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TWO YEARS AFTER #ENDBADGOVERNANCE PROTESTS, THE TASK IS TO MOBILISE

August 2024. Nigerians took to the streets under #EndBadGovernance, demanding a reversal of subsidy removal, affordable food, fair wages, and an end to insecurity. The Tinubu government answered with repression: comrades arrested, detained, beaten, and dragged into a treason trial that stretched over a...
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THE UNITY PARTY OF NIGERIA: LATEEF JAKANDE AND FREE EDUCATION IN LAGOS STATE: 1979 to 1983

Mass struggles across the federation in the late 1970’s forced the military regime of General Olusegun Obasanjo to lift the ban on politics and outline a time table for the return of civilian rule. A struggle of critical mass was the Ali Mon Go...
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What Strategy for a Socialist Electoral Victory? Interview with Danièle Obono April 8, 2022

In the French presidential election, Jean-Luc Mélenchon is the socialist who was most likely to reach the second round of the elections. Danièle Obono is an MP for La France Insoumise (Rebellious France) and an Afro-feminist, anti-globalist and eco-socialist activist.
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SOCIALIST BULLETIN APRIL 2022

The latest monthly issues of Socialist Bulletin is available for free download. SL-bulletin-April-2022Download Read and share!
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STOP ALL WARS! NO TO RUSSIAN AGGRESSION!! NO TO NATO!!!

The Putin led war of Russian aggression and invasion against Ukraine that has caused...
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Prof. Yusufu Zoaka paper presentation at the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) “Workers Political Conference”, March 2022

The following paper was recently presented, in early March 2022, at the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) “Workers Political Conference” by Professor Yusufu Ali Zoaka, the Lead Paper Presenter. As an academic and trade unionist, Prof Zoaka identifies the first of the main impediments against political engagement by trade emancipation as unity among the labour forces, the numerous socialist groups and civil society groups. He concludes by calling on the working people to close ranks under the leadership of the NLC to lead all into a more prosperous society that should promote equity, justice and fair play for all.
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Prof. Omotoye Olorode paper presentation at TUCN Roundtable discussion, March 2022

The following paper was recently presented at the Trade Union Congress Political Round Table by Prof Toye Olorode as the Lead Discussant. As a seasoned trade union activist, Olorode is in an excellent position to review the relationship between trade unions and their support for political parties and elections. He concludes: "The task of Nigeria’s working people, clearly, is to organise and take that political power from the ruling class: by all means necessary!"
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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.
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Protests should have Continued – the Government is Lying

The concession from the Government on petrol prices was only the result of the...
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PRESS RELEASE: SOCIALIST LABOUR SUPPORTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE WORKERS STRIKE

Socialist Labour sends solidarity and support to the Joint Research and Allied Institutions Sector Unions (JORAISU) strike
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How Can University Unions Make the Government Implement its Agreements?

The university sector has suffered gross underfunding and privatisation over the last two decades.
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THE ROLE OF EDUCATION UNDER CAPITALISM

 This crippling of individuals I consider the worst evil of capitalism...Albert Einstein
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What is the Balance Sheet of the Four Week Public Sector Strike in Cross River State?

The NLC and TUC managed to organise a united strike across the public sector...
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Socialist Labour Calls for Solidarity with Public Sector Strikers of Cross River State

Socialist Labour calls for Solidarity with Cross River striking workers
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TWO YEARS AFTER #ENDBADGOVERNANCE PROTESTS, THE TASK IS TO MOBILISE

August 2024. Nigerians took to the streets under #EndBadGovernance, demanding a reversal of subsidy...
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THE UNITY PARTY OF NIGERIA: LATEEF JAKANDE AND FREE EDUCATION IN LAGOS STATE: 1979 to 1983

Mass struggles across the federation in the late 1970’s forced the military regime of...
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“FAKE” FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY (PFIPC): AN UNPRECEDENTED SCANDAL

The unfolding controversy surrounding the alleged fake Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) is...
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DR Segun Osoba Marxist Historian OAU Ife

A Tribute to Dr. Segun Osoba (1934-2026), an accomplished Marxist historian and activist at...

We are socialists and Marxists The economic, environmental and Covid-19 crises have made clear that capitalism is a conflict between two classes: the vast majority who create the wealth, and a tiny minority who profit from it.Attempts to reform capitalism have failed: the only solution is to replace it with a truly democratic socialist society. Capitalist rulers will only give up power if forced to do so. We need a mass democratic movement to bring about socialism. Events, such as the Russian Revolution of 1917,January 2012 in Nigeria and the uprisings in Sudan and Algeria last year, show what is needed.

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