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ERC CALLS ON OBI TO REVERSE THE POLICY OF HANDING OVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO CHURCHES

Education Rights Campaign (ERC) November 25, 2011 Press Statement ERC CALLS ON OBI TO REVERSE THE POLICY OF HANDING OVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO CHURCHES FOR ADEQUATE PUBLIC FUNDING AND DEMOCRATIC CONTROL BY THE WORKING PEOPLE Education Rights Campaign (ERC) condemns the handing over of public schools to churches by the Governor Peter Obi-led government of Anambra state. Governor Obi recently

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No to Fee Increment in Lagos State University

Education Rights Campaign (ERC) November 23, 2011 PRESS STATEMENT No to Fee Increment in Lagos State University We call on Students and Parents to resist with protracted mass activities Proscription of Students’ Union Is Undemocratic The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) strongly condemns the directive by the Lagos State University Management that the new students of the university pay the new

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Libya: More struggles lay ahead

Libya: More struggles lay ahead By Lanre Arogundade In the aftermath of the death of Muammar Gaddafi, the European and American imperialists are quickly putting their money where their heart really laid – Libya’s vast but strategic natural oil and gas resources. They had hardly been able to conceal the excitement. It was barely 24 hours after Gaddafi’s death in

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Zartech AAEUN branch must reverse the indefinite suspension order on Kayode Wintola, its Welfare Off

Trade Union democracy Zartech AAEUN branch must reverse the indefinite suspension order on Kayode Wintola, its Welfare Officer, NOW! A fighting workers’ union free of management influence is needed now!!* By Abbey Trotsky The Zartech branch of Agricultural and Allied Employees Union of Nigeria (AAEUN) has issued out an indefinite suspension letter to its welfare officer, Kayode Wintola, who is

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OIL SUBSIDY REMOVAL/FUEL PRICE HIKE: FAST LANE TO SOCIO-POLITICAL CATASTROPHIES

OIL SUBSIDY REMOVAL/FUEL PRICE HIKE: FAST LANE TO SOCIO-POLITICAL CATASTROPHIES Segun Sango, General Secretary, DSM Come January 2012, the Jonathan government has announced that its decision to remove the so-called subsidy on fuel prices will be implemented. Going by past experience and especially within the atmosphere of virtual socio-political and economic paralysis which presently dominates the country, the implementation of

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DSM Supports Osun Tertiary Institutions workers’ Strike

Osun education struggles DSM Supports Osun Tertiary Institutions workers’ Strike Struggle must go beyond sit-at-home strike For a collective struggle for better education funding The Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM), Osun State Chapter, hereby condemns the arrogance of the Osun State government to the current strike of the academic and non-academic staff at the four state-owned tertiary institutions. We call on

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Gaza Flotilla: Paul Murphy speaks out after detention in Israel

Gaza Flotilla: Paul Murphy MEP speaks out after detention in Israel Lie after lie from the Israeli regime Paul Murphy MEP, Socialist Party (CWI in Ireland) On November 11, after seven days illegal detention by the Israeli state, the activists seized the on the open sea as they sailed towards Gaza were released. (See earlier report “Protest in Lagos against

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Protest in Lagos against Detention of Paul Murphy and Illegal Blockade of Gaza

Protest in Lagos against Detention of Paul Murphy and Illegal Blockade of Gaza Flotilla Protest againt the detention of Paul Murphy in Lagos – photo DSM On November 4 the Israeli military detained, on the open sea outside Israeli territorial water, activists sailing on the MV Saoirse and the Canadian boat the Tahrir. On November 11, after seven days illegal

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Workers of Rebecca Fashion Ltd Protest Poor Working Conditions

Workers of Rebecca Fashion Ltd Protest Poor Working Conditions 2-Day Strike Win Partial Concession Workers of Rebecca Fashion Ltd Protest Poor Working Conditions – photo DSM Workers of Rebecca Fashion Limited, a Chinese company that produces Noble brand of weave-on (hair weave), went on an indefinite strike on Thursday, October 27, 2011 to press demand for better pay and improved

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Gaddafi Dead – What now?

