{"article":{"id":14864,"heading":"Strikes Spread in Nigeria","author":"NigeriaLibre","created":"2002-02-13 21:14:08","modified":"2002-02-13 21:54:30","last_modified":"Thu, 14 Feb 2002 04:54:30","article":"<p>After years of assaults by IMF imposed \"structural adjustment\" and austerity cuts, Nigeria's people are fighting back in a rapidly growing wave of strikes that could become a general strike like those that have accompanied Argentina's uprising against neo-liberalism.  <br><br>    The government has been catering to trans-national corporate interests to the detriment of Nigerians. The IMF\/WB bunch are no doubt behind the government's privatization and austerity programs that have caused great misery, runnaway price increases and escalating poverty. <br><br>     But as in Argentina, Bolivia and a growing list of nations around the world, people in Nigeria are rising up against the effects of globalisation. <br><br>     This shows that this is the time for the anti-globalisation movement to keep on fighting against the imperial greed of trans-national McCorporations! In solidarity with the people of Nigeria, Argentina , Bolivia and a long list of other nations, there should be a world-wide boycott of all products and services of trans-national McCorporations! We need to keep protesting against their meetings (WTO, IMF\/WB, WEF, G-8,etc.) The G-8 summit is going to be in Canada this summer-let's hit them with massive protests! <br><br>     You will also see that the Nigeria IMC is in great need of support-send whatever contribution you can. Their e-mails are posted on their site, linked below-please help them out if you can! And read how Nigerians are fighting neo-liberal globalisation!<\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"http:\/\/nigeria.indymedia.org\/","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"  As Nigeria's economy suffers under the effects of capitalist globalisation, Nigeria's people fight back in a series of strikes.","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2002\/02\/14864.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}