For over 20 years, the IIRE has organized educational courses for young socialist activists. Since moving to the Lombokstraat, the IIRE has organized a youth-school every year, each with around 20-25 participants. The course provides an intensive introduction to Marxist theory and examinations of current struggles, especially focusing on issues that are relevant for youth movements. Responses from participants in our schools have been very positive.

En mars 2011, nous avons eu l’honneur de recevoir à l’IIRE, la nouvelle ambassadrice de Cuba aux Pays-Bas, Madame Zelmys Maria Dominguez Cortina. L’ambassadrice y a rencontré Marijke Colle, directrice de l’IIRE, les anciens directeurs Susan Caldwell et Antonio Carmona Báez , James Cockcroft, membre de l’IIRE ainsi qu’une délégation de l’IIRE Manille.

From November 18 to Friday December 9, our annual Ecosocialist School took place. We had participants applications from Belgium, France, South Africa, Indonesia, Argentina, Germany, France, USA, Lebanon, Denmark, and Venezuela.

Participants discussed and studied issues such as the current economic turbulence, how social movements are affected by climate change, the continuing impact of imperialism and neo-colonialism, and worldwide women's movements.