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If anyone had any doubt about whether it was right to protest against George Bush’s visit to Britain, they should just look at the carnage taking place in Iraq this week.

Blair just doesn’t get it

Four socialist members of the Scottish parliament have been suspended from the chamber for protesting in support of the right to demonstrate outside the G8 summit in Gleneagles.

TONY BLAIR will have other worries on his mind while plotting with George Bush to intensify the war on the Iraqi people.

US FORCES have been occupying Baghdad for just eight months. But already the US faces a situation as serious as that which confronted it after the Tet Offensive in Vietnam in 1968.

The present interview with Alex Callinicos was performed over several weeks by email spanning late July to mid September. The early questions took place at the start of the Israeli attack on Lebanon. The last five questions were answered in one go in mid September. Because of the lengthiness of the interview it was not possible to pose any further questions arising out of these answers.

The paper that says Bush off

THE WAR against Iraq was always about achieving the goals of the "neo-conservative" thugs behind the Project for the New American Century. They believed that conquering Iraq would help US capitalism dominate the world for the foreseeable future. This domination was to be guaranteed by a massive display of destructive power aimed at giving them control of a vital source of oil. Blair went along with this so as to get a small place in the US sun for British big business. But it all depended on being able to triumph quickly with the minimal number of troops, leaving the US free to throw its weight around in other places. A central part of US strategy is to be able to fight two or m

SO FAR our readers have helped to raise £107,403 towards our appeal target of £150,000.

SO FAR Britain has been the only country to provide troops in any numbers to aid the US occupation.

"You were great when you resigned. You should do so more often."

Over 290,000 civil servants will start a crucial pay ballot on Monday. Contrary to the stereotypical image, they are low paid workers suffering rotten conditions.