For Struggle, Solidarity and Socialism in Nigeria
CHANGE: Through Reform or Revolution? By H.T. Soweto Five months (5) after its inauguration, the Buhari government which was swept into power in an historic election continues to enjoy perhaps the most widespread support any government has ever had. After 16 years of brutal assault on living standards and democratic rights and serial corruption by the former ruling People’s Democratic
VICTORY FOR LACASERA WORKERS PICKETING FORCES MANAGEMENT TO RECALL WORKERS AND ALLOW UNIONIZATION By Chinedu Bosah, Publicity Secretary, CDWR Chinedu Bosah, CDWR Publicity Secretary, addressing the protesting workers – photo DSM (Click to enlarge) The picketing of La Casera, an Indian owned company, that started on September 11, 2015, was led by the National Union of Food, Beverage, Tobacco employees
NLC PICKETS COMPANIES TO MARK WORLD DECENT WORK DAY TRADE UNION LEADERS MUST DEEPEN STRUGGLE AGAINST ANTI-LABOUR PRACTICES By Chinedu Bosah Stop Precarious work demo – photo DSM Workers and some key leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and members of pro-labour organizations affiliated to Joint Action Front (JAF) converged on October 7, 2015 at the secretariat of the
BURKINA FASO: Mass Revolt Foils Coup Independent Working Class Political Solution Urgently Needed Abbey Trotsky, DSM It was barely a year ago that a mass movement of working people and youths forced Blaise Compaore, the long-time dictatorial ruler of Burkina Faso, to abdicate power. Since then, there has not been any serious political event in the landlocked country that has
NATIONAL STUDENTS’ RETREAT IN MEMORY OF CHIMA UBANI Gathering Shows Potential to Rebuild the Students’ Movement By Michael Ogundele and Dimeji Macaulay Lanre Arogundade, former NANS President and NEC Member DSM 450 – photo DSM On Monday 21st September, 2015 the Centre for Popular Education (CEPED), a platform of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and Amilcar Cabral Ideological School
Aregbesola Government Should Accede to the Demands of Lecturers and Medical Officers in Osun State Government should pay all outstanding salaries, deductions and pensions of workers Aregbesola should Stop Bullying the Press The Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM), Osun State, bemoans the failure of the Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola-led Osun State government to accede to the genuine demands of the academic staff
No Genuine Fight against Corruption UNBANNING OF 113 OIL VESSELS ACCUSED OF STEALING CRUDE OIL SHOWS THE LIMITATION OF BUHARI’S FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION SPN DEMANDS AN OPEN AND DEMOCRATICALLY CONSTITUTED PANEL TO PROBE THE OIL SECTOR AND BRING LOOTERS TO JUSTICE The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) condemns the unbanning of 113 oil vessels earlier banned for alleged high level
FOR AN EFFECTIVE STRUGGLE AGAINST ANTI-POOR EDUCATION POLICIES Revive the Students’ Movement! Solidarity Message to a Students Retreat organized by CEPED and ACIS to commemorate the 10th year anniversary of the death of Comrade Chima Ubani holding on Monday 21st September 2015 at the Bayero University Kano (BUK). The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) urges all students’ leaders and activists on
The Continuing Quest to Rebuild NANS and the Students’ Movement Presented by Comrade Lanre Arogundade, NANS President, 1984 – 85; Chairman of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Lagos State Council, 1995 – 99 and member Democratic Socialist Movement, DSM, at the National Students’ Retreat in Memory of Comrade Chima Ubani @ Bayero University, Kano on September 21, 2015 Introduction May
NLC AND TUC MUST DEMAND AND STRUGGLE FOR A NEW NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE THAT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE CURRENT COST OF LIVING AND RATE OF INFLATION An Urgent Imperative The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) urgently calls on the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) to now take seriously the need to fight for a new national
Labour Holds Nationwide Anti-Corruption Rallies Dagga addressing the rally in Lagos – photo DSM On Thursday September 10, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) held nationwide anti-corruption rallies in Abuja and all the state capitals. The rallies were organized to give support to the official anti-corruption fight or efforts of President Muhammadu Buhari. The members of
‘Bailout’Fund: Aregbesola Government Should Pay All Arrears of Salaries, Allowances, Pensions and Gratuities Now! Workers and retirees must reject half or incomplete salary and pension Labour Movement Should Call Immediate Congress of Workers and organize mass action if all salaries and pensions are not paid We of the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM), Osun State Chapter, hereby call on the Rauf
OYO STATE: The Claim that the “Bailout is not enough to clear debts” cannot be true! Oyo state leadership of the NLC and TUC must pull out of any discussion with state government to cut salaries of civil servants The state monthly resources can pay salary of public workers and implement tangible project for the populace if political office holders
FOR MASS ACTION AGAINST CORRUPTION JAIL THE LOOTERS! SEIZE THEIR ILL-GOTTEN WEALTH!! Only Putting an End to the Unjust System of Capitalism can Permanently Defeat Corruption and Fully Meet the Interest of the Working Masses On Thursday September 10, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) will hold nationwide mass rallies against corruption. Members of the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) will participate
International Refugee Crisis Defend the right to asylum Unite against austerity and struggle for a better life for all Robert Bechert, Committee for a Workers’ International (CWI) Millions upon millions displaced, forced to flee, living in appalling conditions, facing brutality from state forces and sectarian militias while putting their lives at risk as they seek safety; this is the reality
Nigerian Economy Slows on Crude Price Volatility H.T Soweto. Around the third week of August 2015, US Brent crude (against which Nigeria’s crude is benchmarked) crashed to an epic $37.75 before rising in a 3-day rally early last week to $47.17. The rally notwithstanding, oil fundamentals remain the same i.e. supply over stripping demand. This means that the price rebound
THE CURRENT STATE OF THE WORKERS’ MOVEMENT IN NIGERIA AND THE TASKS AHEAD By Ayo Ademiluyi Quite recently, the Ayuba-Wabba-led faction of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) held its inaugural National Executive Committee meeting on 6th August, 2015. In published advertorials in widely-read Nigerian newspapers, the Wabba-led NLC NEC communicated resolutions reached at the meeting (Guardian newspaper, Friday, 14th August,
ERC OAU HOLDS SYMPOSIUM ON THE STATE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION UNDER BUHARI GOVERNMENT Adaramoye Michael Lenin (DSM OAU Branch) Cross section of audience – photo DSM The Education Rights Campaign (ERC), OAU Branch hosted the ERC National Symposium on Thursday 20th August, 2015 with the theme: ”Buhari Presidency: A New Dawn for the Education Sector?”. The symposium was not only
Ivory Coast: Perched on a Precipice Only Working Masses’ Solidarity and Struggle can prevent Catastrophe H.T Soweto Four years after the United Nations (UN) and French army cobbled together a quasi-democratic government under Alassane Ouattara following a 2011 post-election civil war; there is renewed fear that anotherpresidential election scheduled for October might trigger violent crisis. Particularly worrisome is the fact
BUHARI GOVERNMENT AND THE WORKING MASSES By Ayo Ademiluyi A lot of hopes, which were in fact illusions, attended the electoral campaign of Muhammadu Buhari, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives’ Congress and his subsequent inauguration as President of Nigeria. This is based on the fact that the electoral victory in itself is an historical event with the coming