Democratic Socialist Movement

For Struggle, Solidarity and Socialism in Nigeria

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“DEMOCRACY DAY”: NO REAL DEMOCRACY

CDWR CALLS ON WORKING MASSES AND YOUTH TO JOIN JUNE-12 PROTESTS TO RESIST ANTI-POOR POLICIES AND ATTACKS ON DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS AND CONTINUE THE STRUGGLE TO ACTUALIZE REAL DEMOCRACY June 12 signifies the struggle of the working masses for an enthronement of democratic rule with the hope that it would produce a better country wherein the needs of the masses are

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#ENDBADGOVERNANCE MOVEMENT, LAGOS STATE – NO GOING BACK ON JUNE 12 PROTEST

We call on Lagos state Commissioner of Police to Respect our Right to Freedom of Assembly The #EndBadGovernance Movement Lagos wishes to encourage the Nigerian people to troop out in their thousands on Thursday 12 June 2025, being the officially-designated Democracy Day, to peacefully protest the absence of genuine democracy in Nigeria and the hunger, hardship and gross inequality that

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Ogun: Needless Deaths on Ikangba/Agoro(Old Lagos-Benin) road

Needless Deaths on Ikangba/Agoro(Old Lagos-Benin) road Gov. Dapo Abiodun should immediately construct speed breakers, provide lightings and road signs to avert further deaths CDWR demands payment of compensation to the deceased  families by government and urges residents to embark on mass actions to compel the state government to act without delay The Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR) Ogun

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TINUBU’S TWO YEARS OF HUNGER, HARDSHIP AND PAIN – WHAT WAY FORWARD?

#ENDBADGOVERNANCE MOVEMENT, LAGOS STATE, PRESS STATEMENT A REVIEW OF TWO YEARS OF PRESIDENT TINUBU’S GOVERNMENT OF HUNGER, HARDSHIP AND PAIN AND THE WAY FORWARD FOR THE NIGERIAN MASSES This press conference  has been convened to commemorate the two years anniversary of the government of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Today 29 May, 2025 makes it two years since President Bola Ahmed Tinubu came

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2 YEARS OF TINUBU’S GOVERNMENT: POVERTY AND HARDSHIP INTENSIFY DUE TO IMPLEMENTATION OF ANTI-POOR POLICIES

SPN DEMANDS REVERSAL OF ALL ANTI-POOR POLICIES AND CALLS ON LABOUR AND PRO-PEOPLE ORGANISATIONS TO RESIST TINUBU’S DICTATORSHIP AND ANTI-PEOPLE POLICIES The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) restates its condemnation and opposition to the way and manner the Tinubu-led government is running the country aground vis-à-vis the anti-poor policies and attacks on democratic rights. Truly, two years ago when Tinubu’s

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JAF – Two Years of Tinubu are a Monumental Disaster

Working People and Youth Must Resist Anti-Poor Policies and Attacks on Democratic Rights Fight for System Change Press Statement by the Joint Action Front (JAF) The Democratic Socialist Movement is an active member of JAF President Bola Tinubu is 2 years-old in office on Thursday May 29. Expectedly, the administration which started off with a fierce attack on the working

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Utomi’s “Shadow Government”: No Illusion in any Section of Capitalist Ruling Elite

Working People and Youth Need to build a Genuine Political Alternative to Tinubu Government Support Democratic Rights of Utomi’s Group Recently, a group led by Professor Pat Utomi, a former presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), launched what they called “The Big Tent Coalition Shadow Government”. They described it as a “national emergency response” designed to systematically monitor

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IMMEDIATELY REINSTATE SUSPENDED NSUK STUDENTS

VICE-CHANCELLOR LIMAN’S REFUSAL TO REINSTATE SUSPENDED STUDENTS DESPITE THE PLEA BY THE STATE GOVENOR IS A SHOW OF VICIOUS TYRANNY WE DEMAND THE IMMEDIATE AND UNCONDITIONAL REINSTATEMENT OF ALL SUSPENDED STUDENTS NSUK AUTHORITIES AND THE NIGERIA POLICE FORCE MUST BE MADE TO ANSWER FOR THE CRIME OF UNLAWFULLY DETAINING STUDENTS The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) sternly condemns the refusal of

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OLOYODE’S CROCODILE’S TEARS NOT ENOUGH TO ABSOLVE THE INEFFICIENCY OF JAMB!

