No. 73. The Paris commune. An Ode to Emancipation
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The Paris Commune of 1871 was one of the first working class attempts at the social emancipation of the oppressed and exploited. Between 18 March and 29 May 1871, the popular classes succeeded for a while in breaking their chains. It was a short period when people could take control of their lives. The Paris Commune is an inspiration today. The memory of the past and its struggles strengthens the fight for the utopia of the future.
1984. Daniel Bensaïd: Marxism against Totalitarianism
4 October 2021By:
Daniel Bensaïd
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.
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Youth School 2021
14 August 2021The 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.
Youth School 2021. Marijke Colle: The global ecological crisis and climate activism
24 August 2021By:
IIRE
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'.
Who’s Buried in the Graveyard of Empires?
18 August 2021By:
Gilbert Achcar
IIRE fellow Gilbert Achcar considers the collapse of the Afghan government and why its fate is only the most recent one in a long list of puppet entities.