For Struggle, Solidarity and Socialism in Nigeria
Socialists and civil rights activists protest Channels TV closure Peluola Adewale, Democratic Socialist Movement, Lagos Channel TV protest Friday, September 20, saw socialist and civil society activists picket the National Broadcasting Commission’s office in Lagos in protest at the government’s summary closure of the Channels TV station. The march on the NBC, which was organized by the Democratic Socialist Movement
Press Statement Forceful Closure of Channels TV: A Signal for Another Military Nightmare The Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) totally condemns the September 16 barbaric closure of the Channels Television by the armed operatives of the State Security Service (SSS) at the behest of the Yar’Adua government, and calls for its immediate re-opening and apology by government to the station and
South Africa: August 6 General Strike paralyses the country Workers feel their power This report was received from Sabelo Xotyeni, a member of the Democratic Socialist Movement, CWI South Africa. Wednesday August 6 saw a magnificent display of the power of the organised working class in South Africa. More than 200,000 workers took to the streets in over a dozen
THE JUMBO PAY RISE: NLC, TUC AND LASCO MUST GIVE YAR’ADUA GOVERNMENT A TWO-WEEK ULTIMATUM TO PAY A NEW LIVING MINIMUM WAGE TO WORKERS ACROSS BOARD To us in the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM), the recent pro-rich anti-poor policies being implemented by Yar’Adua government, such as the proposed hike in fuel prices and jumbo pay rises for political office holders
BAKASSI CONTROVERSY IS SCRAMBLE FOR OIL, NOT THE PEOPLES’ INTEREST By Peluola Adewale, Democratic Socialist Movement, Lagos The handover of Bakassi to Cameroon have come and gone but the contradiction still remains. The battle between the governments obviously was over the controls of oil and not about the people considering the complete neglect of the people by the two countries
Govt created problem of fuel subsidy by not repairing refineries Segun Sango, General Secretary, Democratic Socialist Movement This article was published in the Vanguard newspaper, published in Lagos, on Friday, 8 August 2008. Come January 2009, the Yar’Adua government has announced a plan to once again officially hike fuel prices. According to Minister of State for Energy (Petroleum), Mr. Odein
Segun Sango @ 50 Political Celebration: A Testimonial of Life Commitment to Working Class Struggles Segun Sango at 50 celebration – photo DSM It was indeed a testimonial of commitment to struggle for social change. The political celebration of the 50th birthday of Segun Sango, the General Secretary Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM), on July 26 drew the crÄme de la
DSM Press Statement Teachers Strike: Government should meet Teachers’ Demands NLC, TUC should mobilise a day of action in solidarity Labour Must Demand Living Wage for All Workers Now! The Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) fully supports the 3-day warning strike by members of Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) and calls on the government to meet their demands in order to
2008 May Day Reports: Labour Declares May 8, the Day of Nation-wide Rally Against Corruption Perhaps the only positive resolution out of this year May Day was the declaration of May 8, 2008 as a day of action against corruption nationally by the Nigeria Labour Congress at the central rally held in Abuja. The ongoing probes of the transactions and
DSM May Day Statement Insoluble Socio-economic Crises: Labour Should Fight For Socialist Alternative On May 1, 2007, the venues of rallies and activities to mark international workers day were heavily militarised, armour personnel carriers were stationed strategically at the entrances, workers were frisked to their underpants before going inside to attend their own events, pro-labour activists were whisked away and
PENSION REFORM AND THE FATE OF NIGERIAN WORKERS Labour Should Lead Fight for a Living Pension and Working People Political Alternative Demola Yaya, Lagos In 2004, General Olusegun Obasanjo regime enacted a law to decentralise and privatise pension administration in Nigeria through the Pension Reform Act 2004. By this Act, the National Pension Commission (PENCOM) was constituted as a regulatory
GANI @ 70: CELEBRATING AN INIMITABLE FIGHTER FOR THE MASSES By Lanre Arogundade and Segun Sango This article was also published in four national Nigerian newspapers, the Guardian, Vanguard, Nation and Sun, on Sunday, April 20, 2008. As a consistent and courageous fighter for the masses whose activism span a vast terrain, there can be no shortage of deserved praises
2008 Budget: As Usual, Not for the Ordinary Nigerian Peluola Adewale President Umaru Yar’Adua tagged the 2008 Appropriation the budget for the ordinary Nigerian. Not a few poor working masses will ask him to tell that to the marines. He informed that the budget “gives priority to, and makes ample provision for improving physical infrastructure, particularly, power and transportation, human
Detained OAU Student Activists: Comrades Regain Conditional Freedom By Peluola Adewale, DSM, Lagos Two of detained student leaders of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Olatunde Dairo, the Public Relations Officer of Students Union and Taiwo Hassan Soweto, Coordinator, Education Rights Campaign were released from the prison late yesterday (February 21) after their bail conditions had been met earlier in the
BEKO 2ND ANNIVERSARY SYMPOZIUM The 2nd memorial anniversary of Beko Ransome-Kuti, the former chairman of Joint Action Forum, the civil society arm of Labour and Civil Society Coalition (LASCO), was held on Sunday February 10 2008 at the Nigeria Labour Congress Secretariat in Yaba, Lagos. It was LASCO that led the seven general strikes and mass protests against the last
Inferno in Ajegunle A Call for Provision of Decent and Affordable Housing for the Poor Masses About 200 houses were razed to the ground and two lives lost on the trail of a huge inferno. This is the latest, and indeed the worst, in the spate of the fire incidents that have almost become commonplace in some parts of Ajegunle,
PROPOSED FUEL PRICE HIKE AND THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION Statement issued at a Joint Press Conference held by United Action for Democracy (UAD) and Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) in Lagos on Monday, January 14, 2008 We have followed with keen interest the ongoing debate on fuel prices. In particular, we’ve studied closely, as reported in the media, the outcome of
OAU Ile Ife Crisis: DSM Members Arrested Release Taiwo Hassan and Tunde Dairo Now! Also Akinola Saburi!! The Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) strongly condemns the arrest of two of its members at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile Ife, today, Thursday October 11, by armed police at the behest of the management of the institution. The comrades are Taiwo Hassan Soweto,
The following article is based on an introduction speech on Africa given during the 2007 CWI Summer School, in Belgium, on 3 August. Readers can also find articles on the recent strikes in Nigeria and South Africa on www.socialistworld.net. Workers’ struggle and capitalist nightmare Economic ‘upswing’ offers no improvement for the masses Per-Ĺke Westerlund, CWI Sweden “Many features of this
3rd Rotimi Ewebiyi Symposium and Re-launch of Endowment Fund The 3rd Rotimi Ewebiyi Endowment Fund Symposium and Re-launch of the Endowment Fund for upkeep and education of Rotimi Ewebiyi’s children was held at the International Press Centre (IPC), Ogba, Lagos on Saturday, August 18, 2007. The theme of the symposium is “Can Yar’Adua Government Provide Better Living and Working Conditions