FRESH EXAM FOR ALL AFFECTED CANDIDATES MUST BE CONDUCTED ACCORDING TO THEIR CONVENIENCE; DO NOT HURRY CANDIDATES INTO ANOTHER MASS FAILURE! UTME MASS FAILURE: A REFLECTION OF THE COLLAPSE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION! The admission of error by the Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyode, in the results uploaded for this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) is a product of

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This year May Day held at a period when many workers and the poor are facing serious economic hardship compounded by the anti-poor capitalist policies of the Bola Tinubu government. Another feature of the government which will reach a midterm mark on May 29 is a ceaseless attack on democratic rights aimed at stifling resistance against its anti-poor policies. Therefore,

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STATE ABDUCTION OF KOLA EDOKPAYI AND VERY DARK MAN ARE SIGNS OF GROWING AUTHORITARIANISM OF THE TINUBU REGIME THAT MUST BE RESISTED THROUGH MASS STRUGGLE

RELEASE THEM NOW! The Youth Rights Campaign (YRC) condemns the arrest of Kola Edokpayi by the Department of State Services (DSS) and subsequent abduction of Martin Vincent Otse, aka Very Dark Man (VDM), by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC). Also condemnable is the incarceration of Thomas Umar, the State coordinator of the Take it Back (TIB) movement in

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TINUBU HAS FAILED NIGERIA

Time For a Socialist Alternative Now! On May 29, 2025, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu would clock two years in office. In that space of time, his neo-liberal capitalist economic reforms have led to a destruction of livelihoods and the economy on a scale previously unimagined. By H.T Soweto, lead article ‘Socialist Democracy’, May-June 2025 edition  For example, the pump price

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MINIMUM WAGE – N70,000 Not Enough

Workers and Trade Unions Should Fight for Full Implementation AND Begin Mass Struggle for a Living Wage  The Nigerian working class continues to suffer under the crushing weight of high cost of living and economic crisis. The current national minimum wage of N70,000 is, in reality, a huge joke. Yet the new minimum wage, which in less than a year has

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TINUBU’S ECONOMIC WONDERLAND: Combating the Lies and Half-truths

If we are to live by the glowing and self-congratulatory messages of the Tinubu government, it would mean Nigeria is on the road to Eldorado. But reality and facts are stubborn. While government officials sit in their lush offices, spending away Nigeria’s money for their cosy yet extravagant lifestyles, just to dole out poverty-increasing policies, the mass of workers and

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HIGH TARIFF MAKES ELECTRICITY UNAFFORDABLE WHILE POWER COMPANIES MAKE HUGE PROFITS

HIGH TARIFF MAKES ELECTRICITY UNAFFORDABLE FOR MOST NIGERIANS AND PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS AS POWER COMPANIES MAKE HUGE PROFITS For Return of Power Sector to Public Ownership. This Time Under Democratic Control of Consumers and Workers It is clear that the very essence of privatising the power sector is to make huge profit for the private power companies out of providing an

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RISING HOUSE RENT: Working People and Youth Need to Build a Mass Campaign

  Still struggling with hardship triggered by the anti-poor capitalist policies of Bola Tinubu government, there is a new outcry biting the flesh and breaking the bones of many working people and the poor, and it is the astronomical increase of house rent in different parts of Lagos and other states. Paying of rent is now a tough ladder for

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DSM CONDEMNS THE DEADLY VIOLENCE OVER LOCAL GOVERNMENT CONTROL IN OSUN STATE

We Condemn the Role of the Police and the Attorney General of the Federation For A Mass Party of the Working People on a Genuine Socialist Program Capable of Banishing Poverty and Emancipating the Poor, Oppressed, Women and Youth By Alfred Adegoke DSM Coordinator, Osun State The Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM), Osun State, strongly condemns the violence that has trailed

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Outsourcing and contract staffing: An Institutionalised Casualisation

CDWR Calls for a Struggle Against Precarious Work Practices Outsourcing and contract staffing are exploitative practices wherein employers shift their workforce onto the payrolls of third-party labour contractors and this practice has been growing like wildfire in Nigeria over the last fifteen years, affecting both the private and public sectors. Flourishing sectors such as banking, oil and gas, aviation, telecommunications,

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CDWR Demands an End to Exploitative Contract Staffing and Other Anti-labour Policies at Egbin Power Plc

The Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR) condemns Egbin Power Plc management for resisting negotiation of Condition of Service with workers and their union. Egbin Power Plant workers and the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) have made several efforts towards negotiating a Condition of Service with the Egbin Power Plants management but sadly to no avail. By CDWR

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Trump’s “Liberation Day” – An international socialist response is needed!

Trump’s 2nd April “Liberation Day” speech was a turning point, as it launched an open offensive to break capitalist globalisation in its current form. This was not, as Trump falsely claims, in the interests of US workers, but is a desperate attempt to maintain the position of US capitalism as the world’s premier power and to rebuild its industrial base. Trump’s