Trade Unions in the States will have to fight to Win Pay Increases
In January, 2023, workers in Federal Government budget funded bodies were given a 40% pay increase. As a result of the agreement...
HOW DO YOU UNDERSTAND MARXISM: A REVIEW OF MARXISM FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF JOHN...
BY AFASHIMA MOSES
There may be just a few individuals who are not inclined to have titles and...
LESSONS OF THE ASUU STRIKE – NOT ENOUGH FOR VICTORY
ASUU members executed and sustained an amazing strike for eight months, most of that time without their wages being paid. The NLC organised a wonderful set of solidarity marches and rallies in all the state capitals at the end of the month of July, 2022, but unfortunately, this was not enough for victory. ASUU members have now returned to work based on a court order and the intervention of the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Crime, Criminality and The State of ...
By Biodun Olamosu
The issue of insecurity is one of the major problems confronting working people and has...
PHOTOS SPEAK. Trade Union Protests in Every State – solidarity with education strikes
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), its member unions and others organise massive protests across the country in solidarity with the education strikes. The trade unions have yet again shown their ability to organise huge protests in all state capitals.
THE DANGER INHERENT IN THE PRESENT MOMENT: THE LEFT AND THE NIGERIA QUESTION
The present moment is a very dicey one, characterised by systemic crisis, of such proportions that it seems to have engendered a situation of permanent crises – a crisis of rampant excruciating poverty, a crisis of rampaging endemic insecurity, and a crisis of near catastrophic degradation of human life; all of which pose an existential threat to the working peoples of our part of the world.
Armies Represent the Armed Might of the Ruling Class
There is a widespread myth that the role of armies is to protect the nation (the people). In fact, the historic role of armies is to protect the ruling class from the people and any competitive rulers in the neighbourhood.
TRIBUTE TO PROFESSOR BAYO ABORISADE ON HIS RETIREMENT
By Biodun Olamosu, Books Farm House & Publishers, Signs & Wonders Shopping Complex, Ibadan.
I am delighted to be...
How can we stop childbearing being a death sentence? By Tina Ndi
With an estimated 512 deaths per 100,000 live births, Nigeria’s maternal mortality rate is still among the highest in the world.
Overview of the African ruling class
February, 2018 Jean NangaOriginally published in French by CADTM (Committee for the Abolition of Illegitimate Debts): https://www.cadtm.org/Apercu-sur-l-actuelle-classe