From colloquiums to seminars, from articles to opinion pieces, a thesis has spread to the point of acquiring the quiet force of a commonplace: it is to Marx himself, and not to Stalin or Lenin, that the original sin and the inevitable metamorphosis of the socialist paradise into a totalitarian hell can be traced.

The IIRE Amsterdam recently concluded its annual Youth School.  We thank our donors, the interpreters, lecturers and participants who made the Youth School 2021 a success with over 40 participants from a dozen different countries. We will be uploading recordings of lectures given at the school, starting with the introductory lecture on 'The global ecological crisis and climate activism'.