, Coordinator DSM Osun State It is no more news that Oyetola lost to Demola Adeleke his PDP rival in the first round of the 2018 Elections, a first round which was declared inconclusive by INEC, leading to a controversial re-run that declared Oyetola

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SPN WELCOMES AGITATION FOR AUTONOMY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND STATE LEGISLATURE

But Warns Autonomy Does not Guarantee Decent Conditions for Working People and Youth By Chinedu Bosah The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) supports the demand and agitation for autonomy for local governments. We also welcome the agitation for financial autonomy for the state legislature. It is undemocratic for one tier or arm of government to be made dependent on another

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N100 MILLION AND N40 MILLION NOMINATION FORMS FOR APC AND PDP RESPECTIVELY CONFIRM THAT THE TWO MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIES STAND EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE INTEREST OF THE RICH

WORKERS, YOUTHS AND THE POOR NEED TO BUILD A MASS PARTY TO DEFEND THEIR INTEREST The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) is not surprised at the decision of the All Progressive Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to charge N100 million and N40 million respectively for presidential nomination forms. It only confirms our position that these bourgeois political parties

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KADUNA TRAIN ATTACK: SPN COMMISSERATES WITH VICTIMS AND BLAMES BUHARI LED APC GOVERNMENT FOR THE TRAGEDY

We Condole with the TUC over the loss of its General Secretary and State Chapter Chairman in the Mindless Attack We Urge the Labour Movement to Declare a National Day of Mourning and Protest Against Insecurity, Government Ineptitude and Worsening Living Conditions The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) condemns the tragic attack by terrorists on a Kaduna-bound train on Monday

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DSM REJECTS SUPREME COURT VERDICT ON SPN DEREGISTRATION

We remain committed to the building of a Mass Workers’ Political Alternative to Rescue Nigeria through Socialist Transformation The Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) rejects the judgement of the Supreme Court which was delivered on March 25 2022 and upholds the deregistration of 22 political parties, including the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN), by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). We

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SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEREGISTRATION OF SPN

We are Undaunted as We Remain Committed to Struggle Against all Capitalist Attacks and for Working People’s Political Alternative on a Socialist Programme Today, the Supreme Court set aside the judgement of the Court of Appeal which had earlier reversed INEC’s deregistration of the SPN and 21 other parties. This was although INEC criminally disobeyed the appeal court judgement while