Democratic Socialist Movement

For Struggle, Solidarity and Socialism in Nigeria

Nigeria on the brink
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NIGERIA ON THE BRINK

Only a Working Peoples’ Government can save it INTRODUCTION It is 30 months this November that the government of Umaru Musa Yar’Adua has been in office, albeit through the most farcical election in annals of Nigeria. Like in the 8-year rule (or ruination of Nigerian economy) of his predecessor and mentor, Olusegun Obasanjo, Yar’Adua government has unleashed severe neo-liberal attacks

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NIGERIA ON THE BRINK:

NIGERIA ON THE BRINK: Nigeria on the brink Only a Working Peoples’ Government can save it INTRODUCTION It is 30 months this November that the government of Umaru Musa Yar’Adua has been in office, albeit through the most farcical election in annals of Nigeria. Like in the 8-year rule (or ruination of Nigerian economy) of his predecessor and mentor, Olusegun

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OSHIOMHOLE: ONE YEAR AFTER

OSHIOMHOLE: ONE YEAR AFTER Time to Build Labour Party and Implement Working Class Oriented Policies It would appear as if the government of Adams Oshiomhole in Edo State has lasted more than one year. This is because it has drawn wide range attention, both locally and internationally and a host of controversies, especially generated by the defeated PDP. Adams is

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World Economy

World Economy 80th anniversary of the Wall Street Crash Capitalist failure, then and now! Peter Taaffe, General Secretary of the Socialist Party (CWI England and Wales) Scant attention has been paid to the 80th anniversary of the October 1929 Wall Street Crash. Preoccupied with their own present devastating global crisis, the moneybags, the capitalists, can hardly repeat their theme of

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Stalinism and after: On the 20th anniversary of 1989

History Socialism Today Stalinism and after On the 20th anniversary of 1989 Peter Taaffe, General Secretary, Socialist Party (CWI in England & Wales). Article from Socialism Today, magazine of the Socialist Party. When the Berlin wall was dismantled in 1989 and Stalinist regimes came crashing down, capitalism declared itself victorious. The collapse of Stalinism was used in a global ideological

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Deregulation and Minimum Wage: LASCO Rounds off Nationwide Rallies in Abuja

Deregulation and Minimum Wage: LASCO Rounds off Nationwide Rallies in Abuja DSM Calls for a 48-hour Warning General Strike and Mass Protest DSM banner Report of Labour’s Abuja Rally By Keye Ewebiyi On Thursday October 29, 2009 the Labour and Civil Society Coalition (LASCO) completed its series of nationwide rallies with the grand finale held in Abuja, the Federal Capital