How Can University Unions Make the Government Implement its Agreements?
The university sector has suffered gross underfunding and privatisation over the last two decades.
THE ROLE OF EDUCATION UNDER CAPITALISM
This crippling of individuals I consider the worst evil of capitalism...Albert Einstein
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 in Cross River State and this was sustained for over four whole weeks. This included both state and local government workers.
This was a great achievement against a state that is hostile to workers and their trade unions. The State...
Socialist Labour Calls for Solidarity with Public Sector Strikers of Cross River State
Socialist Labour calls for Solidarity with Cross River striking workers
Soviets and Sudanese Resistance Committees
Every time there are successful mass uprisings, the working-class sets up its own ways of organising its society. In Russia in 1917 these were called Soviets or committees, in Sudan, in 2019 and since, they are called Resistance Committees. Below we include a description of these Committees taken from the book, The Song of Revolt, by an...
TPAP-M: BUILDING A MASS POLITICAL MOVEMENT OF THE WORKING PEOPLES:
BY JAYE GASKIA
The Peoples Alternative Political Movement (TPAP-M), established at the peoples alternative political summit (TPAPS) at the end of March 2021, is a coalition of individuals and organisations committed to the emergence of a mass workers party and the socialist transformation of Nigeria.
Since its foundation, the...
THE NIGERIAN WORKERS AND THE LABOUR PARTY: THE WAY FORWARD.
Comrade Joseph S. Ndirang, Labour Party Chieftain, Abuja
It is strange that most Nigerians do not know that the Labour Party is the baby and brain child of the Nigerian Labour movement as championed by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), alongside its civil society allies. The Labour...
CHRONICLE OF DEGREE DENIALS BY UNILORIN : A COMPLETE SYSTEMS FAILURE
Poju Akinyanju
When Rasheedat Adesina was called to the Nigerian Bar in August of this year, her ordeal and courage in confronting persecution by the University of Ilorin {Unilorin) was brought to the fore, again. What was not known to some of us who were close to the struggles of Rasheedat because we...
What is the balance sheet of the doctors’ strike?
Socialist Labour congratulates the doctors, members of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), for their steadfastness and tenacity in maintaining their strike for over two months from 2nd August 2021.