Building Labour Party as a Fighting Working Class Political Alternative Report of the Labour Party Third National Convention By Kola Ibrahim The Labour Party’s National Convention was held on Saturday, December 12, 2009 at the National Secretariat of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Abuja. This Convention took place at a time when the capitalist leadership of the country is in
Copenhagen climate summit Save the planet – fight capitalism! Democratic planning the only solution CWI leaflet for Copenhagen climate summitt Just before this summit, new alarming facts were released: Carbon dioxide levels have reached 385.2 ppm – the highest level for 650,000 years, according to WMO (World Meteorological Organistion). Despite the Kyoto deal in 1997, carbon dioxide emissions have increased
Copenhagen climate summit Protests met with police brutality Strong mood against capitalism – and its police force Almost 1,000 arrested, only three of them charged By Elin Gauffin, Karin Wallmark and Amer Mohammed Ali, Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI Sweden) The climate demonstration in Copenhagen on 12 December, with over 100,000 participants, was the biggest climate protest ever. It had a strong
Recession, Recovery, Banks, and Bubbles – Workers Face Jobless Recovery Printer-Friendly Oct 28, 2009 By Alan Jones, Socialist Alternative (CWI in USA) The stock market reached the 10,000 mark in the middle of October. Wall Street investment banks like Goldman Sachs were preparing to dole out a record $140 billion in pay to their traders. If you only watch the
Campaign for Mass Based Labour Party (CMB-LP): LABOUR PARTY NATIONAL CONVENTION 2009 LABOUR PARTY FOR POWER IN 2011 Labour Party for Labouring Masses Open Up the Party for Mass Recruitment, Set Membership Target Trade Unions Must Actively Participate and Mobilise Rank and File Workers Contest Elections with Democratically Elected Credible Candidates This Labour Party Convention meets at a time of