For Struggle, Solidarity and Socialism in Nigeria
AS ENERGY CRISIS DRIVES NIGERIA TO ANOTHER BRINK, LABOUR SHOULD WAKE FROM SLUMBER Times are Harder; Working People and the poor are Suffering! Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) Statement Nigeria has continued to be gripped – yet again – by acute fuel scarcity. The simultaneous collapse of the already scandalously poor public power supply system – leading in most parts of
FUEL SCARCITY: SUFFERING IMPOSED ON THE MASSES BY RULING ELITE Buhari administration must end this protracted scarcity now! We of the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) condemn in strongest terms the protracted fuel scarcity once again ravaging different parts of the country. We place the blame of this agonizing situation on the shoulders of the Buhari-led Federal Government. It is
Nigeria: Fuel Shortages Show Need for Public Ownership of Oil Industry H.T Soweto For weeks now, a drought of fuel has hit Nigeria, ironically Africa’s top economy and largest crude oil producer. Queues have returned to petrol stations. Transport costs are rising. Where fuel is available, it goes for as much as N130 per litre and double of this price
N10 REDUCTION IN THE PRICE OF PETROL IS RIDICULOUS NLC and TUC Should Name Appropriate Price and Begin Mass Mobilisation for its Actualisation We of the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) view the recent N10 reduction in the price of petrol from N97 per liter to N87 as cynical and tokenist. We support the positions of the Nigeria Labour Congress
PETROLEUM INDUSTRY BILL: SELLING OFF NIGERIA’S OIL WEALTH TO LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL CAPITALIST HAWKS Working class and socialist activists must build mass movement from below to defeat neo-liberal capitalist pill By Ayo Ademiluyi The anti-poor regime of Goodluck Jonathan has perfected a “new” Petroleum Industry Bill, which for all practical purposes is meant to hand over Nigeria’s oil wealth to
Video: Story of the great general strike Interview granted at a recent international meeting of the Committee for a Workers’ International (CWI) by Segun Sango, the General Secretary of Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM), on the recent general strike against fuel price hike. In the interview, Sango articulates a genuine socialist and revolutionary programme and strategy which the working masses must
WIDESPREAD DISAPOINTMENT AND ANGER AS LABOUR SUSPENDS STRIKE Struggle forces Jonathan back a bit, but could have won far more with a more resolute leadership We Condemn Repression by Police and Army! By Peluola Adewale The Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress have called off the strike which paralyzed activities in the country during the last one week. The
WIDESPREAD DISAPOINTMENT AND ANGER AS LABOUR SUSPENDS STRIKE Joint Action Front, Lagos, 16 January Struggle forces Jonathan back a bit, but could have won far more with a more resolute leadership We Condemn Repression by Police and Army! By Peluola Adewale Monday, January 16, saw the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress call off the general strike which had
DAY 3 OF INDEFINITE STRIKE Millions out in Mass Actions across the Country Jonathan’s Government isolated – time for a workers’ and poor people’s government By DSM Reporters On Wednesday, January 11, the day three of the indefinite strike and mass protest declared by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), all over the country millions
Nigeria: Day One of Indefinite Strike: Total shut down across the Country as the Working Class Shows it Owns Society By DSM reporters On Monday 9th January, tens of thousands of Nigerians marched through the streets of Lagos in demonstration against the removal of fuel subsidy by the Nigerian government. As a result of this policy, petroleum price has shot
DSM REJECTS FUEL PRICE HIKE AND OTHER NEO-LIBERAL POLICIES All Out From January 9 No rotten compromises! Labour should spearhead protracted and democratically controlled mass actions to reverse the fuel price hike! Break the thieving ruling class’s power. For a workers’ and poor people’s government! DSM leaflet text. Available here in PDF format. The Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM), a pro-worker
LABOUR MUST SAY: UNCONDITIONAL NO TO DEREGULATION AND PRIVATISATION OF THE OIL SECTOR For clearly over two decades now a combination of international capitalist forces (particularly oil corporations and cartels) and their Nigerian pro-imperialist, capitalist backers have been waging a protracted, and sometimes ferocious war, with the labour movement in order to put oil, the mainstay of the Nigeria’s economy,