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  Theory & Marxism

  Theory: 50 years since the death of Stalin 2

  March 4, 2003 Leon Trotsky, 28 August 1937

  Reactionary epochs like ours not only disintegrate and weaken the working class and isolate its vanguard but also lower the general ideological level of the movement and throw political thinking back to stages long since [...]

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  Scotland

  Scotland: SSP looks to make electoral gains

  March 4, 2003 Philip Stott, CWI Scotland

  ALL THE political commentators are busy speculating in Scotland on just how the massive anti-war mood, reflected in the 80,000-strong demonstration in Glasgow on 15 February, will translate into votes at the Scottish parliament election [...]

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  Iraq

  Iraq: No to war in Iraq – Step up action against the war

  March 3, 2003 The Socialist

  AFTER THE magnificent events of 15 February, many hoped that worldwide demonstrations of tens of millions would halt the warmongers Bush and Blair in their tracks.

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  Women's Struggle

  Women: Demand an end to war and exploitation

  March 2, 2003 CWI statement

  International Women’s Day, 8 March, is commemorated this year on the eve of war. Such a horrific prospect brings into sharp relief all that is rotten in today’s world. But it must not prevent us [...]

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  Women's Struggle

  Women: Alexandra Kollantai

  March 2, 2003 Christine Thomas, Socialist Party, England and Wales

  Alexandra Kollantai is probably the best-known woman among Russian revolutionaries, the first woman elected as a full member of the Bolshevik central committee and the first female commissar (minister) elected after the October 1917 revolution.