For Struggle, Solidarity and Socialism in Nigeria
NAIRA DEVALUATION: Not a Silver Bullet for Current Crisis of Capitalism By Peluola Adewale Nigeria’s economy is on a tailspin while Buhari/APC government has proved incapable of arresting the situation. Inflation as of May is 15.2%, hitting 6-year high. High unemployment rate is worsened by increasing job losses and collapse of businesses. The economy contracted in the first quarter (January
Socialist Democracy July-August 2016 Edition One Year of Buhari ‘Change’ Government: LIFE GETTING HARDER FOR WORKING PEOPLE By Kola Ibrahim The Nigerian voters that opted for change in the presidential election of March 28, 2015, could not have reckoned that their living conditions would be worse off just a year after. While many Nigerians knew that the country’s economic, social
Niger State: CDWR Supports Workers’ Indefinite Strike for Full Payment Don’t ‘Sit at home’, Labour Leaders in Niger State must organize constant mass protests and demonstrations until the demands are won The National Leadership of the NLC and TUC should call a general strike and mass protest to back workers and pensioners in over 27 states whose salaries are either
Support the struggle of the Zimbabwean people! For the unity of the working class, the poor and the youth across Southern Africa Release Pastor Evan Mawarire and all political prisoners Mass action to break Mugabe’s economic blockade The people of Zimbabwe refuse to suffer the rule of Mugabe and his cronies any longer. They are rising up in protest at
Justice for Philando – Stop Repression of Nonviolent BLM Activists By Chris Gray, Socialist Alternative (CWI in the USA) The Twin Cities, Minnesota, USA – After days of escalating protests in Minnesota following the police killing of Philando Castile, the Ramsey County Attorney has charged 48 people, including two members of Socialist Alternative MN, with gross misdemeanor rioting for participating
COURT NULLIFIES TARIFF HIKE Time to Consolidate the Mass Struggle for Reversal of Power Privatisation and End “Crazy” Billing Justice Idris Muhammed of the Federal High Court, Lagos, has nullified the exploitative electricity tariff hike in a landmark judgment delivered on July 13, 2016; variously describing the tariff hike as reckless, criminal, illegal and irresponsible. This judgment is a victory
CDWR CONDEMNS ATTACK ON STREET TRADERS No to Ban on Street Trading in Lagos The Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR) condemns in strong terms the decision by the Akinwumi Ambode-led APC government of Lagos state to ban and criminalize street trading and its patronage. This decision also negates the rights to life and dignity of the mass of
OYO WORKERS AND PENSIONERS Be Steadfast, Victory is Possible!! We say no to School Privatisation By Abiodun Bamgboye (Abbey Trotsky) The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN), Oyo State Chapter, strongly supports the strike and struggle of workers and retirees in Oyo State over non-payment of salary and pension arrears. The workers are owed salaries for six months while retirees have
Time for a 24-hour General Strike and Mass Protest In solidarity with workers and pensioners in over 27 states who are being owed backlog of salaries and pensions For an increase in the national minimum wage in line with inflation rate By DSM NEC The Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) calls on the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union
Oyo Strike: Socialist Democracy Special Edition July 2016 WORKERS ON INDEFINITE STRIKE OVER UNPAID WAGES Workers Insist on “No Pay No Work” Workers and students hold mass protests against school privatization By CWI Reporters The fall in international oil prices has triggered a massive crisis in Nigeria, one of the world’s major oil producers, dependent on oil income and, with