For Struggle, Solidarity and Socialism in Nigeria
LABOUR’S DEMAND FOR FIFTY TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED NAIRA MINIMUM WAGE The Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) enthusiastically and wholeheartedly welcomes and supports the demand of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) for a new minimum wage of N52, 200 across the country. However, we wish to urge the NLC leaders, right from the beginning, to emphasise that the new minimum wage
OAU: STRUGGLE FOR REINSTATEMENT CONTINUES Peaceful protest billed for January 12 In furtherance of the struggle for the recall of 10 victimized student activists at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, the Students’ Union organized a symposium on Thursday 11 December 2008. The symposium held at the Afrika-Amphitheatre was part of the orientation program for fresh students. The theme of
2009 Budget: Poor Working Masses are in for Worse Living Conditions For the poor working masses, as usual, there is nothing to cheer at in the proposed 2009 Budget recently presented by President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua. The woe of poor Nigerians has in fact been compounded by the global economic meltdown which has expectedly taken its toll on the oil
CAMPAIGN FOR THE RECALL OF 10 STUDENT ACTIVISTS IN OAU A call for protest letters Below is a leaflet issued by the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) and the Education Rights Campaign (ERC) on the continued victimization of 10 student activists at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife. The student activists have been suspended from the university for over a year
The Jos mayhem: Characteristic of a failed state Only working class solution can hold Nigeria together in harmony and peace The Jos mayhem that has claimed about 400 lives and several million naira worth of property and displaced about 500 people from their houses is a big tragedy for the poor working masses of the city. Yet again calamity has