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Seminars

Seminars

Anti-Racism Seminar 2020

16 July 2020

The first but long-awaited seminar on anti-racist work was held in July 2020. Despite the particular conditions – an online seminar being able to meet only for a limited number of hours per day – there was  a very positive balance sheet in terms of participation and content. There were 40-60 participants in this 4 day seminar. Participants were from Latin America, United States, Europe and South and South East Asia

MAY 18: COLONIAL LEGACIES TODAY: INDONESIA AND THE NETHERLANDS

26 April 2019
On May 18, the IIRE will host an event organized by Histori Bersama: This seminar will bring together two themes. One is colonialism in the Netherlands Indies as a form of racism, leaving ideological and mental legacies in the Netherlands and how those legacies can be identified, critiqued and overcome. The second is a critique of colonial policies and their impact on conditions in Indonesia until today. How are labor, agrarian, human rights and women's movements working to overcome those conditions? How can international collaboration on these issues be advanced?

IIRE Summer activities - 2016: Youth School and LGBTIQ seminar

6 September 2016

This summer the IIRE had two very successful international activities. From 6 to 10 of August, we organized the sixth LGBTIQ strategy seminar. These seminars are spaces for radical left LGBTIQ liberation activists to develop theory and strategy. This year's seminar was especially focused on issues of pink-washing and homo-nationalism, the use of (rhetorical) support for LGBTIQ rights to whitewash imperialism and nationalism. We had participants from Lebanon, Britain Palestine, Brazil, Mexico, Indonesia, Australia, Portugal, France, and the Netherlands.

2015 IIRE International Women’s Seminar: Connecting feminist activism worldwide

3 July 2015

Women’s Seminar 2015 assembled successfully at IIRE from 4th to 8th July. Organized by the women’s commission of the Fourth International , the seminar was attended by 30 women from 12 countries. Apart from Western European countries, there were participants from Philippines, Mexico, and the USA. The participants came from wide range of ages, from 17 to 70.

2014 LGBT seminar: building alliances for liberation

25 July 2014

The Fifth LGBT seminar at the IIRE took place from July 26 to July 29. Like the previous seminars, it was a gatherings of activists in LGBT movements from around the world who are committed to radical anti-capitalist politics.

The aim of the LGBT Seminar is to share and develop ideas on the most pressing topics concerning the struggle for human rights in the LGBT community, debate about strategies for LGBT liberation , and discuss how to participate in LGBT struggles on the basis of an anti-capitalist political project.

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