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IIRE 2009 Annual Report

Globally, 2009 has been marked by the economic crisis, which has turned out to be a systemic crisis for the capitalist world system as such. As this crisis is converging with the climate crisis, the world stage is set for a radical change in global social relations. This constitutes a major challenge for progressive forces around the world, and has required the International Institute for Research and Education to rethink its programmes and curricula. The global crises, and our attempt to analyse them from different perspectives, remained a cardinal point of all IIRE activities throughout 2009.

With no less than four seminars and two longer educational sessions 2009 turned out to be a very productive year for the International Institute for Research and Education.

Download the International Institute for Research and Education 2009 Annual Report.

Globally, 2009 has been marked by the economic crisis, which has turned out to be a systemic crisis for the
capitalist world system as such. As this crisis is converging with the climate crisis, the world stage is set for a
radical change in global social relations. This constitutes a major challenge for progressive forces around the
world, and has required the International Institute for Research and Education to rethink its programmes and
curricula. The global crises, and our attempt to analyse them from different perspectives, remained a cardinal
point of all IIRE activities throughout 2009.
With no less than four seminars and two longer educational sessions 2009 turned out to be a very productive
year for the International Institute for Research and Education.

Reclaim the State? Experiments in Popular Democracy

Public debate

Date: Wednesday, 17 March 2010
Time: 20-21:30hrs
Venue: IIRE, Lombokstraat 40, NL-1094 AL Amsterdam
ENTRANCE: Free, donations welcome

Global Justice School 2009

With over 25 participants from 16 different countries, the 2009 IIRE Global Justice School, entitled Global Justice and the Capitalist Crisis took place from 28 November to 19 December.

Topics covered at this session included analyses of the current crisis from economic, gender, ethnic and ecological perspectives, in addition to regional experiences in Europe and Latin America.

Remembering Daniel Bensaïd

Thousands of people gathered at La Mutualité in Paris on Sunday, January 24, 2010 to render homage to deceased IIRE fellow Daniel Bensaïd. Hosted by Fred Borras and Myriam Martin, both from the leadership of the NPA and from Toulouse, like Daniel, this was an emotional and militant act of remembrance to his memory.

Daniel Bensaïd (1946 – 2010)

bensaid The IIRE team was very sad to hear about the death of our fellow Daniel Bensaïd. We want to express first of all our sincere condolences to his family and to all his friends and comrades all over the world.

A revolutionary activist form his adolescence, Daniel Bensaïd was one of the founding members of the JCR (Revolutionary Communist Youth) in 1966, he was one of the leaders of the 22 March Movement and one of the main actors of the Mai 68 student revolt in France. He participated in the creation of the Ligue Communiste in April 1969.

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