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We Will Need Left Unity to Defeat Tinubu and Build a People-Centred Nigeria

The experience of the 2023 elections and the political developments that have followed make one point increasingly unavoidable: if Nigeria’s left, labour movement, and progressive forces remain divided, they will continue to struggle against entrenched elite dominance. The challenge is not simply about replacing...

What do we need to survive?

Tina Nkechi The election season is upon us. Many politicians are making promises for what they may do if elected next year. In addition, we have just had May Day when the trade union leaders made a series of demands. All these promises and demands...
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From Cuba: a description of the protests

Four days after the events and after a thorough analysis, Comunistas reveals its official position on the protests that took place in Cuba last Sunday, 11 July.

Socialist Bulletin-July 2021

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UNFINISHED WORKERS’ STRIKE IN KADUNA STATE

By Biodun Olamosu - Last month the NLC led the Kaduna strike that was the climax of the best traditions of working class struggle.

IN MEMORY OF COMRADE THOMAS SANKARA

By Femi Falana(SAN) - I was in Benin last Saturday to participate in the public lecture organised by the Nigerian Youth Democratic Party. I returned to Lagos later in the evening....

EDWIN MADUNAGU: MARXIST SCHOLAR AT 75

Edwin Madunagu’s life story is an exemplification of the multiculturalism that a pluralistic society like Nigeria represents. Possibly this is responsible for the metropolitan socialist world outlook that he adopted from early in his life.

Socialist Labour Bulletin – June 2021

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Unpicking Sankara’s elusive socialism

Thomas Sankara’s project of transformation was dramatically uneven. With his comrades, Sankara attempted to push through radical reforms. With his personal incorruptibility and deep commitment to transforming Burkina Faso’s diabolical underdevelopment, he remained an intransigent figure of opposition to the emergence of neoliberalism, privatisation and the marginalisation of Africa. Sankara understood that the African common people had to find their own way to development.

Thomas Sankara – Burkina Faso

A popular coup d’état led by Captain Thomas Sankara made him President of, what was then called Upper Volta on August 4, 1983. He was only 33 years old. Four years later he was assassinated.

NLC Kaduna State Strike, JUSUN, PASAN & ASUP Strikes, Fuel Price Increases and The Minimum Wage: The Way Forward

Members and supporters of Socialist Labour were impressed that the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) organised and implemented the general strike in Kaduna State. Socialist Labour commends the courage and sacrifices of the workers of Kaduna State,...

Judiciary Workers, Kaduna State Workers, Parliamentary Workers and Polytechnic Lecturers Need Our Solidarity

There are four vital strikes going on in Nigeria today. They are being organized...

Review | Fight the Fire

By Janet Bujra -9 May 2021 Jonathan Neale’s new book calls for a global mass movement to confront the...

A REVIEW OF “NEW NIGERIANS” BY OLADIPO AGBOLUAJE

Tokunbo Oke The play “New Nigerians” is a timely, cynical satire about the state of...

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We Will Need Left Unity to Defeat Tinubu and Build a People-Centred Nigeria

The experience of the 2023 elections and the political developments that have followed make...

What do we need to survive?

Tina Nkechi The election season is upon us. Many politicians are making promises for what...

Class Struggle in Africa – Kwame Nkrumah (1970)

Tina Nkechi & Tokunbo Oke Nkrumah admitted the existence of class and class struggle when...

NLC, STARVATION WAGE AND THE TRIUMPH OF HARDSHIP

Abadom Lawrence Amechi Workers have long suffered under the weight of poor governance, corruption, and...