A wave of youth-led protests has been sweeping Kenya, Nigeria, and Uganda, ushering in a new era of political struggle. We’re seeing a new generation organize protests, many for the first time in their lives, and draw in people of all ages alongside them. Young people also led demonstrations earlier this year and last in […]
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Trial Starts on Friday, November 8 — Build the Nigeria Solidarity Campaign! Below is an update on ISA’s Nigeria Solidarity Campaign, followed by an article on the latest price hikes on fuel and the demand for a 48 hour general strike. On Monday, October 14, comrade Daniel Akande was released on bail. This is a […]
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Update On October 14, Daniel Akande, a member of ISA in Nigeria, was released on bail. However, the court case will still proceed on November 11. Eleven people, including Daniel, are charged with treasonable felony, which carries a maximum sentence of the death penalty. Although the bail was reduced to 5 million naira, this is […]
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For solidarity actions now to demand the release of Daniel Akande and all those arrested in the repression of the Nigerian state On Sunday, 1 September, comrade Daniel Akande, member of Movement for a Socialist Alternative (MSA, ISA in Nigeria) was arrested by police in Abuja, the Nigerian capital. This is part of a campaign […]
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Press statement by Solidarity Network for Workers Rights Editors Note The 10 days of protests against price hikes and poverty in Nigeria tagged #EndBadGovernance and led by working class youth, which ended on August 10, have been met with strong repression from government forces. On the first day of announced protests, Thursday 1 August, the […]
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Movement for a Socialist Alternative, Nigeria The current economic challenges in Nigeria, caused by the anti-people policies of the APC-led Tinubu government, have left many Nigerians in severe hardship and prompted the call for the End Hunger protest. President Tinubu’s announcement on the day of his inauguration to increase the price of petrol from Naira […]
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Protests against police brutality in Nigeria have taken a violent turn as the police have opened fire on peaceful demonstrators, killing, according to Amnesty International, at least twelve people. We publish here an Press statement issued by the Movement for a Socialist Alternative. Lekki Massacre: Kick out the Killer Buhari-led Regime Now! We hold Lagos […]
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Wole Olubanji is a member of Movement for a Socialist Alternative (ISA in Nigeria). President Buhari has unleashed blow after blow on the working masses of this country as a means of saving the profits and luxurious lifestyles of the country’s capitalist elite in the face of a recession which the Covid-19 pandemic has worsened. […]
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Ibukun Omole is a member of Democratic Socialist Movement (CWI in Nigeria). General elections are scheduled for Nigeria in February and March. February 16 is due to see the election of the president and National Assembly, while on March 2 governors and state assemblies in most of Nigeria’s 36 states, alongside local elections in the […]
Continue ReadingHassan 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 […]
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