For Struggle, Solidarity and Socialism in Nigeria
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
Only a Working Peoples’ Government can save it INTRODUCTION It is 30 months this November that the government of Umaru Musa Yar’Adua has been in office, albeit through the most farcical election in annals of Nigeria. Like in the 8-year rule (or ruination of Nigerian economy) of his predecessor and mentor, Olusegun Obasanjo, Yar’Adua government has unleashed severe neo-liberal attacks
NIGERIA ON THE BRINK: Nigeria on the brink Only a Working Peoples’ Government can save it INTRODUCTION It is 30 months this November that the government of Umaru Musa Yar’Adua has been in office, albeit through the most farcical election in annals of Nigeria. Like in the 8-year rule (or ruination of Nigerian economy) of his predecessor and mentor, Olusegun
OSHIOMHOLE: ONE YEAR AFTER Time to Build Labour Party and Implement Working Class Oriented Policies It would appear as if the government of Adams Oshiomhole in Edo State has lasted more than one year. This is because it has drawn wide range attention, both locally and internationally and a host of controversies, especially generated by the defeated PDP. Adams is
World Economy 80th anniversary of the Wall Street Crash Capitalist failure, then and now! Peter Taaffe, General Secretary of the Socialist Party (CWI England and Wales) Scant attention has been paid to the 80th anniversary of the October 1929 Wall Street Crash. Preoccupied with their own present devastating global crisis, the moneybags, the capitalists, can hardly repeat their theme of
History Socialism Today Stalinism and after On the 20th anniversary of 1989 Peter Taaffe, General Secretary, Socialist Party (CWI in England & Wales). Article from Socialism Today, magazine of the Socialist Party. When the Berlin wall was dismantled in 1989 and Stalinist regimes came crashing down, capitalism declared itself victorious. The collapse of Stalinism was used in a global ideological
Deregulation and Minimum Wage: LASCO Rounds off Nationwide Rallies in Abuja DSM Calls for a 48-hour Warning General Strike and Mass Protest DSM banner Report of Labour’s Abuja Rally By Keye Ewebiyi On Thursday October 29, 2009 the Labour and Civil Society Coalition (LASCO) completed its series of nationwide rallies with the grand finale held in Abuja, the Federal Capital
DSM leaflet for October 29 NLC rally in Abuja DEREGULATION: AFTER THE RALLIES Labour Must Declare and Mobilise for a 2-Day Warning General Strike and Mass Protest Now! The Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) supports the struggle of Nigerian working masses against deregulation and for N52, 200 Minimum Wage. Since May 13, 2009, the Labour and Civil Society Coalition (LASCO) has
DAY LIGHT ASSASINATION OF BAYO OHU: THE MAIN ISSUES INVOLVED Segun Sango, General Secretary, Democratic Socialist Movement The Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) deeply condoles with the wife and young children left behind by Bayo Ohu, the Assistant News Editor of the Guardian Newspapers Limited, who was murdered in broad day light at his residence in Egbeda, in the Alimosho Local
ASUU VICTORY A PRODUCT OF STRUGGLES Joint Action of All Education Workers and Students Needed to Compel Government to Implement Agreements. Segun Sango, DSM General Secretary The Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) welcomes the signing of the agreement between the Federal Government and Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). This is a victory for struggle that the union had waged for
LAGBUS 4 Update: THE CASE OF 4 LAGBUS BRT WORKERS ADJOURNED TO NOVEMBER 16 2009 Mr. Mark Marvelous, Mr. Olanrewaju Babatunde, Mr. Toyin Taiwo and Mr. Jeffery Okosi (left to right) – the Lagbus 4 COMPANY’S COMPLAINANT AND THE POLICE FAILED TO APPEAR IN COURT The case of the 4 BRT Lagbus workers charged to court for embarking on strike
History 60th anniversary of Chinese Revolution Capitalism abolished, but power in hands of Stalinist Communist Party Survivors of the long march Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info It is an especially nervous Communist Party (CCP) regime that presides over the 60th anniversary celebrations of the founding of the People’s Republic of China on 1 October. The regime is increasingly dependent on Olympic-style pageantry
Protest in Benin While the Nigerian capitalist ruling elite marked this year Nation’s independence anniversary in gloom, hundreds of students took to the streets in Lagos, Benin in Edo State and Ilesa in Osun State, in condemnation of the Yar’Adua anti-poor government for failing to meet its social responsibilities to the people especially in the area of education. On October
EDUCATION RIGHTS CAMPAIGN (ERC) AS THE NATION CELEBRATES 49 YEARS OF FAILURE We Declare a Vote of No Confidence on Yar’ Adua Government ERC protests 1 October Govt Should Immediately Meet ASUU, SSANU, NASU & NAAT Demands Today October 1st 2009, the corrupt Yar’ Adua anti-poor govt will launch into an orgy of fanfare in celebration of 49 years of
