For Struggle, Solidarity and Socialism in Nigeria
CHIBOK GIRLS ABDUCTION Can Solution to Boko Haram Insurgency Be Found Under Capitalism? By Hassan Taiwo Soweto The abduction on April 14 by Boko Haram of over 200 girls from a public secondary school in Chibok – a small town in Borno State – has sparked global outrage. Widespread condemnation has come from far and near and almost the entire
May Day 2014: A Story of Compromised Labour Leadership, Clampdown on Democratic Rights and Independent Actions by Workers and Youths DSM Members Circulate over 20,000 Leaflets By Peluola Adewale Protest against LASU Fees at 2014 Lagos May Day Rally, photo by DSM The cozy relationship between the Labour leadership and government has never been this deep. While this has always
Socialist Party of Nigeria Press Statement We Reject Fuel Price Increase We call on NLC and TUC to Declare A ‘Day of Mass Mobilization’ with 24-hour Warning Strike The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) strongly rejects any attempt of governments at all levels to increase the pump price of petrol under the guise of removing fuel subsidy. According to newspaper
MAYDAY 2014: WHERE NOW FOR THE LABOUR MOVEMENT IN NIGERIA? FOR 24 HOUR GENERAL STRIKE NOW! Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) May Day Statement This year’s May Day celebration provides another opportunity to review the state of the Nigerian workers’ movement vis-Å•-vis the continuing multiple crises afflicting the country and the urgent need for it to lead all the oppressed sections
A cross section of comrades at the DSM NC April 2014 , photo DSM DSM HOLDS NATIONAL COMMITTEE MEETING By Dimeji Macaulay Over the weekend of Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 April 2014, members of the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) from different branches gathered at the Textile Labour House, Lagos for a 2-day meeting of the National Committee (NC) of
National Committee (NC) Meeting, April 2014 Resolution on Nigeria’s Political and Economic Situation Introduction Segun Sango, General Secretary DSM at the DSM NC April 2014 , photo DSM Six months after the last Congress of our organization, the reality of the bankruptcy of Nigerian capitalist class has become starker than we moderately foresaw. Politically, economically and socially, the Nigerian neo-colonial
Resolution on World Relations Introduction Kola Ibrahim leading discussion on world relations at the DSM NC April 2014 , photo DSM Since the last Congress of this organization, global capitalist relations have continued to show that the only guarantee capitalism can offer humanity is barbarism. More than ever before, working and poor people are compelled to search desperately for solutions
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
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
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
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
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
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
DSM Lagos Aggregate Meeting: Arguing for a Socialist Alternative By Ayo Ademiluyi Dagga Tolar , photo by DSM On Saturday February 1st, 2014, members of the Lagos state branch of the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) held the first meeting of the year to renew discussions on the correct perspectives for emerging issues in the country. The two topics for discussion
Attack on Segun Sango, DSM General Secretary Segun’s car damaged in attack, photo by DSM On the evening of the day the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) held its first Lagos aggregate meeting of the year, a malicious attack was carried out on Segun Sango at his residence at Ajasa Command area of Lagos State. He had just returned from the
Programmes and Projections for the DSM Student Wing DSM 21st Congress 2013 students wing meeting on October 4, photo by DSM In the last few years, our organization has been striving to ensure that new layers of ideologically and politically prepared comrades and cadres capable of playing major roles in expanding our frontiers in the Student movement are raised across
BUILDING SPN TO MEET THE ASPIRATION OF THE WORKING MASSES DSM 21st Congress Resolution The Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) passed a resolution to form the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) in the National Committee meeting held on April 14 & 15 2012 with the aim of putting forward a political alternative for the Nigerian working masses that could stand in
Document on World Relations DSM 21st Congress resolution Global capitalism is in its worst crisis since the 1930s with every nook and cranny – on the basis of the greatest ever integration of the world into capitalist orbit – feeling the pinch of the crisis. The few countries which have enjoyed growth, like China and Brazil, are no longer confident
NIGERIA: Capitalist Crisis and the Socialist Alternative Resolution on Nigeria Situation: DSM 21st Congress 2013 Segun Sango leading the discussion on Nigerian situation, DSM congress 2013, photo DSM Nigeria is caught up at a cross-road: between the road to revolutionary change and that of ethno-religious conflagration. In the present and coming period, the task of socialists is to campaign consistently