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  Scotland

  Scotland: Interview with John McAllion

  August 22, 2003 CWI

  John McAllion was for many years an outspoken Labour MP at both Westminster and Holyrood parliaments. 

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  Iraq

  Iraq: Occupation forces face hostility

  August 22, 2003 This article first appeared in The Socialist, paper of the Socialist Party, CWI in England and Wales

  The British military in Basra, Iraq’s second biggest city, is under attack. This is not from ’rogue elements’ of the former Ba’athist regime but local residents incensed at the lack of mains electricity and, ironically [...]

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  Theory & Marxism

  Socialist History: 100th anniversary of division between Lenin’s Bolsheviks and the Mensheviks

  August 21, 2003 Per-Åke Westerlund, Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI Sweden)

  100 years ago, on July 30 1903, the second Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party began in Brussels. This congress saw the historic division between the Bolsheviks and Mensheviks.

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  Britain

  Britain: Bosses’ pay skyrockets

  August 21, 2003 Jim McFarlane, International Socialists, Scotland

  Top bosses’ pay keeps going up and up. A recent survey by the Guardian newspaper found that the senior directors of the UK’s biggest 100 companies increased their income by a staggering 23% last year [...]

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  Africa

  africa: Bush’s new African “adventureâ€

  August 20, 2003 Danny McAllion, International Socialists, Scotland

  George Bush has recently shown a keen interest in African affairs, from moves to combat the spread of HIV to the strengthening of diplomatic and military ties with a number of governments.