For Struggle, Solidarity and Socialism in Nigeria
2011 GENERAL ELECTIONS: IS NIGERIA ABOUT TO BREAK A 50-YEAR OLD JINX? Going by what President Goodluck Jonathan and Professor Attahiru Jega, the newly appointed Electoral Commission Chairman have been saying, Nigerians are expected to have truly free and fair elections come 2011 general elections. Hear the President: “When we nominated Prof. Attahiru Jega as the Chairman of INEC, some
GOODLUCK JONATHAN PRESIDENCY: CAN NIGERIA EXPERIENCE POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVED LIVING CONDITIONS? After much hullabaloo, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan became president of Nigeria on May 6, 2010, consequent upon the death of President Musa Yar’Adua, who died in office after a protracted terminal ailment. As usual, several bourgeois analysts and plain self seekers, who always support any government in power, have
History: 70th anniversary of the assasination of Leon Trotsky Coming mass revolts will see workers and youth look to Trotsky’s ideas Peter Taaffe, General Secretary Socialist Party (CWI England and Wales) Seventy years ago the greatest living revolutionary of the time, Leon Trotsky, was murdered by Josef Stalin’s hit man Ramon Mercader. There had been a number of failed previous
South Africa: Government threatens right to strike… General Strike to support public sector workers For class independence and workers unity! Cosatu out of the Tripartite Alliance Now! Build a Mass Workers Party on a Socialist Programme Pamphlet issued by the Democratic Socialist movement (CWI South Africa) A week into the public sector strike and it has become abundantly clear that
Tribute to John Odah at 50 By Segun Sango and Lanre Arogundade This appreciation of John Odah, the Nigeria Labour Congress’s General Gecretary, was published in the Compass newspaper on August 21 and in the Guardian newspaper on August 23. AS members of the same generation of students and left wing movements, we join in congratulating John Odah, General Secretary
WORKERS` STRIKES IN OYO STATE: A call for a United Action and Working People Political Alternative By Abbey Trotsky The perennial economic cum political attacks every pro-capitalist government now characteristically unleashes on workers and other categories of toiling working masses has kept throwing up repeated resistance from workers in Oyo state. In the last five months, workers in different sectors
South Africa: 1.3 million public servants in one-day warning strike Longer strike may follow after negotiations on Thursday Liv Shange, Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM – CWI in South Africa) Approximately 20,000 workers marched in Tshwane and 15,000 in Cape Town on Tuesday, 10 August, as 1.3 million public sector workers, organised in the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu)
Don’t Hand Over Labour Party to Moneybags Trade Unions must condemn the outrageous nomination fees, and actively build and fund the Party By Peluola Adewale On the surface the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the Labour Party held on May 5, 2010 in Akure Ondo raises hope of the resolve of the party leadership to reposition it as a
UNIBEN: Newly Registered ERC branch holds symposium The newly registered branch of the Education Rights Campaign (ERC) held its maiden program on Wednesday 28th July 2010 at the Twin Lecture Theatre 11, Social Sciences of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) Benin Edo State. The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) was formed by the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) as a platform to
Authorities move to crush all left groups on OAU campus. Latest on attacks on Socialist students in OAU: By Peluola Adewale, DSM Lagos The attack on the DSM and other comrades by the management of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, has continued unabated. It has now assumed a perfect blend of barbarism and ridiculousness. In a newspaper report during
Press Conference UNPROVOKED ATTACK ON DSM MEMBERS BY AUTHORITIES-SPONSORED STUDENTS’ UNION OFFICIALS AND THUGS OF THE OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY (OAU) We Cry for Justice Ajibola Alex – photo Socialist Nigeria Text of a press conference held by the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) on Friday 23 July 2010 at the Press Chapel, Osogbo Osun State on the unprovoked attack on DSM
Attack on DSM OAU Branch by University Authorities and Puppet Students Union Officials and Thugs All Detained DSM Members are Released All the Hoodlums and their Principals Must be Arrested and Prosecuted For an Open Democratic Probe of the Violence On Thursday 15 July 2010, the authorities of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) released the remaining 5 members of the
EDUCATION RIGHTS CAMPAIGN (ERC) Press Statement WE CONDEMN THE WANTON EXPLOITATION OF CANDIDATES BY THE WEST AFRICAN EXAMINATION COUNCIL (WAEC) The West African Examination Council (WAEC), which is a recognized body conducting final examination for Senior School Certificate, has in the wake of registering candidates for the 2010 Nov/Dec. West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE External) introduced a new
Socialist Students Detained by the Police are Released 5 others are still illegally detained by the university at its Security Post The student comrades of Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile-Ife branch who were moved to the Osun state police command this morning (July 14) have been released by the police. No doubt, it was the protest
CDWR CONDEMNS THE DEHUMANISING TREATMENT OF PENSIONERS Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR) condemns the Federal Government and state governments dehumanizing treatment of pensioners. The death of one NIPOST retiree among those protesting for 49 months arrears at General Post Office in Ikeja, Lagos and another death of 3 pensioners who died while doing verification in Lagos shows that
UNPROVOKED AUTHORITIES SPONSORED ATTACK ON DSM OAU BRANCH RELEASE SOCIALIST STUDENTS STOP ATTACK ON DSM The Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) condemns in absolute terms the latest physical attacks on our members at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife by the pro-management students’ union officers and thugs in connivance with the authorities. This unprovoked attack by the management and “yes men” students’
G20 From stimulus to austerity at dizzying speed The G20 meeting in Toronto of the leaders of the main capitalist governments of the world demonstrated a complete incapacity to solve the huge problems that confront us, particularly those hardest-hit – the poor and the working class – by the economic crisis. Editorial from the Socialist, paper of the Socialist Party
ERC’s JUNE 16 2010 DAY OF MASS ACTION Lecture Boycott and Protest in Ekiti State as Students Called For Free And Adequately Funded Education Sector Nationally. The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) kick-started a campaign against fee hike and the poor funding of the education sector on the 16th of June, 2010 with a protest march around schools in Ekiti states
DSM SUPPORTS ERC’S CAMPAIGN FOR ADEQUATE FUNDING OF EDUCATION FIGHT FOR A WORKING PEOPLE POLITICAL ALTERNATIVE TO GUARANTEE FREE AND QUALITY EDUCATION FOR ALL! June 2010 Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) fully supports the campaigns embarked upon by the Education Rights Campaign (ERC) against fee hike and for adequate funding of education. We condemn the astronomical hike in fees and commercialization
Football World Cup Riot police attack workers’ protest at Durban stadium South African riot police fired tear gas on hundreds of security stewards protesting against wage cuts, 90 minutes after the match between Germany and Australia in Durban. www.socialistworld.net website of the committee for a workers’ international, CWI “They’re giving us 205 rand [around €20]; we started at 12 noon