Democratic Socialist Movement

For Struggle, Solidarity and Socialism in Nigeria

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LAGOS STATE GOVERNMENT MUST STOP CRIMINALISATION OF POOR, HOMELESS AND UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE

LAGOS STATE GOVERNMENT MUST STOP CRIMINALISATION OF POOR, HOMELESS AND UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE Stop all attacks against attacks on democratic rights The Lagos State Chapter of the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) strongly condemns the heightening rate of assault on democratic rights of ordinary citizens by the Lagos State Government through the Lagos State Special Offences Law. We condemn the harrowing

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BUHARI GOVERNMENT AND LOOMING AUSTERITY POLICIES

BUHARI GOVERNMENT AND LOOMING AUSTERITY POLICIES LAGOS DSM HOLDS AGGREGATE MEETING By DSM Reporters The Lagos State Chapter of the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) held its aggregate meeting on Saturday, November 21, 2015. In declaring the meeting open Ayo Ademiluyi, who chaired the meeting, noted that the meeting was taking place at a period of dramatic events in the socio-economic

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CRIN CRISIS: Workers Hold a Public Symposium to Deepen the Struggle

CRIN CRISIS: Workers Hold a Public Symposium to Deepen the Struggle By Temitope Fagunwa Workers of Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria, CRIN, Ibadan and members of the Idi-Ayunre community, the community where the institute is situated, held a public symposium on the Thursday, 19th of November, 2015 to deepen the ongoing struggle and agitation of workers of the institute. Since

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NO TO MERGER OF TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN OSUN STATE

NO TO MERGER OF TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN OSUN STATE Workers’ Unions and Students in tertiary institutions (ASUP, COEASU, NASU, SSANIP, etc.) together with communities must reject these policies We reject all Austerity Measures of the Aregbesola Government The Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) Osun State Chapter condemns in absolute terms the planned merger of polytechnics in Iree and Esa-Oke and Colleges

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A Call for Solidarity Actions

A Call for Solidarity Actions Workers Shut down CRIN Ibadan in Protest against Anti-Worker Management Remi Ojo, DSM University of Ibadan Branch A cross section of protesting CRIN workers, photo DSM   (Click to enlarge) Workers of the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria, CRIN Ibadan since Monday, 2nd November, 2015 have picketed and barricaded the institute in protest against attacks which

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BIAFRA: Socialists and the Agitation for Self-determination

BIAFRA: Socialists and the Agitation for Self-determination Chinedu Agbebire Agitation for the creation of what pro- Biafra groups envisage as a Sovereign Biafran nation has resumed with vigour in the south east and some parts of the south-south of Nigeria. The police have repeatedly clashed with the protesters leading, among others, to the detention of Mr. Nnamdi Kanu, the leader

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DSM National Meeting Discusses the World Situation

DSM National Meeting Discusses the World Situation By Wole Olubanji Engels At the DSM’s October 24/5 national meeting Robert Bechert, a member of the International Secretariat of the Committee for a Workers’ International (CWI), led a discussion on the world situation. The world may be a large entity, but there is a similar pattern of capitalist crises across the entire

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CHANGE: THROUGH REFORM OR REVOLUTION?

CHANGE: THROUGH REFORM OR REVOLUTION? DSM National Meeting resolution on Nigeria, October 24-25, 2015 Politically, the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the March 28 presidential elections marks a new turning point for Nigeria. This political development together with the on-going economic crisis opens up an entirely new phase. Without doubt, the Buhari government

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DSM NATIONAL MEETING DISCUSSES NIGERIA’S POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SITUATION

DSM NATIONAL MEETING DISCUSSES NIGERIA’S POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SITUATION By Michael Ogundele From October 24 to October 25, 2015, the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) held a special national meeting primarily attended by leading comrades and organizers at branches and in different areas of work. The objective was to better position the organization for the new challenges thrown up by the

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Workers Must Reject Austerity Measures

Workers Must Reject Austerity Measures Labour must lead action against attacks on Workers’ Living Conditions For a New Minimum Wage not less than N52, 200 Economy can afford it if wealth is taken out of the hands of top few The Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) calls on workers and working people to reject any attempt by governments at all levels

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Victory At Last!

