For Struggle, Solidarity and Socialism in Nigeria
Protest marches, rallies and other activities mark October 1st independence celebration More actions needed to challenge fee hike and education underfunding Report of DSM’s campaign to build a movement to fight education attacks and anti-poor capitalist policies ERC at NANS Zone D protest on October 1, photo DSM On 1st October, 2012 – the 52nd anniversary of Nigeria’s flag independence
Algeria: war of independence 1954-1962 Colonialism, national liberation and revolutionary struggle Cédric Gérôme, Committee for a Workers’ International, CWI Fifty years ago, in 1962, the ‘Algerian war’, one of the longest and bloodiest anti-colonial conflicts, ended with the victory of the Algerian fighters against French imperialism. Algeria had been under French colonial rule for 132 years. It was the ‘flagship’
National Flood Disaster: How Natural? By Ayo Ademiluyi A tragic wave of flooding has engulfed some parts of the country leaving over 59 communities sacked, 38,228 people displaced, over 160 dead and 25 million people in danger. In all 23 states are affected. The list covers even the arid Northern Nigeria with states like Sokoto, Katsina, Jigawa, Zamfara, Niger, Kogi
OAU: DSM SYMPOSIUM HIGHLIGHTS NIGERIA’S POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC CRISIS Launches new campaign to fight fees and education underfunding At this critical point in time when government at all levels is hell-bent at intensifying attacks on public education and thereby making education an exclusive preserve of the rich, the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) branch organized a public
ERC’s 2012 Free Summer Coaching Ends with Symposium “Free education is Possible if Nigeria’s Resources is Under Public Democratic Control and Management” By Moshood Oshunfurewa and Chinedu Daniel HT Soweto National Coordinator of ERC delivering his speech – photo DSM On Friday 14 September 2012, the ERC’s annual free summer coaching for the year 2012 came to an end with
FIGHTING FOR DECENT JOBS Working class fight back needed against mass layoffs and unemployment By Ayo Ademiluyi According to a recent report by the National Bureau of Statistics, the general unemployment rate is 23.9% of the active labour force, an increase of 1.8 million unemployed people between December 2010 and 2011. The case is worse for the young people with
PRESS STATEMENT CDWR Supports Teachers Strike We Demand Immediate Payment of 27.5% TSA to Teachers The Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR) condemns the continued refusal of some state governors to pay the Teachers Salary Allowance (TSA), 27.5% of the salaries, which has been agreed upon between the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) and federal government in 2008 and
South Africa Marikana massacre ignites mass movement ANC leadership has shown since the massacre that the gulf between it and the masses is now unbridgeable By Weizmann Hamilton, Democratic Socialist Movement (CWI in South Africa) The six-week Marikana strike ended on 18 September. The miners accepted a 22% pay rise and a 2,000 rand payment for loss of earnings during
CRIPPLING FUEL SCARCITY IN LAGOS AND OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY DSM Demands Repair of Refineries and Provision of Other Basic Infrastructure We Urge Labouring Masses and their Organisations to Kick-start Resistance Campaigns PRESS STATEMENT Fuel scarcity is back to Lagos and other parts of the country. Over a week, the residents in Osun and Oyo states have been experiencing
South Africa Video: Paul Murphy, CWI MEP speaks on miners’ struggle Massacre of South African miners and Betrayal of the ANC Click here to see a video of Paul Murphy, Member of the European parliament for the Socialist Party (CWI in Ireland) giving an intervention in the European parliament yesterday on the struggle of the South African miners, on the
South Africa: Miners’ struggle spreads and intensifies Press reports on impact of Democratic Socialist Movement (CWI in South Africa) socialistworld.net The intentions of the bosses and state to drown the South African miners’ militancy in blood – with the Marikana massacre of 16 August – and discourage further workers’ actions have spectacularly failed. On the contrary, their struggle has spread
South Africa: Miners’ struggle spreads and intensifies Press reports on impact of Democratic Socialist Movement (CWI in South Africa) socialistworld.net The intentions of the bosses and state to drown the South African miners’ militancy in blood – with the Marikana massacre of 16 August – and discourage further workers’ actions have spectacularly failed. On the contrary, their struggle has spread
The Life and Legacy of Fela: His Message and Lesson for the Oppressed DSM Holds Symposium at University of Ibadan By Godwin Paspel On Friday, 31st August, 2012, the University of Ibadan (UI) branch of Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) held a public symposium tagged FELABRATION 2012 with the theme: The Life and Legacy of Fela, His Message and Lesson for
Marikana Massacre: DSM Stage Protest at South African Embassy in Nigeria By Peluola Adewale Members of Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM), armed with placards with various inscriptions and protest letter, were at the South Africa High Commission in Lagos on Thursday September 6, 2012, in protest against the Marikana massacre, which is reminiscent of apartheid era, and in solidarity with Lonmin
South Africa The Marikana Massacre Murder and attempted murder charges against miners detonates a volcano of rage Weizmann Hamilton, Democratic Socialist Movement (CWI in South Africa) In the face of widespread anger, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has been forced to drop the murder charges against the 270 miners arrested after the 16 August Marikana massacre and to release them.
The new Lagos road traffic law By Victor Osakwe With the new road traffic law enacted by the ACN government of Lagos State, motorists and okada riders alike are in for a tough time. As against the claim of the government that the law is meant to deter motorists and okada riders from committing the offences that are purportedly responsible
SUSPENSION OF SSANU OAU BY THE NATIONAL LEADERSHIP IS ANTI-WORKER NLC AND LABOUR ACTIVISTS MUST INTERVENE Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) Osun State Chapter, Press Statement: The Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM), Osun State Chapter, condemns in absolute terms the bureaucratic suspension action slammed against Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) branch of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Union (SSANU) by the national
South Africa Mine Massacre: Workers Remain Resolute For International Solidarity with the Miners By Peluola Adewale On the very day, August 20, 2012, the one week of national mourning declared by President Jacob Zuma for the massacred 34 miners was to begin, Lonmim ordered the surviving miners to return to work or face dismissal. The workers rightly called the bluff
DEFEND THE WORKING PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITIES Mass movements against demolition attacks and assault on democratic rights in the communities need genuine political alternative to win For adequate compensation for the victims of demolition By Ayo Ademiluyi In a display of brazen madness that characterizes the profit-first and anti-poor nature of the capitalist regimes operating all over Nigeria, the authority
South Africa: Marikana massacre, the struggle continues “This is not our government” Liv Shange, Democratic Socialist Movement (CWI in South Africa) As we publish these reports from Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM – CWI in South Africa, a sister organisation to the DSM in Nigeria) activists on the ground, reports are coming in of a spreading of the miners’ struggle, with