After the General Strike: the Struggle Continues
There have been controversies and confusion in the last two weeks over the mass action organised by the Nigeria Labour Congress and its civil...
WE CANNOT PAY N145 PER LITRE! WE WILL NOT PAY 1KOBO MORE!! NO TO...
United Action for Democracy, the pan-Nigerian coalition of radical civic organisations which SWL is affiliated to responds to the draconian hike in the price...
Real wages have collapsed with the naira. Cost of living keeps rising. We must:...
Nigerian workers have been plunged into a terrible situation of hunger, suffering and indebtedness. Never before has real wages fallen to the level they...
Kick out the Corrupt Senate!
Corruption has always been the favourite pastime of the rich and mighty in Nigeria. While they are ever quick to point out that there...
Nigeria on the Precipice; A Case for Socialism
Nigeria was created by the British colonialists as part of its imperialist expansion in Africa, for the accumulation of capital. The colonialists did not...
On Trade Unionism
the bureaucracy and the rank and file
Trade Unions are among the earliest and longest lasting forms of working class organization. Trade unionism arises from...
Bailout Funds Fraud
*Politicians Show True Colour
*NCSU, NLC protest
It is now official that several governors, if not all, diverted significant amounts from the bailout funds made available...
Anti-austerity Symposium holds in Benin
In response to the harsh socio-economic conditions and crude taxation that are imposed on Nigerians, the Youth Against Austerity(YAA) held a symposium on Sat...
On the Energy Crisis
The past few months have been hell on earth for the immense majority of Nigerians as petrol scarcity and sustained power outage have made...
The Budget Stalemate and Workers’ Agony
There has been controversy trailing the 2016 Appropriation Bill submitted by the Federal Government of Nigeria to the National Assembly, NASS. Various issues have...
UNITE THE RESISTANCE!
It is now a year since General Muhammadu Buhari was elected as president on the platform of the All Progressives Congress. It is also...
The Proposed Economic Summit – Any Hope For The Working Class?
Joseph Choonara, in the introduction to his book “Unravelling Capitalism”, wrote that at the end of 2008 the failure of capitalism was greatly in...
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The 1989 Anti-SAP Revolt
In 1989, thousands rose in protest against the IMF and World Bank-inspired Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP). This supported the lavish lifestyles of corrupt government...