For Struggle, Solidarity and Socialism in Nigeria
Education Rights Campaign Press Statement ERC CONDEMNS POLICE ATTACK ON ASUP AND COEASU PROTEST MARCH IN ABUJA Nigerians Must Rise to Resist President Jonathan’s Nascent Dictatorship Protests Must Continue Until the Demands of ASUP and COEASU are Met On Tuesday 29 April 2014, members of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic (ASUP), Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU), Education
Resolution on World Relations Introduction Kola Ibrahim leading discussion on world relations at the DSM NC April 2014 , photo DSM Since the last Congress of this organization, global capitalist relations have continued to show that the only guarantee capitalism can offer humanity is barbarism. More than ever before, working and poor people are compelled to search desperately for solutions
National Committee (NC) Meeting, April 2014 Resolution on Nigeria’s Political and Economic Situation Introduction Segun Sango, General Secretary DSM at the DSM NC April 2014 , photo DSM Six months after the last Congress of our organization, the reality of the bankruptcy of Nigerian capitalist class has become starker than we moderately foresaw. Politically, economically and socially, the Nigerian neo-colonial
A cross section of comrades at the DSM NC April 2014 , photo DSM DSM HOLDS NATIONAL COMMITTEE MEETING By Dimeji Macaulay Over the weekend of Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 April 2014, members of the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) from different branches gathered at the Textile Labour House, Lagos for a 2-day meeting of the National Committee (NC) of
DSM STUDENT/YOUTH WING MEET TO DISCUSS STRATEGIES TO FIGHT EDUCATION ATTACKS DSM Reporters A cross section of student comrades at April’s Democratic Socialist Movement National Committee meeting As the opening event of this April’s Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) National Committee (NC) meeting, the DSM’s student/youth wing met on Friday 11 April, 2014 to discuss the strategies to adopt in fighting
Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Student Union Elections: Authorities Interference Generates Crisis A Call for Petitions The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) calls on the authorities of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife to respect the democratic rights of students to determine who lead them in the union elections. The attempt of the university management to prevent five (5) students, including Oluwole Engels
BOMB EXPLOSIONS IN ABUJA: ANOTHER EVIDENCE OF FAILURE OF CAPITALIST GOVERNMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC SELF-DEFENCE COMMITTEES We in the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) condemn in strongest terms the terrorist attack on the popular Nyanya motor park in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, on Monday April 14 which killed over 70 people. While no group has claimed responsibility we hold that
DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST MOVEMENT (DSM), OAU Branch Press Statement: OAU STUDENTS’ UNION ELECTION: MANAGEMENT MUST STOP INTERFERENCE STOP DISQUALIFICATION OF RADICAL STUDENTS FOR INDEPENDENT STUDENTS’ UNIONISM Following a protracted and spirited struggle by students of Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife, the Professor Tale Omole-led administration was recently forced to lift ban on the Students’ Union activities which had been illegally proscribed for
April 2, 2014 SPN PAYS ONE MILLION NAIRA TO INEC WE ARE WAITING FOR FORMS AND DOCUMENTS TO FILE APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION The Socialist Party of Nigeria has successfully scaled another hurdle set on its path by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) at the behest of the capitalist ruling elite, as the party on March 20 paid a sum
JAF HOLDS PROTEST FOR DECENT JOBS, CALLS ON LABOUR TO DECLARE DAY OF MASS ACTION By Dimeji Macaulay Achike Chude, Deputy Chair JAF, photo by DSM On Thursday March 27 no fewer than one hundred people including unemployed youths and activists gathered at the Nigerian Civil Service Union Secretariat at Alausa – Ikeja, Lagos, to protest the death of about