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This is the first of a two-part episode examining what the Nigerian Left learned from the Obidients. To tackle this, we review a series of articles about the Labour Party and Peter Obi that were written by Nigerian Left essayists and organization both before and after the elections.

Check out our Patreon page to listen to the extended conversation.

The "before" pieces:

https://socialistlabour.com.ng/2022/06/24/tpap-m-2023-labour-and-actually-existing-labour-party/

https://www.marxist.com/the-labour-party-the-left-and-the-search-for-mass-party-of-the-working-class.htm

https://africasacountry.com/2022/09/nigeria-turn-a-case-for-a-labor-party-entryism

The "after" pieces:

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/opinion/591165-there-was-a-movement-a-preliminary-counterintuitive-marxist-analysis-of-peter-obi-and-the-obidients-by-biodun-jeyifo.html

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/opinion/591562-obi-not-about-a-productive-economy-but-perception-of-an-incorruptible-president-by-ogaga-ifowodo.html

https://socialistworkersleague.org/2023/03/03/swl-statement-on-the-presidential-election-in-nigeria/

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Check out our Patreon page to listen to the extended conversation.

The "before" pieces:

https://socialistlabour.com.ng/2022/06/24/tpap-m-2023-labour-and-actually-existing-labour-party/

https://www.marxist.com/the-labour-party-the-left-and-the-search-for-mass-party-of-the-working-class.htm

https://africasacountry.com/2022/09/nigeria-turn-a-case-for-a-labor-party-entryism

The "after" pieces:

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/opinion/591165-there-was-a-movement-a-preliminary-counterintuitive-marxist-analysis-of-peter-obi-and-the-obidients-by-biodun-jeyifo.html

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/opinion/591562-obi-not-about-a-productive-economy-but-perception-of-an-incorruptible-president-by-ogaga-ifowodo.html

https://socialistworkersleague.org/2023/03/03/swl-statement-on-the-presidential-election-in-nigeria/

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