Ernest Mandel (1971): The strategy of transitional demands
23 December 20241. On the dialectics of productivity, relations of production and emancipationi
1. On the dialectics of productivity, relations of production and emancipationi
In late November and early December the IIRE will again organize an international three-week school for socialist activists. This 'Ecosocialist school' is a unique opportunity for activists to come together, learn, exchange experiences and build networks. To facilitate participation, we keep costs as low as possible and, if necessary, help fund travel costs for activists from the Global South. For this year's school, we already have applications from several European countries, the U.S., Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Argentina, Algeria, Indonesia and Mexico.
‘De kapo is verantwoordelijk voor de werkprestatie van de gevangenen, hij voorkomt sabotage en zorgt ervoor dat alles ordelijk en schoon is. Als soldaat zal het u aanspreken. Wanneer we niet meer tevreden zijn, is hij kapo af en slaapt hij weer bij zijn mannen. Hij weet dat hij de eerste nacht door hen zal worden doodgeslagen,’ aldus Heinrich Himmler, leider van de SS, in 1944 tot zijn generaals.
This text was originally published in 1997 as a supplement to Rouge. Writing in response to The Black Book of Communism, Bensaïd discusses the Stalinist counter-revolution.i
Our new book is a republication of Internationalism or Russification: A study in the Soviet nationalities problem, Ivan Dzyuba’s classic 1965 samizdat denouncing national oppression of Ukraine by the USSR.