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History Socialism Today Stalinism and after On the 20th anniversary of 1989 Peter Taaffe, General Secretary, Socialist Party (CWI in England & Wales). Article from Socialism Today, magazine of the Socialist Party. When the Berlin wall was dismantled in 1989 and Stalinist regimes came crashing down, capitalism declared itself victorious. The collapse of Stalinism was used in a global ideological
Deregulation and Minimum Wage: LASCO Rounds off Nationwide Rallies in Abuja DSM Calls for a 48-hour Warning General Strike and Mass Protest DSM banner Report of Labour’s Abuja Rally By Keye Ewebiyi On Thursday October 29, 2009 the Labour and Civil Society Coalition (LASCO) completed its series of nationwide rallies with the grand finale held in Abuja, the Federal Capital
DSM leaflet for October 29 NLC rally in Abuja DEREGULATION: AFTER THE RALLIES Labour Must Declare and Mobilise for a 2-Day Warning General Strike and Mass Protest Now! The Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) supports the struggle of Nigerian working masses against deregulation and for N52, 200 Minimum Wage. Since May 13, 2009, the Labour and Civil Society Coalition (LASCO) has
DAY LIGHT ASSASINATION OF BAYO OHU: THE MAIN ISSUES INVOLVED Segun Sango, General Secretary, Democratic Socialist Movement The Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) deeply condoles with the wife and young children left behind by Bayo Ohu, the Assistant News Editor of the Guardian Newspapers Limited, who was murdered in broad day light at his residence in Egbeda, in the Alimosho Local
ASUU VICTORY A PRODUCT OF STRUGGLES Joint Action of All Education Workers and Students Needed to Compel Government to Implement Agreements. Segun Sango, DSM General Secretary The Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) welcomes the signing of the agreement between the Federal Government and Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). This is a victory for struggle that the union had waged for
LAGBUS 4 Update: THE CASE OF 4 LAGBUS BRT WORKERS ADJOURNED TO NOVEMBER 16 2009 Mr. Mark Marvelous, Mr. Olanrewaju Babatunde, Mr. Toyin Taiwo and Mr. Jeffery Okosi (left to right) – the Lagbus 4 COMPANY’S COMPLAINANT AND THE POLICE FAILED TO APPEAR IN COURT The case of the 4 BRT Lagbus workers charged to court for embarking on strike
History 60th anniversary of Chinese Revolution Capitalism abolished, but power in hands of Stalinist Communist Party Survivors of the long march Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info It is an especially nervous Communist Party (CCP) regime that presides over the 60th anniversary celebrations of the founding of the People’s Republic of China on 1 October. The regime is increasingly dependent on Olympic-style pageantry
Protest in Benin While the Nigerian capitalist ruling elite marked this year Nation’s independence anniversary in gloom, hundreds of students took to the streets in Lagos, Benin in Edo State and Ilesa in Osun State, in condemnation of the Yar’Adua anti-poor government for failing to meet its social responsibilities to the people especially in the area of education. On October
EDUCATION RIGHTS CAMPAIGN (ERC) AS THE NATION CELEBRATES 49 YEARS OF FAILURE We Declare a Vote of No Confidence on Yar’ Adua Government ERC protests 1 October Govt Should Immediately Meet ASUU, SSANU, NASU & NAAT Demands Today October 1st 2009, the corrupt Yar’ Adua anti-poor govt will launch into an orgy of fanfare in celebration of 49 years of
Ongoing Public Universities Workers Strikes ERC Holds Protests and Actions on October 1 The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) has declared October 1, 2009 as a Day of Action to protest attacks on public education and press home the demand on government to sign and implement agreements it has entered with the striking workers in the public universities in Nigeria. October
Honduras Coup regime uses brutal repression on return of deposed President Zelaya For mass struggle to overthrow the coup regime; for socialist policies to end the rule of the oligarchs and army! Niall Mulholland, Committee for a Workers’ International Zelaya addresses crowds in capital The elected president of Honduras, Mel Zelaya, who was deposed by a right wing coup and
Celebrating Life and Struggles of Gani DSM banner By Keye Ewebiyi and Lapeef Adams From his death to interment it was ten days that shook Nigeria. Gani Fawehinmi, the foremost tribune of Nigerian poor working people died on September 5 of lung cancer. Gani was neither a smoker nor drinker; he could have contracted the terminal disease from his incarceration
Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights 4 LAGBUS WORKERS ARE INCARCERATED IN KIRIKIRI PRISON FOR EMBARKING ON STRIKE CDWR DEMANDS THEIR IMMEDIATE AND UNCONDITIONAL RELEASE AND DROPPING OF ALL CHARGES September 16, 2009 Four Lagbus workers namely Mark Marvelous, Jeffery Okosi, Toyin Taiwo and Olanrewaju Babatunde were on Monday September 14, 2009 arraigned at the Ikeja, Lagos, Magistrate Court 10
Labour and Civil Society Coalition Celebrating REVOLUTIONARY GANI FAWEHINMI (1938 – 2009) – An Outstanding Working Peoples’ Leader and Senior Advocate of Masses (SAM) As We Celebrate Gani, Arise Nigerians! Demand the Implementation of the Teachers Salary Structure (TSS) for primary and secondary school teachers. Support the Struggle of ASUU-SSANU-NASU and other workers in the education to save Public Education.
Socialist Democracy Special Edition September 2009 Gani Fawehinmi (1938 – 2009): A Foremost Working Peoples’ Leader The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) condoles with the family of Chief Gani Fawehinmi on the death of an outstanding working peoples’ leader and joins millions of working class people in Nigeria and internationally to celebrate his life and
Campaign for Mass Based Labour Party, CMB-LP Text of national leaflet first distributed at the August 13 LASCO rally in Ibadan MISSION STATEMENT More than six years ago the Labour Party was set up by the Nigeria Labour Congress and later registered as a Political Party. It was originally registered as Party for Social Democracy but later changed to Labour
BOKO HARAM AND IMPERATIVE OF A WORKING CLASS ALTERNATIVE By Dagga Tolar and Kola Ibrahim What began as an attack on public institutions of the state by an Islamic sect, Boko Haram, in Borno, spread to other northern states of Bauchi, Kano, etc. and left in its wake the killing of about 800 persons. Members of Boko Haram under the
DEREGULATION AND LIBERALIZATION Yar’Adua deepens Agenda for Economic Stagnation and Mass Misery Labour Should Declare 48 Hour General Strike and Mass Protest By Segun Sango The Yar’Adua government appears to have discovered a magic formula that will end the age-long backwardness and underdevelopment of the country’s economy. This formula is called deregulation and liberalization. According to government’s spokespersons, once the