Workers' & Left Parties Archives

Nigeria: A political party of the working class is born

November 25, 2013 Hassan Taiwo Soweta

Hassan Taiwo Soweta is National Youth Leader, SPN. Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) holds inaugural convention “Today we are beginning a new chapter in the history of Nigeria; a chapter that will be dominated by the political struggle of the working masses to take power and begin to take control of the destiny of this […]

Workers and Socialist Party launch making waves within the combative SA working class

March 12, 2013 Democratic Socialist Movement (CWI in South Africa)

The Marikana massacre, where police armed with automatic weapons opened fire and killed 34 striking miners, was a watershed in post-Apartheid South Africa. Echoing this, one headline covering the launch read “born in post-Marikana anger, Workers & Socialist Party enters SA politics”. The most significant feature of the 2012 mineworkers’ strikes was the organisation of […]