For Struggle, Solidarity and Socialism in Nigeria
CRIN IBADAN: Mass Struggle of Workers and Community People forced Management and government to Reverse Attacks CRIN Struggle and its Lessons are of Essence to Labour Movement Today By Abbey Trotsky, Coordinator, CDWR, Oyo State Following the six-week of spirited struggle of workers of the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN) Ibadan with support of the host community that forced
Hold Local Government Elections in Osun State Now! No to All Austerity Policies on the working and poor people For a Working People led Probe Into the Finances of the Aregbesola Government By Alfred Adegoke, Osun Chairperson, SPN For the past five years, the Rauf Aregbesola government has been appointing people into the local government councils without elections. This is
Linda Workers Again Protest Unfair Labour Practices Strike and Protest of Workers Forced Management to Recall sacked Workers By Bosah Chinedu The Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR) salutes workers of the Linda Company, producer of Xpression weave-on, for fighting back anti-workers’ policies and the sack of 8 union leaders for their role in defending workers’ interests. As a
Reduction in the Price of Petrol is a Gimmick for Full Deregulation of the Oil Sector The removal of subsidy on kerosene is anti-poor Labour must go beyond scratching the surface and commence immediate mobilization against deregulation and privatization of the oil sector By Abbey Trotsky For over two decades now, a combination of international capitalist forces (IMF, World Bank,
AMBODE PUNISHING POOR PEOPLE FOR BEING POOR No to KAI and Task Force By Ayo Ademiluyi There is nothing to describe the height of assault on democratic rights of ordinary citizens by the Lagos State than the distasteful experiences in the hands of various “enforcement and monitoring” agencies of the Lagos State Government. Among several others, the most notorious are
RISING COST OF LIVING: NLC and TUC Must Lead Struggle for a New Living Wage By Bosah Chinedu Since 1945 when Nigerian workers embarked on 45 days general strike against the Colonial authorities for a 50 percent increase in the Cost of Living Allowance (COLA), every slight increase in the wage and condition of workers since then has been won
DASUKIGATE: Jail the Looters! Seize their ill-gotten Wealth!! … But Corruption Will Only End Through System Change By H.T. Soweto Revelation of the mindless looting carried out by officials of the immediate-past Jonathan government and key figures in his party has elicited justified outrage across the country. But this comes as no great surprise to very many Nigerians; it confirms
MASS STRUGGLE UNTIL ELECTRICITY TARIFF HIKE IS REVERSED! NLC and TUC Should Lead Sustained Mass Actions Until the Hike is Reversed and Pre-paid Meters Provided to All Consumers. Despite mass opposition to the tariff hike and subsisting order of the Federal High Court, the Distribution Companies (DISCOs) have gone ahead to implement the outrageous new tariff that will make consumers
DSM Welcomes NLC’s Rejection of Half-Salaries in Osun State Aregbesola government should pay full salaries without retrenchment We Call for an Immediate General Congress of Workers, and a 24-hour Warning Strike with Protest Rallies as a prelude to total strike We call for total recall of all sacked academic and non-academic staff of the state-owned polytechnics and colleges of education
Sack of Doctors in Osun State: Aregbesola Government has sunk to a new low DSM Supports doctors’ struggle in Osun State The Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM), Osun State Chapter, views the latest response of the Osun State government to the legitimate demands of the doctors under the employment of the state government as shameful and reactionary. It has again shown
Labour Holds Nationwide Protest against Electricity Tariff Hike More Work needs to be done to defeat the hike By Peluola Adewale A cross section of protesters in Lagos – photo DSM (Click to enlarge) On Monday February 8, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) held protest marches across the country against the latest hike in electricity
LINDA WORKERS EMBARKED ON PROTEST AGAIN OVER UNFAIR LABOUR PRACTICES WE DEMAND REINSTATEMENT OF SACKED UNION LEADERS AND AN END TO “27 POINT TARGET” The Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR) condemns the management of the Lagos based Linda Company, producer of Xpression weave-on for anti-workers’ policies and the sack of 10 union leaders for their role in defending
Africa – New political storms and mass struggles Opportunities will arise for working class and poor to organise CWI 11th World Congress Document The following document on sub-Saharan Africa was initially drafted in December 2015 and finalised after discussion and amendment at the Committee for a Workers’ International’s (CWI) 11th World Congress held in January 2016. The very successful week-long
Ethiopia Hunger and deadly repression Crisis for imperialism and a fight-back from below Per-Ä‚ke Westerlund, Rattvisepartiet Socialisterna (The DSM’s sister party in Sweden) Ethiopia has in recent years experienced perhaps the strongest economic growth in the world. The winners have been the dictatorial regime, its allies and multinational corporations. If a certain layer in society has an increased purchasing capacity,
Below is the content of the joint leaflet issued by the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) and the Campaign for Democratic and Workers Rights (CDWR) massively circulated today, February 8, 2016, at the nationwide protests against electricity tariff hike organized by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. WE DEMAND IMMEDIATE REVERSAL OF THE TARIFF HIKE AND
BUHARI AND THE ANTI-CORRUPTION FIGHT Lagos DSM discusses the anti-corruption fight and the challenges for the working masses The Lagos State Chapter of the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) held its first aggregate meeting of the year on 16 January, 2016. The meeting was a follow-up to the previous meeting held in December 2015. It was partly meant to continue the
Campaign for Registration of SPN Continues Demos held in 3 states and Abuja On Monday 25th January 2016, the legal action filed by the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) challenging the INEC decision not to register it came up again for mention at the Federal High Court Abuja Division. The case has now again being adjourned till 31st March 2016.
Pro-Biafra Protest again repressed DSM member, Comrade Chinedu Agbebire, who was at the protest in Aba Abia State, brings the following eye-witness account as well as comments on the movement’s strenght, limitations and the way forward. On January 18th, 2016, thousands trooped out in Aba Abia State, South East Nigeria, in answer to the call of the Indigenous People of
Buhari 2016 Budget: Not a Real Change By Peluola Adewale With Nigeria groaning under the dead weight of global capitalist crisis which is symptomized by the lowest oil price in 12 years, the 2016 budget appears to have arrived in coma.The oil price has plunged from $116 in July 2014 to less than $30 in January 2016. In addition, doomsday
LASIEC MUST OBEY THE COURT ORDER FOR THE CONDUCT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS IN LAGOS STATE We of the Lagos State Chapter of the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) welcome the recent court judgment granted by the Lagos State High Court ordering the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) to conduct local government elections in Lagos State without delay. The