Democratic Socialist Movement

For Struggle, Solidarity and Socialism in Nigeria

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Cuban protests – what do they represent?

Cuban protests – what do they represent? On 11 July, Cuba was rocked by the largest protests to have taken place since the “Maleconazo” protests that erupted in 1994. The 1994 protests followed the collapse of the former USSR and the abrupt cutting off of aid to Cuba. It resulted in a staggering 30% decline in Cuban GDP and the

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ERC CONDEMNS PLANNED HIKE OF BOARDING SCHOOL FEEDING FEES AT THE LAGOS STATE MODEL COLLEGES TO N75, 000 PER TERM AS WELL AS PLANNED INTRODUCTION OF N25, 000 TUITION PER TERM FOR DAY STUDENTS

Calls for peaceful mass protests by parents, teachers and pupils It has come to the attention of the Education Rights Campaign (ERC), Lagos State chapter, that the Lagos State government is planning to hike boarding school feeding fees at the 15 model colleges from N25, 000 to N75, 000 per term for boarding students. This planned increase will affect all

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South Africa – Riots and Looting a Dead End!

Build Working Class Unity to Win Jobs and Services for ALL. Set the Launch Date for a Socialist Mass Workers Party. Marxist Workers Party statement (The MWP is the South African affiliate of the Committee for a Workers’ International, the international socialist organisation which the Democratic Socialist Movement is also part of) Since the imprisonment of former president Jacob Zuma, South

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LASPOTECH – NON-RELEASE OF WHITE PAPER SIGN OF LAGOS STATE GOVERNMENT’S GROSS INEPTITUDE AND LACK OF CONCERN

NON-RELEASE OF WHITE PAPER ON THE SEVEN-MONTH CRISIS BETWEEN STAFF AND MANAGEMENT OF LASPOTECH AFTER OVER ONE YEAR SINCE THE VISITATION PANEL SUBMITTED ITS REPORT IS A SIGN OF GROSS INEPTITUDE AND LACK OF CONCERN FOR THE INTEREST OF WORKERS ON THE PART OF THE LAGOS STATE GOVERNMENT ERC calls on the Governor Sanwo-olu-led Lagos State Government to release the

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FOOD UNION IN THE STOMACH OF ITS RIGHTWING LEADERS

TRADE UNIONS MUST BE RESCUED FROM RIGHT-WING TRADE UNION LEADERS Looking at the activities and the manner the National Union of Food, Beverages and Tobacco Employees (NUFBTE) is run, it is clear the Lateef Oyelekan-led leadership is running a union of pro-management and pro-state as workers’ interests are sacrificed on the altar of profit and self-serving interest. The interest of

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OAU Students Hold July 10 Remembrance Symposium

DSM Members Participate, Win Contacts for Rebuilding of the Branch Five members of the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) took part in the 22nd commemoration of the July 10, 1999, murder of five OAU students by sponsored cultists. We circulated hundreds of leaflets and run a paper stall at the event. Our paper got the attention of many, we sold 10

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ERC Establishes LASPOTECH branch

On July 2 a new branch of the Education Rights Campaign (ERC) was established at the Lagos State Polytechnic (LASPOTECH), Ikorodu, Lagos. This was part of the ongoing ERC national campaign against education underfunding, fee hikes, and attacks on students and workers’ rights. Given the scale of attacks on public education today and the weakness of many students unions, establishing

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JULY 10, 1999 CULT KILLINGS IN OAU: AS WE REMEMBER AFRIKA AND 4 OTHERS!

ORGANISE AND FIGHT AGAINST CULTISM AND ANTI-STUDENTS POLICIES BY BUILDING AN INDEPENDENT, DEMOCRATIC, AND MASS BASED STUDENTS UNION JOIN THE EDUCATION RIGHTS CAMPAIGN! Education Rights Campaign (ERC), OAU Branch Today makes it 22 years after the bloody cult attack which took the lives of five students of this institution. The slain students included a 21-year-old 400-Level law student and the

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CONTINUING CASE OF OYO COMMISSIONER OF POLICE VS ABBEY TROTSKY OVER SUPPORT GIVEN TO STRIKING SUMAL FOOD WORKERS IN IBADAN

The case of trumped-up criminal charges which was instituted against Comrade Abiodun Bamigboye, (Abbey Trotsky) by the Zone 11 of Nigerian Police Oshogbo under the former leadership of retired DIG Leye Oyebade at the behest of SUMAL FOOD LIMITED, Ibadan came up again on Wednesday 7th July, 2021 at Magistrate Court 6, Iyaganku, Ibadan, Oyo State. The matter is in

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The invasion of Sunday Igboho’s house was draconian and condemnable

SPN calls for a sovereign national conference that will be dominated by elected representatives of the working people and youth to determine the way forward for Nigeria We of the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) hold that the invasion of Mr Sunday Igboho’s house in the dead of the night by men of DSS was draconian and condemnable regardless of

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CDWR CALLS ON GOVERNOR ABIODUN OF OGUN TO SETTLE FOUR MONTHS OF UNPAID SALARIES TO MAPOLY LECTURERS

NLC AND TUC SHOULD SUPPORT THE DEMANDS OF WORKERS OF MAPOLY AND OTHER STATE INSTITUTIONS The Campaign for Workers’ and Democratic Rights (CDWR) Ogun state chapter, strongly condemns the deliberate withholding of four (4) months salaries of the lecturers of the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY), Ogere in Abeokuta, by the state government. The CDWR views this as not only callous

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Centenary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party

July 2021 marks the centenary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. Within a few short years, the party attracted widespread support. Although defeated the Chinese Revolution of 1925-27 – led by the workers of Shanghai and Guangzhou (Canton) – represents, despite its tragic outcome, one of the most magnificent movements in the history of the international working