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Corbyn and longtime Liberation leader Maggie Bowden welcome Roger McKenzie as new head of anti-imperialist campaign
Roger McKenzie

TRADE unionist Roger McKenzie has been appointed general secretary of the anti-imperialist Liberation campaign group, it announced today.

Mr McKenzie, who recently stepped down as assistant general secretary of Unison, was appointed Liberation general secretary by the group’s central council today, succeeding long-term leader Maggie Bowden, a founding member who has led the organisation for over 30 years.

He said he was “honoured” to take up the role.

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