For Struggle, Solidarity and Socialism in Nigeria
LABOUR PARTY AND THE NEED OF A WORKING PEOPLES POLITICAL ALTERNATIVE As we write, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released a time-table putting 2015 general elections on 15 February next year. This election will be taking place against the background of colossal failure of the economic, political and social policies of all the ruling capitalist parties, at both
Nigeria: Vast social and class extremes The unreported Nigeria – mass struggles by the working class Sophie Simcox, Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) Following her recent visit to Nigeria, Sophie Simcox looks at the situation in a vast country of social and class extremes and the prospects for the growth of a genuine mass working class alternative. When Nigeria
SPN Condemns the Planned Removal of Minimum Wage from Exclusive List For 48-hour General Strike/Mass Protest Now! The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) condemns the planned removal of the minimum wage from the Exclusive List of the Constitution by the National Assembly. This action of the National Assembly is meant to undermine the collective bargaining of workers. We support and
Struggle for Free Education and Socialism DSM Student Wing Meets to Discuss How to Step up Campaign against Education Attacks Onwunalu Alexander (ERC University of Port Harcourt) HT Soweto, ERC National Coordinator speaking at the DSM Student Wing meeting , photo by DSM On Friday October 10, 2014, about 40 student activists and socialists gathered in a room in Lagos
TASCE WORKERS HOLD A 3-DAY WARNING STRIKE OGUN STATE GOVERNMENT MUST MEET THEIR DEMANDS NOW! The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) Ogun state chapter expresses our solidarity with the workers of Tai Solarin College of Education (TASCE), Omu Ijebu Ogun state, who went on a 3-day warning strike on October 14 to protest over the state government refusal to pay 48
THE QUEST FOR SOCIALIST TRANSFORMATION OF NIGERIA GAINS MASS ECHO AMIDST ENORMOUS CAPITALIST CRISES AS DSM HOLDS NATIONAL COMMITTEE MEETING By Michael Ogundele For about six months, between the last National Committee (NC) meeting of Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) held in April and the national meeting over the weekend of October 11-12 the need for the socialist transformation of Nigeria
Student Movement: Potential for Struggle Impeded by a Crisis of Leadership Resolution on Students Work DSM National Committee Meeting October 11-12, 2014 Cross section of comrades and supporters at DSM NC October 2014 The student movement in Nigeria is wracked by a huge crisis of leadership. This crisis is not just of its principal platform – the National Association of
RESOLUTION ON WORLD RELATIONS DSM NATIONAL COMMITTEE MEETING OCTOBER 11-12, 2014 The period between the last National Committee meeting and the present period have seen serious developments on the global scale with the attendant implications on the development of the class struggle with impact on the consciousness of the working masses. Lanre Arogundade intervening on discussion on world relations, photo
NIGERIA’S ECONOMY AND POLITICAL SITUATION RESOLUTION OF DSM NATIONAL COMMITTEE MEETING OCTOBER 11-12, 2014 INTRODUCTION Abbey Trotsky introducing the discussion on Nigeria’s economy and political situation, photo by DSM Between the last National Committee (NC) meeting held in April 2014 and now, the Nigeria’s political, social and economic situation has degenerated to an extent that it does not require the
FG ignores education deadline Government Fails to Meet the Demands of ASUP and COEASU 3 Months after Suspension of Strike ERC Calls on FG to Avert another Prolonged Closure of Public Polytechnics and Colleges of Education Today, Wednesday 15 October 2014, marks the expiration of the 3-months grace the unions in the Polytechnic and Colleges of Education subsector gave to
WORKERS PROTEST ANTI-LABOUR PRACTICES AT LINDA COMPANY By Chinedu Bosah Striking Linda workers at the main entrance of the company, photo by DSM On September 25, 2014, over 1,000 workers in Lagos went on strike which lasted for about two weeks at the Linda Manufacturing Company, manufacturer of ‘x-pression’ hair weave-on, over inhuman working conditions and anti-labour practices which led
Osun’s WAEC fiasco Woeful WAEC Results for State’s Students shows failure of Aregbesola Government’s Education Policies Again, the positions of we in the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) on the bankruptcy of the so-called education reform of the Rauf Aregbesola/APC government in Osun State have been borne out with the latest results from the West African Examination Council (WAEC) SSCE.