Culture and Liberation
Culture is important for our liberation. The following two articles by supporters of Socialist Labour consider two aspects of our common culture. The first considers the importance of music, especially Reggae and Afrobeat, and their links to African liberation. The second considers the historic loss of artistic skills with the example of the Benin bronzes (many of...
Mobilisation for an Active General Strike is Essential
In the last year, the working-class in Nigeria have suffered a series of major setbacks. It is essential that these defeats are overturned as soon as possible. This requires the NLC and the TUC to make serious preparations towards the indefinite general strike and to ensure that it includes protests and rallies on a daily basis in...
NLC and TUC Need to Change Strategy – lessons from the last decade – Alex Batubo
The strategy of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trades Union Congress (TUC) over the last decade or so has included extended negotiations, limited strike threats and generally calling off strikes at the last moment. The assumption appears to have been that we have decent governments that only occasionally need reminding to do the right thing. In fact we have corrupt governments that only work to further enrich themselves and their elite friends. They rarely, if ever, actually implement any agreements that they have signed with the trade unions.
WE WON: University of Lagos Students Assert Their Democratic Rights Amidst Adverse Circumstances
To reconvene, kick-start total protests and agitations after 48 hours ultimatum
Yesterday's protest by University of Lagos students against fee hike and underfunding of education is a powerful display of class consciousness and collective action.It was a direct confrontation rejecting the neoliberal siege on public education.We maintain that our struggle is a fight for...
‘A tinderbox waiting to explode’: Niger and neo-colonialism
An interview with a member of Socialist Labour.
It will be working class rank and file soldiers that will bear the brunt of the fighting in any invasion, sent to fight their class brothers in Niger, whilst the ruling elite cheer them on. This is one of the main reasons why we are against...
We Need a Sustained Fight Back Against the High Cost of Living
Workers and the popular masses have suffered a continued massive attack on their living standards. This cannot continue, we have to build a mass popular campaign led by the labour movement to significantly reverse the massive increase in inequality. The alternative is a continued rise in abject poverty and destitution that will lead to increasing numbers of...
Socialist Bulletin September 2023
The socialist Bulletin from Socialist Labour is available for the month of Septermber 2023.
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HAS ANYTHING CHANGED IN THE UNTENABLE OLD
STORY OF HIKE IN THE PRICE OF FUEL?
By Biodun Olamosu
Biodun Olamosu
Biodun provides the background that we need to understand the recent massive hike in the price of petrol, transport costs and so inflation generally. We all know that as a result we...
Socialist Labour Bulletin August 2023 Edition
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We All Need to Build the NLC Protests and a National Strike
• Support the labour movement protests and general strike now!• Organise massive protests in all towns and cities!!• Unity and solidarity by all popular organisations to win!!!The Tinubu government has resolved to fully implement the neoliberal policies of the IMF and World Bank. This means a massive growth of poverty for us and further enrichment for the...