Sudan: long-simmering rage of the masses explodes on the streets Serge Jordan and Sabah Ahmed (Committee for a Workers’ International, CWI) Sudan has been rocked by extensive anti-government protests since December 19, unprecedented in their geographic scope and duration. People in the diaspora have come out in large numbers worldwide in front of Sudanese embassies to showcase their solidarity with
2019 General Elections: SPN campaign in Ifo, Ogun State, Kicks-Off with an Inspiring Rally (Click to enlarge) By Ibukun Omole (Member, Democratic Socialist Movement) There was an excited response as the flag-off rally of the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) campaign to elect Comrade Hassan Taiwo Soweto as member, Ogun State House of Assembly, Ifo 2 constituency, took place on
DSM Calls for End to Attacks on Workers’ Rights in Osun State University The Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM), Osun State Chapter, hereby bemoans the despotic approach of the management and Governing Council of Osun State University (UNIOSUN) to the agitations and demands of the staff unions of the university. We condemn the highhandedness of the Prof. Labode Popoola-led University Management,
Appeal for Solidarity with A&P Foods/pladis Global workers who are under attack from both management
Appeal for Solidarity with A&P Foods/pladis Global workers who are under attack from both management AND the national leaders of the Food Union The workers of A&P Foods/pladis Global have embarked on strike action since Wednesday December 19, 2018 when the leadership of the National Union of Food, Beverage and Tobacco Employees (NUFBTE), led by Mr. Lateef Oyelekan (President), on
France in revolt By Clare Doyle, Committee for a Workers’ International (CWI) For more than a month now, since 17 November, France has seen an apparently unstoppable revolt from below. Wearing ‘gilets jaunes’, the yellow jackets every vehicle in France must carry, a massive tide of very visible protest has swept the country, initially against a rise in the tax
DSM Holds National Meeting to Prepare for 2019 Elections and Struggles Ahead By Wole Olubanji and Daniel Akande The Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) held its National Committee (NC) meeting on Saturday, November 17 and Sunday, November 18 at the International Press Centre, Ogba Lagos. The two-day deliberation came at a time when the DSM is intervening in the forthcoming 2019
1918: Revolution ends First World War as international radicalisation shakes the world From the Committee for a Workers’ International (CWI) website The horrific slaughter of the First World War has haunted generations. By the time it ended, it had put into question the ‘right’ of the ruling classes to rule, something that helped provoke revolutions and mass struggles around the
Nigeria: General Strike Averted but Anger Persists Struggle needed to secure implementation of any deal H.T Soweto (Member, NLC/TUC/ULC Lagos Strike Monitoring Committee) But for last minute suspension, a big general strike (certainly bigger than any other in the last three and a half years) could have rocked Nigeria starting in the early hours of Tuesday November 6, 2018. The
New Minimum Wage: Labour Must Sustain Mass Actions to Win the Demand Stop Corruption, Pay New Minimum Wage! – photo DSM (Click to enlarge) For a Mass Working People Political Alternative Now! By Peluola Adewale On Tuesday October 30, organized Labour held a nationwide protest to mobilise public support for its demand on a new minimum wage and the resumption
OSUN GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION: SPN thank all our supporters Nothing has changed, No Difference between APC and PDP The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN), Osun State wishes to appreciate all our members, supporters and those who voted for the party and its candidate, Barrister Alfred Adegoke, in the now inconclusive Governorship Election in Osun State that held on 22nd September, 2018.
REFUSE CRISIS IN LAGOS By Chinedu Bosah The refuse crisis in Lagos lingers as the government has shown obvious incapacity to resolve the problem. It is now common to see refuse heaps in many places, waste bins of many residents are not picked for weeks creating a health hazard The crisis deepened when Visionscape Sanitations Solutions, (a private company) was
Youth Restiveness in Ajegunle and Lagos at Large! By Lexan Ali There is an escalating crisis of the growing youth unrest, violent criminality, communal clashes, cult and gang wars and killings going on in Ajegunle, Agege, Lagos Island, Orile and many other communities in Lagos state. More recently, the crises between youths in Layinka and Olumoku, two neighbouring communities in
ERC SUPPORTS ASUU’S STRUGGLE FOR A PROPERLY FUNDED, QUALITY PUBLIC EDUCATION IN NIGERIA Calls for a United Struggle of Students and education workers By Wole Olubanji National Mobilisation Officer, ERC The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) fully supports the current indefinite strike action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). We believe that the failure of the Nigerian
STRUGGLE PAYS: OAU Authorities Reinstate Omole Ibukun and 3 other Suspended Students’ Activists We demand a halt to all attacks on democratic rights and restoration of independent unionism By Wole Olubanji National Mobilisation Officer, ERC The authorities of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) have reinstated the studentship of Omole Ibukun, national secretary of the Education Rights Campaign (ERC) a platform of
UNEMPLOYMENT CRISIS: Only a Socialist Programme of Planned, Nationalised Economy can Stamp out Unemp
UNEMPLOYMENT CRISIS: Only a Socialist Programme of Planned, Nationalised Economy can Stamp out Unemployment and Industrialise Nigeria By Wole Olabanji Engels As at the moment of writing this piece, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has not updated its data to reflect the current rate of unemployment or underemployment in the country. However, in an interview with Sunday Tribune of
SOOT CRISIS IN RIVERS STATE: Failure of the Capitalist Government and the Exploitation of the Oil Co
SOOT CRISIS IN RIVERS STATE: Failure of the Capitalist Government and the Exploitation of the Oil Companies By Daniel Akande According to reports, while residents of River States nay the Niger Delta region have helplessly become used to multiple oil spills which have damaged livelihoods and farmlands, they are currently facing a new kind of danger which is soot, black
US: Midterm Elections Weakens Republicans By Tom Cream, Socialist Alternative, US The midterm elections in the U.S. represented a limited “blue wave” and an overall rejection of Trump by the electorate. Republicans were relieved their losses weren’t worse while many progressive workers and youth were disappointed the outcome wasn’t more decisive. It came in the wake of an election campaign
CHINA INVESTMENT IN AFRICA: Is China helping Africa? By Chinedu Bosah Chinese President Xi Jinping announced at the 2018 China-Africa Cooperation Forum that $60 billion will be offered to African countries in aid and loans to enable it speed up development. Many bourgeois commentators and unfortunately some trade union activists have hailed China as being magnanimous. It is not true
FIVE YEARS AFTER: Privatisation of the power sector in Nigeria has deepened inefficiency and widespr
FIVE YEARS AFTER: Privatisation of the power sector in Nigeria has deepened inefficiency and widespread darkness By Chinedu Bosah, Coordinator, CARE Fundamentally, there was no justification for the privatization of the power sector. In all ramifications, privatization has failed. We must understand that the private power companies acquired 60% shares of the generating and distributive power infrastructure that was worth
THE FAILURE OF SKYE BANK IS ROOTED IN THE CORRUPT CAPITALIST SYSTEM By Damilare Etti On the 21st of September, 2018, the Central bank of Nigeria (CBN) revoked the operating license of Skye bank (the eighth largest bank in the country) for failing to meet the regulatory capital and liquidity thresholds. A bridge bank, Polaris was established to assume both