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Lagos Doctors’ Strike Striking Doctors Sacked DSM Calls on NMA, NLC and TUC to declare a 24hour solidarity nationwide strike For a Collective Fight Back to Defeat the Government By H.T Soweto On Monday 7 May 2012, doctors in Lagos State employment who have been on strike since April 16 were collectively sacked. The doctors embarked on strike to demand
From Nigeria to Europe and the Whole World: Experiences of the explosion of class struggle proves the urgency of a working class alternative Report of discussion at DSM National Committee Segun Sango (DSM General Secretary) speaking to the NC, photo DSM From Saturday 14 April to Sunday 15 April 2012, the National Committee (NC) of the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM)
May Day in Nigeria: Fanfare fails to mask workers’ anger By Peluola Adewale 2012 May Day – marching with SPN banner at Abuja rally – photo DSM Nigerian workers joined their counterparts globally to celebrate this year’s international workers’ day with merrymaking and fanfare in all the 36 state capitals and Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, where the central rally
Education Rights Campaign (ERC) ERC SUPPORTS UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN STUDENTS’ PROTEST We demand opening of the University not later than 9 May 2012 All the demands of students should be met by the management The Education Rights Campaign strongly supports the protest embarked upon by students of the University of Ibadan (UI) over the non-availability of water and electricity supply
May Day 2012 Celebrate working class history and fight for new victories! International Workers’ Day and the socialist alternative to austerity and barbarism Committee for a Workers’ International (CWI, www.socialistworld.net ) May Day (International Workers’ Day) is an opportunity for celebrating the militant internationalist traditions of the working class movement, converging with the explosive struggles of today. 1st May this
NIGERIAN WORKERS: Join Socialist Party Today! The DSM has decided to take the initiative to form and register a political party called the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN). We believe this is the best direction to take in the next period given the inability of the trade unions to build the Labour Party as an alternative party of workers and
OYO STATE CAN PAY 18000 MINIMUM WAGE BUT: A MORE CORDINATED STRUGGLE OF OYO STATE WORKERS IS REQUIRED NOW! The Oyo State chapter of Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) felicitates with the entire workers in Oyo State workers on the occasion of this year event of May Day. We especially commend the public sector workers for their resoluteness in the struggle
Stop violence of Boko Haram Unify the working class and poor in a struggle against the corrupt elite and the big business Paul Murphy, Member of the European Parliament, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland) Paul Murphy, explanation of vote, 15 March 2012, European Parliament: “Mr President, together with my sister party in Nigeria, the Democratic Socialist Movement, I condemn the violence
QUEST FOR WORKING CLASS POLITICAL PARTY: Mass Campaign Needed To Win Genuine and Democratic Electoral Process By Ayo Ademiluyi Most people will readily agree that Nigerian working masses need a political party of their own. This does not come as a surprise as none of the registered political parties (PDP, ACN, CPC, ANPP, APGA etc.) represent the true interest of
WORKERS AND POOR: WE NEED OUR OWN PARTY The real explanation for very limited success of this January’s massively supported anti-fuel price hike struggle and all the industrial disputes is that labour does not have a leadership to fight for political power. The infamous statement of the labour leadership that it is “not seeking a regime change” during the course
MAY DAY: Workers’ Struggle Of The Past Year And The Tasks Ahead By Kola Ibrahim Since last May Day, fierce battle between public sector workers and the capitalist ruling class of different shades and disguises have erupted. These battles range from continuous struggle for a minimum wage to the unprecedented general strike/mass movements against hike of petrol pump price in
OAU: Campaign For Union Restoration Continues By Odun, Secretary, DSM, OAU Branch Few weeks after resumption into a new academic session, student activists in Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) including members of the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) organized a bonfire/pubic rally on the evening of March 16 2012 to step up the campaign for the restoration of the banned students’ union.
A Bill To Stop The Unions From Strike Action By Dagga Tolar Senator Heineken Lokpobiri of the PDP (Bayelsa West) has brought before the Senate a “Bill for an Act to further amend the Trade Union Act, Cap.T14 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004 as amended 2005 to make provisions for balloting as a requirement before any action” or
LASU: Fee Hike Causes Drop in Admission By Keye Ewebiyi Last year, the Lagos State Government introduced a 725% hike in the tuition fees of Lagos State University. This is an increase up to between N193, 750 and N348, 750 as against the old fee of N25, 000. To fully impose this increment, the Students’ Union was banned for mobilizing
EDUCATION UNDERFUNDING: URGENT NEED FOR A FIGHT BACK By Keye Ewebiyi The pro-rich government of President Goodluck Jonathan has presented the 2012 budget to the National Assembly. As usual, a meagre sum of N499 billion representing 10 percent of the total budget was allocated to the education sector. While this is a slight improvement on the 2011 budgetary allocation to
DANGOTE PASTA: Victimised Workers Forced Union Leaders to Act The steadfastness of the victimized workers of Dangote pasta has finally forced the leadership of National Union of Food Beverages and Tobacco Employees (NUFBTE) to wake up from their slumber. The union at a press conference on April 3, 2012 issued a 21 day ultimatum to the management of Dangote pasta
42% YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT: Build A Mass Movement To Fight For Jobs By H.T. Soweto One nightmare that is confronting youth in Nigeria is the challenge of getting a job. In a recent stunning revelation by the Minister of Youths and Social Development, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, 28.14 million youths in Nigeria are unemployed in a total population of 67 million youths.
OYO WORKERS: Heroic Struggle for Minimum Wage In The Teeth Of Labour Leaders’ Treachery By Abbey Trotsky As we go to press, the strike of Oyo workers for the across-board implementation of the N18, 000 minimum wage has been suspended on Thursday April 5 2012, following the desire by the ACN-led State government to have another round of talks after
MASS SACK IN BANKING SECTOR: Workers Must Struggle To Reclaim Their Unions and Fight Back By Chinedu Bosah Similar to Joseph interpretation of Pharaoh’s dreams – a crisis period coming after a boom period and the need to prepare ahead – smaller and less viable banks have taken over more viable banks. Intercontinental Bank was taken over by Access Bank;
FUEL SUBSIDY SCANDAL PROBE: WILL IT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE By Lanre Arogundade When the House of Representatives ad-hoc committee probing the fuel subsidy scandal rounded off its public sittings recently, the committee’s chair Farouk Lawan boasted that “our recommendations will certainly bring about the running of a better oil industry in Nigeria. Some of the recommendations will have judicial implications.