For Struggle, Solidarity and Socialism in Nigeria
RESOLUTION ON WORLD RELATIONS DSM NATIONAL COMMITTEE MEETING OCTOBER 11-12, 2014 The period between the last National Committee meeting and the present period have seen serious developments on the global scale with the attendant implications on the development of the class struggle with impact on the consciousness of the working masses. Lanre Arogundade intervening on discussion on world relations, photo
Student Movement: Potential for Struggle Impeded by a Crisis of Leadership Resolution on Students Work DSM National Committee Meeting October 11-12, 2014 Cross section of comrades and supporters at DSM NC October 2014 The student movement in Nigeria is wracked by a huge crisis of leadership. This crisis is not just of its principal platform – the National Association of
THE QUEST FOR SOCIALIST TRANSFORMATION OF NIGERIA GAINS MASS ECHO AMIDST ENORMOUS CAPITALIST CRISES AS DSM HOLDS NATIONAL COMMITTEE MEETING By Michael Ogundele For about six months, between the last National Committee (NC) meeting of Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) held in April and the national meeting over the weekend of October 11-12 the need for the socialist transformation of Nigeria
Free Abdulmalik Sa’idu and Fejiro Oliver Now Stop attacks on democratic rights The Campaign for Democratic and Workers Rights (CDWR) demands immediate end to the savage attacks on democratic rights of citizens Abdulmalik Saidu and Fejiro Oliver. The former is currently languishing in detention for posting comments on the Facebook which, purportedly, “insults” the person of Kastina State Governor, Ibrahim
SPN CONDEMNS THE DEATH SENTENCE ON 12 SOLDIERS FREE THE CONDEMNED SOLDIERS NOW! The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) condemns the death sentence on 12 soldiers by the Brig. Gen. CC Okonkwo led nine-man General Court Martial. It is the height of crudity and insensitivity for the affected soldiers to be sentenced to death for protesting against a command that
SPN Challenges INEC’s Rejection of its Application in Court Solidarity Songs after SPN Conference 2014, photo by DSM The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) held a press conference yesterday, September 16, 2014, in Lagos at the International Press Centre (IPC) to make public the rejection of the party’s application for registration by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) despite fulfilling
RAPE CASE REVEALS THE DEPLORABLE STATE OF HEALTH SECTOR IN OYO STATE For Adequate Funding of Health Care under Democratic Control The Oyo State Chapter of Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) describes as disturbing and ridiculous the recent media reports of how a medical doctor at the General Hospital in Eruwa could not carry out a verification test on a
ONE BILLION DOLLAR LAGOS STATE DEBT FASHOLA GOVERNMENT IS LEAVING A LEGACY OF WOES We of the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN), Lagos State Chapter, strongly decry the legacy of $1 billion debt burden that the outgoing Babatunde Fashola government is leaving behind for the mass of working people and the poor in the state. According to media reports, the
EBOLA OUTBREAK IN PORT HARCOURT A TRUE PICTURE OF HEALTH CRISIS WORSENED BY FAILURE OF CAPITALIST ELITE We of the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN), Rivers State Chapter, view the spread of the dreaded Ebola virus to Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital, as a true confirmation of the failure of the Jonathan regime in the fight against the epidemic
NLC NEC RESOLUTION: CLASS COLLABORATIONIST POLITICS WILL NOT RECLAIM THE LABOUR PARTY We of the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) welcome the resolution of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) held on August 16 in Enugu to “take control of Labour Party, and reposition it as a party with the ideals of labour and its
ASUU’s CALL FOR “A SOCIALIST WELFARE STATE” FOR A CONFERENCE OF TRADE UNIONISTS, SOCIALISTS AND ACTIVISTS NOW! The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) heartily applauds the declaration of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) for the “adoption of a socialist welfare state as against the current capitalist system in Nigeria” (Leadership, Abuja – August 12, 2014). Against the background
EBOLA: CAPITALIST FAILURE COMPOUNDS THE PANDEMIC AND PUTS MILLIONS OF WORKING PEOPLE AT RISK Working masses across West Africa must fight for a socialist health solution. We of the Socialist Party join millions of working people across West Africa to commiserate with the families of victims of the Ebola pandemic that is currently ravaging countries across the sub-region. We reject
BAN ON PROTESTS IN BORNO WE CONDEMN ATTACKS ON DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS We of the Socialist Party of Nigeria condemn in the strongest terms the ban on public protests by the Borno State Police Command of the Nigerian Police. According to media reports, angry wives of soldiers in the 7th Division of the Nigerian Army in Maiduguri on August 10 staged
Osun Governorship Election: Victory of a Lesser Evil Urgent need to build Mass Working People’s Party now! After several months of heavily monetized campaigns, inducement and rotten politicking, the Osun State governorship election held on August 9, 2014. The election held amidst heavy militarization with well over 65, 000 security forces, including the police, state security service, army etc., storming
SOLIDARITY WITH EX-SERVICEMEN: GOVERNMENT MUST MEET THEIR DEMANDS NOW! We of the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) extend solidarity to the ex-servicemen in the country who have threatened to protest the nonpayment of their pension benefits. According to media reports, the ex-military under the aegis of Retired Army, Navy and Air force Officers’ Club (RANAO) stressed that unless their four
Stomach Infrastructure in Osun State A Sign of Bankruptcy of the APC and PDP The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN), Osun State Chapter, decries the horrible act of voters’ inducement by the two main political parties in the forthcoming governorship election in Osun State. This ridiculous act of inducing poor and voters with basic things like rice, milk, kerosene, etc,
BENUE: GABRIEL SUSWAM GOVERNMENT MUST MEET THE DEMANDS OF STRIKING WORKERS NOW! We of the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) solidarise with workers of Benue state under the aegis of the state branches of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) on their ongoing indefinite strike action. The workers have gone on strike over the callous deductions
KADUNA AND KANO TERROR ATTACK: HALT THE SLIDE TO FASTER ETHNO-RELIGIOUS CRISIS We of the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) condemn in strongest terms the terror attack that occurred in Kaduna and Kano on July 23rd and 24th, 2014 respectively. According to media reports, Muhammadu Buhari, a former head of state and presidential aspirant of All Progressive Congress (APC), was
WE CONDEMN REPRESSION OF PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTS IN ZARIA AND KADUNA We of the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) condemn in the strongest terms the brutal repression by the Nigerian army of protests in Zaria and Kaduna against the ongoing massacre in Gaza by the Israeli state. We denounce the killing of supporters and children of Islamic cleric, Ibrahim El- Zakzaky
Osun Governorship Election 2014: All Candidates are Anti-Poor For a Genuine Working People’s Alternative Now Governorship election will come up in Osun State on 9th of August 2014. The ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), which is seeking extension of tenure of the current governor, RaufAregbesola, will be contending with a similarly pro-rich, reactionary party that is ruling at the federal