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DSM STUDENT/YOUTH WING MEET TO DISCUSS STRATEGIES TO FIGHT EDUCATION ATTACKS DSM Reporters A cross section of student comrades at April’s Democratic Socialist Movement National Committee meeting As the opening event of this April’s Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) National Committee (NC) meeting, the DSM’s student/youth wing met on Friday 11 April, 2014 to discuss the strategies to adopt in fighting
Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Student Union Elections: Authorities Interference Generates Crisis A Call for Petitions The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) calls on the authorities of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife to respect the democratic rights of students to determine who lead them in the union elections. The attempt of the university management to prevent five (5) students, including Oluwole Engels
BOMB EXPLOSIONS IN ABUJA: ANOTHER EVIDENCE OF FAILURE OF CAPITALIST GOVERNMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC SELF-DEFENCE COMMITTEES We in the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) condemn in strongest terms the terrorist attack on the popular Nyanya motor park in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, on Monday April 14 which killed over 70 people. While no group has claimed responsibility we hold that
DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST MOVEMENT (DSM), OAU Branch Press Statement: OAU STUDENTS’ UNION ELECTION: MANAGEMENT MUST STOP INTERFERENCE STOP DISQUALIFICATION OF RADICAL STUDENTS FOR INDEPENDENT STUDENTS’ UNIONISM Following a protracted and spirited struggle by students of Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife, the Professor Tale Omole-led administration was recently forced to lift ban on the Students’ Union activities which had been illegally proscribed for
April 2, 2014 SPN PAYS ONE MILLION NAIRA TO INEC WE ARE WAITING FOR FORMS AND DOCUMENTS TO FILE APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION The Socialist Party of Nigeria has successfully scaled another hurdle set on its path by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) at the behest of the capitalist ruling elite, as the party on March 20 paid a sum
JAF HOLDS PROTEST FOR DECENT JOBS, CALLS ON LABOUR TO DECLARE DAY OF MASS ACTION By Dimeji Macaulay Achike Chude, Deputy Chair JAF, photo by DSM On Thursday March 27 no fewer than one hundred people including unemployed youths and activists gathered at the Nigerian Civil Service Union Secretariat at Alausa – Ikeja, Lagos, to protest the death of about
DSM LAUNCHES ITS NEW BOOK Dr. Taiwo Oloruntoba-Oju, Chair ASUU Unilorin and the Book Reviewer, photo by DSM It is “a book of history, a book of ideology, a book of contentions, a book of struggles and potentially a working peoples’ manifesto”- Dr. Taiwo Oloruntoba Oju By Dimeji Macaulay On March 22 members of Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) and invited
OGUN STATE: STOP IRREGULAR PAYMENT OF LECTURERS’ SALARIES NOW AVERT ANOTHER STRIKE AT OOU! The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) condemns in strong terms gross irregularity in the salaries of the lecturers of the Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), the state owned institution, over the past three years. The lecturers, whose several appeals to the All Progressive Congress (APC) led government
Press Statement: SPN Condemns Aregbesola Government’s Insensitive Attitude to Retirees’ Plight We support Pensioners’ protest to demand for their rights We commend Ondo State workers for rejecting the Contributory Pension Scheme The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN), Osun State Chapter, condemns in strong terms the continued but wicked insensitivity of the Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola-led Osun State government to the plight
NIS JOB RECRUITMENT IS A POLICY OF EXTORTION SPN CONDOLES WITH THE FAMILIES OF DEAD APPLICANTS NLC AND TUC SHOULD CALL A DAY OF NATIONAL PROTEST The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) condoles with families of the applicants who died or were injured at the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) recruitment exercise on May 15 across the country. We demand payment
DEATH OF UNEMPLOYED YOUTHS AT NIGERIA IMMIGRATION SERVICE APTITUDE TESTS: GOVT. IS CULPABLE ERC Demands Sack of Minister of Interior and NIS Comptroller General Calls for a Day of Mourning and Mass Protests The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) is outraged at the avoidable wastage of the lives of scores of unemployed Nigerian youths during the Nigeria Immigration Service’s recruitment test
SOUTH AFRICA: MARCH AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY, XENOPHOBIA AND RACISM ON MARCH 17 On January 17, Nigerian national Theddaus Duru was tortured unconscious and abducted by police in Benoni. That was the last anyone saw of him. It is high time to stand up against police killings, torture, intimidation and harassment – for all residents of SA, whether born here or
SOUTH AFRICA: WASP HAS REGISTERED FOR THE 2014 ELECTIONS The Workers and Socialist Party (WASP) has registered for the elections to the national assembly and for the provincial legislatures of North West, Limpopo and Gauteng. The national candidate list was made public at a press conference in Johannesburg today, March 13, 2014 The presidential candidate and number one on WASP’s
LABOUR PARTY’S ENDORSEMENT OF JONATHAN FOR SECOND TERM A CONTINUED BETRAYAL OF THE WORKING PEOPLE We of the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) condemn in strongest terms, but are not surprised by, the endorsement of Goodluck Jonathan for second term as President by the Labour Party. In several media reports, Daniel Iwuanyanwu, the National Chairman of the Labour Party, was credited
International Women’s Day 2014 Fighting austerity and oppression world-wide Clare Doyle (Committee for a Workers’ International, www.socialistworld.net ) For more than a century, 8 March has been known as International Women’s Day – the day to commemorate and celebrate the struggles of working and poor women against exploitation at work, in society and at home. Over the years, however, its
Ivory Coast Students and teachers revolt in public universities Mass strike in education sector shakes Ouattara’s government CWI Ivory Coast The first decision of the government of Alassane Ouattara after its 2011 military victory over Laurent Gbagbo was to close down all public universities in Ivory Coast. This is a measure which he said was justified by the need to
Socialist Party of Nigeria PRESS STATEMENT KILLINGS OF STUDENTS BY BOKO HARAM IN YOBE: FAILURE OF JONATHAN’S WAR ON TERROR We in the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) condemn in strongest terms the attack by the Boko Haram terrorist group on the Federal Government College, Buni Yadi, Yobe state. We join the millions of the working masses in the country
ERC NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM: ASUU President Nasir Fagge, photo by DSM Education Workers, Students and Socialists Agree that a United Action is needed to save Public Education from a Total Collapse. By Ogundepo Titus On Thursday, 27th February, 2014, no fewer than one hundred (100) people including students, education workers and journalists gathered at a public symposium organized by the Education
3 YEARS AFTER, LASU FEE HIKE PROVOKES PROTESTS “The APC’s megacity agenda is a mega fraud to create a Lagos for the rich only. Megacity means Mega fees in LASU, it means Mega profit for the rich and Mega suffering for the rest of us. We in the ERC and the #SaveLASU movement have also decided to give them mega
Ban of Commercial Motorcycle in Niger State By the Govt. is Anti-people (By Dimeji Macaulay DSM, Niger State) The Niger State Government recently banned the operation of commercial motorcycle popularly called Kabu in the state. This deliberate attack on the right of youths and masses to livelihood in the state again shows the insensitivity of state government to the plight