https://internationalviewpoint.org/ International Viewpoint, the monthly English-language magazine of the Fourth International, is a window to radical alternatives world-wide, carrying reports, analysis and debates from all corners of the globe. Correspondents in over 50 countries report on popular struggles, and the debates that are shaping the left of tomorrow. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://internationalviewpoint.org/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH25/siteon0-da713.png?1745245334 https://internationalviewpoint.org/ 25 144 https://internationalviewpoint.org/Occupy-Nigeria-A-general-strike-against-the-Cabalocrocy https://internationalviewpoint.org/Occupy-Nigeria-A-general-strike-against-the-Cabalocrocy 2012-02-09T14:04:32Z text/html en Paul Fudder Nigeria Trade unions/workplace organizing Global Justice <p>"Prosecute the Cabal!" With millions of on strike and crowds singing Solidarity Forever, Occupy Nigeria has shut down the most populous country in Africa. Here in New York, the diaspora is rallying in support as well, and on Saturday, Jan. 14, I went to the second rally at the Nigerian Embassy and the UN this week. Though big labor actions might be more common in Nigerian than in the US, folks are saying this one feels different. Maybe it's the wave of protest against neoliberalism around the world in 2011, maybe it's the corruption—facilitated by neoliberal deregulation — or maybe it's the high unemployment rates (over 40% among young workers), maybe it's that oil is so central to the economy; or maybe it's all of this together.</p> - <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/-IV445-February-2012-" rel="directory">IV445 - February 2012</a> / <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Nigeria-+" rel="tag">Nigeria</a>, <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Trade-unions-workplace-organizing-+" rel="tag">Trade unions/workplace organizing</a>, <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Global-Justice-+" rel="tag">Global Justice</a>