Victory At Last! Lanre Akinola and Rasheedat Adeshina get certificates after 16 years’ victimisation The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) welcomes the release of the withheld certificates of the duo of Lanre Akinola, a member of Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM), and Rasheedat Adesina by the authorities of the University of Ilorin after 16 years of prolonged legal and political battle for

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Over One Decade of the ERC Free Holiday Coaching in Ajegunle

Over One Decade of the ERC Free Holiday Coaching in Ajegunle By Fidel Davynovich, DSM, Ajegunle This year’ annual free summer coaching of the Education Rights Campaign (ERC) came to an end on Wednesday 9 September, 2015. This was after six weeks of the exercise with about 450 secondary school students (in SS1, SS2 and SS3) and 30 volunteer teachers

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NLC MUST END ANTI-LABOUR PRACTICES IN LCTS

NLC MUST END ANTI-LABOUR PRACTICES IN LCTS CDWR Demands Reinstatement of Sacked LCTS Worker By Bosah Chinedu The Labour City Transport Limited (LCTS) is a transport scheme supposedly to assist workers move from one point to another affordably. In the absence of a coordinated, integrated and adequately funded public transportation, any private initiative will fail to resolve the transportation difficulties

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PUBLIC EDUCATION AT THE MERCY OF AUSTERITY POLICIES

PUBLIC EDUCATION AT THE MERCY OF AUSTERITY POLICIES For United Actions Of Teachers, Students And Parents To Defend Public Education By Wole Olubanji National Mobilisation Officer, ERC The education sector is facing serious crisis today. Beyond the poor conditions of learning in schools; there is a whole new level of agitations and appeals that government should pay the salaries and

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MIGRANT CRISIS: Another Shameful By-product of Capitalism

MIGRANT CRISIS: Another Shameful By-product of Capitalism Amidst debates and concerns about the growing migrant crisis, Lanre Arogundade hereby offers a working class socialist perspective and analysis of some key issues involved. By Lanre Arogundade WORST THAN WORLD WAR PERIOD The figures commonly bandied in the world’s leading elite media about the number of migrants or refugees seeking asylum or

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Apathy as Cote d’ Ivoire Holds Presidential Election

Apathy as Cote d’ Ivoire Holds Presidential Election By Jules Konan, Ivorian Committee for a Workers’ International sympathizing group The mood in Côte d’Ivoire is a very unusual one at the moment as the presidential elections scheduled for October 25 approaches. It can only be characterized as a complete apathy towards the outcome, mixed with fear that the country might

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HOUSING CRISIS FOR MILLIONS IN NIGERIA:

HOUSING CRISIS FOR MILLIONS IN NIGERIA: Only a Working People’s Government With Socialist Policies Can Guarantee Massive Housing for the Working People and the Poor By Dimeji Macaulay Housing crisis is a huge issue for Nigerians. Millions live in homes that have been precariously built in terrible places that have life threatening environment in the “showcase” Federal Capital Territory, let

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FOR A NEW NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE!

FOR A NEW NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE! By Segun Sango, National Chairman, SPN The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) urgently calls on the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) to now take seriously the need to fight for a new national minimum wage. We hold that apart from the fact that the current minimum wage, which was last

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NO TO ELECTRICITY TARIFF HIKE

NO TO ELECTRICITY TARIFF HIKE By Aj Dagga Tolar With over N4 trillion of public fund spent on electricity in the past sixteen years, there is particularly no reason whatsoever why any part of the country should be in darkness, and yet the situation on ground is that many communities in the country are not even connected to the national

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BAILOUT FOR STATES: Can They Really Bail Working People Out?

BAILOUT FOR STATES: Can They Really Bail Working People Out? By Kola Ibrahim When the federal government announced a bailout plan for embattled state governments, there was a kind of relief for workers and pensioners, who have been made the sacrificial lamb of the gross mismanagement of the funds that have accrued to these state governments. According to the Nigerian