Joomla! site syndication http://www.iire.org 2008-09-06T08:13:44+01:00 http://www.iire.org http://www.iire.org/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png text/html 2008-08-14T20:37:07+01:00 http://www.iire.org http://www.iire.org/content/view/149/57/ The Marketing Assistant is mainly responsible for the overall planning and implementation of the IIRE's marketing work in the field of letting meeting and conference facilities. This work is done in close collaboration with the Financial and Administrative Manager. The position vacancy is dependent on financial approval by the IIRE Board. text/html 2008-06-20T16:06:25+01:00 http://www.iire.org http://www.iire.org/content/view/146/30/ IIRE has signed a contract with the Dutch Foundation for Research and Education in Scientific Socialism (SOWS). The SOWS has decided to support the political and educational activities held at the Institute. Such activities include Youth, Women, Middle East, LGBTT and Climate Change Schools and Seminars, plus IIRE publications. In return IIRE will ask it supporters to become a donor for SOWS. SOWS will use these funds exclusively for IIRE but decides on a yearly basis which activities of IIRE will be supported. We encourage our readers to consider testament pledges and other donations. Suggested regular donations from IIRE friends are 25, 50 and 100 euros, but any donation will of course be appreciated. text/html 2008-06-09T16:38:22+01:00 http://www.iire.org http://www.iire.org/content/view/145/ IIRE fellow Gilbert Achcar just published a new article in the September-Octobre issue of Radical Philosophy, called Orientalism in reverse . For more information on how to subscribe to Radical Philosophy, click here (http://www.radicalphilosophy.com). text/html 2008-07-17T12:21:37+01:00 http://www.iire.org http://www.iire.org/content/view/147/30/ By Joost Kircz A preliminary remark The term scientific socialism did get a negative connotation due to the usages of this term in the Stalinist tradition for a system of mental rules that claimed to cover all human experiences, investigations and advancements. As a result of this mechanical so-called dialectic materialism (Diamat), the revolutionary left turned away from the issue, developed a sometimes more, sometimes less adequate critique but did not counter it with a full answer to the real underlaying question of methodology. This lack of a fundamental understanding of the vast problem area of how we actually have to face, analyse and henceforward develop a revolutionary praxis remains a fundamental obstacle in the development of contemporary revolutionary theory. Download the entire essay as pdf (12 pages / 1 MB) (images//wewt-soc1.pdf) text/html 2008-06-06T15:57:06+01:00 http://www.iire.org http://www.iire.org/content/view/144/30/ With 17 participants from 12 countries, the IIRE Global Justice School 2008 took place from 29 March to 17 April. Students came from Belgium, Brazil, Congo-Brazzaville, Ecuador, India, Mexico, Morocco, Pakistan, Philippines, USA, and France. It was the first Global Justice School since our relaunch.