For Struggle, Solidarity and Socialism in Nigeria
Ethiopia: A year of growing revolt Desperate regime responds with massive repression Per-Ĺke Westerlund, Rattvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI in Sweden) More than 500 have been killed by Ethiopian state forces and thousands jailed. But this massive repression has not, however, stopped the growing mass revolt in Ethiopia. In early October, the regime declared a state of emergency and closed down the
ANC in Crisis 3 August local elections – a decisive turning point Socialist mass workers party needed Weizmann Hamilton Workers & Socialist Party (WASP) Executive Committee The 3 August municipal elections and the student protests have confirmed our perspective following the Marikana massacre: “The battle lines [have been] drawn for colossal struggles to come … the political reverberations will continue
WORKERS HOLD PROCESSION IN LAGOS TO MARK DECENT WORK DAY TRADE UNION LEADERS HAVE TO DO MORE TO DEFEND WORKERS AGAINST PRECARIOUS WORK Workers on the Decent Work Day march in Lagos – photo DSM (Click to enlarge) By Chinedu Bosah Publicity Secretary, CDWR Workers from different trade unions and members of pro-labour organisations marched in Lagos against precarious work
STRUGGLE FOR EDUCATION, JOBS AND SOCIALISM Report of the DSM Students’ wing meeting and socialist school A cross section of DSM comrades at the meeting – photo DSM (Click to enlarge) The first weekend of October saw a well attending meeting of the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) students’ wing take place at the University of Ibadan (UI). The meeting saw
LAUTECH CRISIS: WE CONDEMN ATTACK ON OSUN INDIGENES For Immediate Payment of Workers’ Salaries and Re-opening of the University Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR) condemns in its entirety the attack on Osun State indigenes working at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, Oyo State; a University jointly owned by the governments of Oyo and Osun States. The
OYO STATE: WHAT NEXT AFTER SEVEN WEEEK STRIKE? SPN AND CDWR HOLD PUBLIC SYMPOSIUM TO REVIEW STRUGGLES AGAINST NON-PAYMENT OF SALARIES, PENSIONS AND OTHER ATTACKS ON WORKING PEOPLE IN THE STATE Oyo State Chairman of NLC agrees to the proposal for 24 hours National strike and mass action for the payment of salary arrears and new minimum wage A cross
SPN CONDEMNS DEMOLITION OF HOUSES, MARKETS AND WORKPLACES IN IKOYI, LAGOS ISLAND, VICTORIA ISLAND AND OBALENDE The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN), Lagos state chapter, strongly condemns the demolition of houses, offices, markets and workshops in Ikoyi, Victoria Island and Obalende, mostly belonging to struggling poor and middle class people, by the Akinwumi Ambode-led All Progressives’ Congress (APC) State Government
Sale of national assets will further compound economic woes Labour movement must resist it For massive investment and democratic management of public assets and corporations It is not surprising that the Buhari/APC government has announced it will intensify the privatization of public assets and corporations. On several occasions, the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) has made it quite clear that
THREE DECADES OF NEOLIBERALISM IN NIGERIA ASUU HOLDS SYMPOSIUM IN LAGOS Ayo Ademiluyi The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) organized a symposium on “Three Decades of Neoliberalism in Nigeria” at the Main Auditorium of the University of Lagos, Akoka, on Tuesday September 6, 2016. The theme of the symposium was against the background of the imposition of the neo-liberal
Economic Recession: Failure of Capitalism Working People Must Defend Living Standards The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) sees the Second Quarter 2016 report of National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) which officially confirms the sliding of Nigerian economy into recession as a bitter confirmation of the failure of capitalism and the incapacity of Nigerian ruling elites to move the nation forward.
The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) welcomes the expression of interest by the national leadership of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to begin agitation immediately over the demand for N56,000 new minimum wage as contained in the speech of the NLC President Ayuba Wabba at this year’s Rain School organized by the Congress. We however call on them to match their
LABOUR MUST ORAGANISE UNEMPLOYED YOUTHS, BUILD MASS RESISTANCE AND DEFEND YOUNG WORKERS Time to fight casualization, poverty wages, mass unemployment and underfunded education We of the Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR) welcome the decision of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to adopt a Youth Policy and convene a National Youth Conference on this year’s commemoration of the International
NEXT PHASE OF STRUGGLE OPENS AS DSM/CDWR HOLDS SYMPOSIUM ON ELECTRICITY CRISIS View of the Symposium – photo DSM (Click to enlarge) Wole Olubanji, DSM member The National Secretariat of the Democratic Socialist Movement at Agbotikuyo, Agege, Lagos, on Saturday 20th August, was a hub of intense and inspiring discussion as community members, socialists and civil society activists participated in
MUGABE MUST FALL! Mass revolt shakes the regime to its foundations Workers and Socialist Party (CWI in South Africa) Executive Committee statement The Workers and Socialist Party salutes the youth and workers of Zimbabwe for their courage and determination in standing up to Mugabe’s Zanu-PF dictatorship. We condemn the statement by ANC Secretary General Gwede Mantashe that the rising up
Attacks on Nasarawa Workers by the Police: We Call for Justice The Labour leadership should mobilize for a 24 hour general strike and nationwide mass actions such as national strike, pickets, rallies and protests, to confront the monster of nonpayment of salaries across the country The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) condemns in absolute terms the killing and brutalization of
OYO STATE: LABOUR LEADERS TERMINATED STRIKE WITHOUT A RECOURSE TO THE CONGRESS Struggle won two out of seven month salaries’ and pension arrears For a 24 hour general strike for full payment of salaries and pensions arrears in 27 states By Abbey Trotsky The seven weeks old indefinite strike embarked upon by the mass of Oyo State workers to protest
FREE 15 JAILED BUEA ACTIVISTS AND OTHER POLITCAL PRISONERS IN CAMEROON! Drop all Charges Protest to the Cameroon government The Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) – the Nigerian affiliate of the Committee for a Workers International (CWI) – has been informed that on Sunday 17 July, 15 activists fighting for the self-determination of the English-speaking Southern Cameroons were arrested by the
Militants Attacks on Lagos and Ogun Communities Against Ethnic Division, for Working Class Unity across Ethnic and Religious Lines to Defend our Communities H.T Soweto This week armed attacks by suspected Niger Delta militants on Yoruba communities in Lagos and Ogun states, and the military’s response, have the potential to provoke ethnic reprisals and a bloody crisis. Attacks by those
#BLACKLIVESMATTER: RACE STRUGGLE OR CLASS STRUGGLE? By Omole Ibukun The recent killing of Philando Castile and Alton Sterling in the hands of the police and the vengeful killing of five police officers alongside two other civilians by a black army veteran, Micah Xavier Johnson, after a protest over the killing in Dallas, have taken the #BlackLivesMatter to a new height
Niyi Adewumi The Committee for a Workers’ International sends its heartfelt condolences to the family, friends and comrades of Niyi Adewumi who tragically died on July 14, 2016. Niyi played an important part in building support for the ideas of socialism and the Democratic Socialist Movement, the supporters of the CWI in Nigeria, for many years. An activist from his