Democratic Socialist Movement

For Struggle, Solidarity and Socialism in Nigeria

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Worsening Electricity Supply Sparks Protest In Many Communities

Worsening Electricity Supply Sparks Protest In Many Communities By Chinedu Bosah The worsening of electricity supply and monumental exploitation of consumers since the privatization of the power sector has triggered protests in many communities in the last 4 months across the country especially in Lagos. In May the electricity generation went down to an all-time low of 1300MW for a

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Osun State Finances and Non-Payment of Salaries:

Osun State Finances and Non-Payment of Salaries: Aregbesola Government Excuses Are Ridiculous and Untenable The attention of the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN), Osun State Chapter has been drawn to a statement credited to the governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola, as reported by the Punch and Guardian newspapers, during the inauguration of the new State Assembly that the reason

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Buhari Government: Working People Must Prepare to Struggle for improvement and Real Change

Buhari Government: Working People Must Prepare to Struggle for improvement and Real Change Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) Statement Today May 29, 2015 is historic in Nigeria being the first time an elected opposition takes over the mantle of government. The high expectation among the large layers of the populace from the new government of Muhammadu Buhari is palpable. Many

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UNPAID SALARIES: TIME FOR A COORDINATED MASS WORKERS FIGHTBACK

UNPAID SALARIES: TIME FOR A COORDINATED MASS WORKERS FIGHTBACK NLC and TUC Must Declare a 24-Hour Warning National Strike as the Next Step We of the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) call on the national leadership of the two trade union centres, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) (of both the two factions) and Trade Union Congress (TUC), to immediately call

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TEACHERS’ PAY AND WORKING CONDITIONS:

TEACHERS’ PAY AND WORKING CONDITIONS: NUT Must Struggle For Improvement By Victor Osakwe As the winners have emerged from the 2015general elections both at the federal and state levels, it is necessary for teachers all over the country and indeed the working class to look thoroughly at their situation and place demands for improvement on those that will run the

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PENSIONERS SUFFER IN AN OCEAN OF WEALTH

PENSIONERS SUFFER IN AN OCEAN OF WEALTH Labour must Wage Struggle for Living Pension By Emmanuel Adikwu The gulf between the pension of retired workers and that of political office holders is unimaginably wider than what any poor, but conscious Nigerian could imagine. Vast majority of the poor toiling masses and pensioners survive on less than 2 dollars per day,

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THE POLY IBADAN SHOULD RECALL SUMBO BADMUS NOW!

THE POLY IBADAN SHOULD RECALL SUMBO BADMUS NOW! Call for Solidarity Actions By Ogundele Michael (ERC National Secretary) Comrade Sumbo Badmus, the Secretary of the Polytechnic of Ibadan branch of the Education Rights Campaign (ERC) and HND II Student of the department of Business Administration has been suspended for two semesters (one academic session) by the management of the polytechnic.

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BUHARI: Can Buhari Government Meet the Aspiration of the Working Masses?

Socialist Democracy: May-June, 2015 Edition BUHARI: Can Buhari Government Meet the Aspiration of the Working Masses? By Peluola Adewale The Financial Times’ William Wallis ranked the March 28 Presidential Poll in Nigeria as one of the “most significant political events on the continent since the 1994 election of Nelson Mandela in South Africa brought an end to white majority rule”.

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MAY DAY 2015 AND THE CHALLENGES AHEAD

MAY DAY 2015 AND THE CHALLENGES AHEAD For a Fighting Trade Union Movement and a Mass Working People Party By Kola Ibrahim The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) felicitates with Nigerian workers as they celebrate this year’s May Day. We identify with the struggles of Nigerian workers for better living and working conditions. We enjoin workers, their unions and labour

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SEASON OF UNPAID SALARIES, PENSIONS AND ALLOWANCES: A foretaste of more attacks to come!

SEASON OF UNPAID SALARIES, PENSIONS AND ALLOWANCES: A foretaste of more attacks to come! By Abbey Trotsky On Monday, 1 December, 2015 the Guardian newspaper captured the lamentation of a worker in Benue State over non-payment of salary arrears as follow: “You journalists should help convey our plight to the governor. As you can see, it is four months now

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GOVERNANCE GRINDS TO A HALT IN OSUN

GOVERNANCE GRINDS TO A HALT IN OSUN By Alfred Adegoke, Osun State Chair, Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) It is no gainsaying that the Governor of Osun State Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has ground governance to a halt since August 9, 2014 when he was re-elected for a second term in the Osun State gubernatorial elections. Since then, he has sacked

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CRIN IBADAN: One Year of Campaign for the Reinstatement of the Sacked 95 Workers!

