Nigeria

Worldwide embassy protests on Tuesday 23 October.Release Saburi Akande Akinola, Taiwo Hassan Soweto and Olatunde Dairo now!

Urgent appeal: Free OAU students now!

Release Taiwo Hassan, Tunde Dairo and Akinola Saburi! Now!

Between June 20 and June 23, 2007, Nigeria came to a complete halt as working people led the mass of the population in struggle against the latest attacks of the ruling robber elite.

Regime makes partial retreat, but fundamental issues remain unresolved

General strike enters third day

Labour leaders say action will continue but action must broadened

New regime faces mass working class opposition

Trade Unions issue 14 day ultimatum – but workers’ leaders must act decisively over new attacks

Internationally, a veil of silence has fallen over the blatant rigging of April’s elections in Nigeria, whose 140 million people are a quarter of Sub-Saharan Africa’s population.

Build Action Committees in workplaces and communities. Fight for real democracy, oust the looters

Open Letter to trade union and labour leaders

Dagga Tolar and other Democratic Socialist Movement (CWI Nigeria) members detained by State security service

Dagga Tolar and other Democratic Socialist Movement (CWI Nigeria) members detained by State security service

Build a mass working class alternative!

Decisive Action By Labour Needed Now!

A scientific evaluation of all the factors and forces involved in the just concluded as well as the forthcoming elections has clearly shown that the working masses cannot expect a fundamental improvement in their living […]

The blatant rigging and falsification of Nigeria’s April 14 State Governorship and Assembly elections has helped plunge the country, Africa’s largest, into crisis.

Corruption, gun fights and economic regression

The DSM has been invited to address the NLC’s 9th Delegate Conference which is being held in Abuja, the Federal capital, on February 15 and 16. Below is the goodwill message that the DSM sent […]

For the second time in a year in Lagos State and for the umpteenth time in the country as a whole, another tragic fire has resulted from a burst fuel pipeline claiming the lives and […]

Democratic Socialist Movement, press statement, August 11, 2006

Union federation supports NLC candidate

More than 80 % of the population oppose continuation of President Obasanjo’s rule

President of Nigeria Labour Congress recognises role played by Democratic Socialist Movement

Only a socialist solution can save working people

Five general strikes in five years and still Nigerian workers and youth continue their struggle against fuel price rises

The massive turn-out by Nigerians in their hundreds of thousands to a rally called by Labour and Civil Society Coalition (LASCO) against the incessant increase in the fuel price and other neo-liberal, anti-poor polices of […]

The end August 30% rise in Nigerian fuel prices has provoked a renewed outburst of mass anger in Africa’s most populous country.

Marxists often state that counter-revolution invariably always act as the whiplash of revolution. This is the best way to interpret the easy manner with which some of the slogans which were raised by the DSM […]

Press statement of Lagos NCP

A socialist alternative is the only way out

An open memorandum to the national assembly concerning the June 30, 2005 Paris Club Deal

While Africa pays $15 billion yearly to service its debt to the rich nations and financial institutions, it receives less than $13 billion as aid with strings attached.

But government privatisations are corruption and theft on a huge scale

Mass action needed to stop anti-poor policy

Workers organisations must take decisive mass action now!

Workers’ movement needs to adopt independent, class policies

But Labour leaders participate in government’s sham ‘conference’

Workers’ fury at government’s failure to reverse fuel price hike

For the sixth time since June 2000 and for third time in year 2004 alone, the working people of Nigeria have resoundingly through nationwide general strikes and protests, expressed their total objection to the pro-rich, […]

What alternative to Obasanjo?

Five general strikes since June 2000!

Again, the pump prices of the petroleum products have been increased.

Nigeria has recently seen a brutal example of the link between anti-trade union court rulings and an onslaught on living standards.

Unions must defend rights

How To fight and defeat Obasanjo’s anti-poor, capitalist government

40th day political commemoration of the death of comrade Rotimi Ewebiyi.