On June 12, 2026, thousands of workers, students, teachers and ordinary citizens turned Democracy Day into a day of mass anger against insecurity, hunger...
Amina Usman
In the first 10 days of the US attack on Iran 20,000 non-military buildings were hit, among them almost 17,500 houses. On the first day, 150 girls were killed in a school in southern Iran that the American forces hit twice. This was...
Politics is therefore the conflict in the struggle in which the haves not only want to keep but to increase what they have while the have-nots want to survive.
On June 12, 2026, thousands of workers, students, teachers and ordinary citizens turned Democracy Day into a day of mass anger against insecurity, hunger...
Paul Biya has now been in power in Cameroon for over four decades. A record of longevity leaving the populations drained in a corrupt country in the grip of a dirty war in its English-speaking region.
Amina Usman
In the first 10 days of the US attack on Iran 20,000 non-military buildings were hit, among them almost 17,500 houses. On the first day, 150 girls were killed in a school in southern Iran that the American forces hit twice. This was...
On June 12, 2026, thousands of workers, students, teachers and ordinary citizens turned Democracy Day into a day of mass anger against insecurity, hunger...
Both governments and the private sector have plenty of money. But we still need more action from the trade unions if we are to get our fair share. FAAC allocations to state and Federal governments this year have increased by almost 30% compared to...
Tina Nkechi & Tokunbo Oke
Nkrumah admitted the existence of class and class struggle when most socialist projects in African like Nyerere's Ujamaa and Ahmed...
Tina Nkechi & Tokunbo Oke
Nkrumah admitted the existence of class and class struggle when most socialist projects in African like Nyerere's Ujamaa and Ahmed Sekou Toure's Communocracy denied its existence. This is what made Nkrumah's book such a powerful intervention when it was released...
Edwin Madunagu’s life story is an exemplification of the multiculturalism that a pluralistic society like Nigeria represents. Possibly this is responsible for the metropolitan socialist world outlook that he adopted from early in his life.
Thomas Sankara’s project of transformation was dramatically uneven. With his comrades, Sankara attempted to push through radical reforms. With his personal incorruptibility and deep commitment to transforming Burkina Faso’s diabolical underdevelopment, he remained an intransigent figure of opposition to the emergence of neoliberalism, privatisation and the marginalisation of Africa. Sankara understood that the African common people had to find their own way to development.
A popular coup d’état led by Captain Thomas Sankara made him President of, what was then called Upper Volta on August 4, 1983. He was only 33 years old. Four years later he was assassinated.
Members and supporters of Socialist Labour were impressed that the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) organised and implemented the general strike in Kaduna State. Socialist Labour commends the courage and sacrifices of the workers of Kaduna State,...