For Struggle, Solidarity and Socialism in Nigeria
Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR) CDWR CONDEMNS THE ILLEGAL SACK OF WORKERS BY MANAGEMENT OF ZENITH BANK PLC FOR RECALL OF ALL SACKED WORKERS WITHOUT LOSS OF PAY The Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR) condemns the illegal sack of workers by the Zenith Bank management. On 25th July 2011, Zenith Bank Plc sacked three hundred and
Education Rights Campaign ERC CONDEMNS BRUTAL KILLING OF FOUR PROTESTING STUDENTS OF NASARRAWA STATE UNIVERSITY BY SOLDIERS We Demand Justice! On Monday 25 February 2013, the Education Rights Campaign (ERC) received the shocking news of the brutal killing of four students of Nasarrawa State University by the armed soldiers invited by the university management to repress the protest of students
Aviation Sector Crisis Deepens Despite Huge Intervention Funds Given To Private Airlines By Chinedu Bosah The aviation sector has been in the doldrums since the outright privatization of the industry. This is an industry that can conveniently be termed an ‘elite industry’ when the average earnings of Nigerians are compared to the high cost of flying from one place to
Osun State: Aregbesola Government’s Education Reforms: Socialist Alternative to Piece-meal Reforms By Kola Ibrahim The recent protest by the students of the famous Fakunle Comprehensive High School (FCHS), Osogbo, Osun State, against the planned (now suspended) demolition of their school by the state government has again brought to the fore the unorganized and ill-motivated education reform of the Aregbesola ACN
South African workers support DSM/CWI Hundreds-strong meeting hears speeches from visiting CWI members By Sean Figg, Johannesburg Hundreds of striking municipal workers meeting in a Pretoria park loudly cheered, sang and toyi-toyied after hearing speeches from visiting CWI members Peter Taaffe and Alec Thraves. The strikers waved CWI flags and constantly interrupted the speakers with repeated applause after offers of
South Africa: Democratic Socialist Movement national conference Hardening solid gold Democratic Socialist Movement (CWI in South Africa) http://www.socialistsouthafrica.co.za About 60 delegates and visitors from across South Africa’s platinum and gold mines, townships and villages, gathered on 9-11 February in Benoni, east of Johannesburg, for the Democratic Socialist Movement’s national conference. At the end of a weekend of discussing the lessons
PENSION SCAM SCANDAL: THE WORKING MASSES MUST FIGHT AND PROFER A POLITICAL ALTERNATIVE TO CAPITALIST LOOTING Segun Sango Protem National Chairperson Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) In the midst of abundant human and natural resources, the vast majority of Nigeria’s working masses and the poor perpetually live in abject poverty. The primary reason for this embarrassing state of absurdity is
Egypt: Mass demonstrations and brutal state repression Only the organized working class can show a way forward Aysha Zaki, Committee for a Workers’ International (CWI) Following the second anniversary of the 25th January Revolution, Egyptian streets have witnessed days of mass demonstrations and riots. State forces have brutally repressed many protesters. Last Monday, the army was deployed to try to
South Africa: Battle for control of mining sector Statement on the retrenchment threats by Anglo America n Platinum and Harmony Gold Weizmann Hamilton, Democratic Socialist Movement (CWI South Africa) The agreement by Anglo American Platinum to place a moratorium on their retrenchments cannot be trusted. The moratorium is for sixty days only and the conditions they have cited as making
Sahel: No to the war in Mali! Imperialist intervention will deepen crisis and instability Cedric Gerome, Committee for a Workers’ International January’s four day-long hostage crisis at the major ‘In Amenas’ gas facility in South East Algeria and its bloody outcome sent shockwaves out internationally as it was seen to mark a widening of the on-going conflict in Mali. In