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8 April 2015
Nigeria: Ruling party crumbles in historic election
Without doubt the 28 March presidential election was a major turning point for Nigeria. For the first time in the country's 55 year existence as an independent country, a ruling party was roundly defeated in an election
A general strike against fuel price hikes in Nigeria
19 November 2014
Unreported Nigeria: Class struggle and inequality
When Nigeria is mentioned in the British press it is usually to report the horrors of Boko Haram’s latest terrorist attack or the - at least for now - successful battle against Ebola. However, there is another side to Nigeria - the magnificent history of struggle by the working class
Health workers in Liberia have been on strike demanding better protection from Ebola virus and improved pay
10 September 2014
Ebola virus: Victims of a failed capitalist system
Infectious bodies rotting in the streets... health care facilities overwhelmed... health workers dying in shocking numbers. These horrific scenes are spreading across West Africa
14 May 2014
Capitalist politicians can't solve Boko Haram crisis
The abduction of over 200 girls from a school in Nigeria sparked global outrage
5 March 2014
Nigeria's battle for a mass workers' party
Book review: Over the weekend of 1-2 March, 74 people were killed in a terror bombing by Boko Haram insurgents in Africa's most populous country, Nigeria
27 November 2013
Nigeria: A political party of the working class is born
Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) holds inaugural convention:
8 May 2013
May Day - fighting capitalist oppression internationally
CWI members, often in difficult circumstances, organised and participated in May Day events around the world. Here are a few short reports..
13 June 2012
Turkey: Lift strike ban: Preparations for a strike by the Civil Aviation Union (Hava-İş) after the breakdown in collective bargaining talks at Turkish Airlines (THY), have been attacked by the AKP government through the inclusion of aviation services in a strike ban
18 January 2012
Nigeria: Fuel strike suspended
Nigeria's trade union leaders called off the unions' week-long general strike after the government agreed to partially reinstate the cancelled fuel subsidy...
Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) in Nigeria, sister party of the Socialist Party in the UK, , photo by DSM
11 January 2012
Nigeria shut down at start of indefinite general strike
Nigeria has been gripped by widespread anger and protest since the sudden New Year's Day announcement of a more than doubling in the price of fuel; something which hits not just transport of people and goods but also fuel for the generators people need for electricity and fuel for cooking...
4 January 2012
Nigeria: Boko Haram's Christmas Day bombings
Among the more audacious previous attacks of Boko Haram were the bombings of the National Police headquarters and the United Nations office in the capital, Abuja, writes Segun Sango, General secretary, Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM - CWI, Nigeria).
Gulf of Mexico oil spill spirals towards New Orleans, photo NASA Earth Observatory image
12 May 2010
Gulf of Mexico disaster: nationalise the oil giants
AFTER THE explosion which sank the BP-leased Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, causing eleven deaths and threatening an environmental catastrophe, many people must be wondering what is to be done with the oil companies - not least the relatives of the workers killed in the explosion, writes Pete Mason.
8 April 2010
Nigeria: Ajegunle Police Killings Update 2: Police Arrest Dagga Tolar and two others today
Press statement from the Democratic Socialist Movement (the Nigerian sister party of the Socialist Party): Police today April 7, 2010 arrested Dagga Tolar, the Secretary of the Lagos state chapter of Labour and Civil Society Coalition (LASCO) and a member of Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM), Akpos Okoro, community activist and Aderemi Ismail, community activist and organizer, Ajegunle Branch of DSM...
27 January 2010
In a renewed 'scramble for Africa', the continent is again a competing arena for all the big powers globally - China, the US, the EU, Russia...
15 December 2009
Video/Audio: International meeting of socialists from around world
London Socialist Party held an international meeting of socialists from around the world. Here are Video and audio files of their speeches...
4 November 2008
If Obama wins - Looking beyond the hope bubble
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US president Barack Obama supporter, photo Paul Mattsson |
29 November 2007
In brief: Who safeguards safety?
THE COURTS disqualify company directors who risk cash hundreds of times more often than directors who risk people's health and safety, says the Health and Safety Executive...
29 November 2007
THE CAMPAIGN continues to defend the detained Nigerian student activists, Olatunde Dairo, Taiwo Hassan Soweto and Akinola Sakuri...
14 November 2007
Release Nigerian students now!
Three Nigerian student activists from Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile Ife, are still in jail on made up charges.
8 November 2007
Free detained Nigerian students
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Protest at the UK Nigerian embassy, photo Marc Vallee |
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