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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...

May Day and the Need for Collective Struggle and Left Unity

May Day celebrates the collective spirit of the working class and its unity.

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...

Understanding the War in Ukraine  

By Biodun Olamosu War, according to Carl von Clausewitz, is the continuation of policy by other means that is not conventional. His emphasis is on clashes of interest for political motives by the state institutions thereby leading to violence. This involves killings, maiming of people and destruction of properties, lack of safety and...

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.

SOCIALIST BULLETIN APRIL 2022

The latest monthly issues of Socialist Bulletin is available for free download. SL-bulletin-April-2022Download Read and share!

STOP ALL WARS! NO TO RUSSIAN AGGRESSION!! NO TO NATO!!!

The Putin led war of Russian aggression and invasion against Ukraine that has caused the death of not a few people and the surge refugees into other countries is condemnable, so also the Ukraine state is responsible for the death of tens of thousands of people in the country fighting for their right for self-determination in the...