Socialist Bulletin, July 2022
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TPAP-M, 2023, Labour, and actually existing “Labour Party”
The left, with its basically socialist ideology, has been historically and consistently on the side of the labour movement, in its widest sense, in Nigeria since the colonial period.
Socialist Bulletin June 2022
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Labour Party and the Left
By Femi Falana.
Since the days of the struggles against colonialism workers and their leaders have always been interested in the question of political power. Generations of the broad left have nursed the consciousness that the problems in the political economy, as they affect the working people, cannot be fundamentally solved if workers are indifferent to the fundamental question: who “authoritatively” allocates resources and in whose interest? Who defines what is development?
Them and Us – What is the Best Approach to Trade Union Activity?
The author Joe Burns says there are two different approaches to trade unionism. These are what he calls class struggle unionists and business unionists. This extract from his book explains these two terms. Socialist Labour supports the class struggle approach to trade unionism.
Seeing the payment of wages as theft leads class struggle unionists...
Violent government crackdowns increase insecurity across Nigeria, new report shows
By Yung Alhaji
Introduction
On April 13, a group of armed assailants reportedly raided the College of Health and Technology in Tsafe LGA, in Zamfara State, abducting several students, many of whom were women. This is only the latest in a seemingly unending string of kidnappings that have intensified in Northwest...
Northwest Nigeria’s Bandit Problem: Explaining the conflict drivers (2022) – a review of the Centre for Democracy and Development report
by Alex Batubo
Insecurity is a major problem that we all face, from theft, burglary to kidnapping and banditry. This report makes a serious attempt to explain the underlying causes for this problem, specifically in Zamfara State. Once we understand the reasons for the increase in insecurity we may begin to consider how to...
How do we Reform Trade Union to Defeat Neoliberalism?
Alex Batubo
Many comrades in the trade union movement became active to change the world, but neoliberalism has defeated too many and they have been changed – for the worse. This is especially the case for the trade union leaders. The combination of the dominant ideas in society, regular meetings with government officials and...
THE MOMENT AND THE MOVEMENT: NAVIGATING THE NEXUS BETWEEN STRATEGIC PATIENCE AND TACTICAL URGENCY
BY JAYE GASKIA
There is no doubt that as a people, as a class and as a movement, we are presently at another critical juncture in our collective history.
This juncture is characterised by a significant systemic crisis of existential proportions. The various crises are in...