Venezuela, Honduras, Pérou, Equateur : « petits » oublis et « grands » mensonges
22 October 2009Par Eric Toussaint collaborateur de l'IIRF.
L'IIRF prépare une Ecole Altermondialiste régionale du 9 au 28 novembre 2009 à Manillle
21 September 2009
Depuis 1982, l'existence de l'Institut International de Recherche et de Formation à Amsterdam (IIRF Amsterdam) a été un instrument pour regrouper des militants de tous les continents habités, pour des échanges critiques de pensées et d'expérience dans la lutte quotidienne pour l'émancipation de tous les opprimés.
International Seminar: Marxist analyses of the global crisis 2009
2 October 20092-4 October 2009, IIRE, Amsterdam
The purpose of the seminar is to analyse the nature and the consequences of the present international economic crisis. Two main issues should be raised:
Fourth Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transsexual seminar at IIRE 2009
1 July 2009All the participants in the fourth LGBT seminar held at the IIRE in July 2009 were extremely positive about what they had had gained from sharing the three days of discussion and debate on key issues facing LGBT people working in an anti-capitalist framework.
Participants included 26 people from 14 countries
Keynesian Revolution and neo-liberal Counter-revolution
22 July 2009By IIRE Fellow Eric Toussaint
As a result of the depression of the 1920s and 1930s, a new wave of critics tackled the neo-classical creed on a largely pragmatic basis. This new wave was international and involved political leaders and economists from differing belonging to various currents backgrounds: enlightened bourgeois thinkers, socialists and Marxists. In a context of mass unemployment and depression, proposals came forward for major public works, for anti-cyclical injections of public money, and even for bank expropriations.
"The Solution to the Crisis of Capitalism Has to Be Political"
16 July 2009IIRE fellow Claudio Katz interviewed by Fernando Arellano Ortiz
The exit from the systemic crisis of capitalism needs to be political, and "a socialist project can mature in this turbulence." So says the Argentine economist, philosopher, and sociologist Claudio Katz, who also warns that the "global economic situation is very serious and is going to have to hit bottom, and now we are but in the first moment of crisis."