CRIN IBADAN: One Year of Campaign for the Reinstatement of the Sacked 95 Workers! CDWR Solicit For More Support And Solidarity By A.O.Babajide On January 24, 2015 it was exactly a year, 95 staff (not casual workers) of Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN), Ibadan had been arbitrarily sacked by the Prof. Akoroda-led management of the institute. The reason for

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GREECE: Not a Single Step Back

GREECE: Not a Single Step Back Conflict Between Syriza Government And EU Escalates Statement by the Editorial Board of Xekinima (CWI Greece) Feb. 8, 2015 Syriza’s first days in government have brought back, at last, smiles, optimism and pride to millions of workers in Greece. The new government’s public commitments and the first steps for the restoration of minimum wage

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SOUTH AFRICA: Cosatu Splits As Vavi Is Expelled

SOUTH AFRICA: Cosatu Splits As Vavi Is Expelled Expulsion Opens New Chapter In Working Class Struggle WASP (Workers’ and Socialist Party) reporters Twenty years of class collaboration as part of the Tripartite Alliance has finally produced an irreversible split in the Cosatu trade union federation. On 30 March, Cosatu’s Central Executive Committee (CEC) expelled general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi, a vocal

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CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT: What Gains For The Working People?

CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT: What Gains For The Working People? By Ayo Ademiluyi Recently, the National Assembly approved the verified amendments from the States’ Houses of Assembly in the final move for the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria since 1999. It will be necessary for socialists and genuine working class activists to assess the constitutional amendments

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AFTER A DECADE OF PROSCRIPTION, UNILAG HOLD STUDENTS’ UNION ELECTION

AFTER A DECADE OF PROSCRIPTION, UNILAG HOLD STUDENTS’ UNION ELECTION By Ilesanmi Samson Bunmi (ERC, UNILAG Branch Ten years after, the University of Lagos Students’ Union (ULSU) has been restored. The union was banned in 2005 following students’ protests against University administration’s anti-poor policies. Between then and now, the University administration had kept up a false semblance of students’ democratic

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2015 ELECTIONS: RULING PARTY CRUMBLES IN HISTORIC ELECTION

2015 ELECTIONS: RULING PARTY CRUMBLES IN HISTORIC ELECTION But Only Mass Struggle Can Guarantee the Interests of Workers and Poor Masses under Buhari’s Presidency By National Executive Committee(NEC), Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) The March 28, 2015 election was without doubt a major turning point for Nigeria. For the first time in the country’s 55 years existence as an independent country,

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Uche Dike: A Socialist and Working Class Fighter Gone too Soon

Uche Dike: A Socialist and Working Class Fighter Gone too Soon DSM Ajegunle Branch Uche Dike – photo DSM At about noon on Friday March 20, 2015, family members gave the heartbreaking news of the death of their son Uchenna Dike, aged 31, to the members of the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM), Ajegunle branch – an organisation that he had

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NLC DELEGATES CONFERENCE OUTCOME TRIGGERS SPLIT IN THE TRADE UNION MOVEMENT

NLC DELEGATES CONFERENCE OUTCOME TRIGGERS SPLIT IN THE TRADE UNION MOVEMENT BUILDING A FIGHTING AND DEMOCRATIC TRADE UNIONISM IS THE ONLY WAY TO HALT GROWING DEGENERACY Updated DSM press statement issued on March 20, 2015 Many trade unionists and workers and change-seeking elements will look with dismay at the divisions that have opened within the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), particularly

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Boko Haram’s Allegiance to ISIS: Propaganda or Real Threat?

Boko Haram’s Allegiance to ISIS: Propaganda or Real Threat? H.T Soweto The Nigerian Islamic fundamentalist group, Boko Haram, has now formally become an Affiliate of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). For some time now, Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau had been making overtures to ISIS leader, Abu – Bakr al – Baghdadi, in audio and video messages.