THEY HAVE PLENTY OF MONEY – ACTION IS NEEDED TO GET OUR SHARE!

Both governments and the private sector have plenty of money.  But we still need more action from the trade unions if we are to...

We Will Need Left Unity to Defeat Tinubu and Build a People-Centred Nigeria

The experience of the 2023 elections and the political developments that have followed make one point increasingly unavoidable: if Nigeria’s left, labour movement, and progressive forces remain divided, they will continue to struggle against entrenched elite dominance. The challenge is not simply about replacing...

The case against privatization

Femi Aborisade Privatization essentially refers to selling public bodies, public enterprises to private owners. Economic and...

Banning of Trade Union Organisation in Certain Government Departments and Services

There are a number of public sector organisations where the workers are denied the...

NLC, STARVATION WAGE AND THE TRIUMPH OF HARDSHIP

Abadom Lawrence Amechi Workers have long suffered under the weight of poor governance, corruption, and...

World Bank Condemns Its Own Poverty Initiative

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THEY HAVE PLENTY OF MONEY – ACTION IS NEEDED TO GET OUR SHARE!

Both governments and the private sector have plenty of money.  But we still need...

We Will Need Left Unity to Defeat Tinubu and Build a People-Centred Nigeria

The experience of the 2023 elections and the political developments that have followed make...

THEY HAVE PLENTY OF MONEY – ACTION IS NEEDED TO GET OUR SHARE!

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Sudan – The resistance committees: a revolution from below

By Hamad Gamal et Sarah Bachellerie Workers councils have developed at the highpoints of working...

Cameroon: never ending Biya

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.

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THEY HAVE PLENTY OF MONEY – ACTION IS NEEDED TO GET OUR SHARE!

Both governments and the private sector have plenty of money.  But we still need...

We Will Need Left Unity to Defeat Tinubu and Build a People-Centred Nigeria

The experience of the 2023 elections and the political developments that have followed make...

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Class Struggle in Africa – Kwame Nkrumah (1970)

Tina Nkechi & Tokunbo Oke Nkrumah admitted the existence of class and class struggle when...

NLC, STARVATION WAGE AND THE TRIUMPH OF HARDSHIP

Abadom Lawrence Amechi Workers have long suffered under the weight of poor governance, corruption, and...

THEY HAVE PLENTY OF MONEY – ACTION IS NEEDED TO GET OUR SHARE!

Both governments and the private sector have plenty of money.  But we still need...

We Will Need Left Unity to Defeat Tinubu and Build a People-Centred Nigeria

The experience of the 2023 elections and the political developments that have followed make...

What do we need to survive?

Tina Nkechi The election season is upon us. Many politicians are making promises for what...

THEY HAVE PLENTY OF MONEY – ACTION IS NEEDED TO GET OUR SHARE!

Both governments and the private sector have plenty of money.  But we still need...

We Will Need Left Unity to Defeat Tinubu and Build a People-Centred Nigeria

The experience of the 2023 elections and the political developments that have followed make...

What do we need to survive?

Tina Nkechi The election season is upon us. Many politicians are making promises for what...

Class Struggle in Africa – Kwame Nkrumah (1970)

Tina Nkechi & Tokunbo Oke Nkrumah admitted the existence of class and class struggle when...

NLC, STARVATION WAGE AND THE TRIUMPH OF HARDSHIP

Abadom Lawrence Amechi Workers have long suffered under the weight of poor governance, corruption, and...

World Bank Condemns Its Own Poverty Initiative

Drew Povey The World Bank accepts that social support is needed, at least for the...

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We Will Need Left Unity to Defeat Tinubu and Build a People-Centred Nigeria

The experience of the 2023 elections and the political developments that have followed make one point increasingly unavoidable: if Nigeria’s left, labour movement, and progressive forces remain divided, they will continue to struggle against entrenched elite dominance. The challenge is not simply about replacing...

What do we need to survive?

Tina Nkechi The election season is upon us. Many politicians are making promises for what...

Class Struggle in Africa – Kwame Nkrumah (1970)

Tina Nkechi & Tokunbo Oke Nkrumah admitted the existence of class and class struggle when...

NLC, STARVATION WAGE AND THE TRIUMPH OF HARDSHIP

Abadom Lawrence Amechi Workers have long suffered under the weight of poor governance, corruption, and...

World Bank Condemns Its Own Poverty Initiative

Drew Povey The World Bank accepts that social support is needed, at least for the...

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THEY HAVE PLENTY OF MONEY – ACTION IS NEEDED TO GET OUR SHARE!

Both governments and the private sector have plenty of money.  But we still need more action from the trade unions if we are to...

Class Struggle in Africa – Kwame Nkrumah (1970)

Tina Nkechi & Tokunbo Oke Nkrumah admitted the existence of class and class struggle when...

NLC, STARVATION WAGE AND THE TRIUMPH OF HARDSHIP

Abadom Lawrence Amechi Workers have long suffered under the weight of poor governance, corruption, and...

What do we need to survive?

Tina Nkechi The election season is upon us. Many politicians are making promises for what they may do if elected next year. In addition, we have just had May Day when the trade union leaders made a series of demands. All these promises and demands...

World Bank Condemns Its Own Poverty Initiative

Drew Povey The World Bank accepts that social support is needed, at least for the very poor, with the introduction its free market neoliberal reforms....

Class Struggle in Africa – Kwame Nkrumah (1970)

Tina Nkechi & Tokunbo Oke Nkrumah admitted the existence of class and class struggle when...

NLC, STARVATION WAGE AND THE TRIUMPH OF HARDSHIP

Abadom Lawrence Amechi Workers have long suffered under the weight of poor governance, corruption, and...

World Bank Condemns Its Own Poverty Initiative

Drew Povey The World Bank accepts that social support is needed, at least for the very poor, with the introduction its free market neoliberal reforms. The World Bank has congratulated the Tinubu administration for ending fuel subsidy and allowing the exchange rate for the naira...

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Socialist Labour Bulletin – June 2021

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Unpicking Sankara’s elusive socialism

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.

Thomas Sankara – Burkina Faso

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.

NLC Kaduna State Strike, JUSUN, PASAN & ASUP Strikes, Fuel Price Increases and The Minimum Wage: The Way Forward

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,...

Judiciary Workers, Kaduna State Workers, Parliamentary Workers and Polytechnic Lecturers Need Our Solidarity

There are four vital strikes going on in Nigeria today. They are being organized...

Banks, Schools, Airport, Train Station, Electricity Shut In Kaduna As Labour Strike Begins.

Electricity supply, government schools and offices, banks, airport, train station have been totally shut...

IVA VALLEY BOOKS

IVA VALLEY BOOKS sells a good range of socialist, economics and environmental books (new...

Review | Fight the Fire

By Janet Bujra -9 May 2021 Jonathan Neale’s new book calls for a global mass movement to confront the...

A REVIEW OF “NEW NIGERIANS” BY OLADIPO AGBOLUAJE

Tokunbo Oke The play “New Nigerians” is a timely, cynical satire about the state of...

Elections in Benin and Chad then military coup in Chad shows Nigerian Government’s support for dictators across the region

The Buhari Government showed its support for dictators across the region during the general...

How Can We Address ‘insecurity’ – do aerial bombardments have any role?

On 3rd January 2021, French planes bombed a gathering near Bounty, a remote village...

Socialist Labour Bulletin, May 2021 Edition

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