Democratic Socialist Movement

For Struggle, Solidarity and Socialism in Nigeria

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FCT Abuja-UBEB Advocacy Programme for Out of School Children Cannot Solve the Problem

Government Must Provide Free and Quality Education to Students By Samuel Sankara, DSM, Abuja The Universal Basic Education Board (UBEB) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja is said to have adopted a new strategy to tackle the increasing number of out-of-school children in the FCT by transforming its head-to-head debate competition into a full advocacy initiative to address the

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AJEGUNLE UNDER SIEGE OF POLICE BRUTALITY

A Democratic Community Response is Needed By Moshood Oshunfunrewa, Coordinator, Ajegunle People’s Movement The residents of Ajegunle in Ajeromi Ifelodun local government, Lagos, continue to suffer gross violation of their rights at the hands of the Nigerian Police Force – now operating under a new name, ‘Tactical Squad’. While the government declared the disbandment of the notorious SARS unit in

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TINUBU’S TAX REFORM IS ANTI-POOR

CDWR Advocates Progressive Taxation (Heavy Taxes on Big Business Profits and Billionaires’ Lifestyle) The Campaign for Democratic and Workers Rights (CDWR) strongly holds that the proposed tax reform by the Bola Tinubu government, currently before the National Assembly, is primarily designed to reduce the tax being paid by big businesses while the low-income earners pay more. The working people must

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Tasks Before Trade Unions Today

PERESSA Holds Annual Industrial Conference On Wednesday April 9, 2025, the Precision, Electrical and Related Equipment Senior Staff Association (PERESSA) held its annual industrial conference in Abeokuta, Ogun State. Below is the opening speech of Comrade Rufus Olusesan, the National President of the union, which is an affiliated member of the Trade Union Congress TUC. Rufus is also a leading

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LABOUR PARTY CRISIS: Supreme Court Judgement Offers the NLC and TUC Opportunity to Take Over Party Leadership

Press Statement by the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) Despite the fact that the Supreme Court on April 4 nullified the Court of Appeal’s judgment, which had recognised Julius Abure as the national chairman of the Labour Party, the leadership crisis has not been conclusively resolved. Abure, apparently akin to kicks of a dying horse, is still laying claim to the

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MAY DAY GREETINGS

PERESSA CELEBRATES WITH WORKERS The Precision, Electrical and Related Equipment Senior Staff Association, (PERESSA) felicitates with our members as well as all workers here in Nigeria and across the world as we commemorate the year 2025 edition of the International Workers’ Day. This year May Day is taking place in Nigeria at a period of monumental erosion of the living

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RESIST ANTI-POOR POLICIES AND ATTACKS ON DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS BY THE TINUBU GOVERNMENT

SUPPORT BUILDING OF A MASS WORKING PEOPLES’ PARTY ON A SOCIALIST PROGRAMME 2025 May Day Statement of the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) The Government of President Bola Tinubu is two years in office on May 29, 2025. For working people, youth and other ordinary Nigerians, the administration whose mantra is “Renewed Hope Agenda” has proved to be a monumental disaster.