Mass Struggles, Organised Labour and the Left in 21st Century Nigeria
Working-class people and youths have waged struggles of great significance over the last twenty-five years. These have been mass resistance that transformed into counter-offensives...
Ushie Rita Uguamaye and the NYSC controversy: A Reflection on Systemic Issues
Emmanuel EDOMWONYI examines the recent developments around a youth corps member’s critical view about the economic situation in the country and the backlash she...
“We are all Natasha”: A Shameless Senate on the Global Stage
The top echelons of the Nigerian senate have repeatedly claimed that the allegations of sexual harassment levelled by Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan against Senate President Godswill...
Neda Imasuen and the Depths of Public Corruption
Neda Imasuen, the Senator representing Edo South Senatorial District and Chair of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Code of Conduct, and Public Petitions, has...
Rivers State: SWL Says No To Militarisation, Demands Reversal of State of Emergency
The Socialist Workers League (SWL) expressed its unequivocal opposition to the state of emergency imposed on Rivers State by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and...
This Hardship Is Too Much: FIGHTBACK!
The living conditions of working-class people in Nigeria keep getting worse, while a handful of rich people keep getting richer. The situation has pushed...
Sexual Harassment Allegations Against the Senate President: We Demand Justice & Transparency
SWL condemns the ridiculous and anti-democratic developments taking place in the Senate chambers since Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan levelled serious allegations of sexual harassment against...
On the Labour Party
The Labour Party (LP) was formed in 2002 as the Party for Social Democracy (PSD) before adopting its current name two years after. The...
Egbetokun, Cybercrime Act and the Sham Trial of Sowore
The repressive machinery of the Nigerian state has once again barred its fangs at Omoyele Sowore, Convener of the revolutionary Take It Back global...
Unizik Lecturer, “TikTok Student” and Power Dynamics in Universities
Social media in Nigeria went agog in the first half of February over a squabble which occurred between a student and a lecturer at...
Trade Unions are not Revolutionary Vanguards and that’s Okay
Several people on the left, including myself, have lost hope in the leadership of trade unions and the two trade union centres: NLC and...
Fayemi, APC and #OccupyNigeria
The former Ekiti state governor and minister of solid minerals, Kayode Fayemi, declared that the APC owes Nigerians an apology, because the party has...
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