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SWL Protests the Murders of MST Comrades
And says NO to a constitutional coup in Brazil
Socialist Workers League protested the murders of Vilmar Bordim and Leomar Bhorbak, who were members of...
Socialists Support University of Nairobi Students Protest
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Socialism Becoming Popular Again?
In 1986, the military government of General lbrahim Babangida established the Political Bureau. The Political Bureau initiated a debate on the social-economic and political...
Venezuela shows the limits of state led socialism
by Drew Povey
Since Hugo Chávez first came to power, in February 1999, Venezuela has provided an alternative which the Nigerian state could have chosen...
Socialist for US President?
by Drew Povey
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Trade Unions in Ghana Protest Price Increases and Poverty
The trade unions in Ghana are showing that action is the way to fight price increases and poverty. Last Wednesday (20th January, 2016) the...
Mass Struggles Continue in Burundi
by Drew Povey
Turmoil continues to grip Burundi as we go to press, nearly seven months after President Pierre Nkurunziza announced he would seek...
Students’ Rebellion in South Africa
by Ashley Fataar
After ten days of unprecedented protests, students in South Africa won an interim demand that there be no increases in university fees...
W/African Trade Unions Organise Special Congress
by Segun Ogun
A special congress of the Organisation of Trade Unions in West Africa (OTUWA) held on October 22-24, at Abuja. Trade union federations...
Fee protests point to a much deeper problem at South African universities
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