Baba Aye's

“I believe that there will ultimately be a clash between the oppressed and those that do the oppressing. I believe that there will be a clash between those who want freedom, justice, and equality for everyone and those who want to continue the systems of exploitation... It is incorrect to classify the revolt of the Negro as simply a racial conflict of black against white, or as a purely American problem. Rather, we are today seeing a global rebellion of the oppressed against the oppressor, the exploited against the exploiter.” – Malcolm X Today makes it exactly 50years that Malcolm X was brutally killed as he prepared to address a session of the Organisation of Afro-American Unity (OAAU) at the 400-person capacity-filled Audubon Ballroom in Manhattan, New York. Till date, the conspiracy behind this dastardly assassination of one of this impressive revolutionary described as “our shining black prince” at his funeral is yet to be unravelled. But his exemplary life continues to in...

Prof Attahiru Jega, Chairman INEC The postponement of the 2015 general elections by INEC throws up more questions than answers. The Commission had repeatedly insisted that it was ready to conduct the elections as hitherto scheduled. Even as Prof Attahiru Jega, the INEC Chairman announced the postponement, he placed the burden of such decision mainly on those ingredients necessary for free, fair and credible elections which are beyond the control of INEC. It is however a statement of fact that INEC started the issuance of PVCs rather late in the day providing a foothold for adventurists keen on manipulating the electoral process for their self-serving interests. It is now clear that, this postponement is premeditated. When the kite was first flown by Col Sambo Dasuki (rtd.), the National Security Adviser at a discussion session in Chatham House, United Kingdom, the presidency gave the impression that it was Col. Sambo’s personal opinion. The main reason he latched on to was di...

The United Action for Democracy salutes Nigerian workers on the occasion of the 11 th National Delegates Conference of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) taking place at the Abuja International Conference Centre, on February 9-11, 2015. The trade union movement has been a force for improving the working and living conditions of the working people, and for the deepening of democracy, from the period of anti-colonial struggle to the current era of neoliberal capitalism. This delegates’ conference is coming at a crucial moment for the working class globally and in Nigeria. The worldwide crisis of the capitalist system which started in 2007 has not abated. The bosses have been doing all they can to make the poor working people bear the burden of attempts to kick start an elusive recovery. Austerity measures are their infamous solution, which have however only made life worse for the immense majority of the human race while the wealth of the few rich and powerful has increased such ...

Comrade Femi Olabisi (Rasta Paul): 19/1/1969 - 5/2/2015 How time flies! It's now three years since "Rasta Paul" died....and I wrote this tribute for a dear friend and comrade. We will not forget you comrade....continue to Rest in Power in the minds of those, whom you fought besides, shoulder-to -shoulder....OU R DAY SHALL COME!                                            ***************************** I still feel numb from learning that Femi Olabisi lost the battle for life this morning. My longest standing political collaborator and soul mate “Rasta Paul” was a fighter and fought his last battle gallantly....against high blood pressure that had assailed him with “stroke”, twice over the past 3 years. When I saw him two weeks back at Enugu during our union’s 40 th National Executive Council meeting, he acknowledged that his health had taken a turn for the worse, b...