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Osun State: Aregbesola Government’s Education Reforms: Socialist Alternative to Piece-meal Reforms By Kola Ibrahim The recent protest by the students of the famous Fakunle Comprehensive High School (FCHS), Osogbo, Osun State, against the planned (now suspended) demolition of their school by the state government has again brought to the fore the unorganized and ill-motivated education reform of the Aregbesola ACN
Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) STOP VICTIMISATION OF ACTIVISTS CAMPAIGNING FOR RESTORATION OF BANNED UNION! FOR STUDENTS’ UNION ELECTIONS NOW!! The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) calls on authorities of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) to stop the victimization of 12 activists, 4 of whom are our members, who have been campaigning for the restoration of the banned Students’ Union. For organizing symposium
OAU: Authorities Plan To Victimise Activists Campaigning For Restoration of Banned Union Appeal for protest letters and solidarity Jolted by the successful boycott of lectures on 5 December 2012, the authorities of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, have unveiled plans to victimise 12 student activists. 4 of them are members of the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) – CWI Nigeria.
NANS CONVENTION 2012: Does The New Leadership Represent a New Dawn For The Student Movement? Statement of the Education Rights Campaign (ERC) (This statement was written in December 2012 just a few weeks after the NANS convention which held from 13th-18th December 2012. Since then, about two other presidential candidates have reportedly declared factions, confirming once again that the chief
SCHOOL OF HYGIENE, IBADAN: A CITADEL OF ATTACK ON DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS! The need to organise to fight for Respect of Democratic Rights of Workers and Students Now!! By Abbey Trotsky Secretary, DSM Oyo State Chapter On the 5th of December 2012, members of Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) in the School of Hygiene, Eleyele, Ibadan, were denied their democratic right of
NANS: Can It Be Reclaimed And How? For years now, successive leaderships of NANS have been completely rightwing, anti-struggle and pro-state. In January during the widely-supported general strike and mass protest against fuel subsidy removal, NANS stood out shamefully on the side of Jonathan’s anti-poor government. With the unrelenting capitalist neo-liberal attack on the right to education and years of
Education Rights Campaign (ERC), OAU branch, Ile-Ife ON RESTORATION OF OUR UNION: WE ARE ALMOST THERE Transition Committee must answer to Students’ Congress For setting up of electoral Commission/petition now Elections must be conducted based on Union constitution We in the ERC believe it is important to salute the resilience and determination of Great Ife students. The bold activity of
OAU: Students Boycott Lectures To Demand Restoration of Banned Students’ Union By DSM reporters in Ile-Ife OAU student boycott, photo DSM On Wednesday 5 December 2012, students of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) boycotted lectures to demand restoration of banned Students’ Union. As early as 8am and for about 6 hours, over 1,000 students marched round the campus to picket
OAU: Authorities’ Attack Provoke Movement For Restoration of Banned Students’ Union A new Situation of Mass Struggle Developing Students at the Education Rights Campaign Obafemi Awolowo University symposium, photo DSM The situation at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) is sharpening towards a mass students’ revolt against the University authorities over a number of issues chief of which are the continuous
EDUCATION RIGHTS CAMPAIGN (ERC) IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO THE OAU PUBLIC MANAGEMENT-SPONSORED ATTACK ON SPEAKERS INVITED TO ERC SYMPOSIUM Saturday 1st December 2012 Students at the Education Rights Campaign Obafemi Awolowo University symposium, photo DSM We write to condemn the attack sponsored tonight by the management against speakers invited to address a symposium organised by the Education Rights Campaign (ERC) on
DSM Federal Polytechnic Bida Branch Holds Symposium About 50 students gather in Niger State to discuss the state of the nation and working class alternative Report by Salako Kayode and Oni Femi DSM Federal Polytechnic Bida Branch Holds Symposium: About 50 students gather in Niger State to discuss the state of the nation and working class alternative – photo DSM
2012 Teachers’ Day Taking a stand for teachers and education On October 5, members of DSM participated at events marking this year World Teachers’ Day in Oyo and Osun states. We intervened with various leaflets, banners and our paper, Socialist Democracy (SD). In Oyo state, Abbey Trotsky, the state secretary of DSM, was the lead speaker at the public meeting
Protest marches, rallies and other activities mark October 1st independence celebration More actions needed to challenge fee hike and education underfunding Report of DSM’s campaign to build a movement to fight education attacks and anti-poor capitalist policies ERC at NANS Zone D protest on October 1, photo DSM On 1st October, 2012 – the 52nd anniversary of Nigeria’s flag independence
ERC’s 2012 Free Summer Coaching Ends with Symposium “Free education is Possible if Nigeria’s Resources is Under Public Democratic Control and Management” By Moshood Oshunfurewa and Chinedu Daniel HT Soweto National Coordinator of ERC delivering his speech – photo DSM On Friday 14 September 2012, the ERC’s annual free summer coaching for the year 2012 came to an end with
OAU: DSM SYMPOSIUM HIGHLIGHTS NIGERIA’S POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC CRISIS Launches new campaign to fight fees and education underfunding At this critical point in time when government at all levels is hell-bent at intensifying attacks on public education and thereby making education an exclusive preserve of the rich, the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) branch organized a public
DSM University of Ibadan: Reaching out to Students with Socialist Ideas by Ola Jimoh In an effort to create public awareness for our forthcoming symposium and to recruit new members, the University of Ibadan (UI) branch of the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) has started leafleting and paper sales around the campus premises. On the first day of the tabling, we
Workers struggle gain concession in OAU Odun addressing SSANU congress By Kola Ibrahim For about two months, the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) has been in the grip of an industrial dispute between the workers and the University management. Members of both the Non-Academic Staff Unions (NASU) and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) are fighting over pay and
ONE WEEK OF ERC’S HOLIDAY COACHING …Free education is a right, not privilege! Aj coaching class Moshood Oshunfurewa The free holiday coaching going on in Ajegunle, Lagos, for students of Senior Secondary school in Anglican Primary School, located at Arumoh Street via Boundary Road is just one among the many activities of the Education Rights Campaign (ERC) – a campaign
Ajegunle, Lagos AJEGUNLE ERC STARTS THIS YEAR’S EDITION OF FREE SUMMER COACHING By Moshood Oshunfunrewa Ajegunle coaching 2012, Education Rights Campaign annual summer coaching for secondary school students – photo DSM The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) – a campaign platform of the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) which fights for free and functional education – has started this year’s edition of
OAU: STUDENTS MARK 13TH ANNIVERSARY OF JULY 10 CULT KILLINGS WITHOUT A UNION For immediate restoration of independent students’ unionism Students at the July 10 Symposium – photo DSM July 10 is perhaps the darkest day in the history of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU). In 1999 it was the day when heavily armed cultists allegedly sponsored by the then Vice