Ondo doctors begin strike over half salary payment
HILLARY ESSIEN
Doctors of the Ondo Government Doctors Forum, have commenced an indefinite strike over half salary payments for November 2020.
“Doctors in Ondo are working under harsh conditions. We cannot work from home. It is unfathomable that we are being paid half salary. We are not insensitive to...
ADDRESSING THE SNOWBALLING ‘HERDERS – FARMERS CONFLICTS’ AMIDST THE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT: THE URGENCY OF NOW
By Jaye Gaskia
The choice of the title for this piece is deliberate, and it is the outcome of relentless, and agitated, even if cautious reflection over the issue and phenomenon of what has transitioned from a perennial anomaly to an endemic crisis, of increasingly existential dimension for the country.The window of opportunity...
A year under the pandemic
Joseph Choonara
A year is a long time in pandemics. It is a little over 12 months since the first victims succumbed to Covid-19. By the time of writing, the global death toll had reached 1.5 million, a figure likely to rise substantially over the winter months in the northern hemisphere. Vast numbers more have...
Implications of Imperial Ambitions
By Simon Gilbert and Adrian Budd
China’s rulers have, for the past four decades, sought to increase the country’s global role, particularly via their Belt and Road Initiative. Simon Gilbert reviews three recently published books on the repercussions of these policies, while Adrian Budd considers a study of US/Chinese tensions.
Big Pharma: saints or sinners?
By Luigi Hay
Free-market ideologues claim that ‘Big Pharma’ has saved the day by its quick development of Covid vaccines. Luigi Hay examines the reality.
The especially fast development of the recent Covid-19 vaccines has led some commentators to claim that this shows how wonderful ‘Big Pharma’ really is –...
The megarich have already recovered from the pandemic. It may take the poor a decade to do so
OXFAM International, 25th January 2021
The 1,000 richest people on the planet recouped their COVID-19 losses within just nine months, but it could take more than a decade for the world’s poorest to recover from the economic impacts of the pandemic, reveals a new Oxfam report today. ‘The Inequality Virus’ is being published...
THE NEW DEMOCRAT ADMINISTRATION WILL NO DOUBT DECLARE A NEW ERA FOR FOREIGN RELATIONS BUT WHAT WILL IT ACTUALLY DELIVER?
Chris Nineham, Stop The War Coalition, UK
Millions around the world will be celebrating the end of the Trump’s tenure and the inauguration of a new president. Despite his talk of ‘ending the era of endless wars’, Trump’s foreign policy brought destruction, misery and fear to many corners of the...
SOCIALIST BULLETIN, JANUARY 2021
The January issue of the monthly bulletin from Socialist Labour is now available for downloads.
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How do we organise to stop sexual harassment?
By Tina Ndi
Recent media cases have again reminded us of the issue of sexual harassment. In Ogun state, the Commissioner for Environment was suspended for the attempted rape of a 16-year-old girl. The Deeper Life High School saga in Akwa Bom State shows that this is not just a case of harassment...
Covid-19 Vaccination – What Should We Be Worried About?
An opinion by Drew Povey
The Covid-19 continues to hit the headlines and many people are now discussing vaccination against the pandemic. Several vaccines have now completed their medical trials and are being rolled out in a number of countries. Some people have raised fears about the safety of these vaccines and whether...