US: Modern capitalism and the “Swine Flu” outbreak Disaster worsened by profit system Andy Moxley and Aleida Vilchez, Socialist Alternative (CWI in USA) Mexico hit by flu epidemic While the swine flu epidemic has not revealed itself to be a pandemic, at least not yet on the scale of the 1918 Spanish Flu, it has exposed the role of profit
LASCO Holds Rally in Asaba On Friday May 15, 2009, the Labour and Civil Society Coalition (LASCO) organised a second protest-rally in Asaba, Delta state, South-South Nigeria, as part of its nationwide activities to mobilize Nigerian workers and poor to demand a new national minimum wage of N52, 200, a halt in the deregulation of the oil sector by government
Gaza: the nightmare continues New ‘peace talks’ will not lead to genuine Palestinian state Niall Mulholland, CWI Three months after Israel’s war against Gaza that killed nearly 1,400 people, 314 of them children, and wounded thousands, conditions in the strip remain appalling and are worsening rapidly. The UN estimates that over 4,000 houses were destroyed by the Israeli Defence Force’s
Deregulation, Minimum Wage: LASCO kicks off nationwide rallies in Lagos DSM on the demonstration After the rallies Labour Should Commence Mobilisation for 24-hr General strike and mass protest Labour and Civil Society Coalition (LASCO) kicked off the planned series of nationwide rallies in Lagos yesterday May 13. The demands of the rallies which will also take place in other seven
Labour Protest rallies start Below is the text of the Labour and Civil Society Coalition (LASCO) leaflet for the May 13 Lagos rally. LASCO is composed of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Trades Union Congress (TUC), Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM), United Action for Democracy (UAD) and other organizations. Labour and Civil Society Coalition (LASCO) calls on workers, artisans, transporters, market
South Africa ANC returned to power in landslide As class polarisation continues, black working class voters vest their hopes in Zuma …for now! Weizmann Hamilton, Democratic Socialist Movement (CWI in South Africa) On 22 April, in a record turnout that reversed falls in voter registration and polling in the two previous elections, 17.9 million voters — the highest number since
GLOBAL CAPITALIST CRISIS SPARKS PROTESTS AROUND THE WORLD Labour Flags Off Mass Protests in Nigeria By Peluola Adewale The rampaging global economic crisis has continued to hit hundreds of millions around the world as a wave of retrenchment, wage cuts and short-time working hits workers. In many countries workers are shocked and fearful of the future. Many have the hope
FEDERAL TEACHERS SCHEME: STRUGGLE RECORDS PARTIAL VICTORY IN LAGOS Others Appeal to Government for Employment The struggle embarked upon by teachers that participated in the Universal Basic Education (UBEC) initiated scheme in Lagos between October 2006 and October 2008 yielded partial victory as the Lagos State government employed 510 (46%) of the total 1,100 teachers on March 18, 2009. Before
DSM JOINS LABOUR PARTY IN OSUN STATE By Kola Ibrahim Members of the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) in Osun State were officially welcomed to the Labour Party in Osun State by the state leadership of the party at a meeting on Sunday, April 19, 2009 at the Labour Party secretariat in Osogbo. The DSM in the state had earlier informed
Textile Workers and Others Protest Near Collapse of the Industrial Sector By Bosah Chinedu About 3,000 industrial workers from the National Union of Textile, Garment and Tailoring Workers (NUTGTWN) and National Union of Chemical, Foot, Rubber, Leather and Non-Metallic Product Employee (NUCFRLANMPE) on April 23 embarked on a mass and long protest procession in Lagos as part of a nationwide
EDO: Oshiomhole Policies and the Challenge for the Working Masses By Chinedu Bosah Edo State had for a long time been ruled by ruthless corrupt politicians and this is a big factor in its underdevelopment vis-Å•-vis the decay in the level of infrastructure. This explains why the people of Edo State overwhelmingly rejected Osariemeh Osunbor and his godfathers both in