Libya Gaddafi Dead – What now? Independent action by Libyan workers, youth and poor vital to prevent revolution’s derailment Robert Bechert, Committee for a Workers’ International (CWI) While the defeat of the last major forces defending Gaddafi’s dictatorial and increasingly megalomaniac regime was widely welcomed, the way in which it fell means that clouds now hang over the future of

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DEREGULATION

DEREGULATION Labour must Begin Immediate Mobilization for Two-day General Strike and Mass protest By Peluola Adewale Despite the growing outcry, the Goodluck Jonathan government has pig-headedly resolved to intensify the neo-liberal capitalist attacks on the working people with the planned deregulation of petrol in the name of oil subsidy removal. Worse still, the government has sought to make the public

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ERC CALLS ON AREGBESOLA GOVERNMENT TO MEET THE DEMANDS OF LECTURERS IN THE STATE OWNED POLYTECHNICS

Education Rights Campaign (ERC) Osun State Chapter Press Statement: OSUN STATE: ERC CALLS ON AREGBESOLA GOVERNMENT TO MEET THE DEMANDS OF LECTURERS IN THE STATE OWNED POLYTECHNICS AND COLLEGES OF EDUCATION NOW! The Education Rights Campaign (ERC), Osun State Chapter, hereby condemns the arrogance of the Osun State government towards the current strike of the academic staff of the state

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Fee Battle Looms in Lagos State University

Fee Battle Looms in Lagos State University The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) government in Lagos state has announced a 725% increment in fees payable by students of Lagos State University (LASU). The highest fee proposed for medical students is N348, 750 – several times higher than the minimum wage! Coming on the heels of harsh anti-poor attacks (planned removal

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Attacks on Democratic Rights at Rochas Foundation College, Ibadan, Oyo state

Education Rights Campaign: Press Statement Attacks on Democratic Rights at Rochas Foundation College, Ibadan, Oyo state We Demand the Immediate Recall of Sacked Biology Teacher, Abiodun Bamigboye Abiodun Bamigboye – photo DSM The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) condemns attacks on democratic rights at Rochas Foundation College Ibadan Oyo state. Particularly we condemn the sack of Mr. Abiodun Bamigboye who was

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JOINT ACTION FRONT (JAF) HOLDS CONGRESS

JOINT ACTION FRONT (JAF) HOLDS CONGRESS JAF members voting the new leadership – photo DSM Saturday and Sunday, 8 and 9 October 2011, saw the Joint Action Front (JAF), the civil society partner of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) in the Labour and Civil Society Coalition (LASCO), hold its second delegate congress. The JAF

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Lives of millions hanging by a thread

Horn of Africa Lives of millions hanging by a thread Famine – another weapon of mass destruction Cedric Gerome, Committee for a Workers’ International (CWI) Famine in Africa – another weapon of mass destruction Once again, famine is sweeping the African Continent. Once again, horrendous pictures of starving children, dying in their hundreds every day in the Horn of Africa,

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SUPPORT WORKERS IN STRUGGLE

AIRTEL and DANGOTE PASTA SUPPORT WORKERS IN STRUGGLE CDWR SUPPORTS NLC BACKING OF AIRTEL WORKERS’ STRUGGLE CALLS ON LABOUR TO SHOW THE SAME SOLIDARITY WITH 250 VICTIMISED WORKERS OF DANGOTE PASTA Dangote workers picket Food Union Secreteriat July 2011 – photo DSM – photo DSM The Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR) welcomes the intervention of the Nigeria Labour

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Over 700 arrested on “Occupy Wall Street” march

New York City Over 700 arrested on “Occupy Wall Street” march Struggle continues despite police repression By Pete Ikeler, Socialist Alternative (CWI supporters USA) Wall street protests: police trap protestors with orange nets Last Saturday, the New York Police Department (NYPD) arrested over 700 protesters on the Brooklyn Bridge, as ‘Occupy Wall Street’ started its third week of action. This

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Education Workers’ Strike: Government Must Honour Agreements

Education Workers’ Strike: Government Must Honour Agreements By Adewale Stephen Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife Right since 1978, under Obasanjo military junta, when the tuition and feeding fees were introduced and government got ensnared in crippling IMF/World Bank loans, the lot of education have gone from bad to worse. As a result of non-funding, all the Nigerian

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ERC Free Holiday Coaching Ends with Symposium

Ajegunle, Lagos ERC Free Holiday Coaching Ends with Symposium The 6-week Free Holiday coaching for secondary school students organized by the Education Rights Campaign (ERC) finally came to an end on the 14th Wednesday September 2011 with a symposium inside the school compound of Nawa-Ur-Deen primary school at Arumoh Street, Ajeromi Ifelodun Local Government in Lagos. The Free Holiday Coaching

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