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.

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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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