IIRE

Achcar, del IIRE, dice que la confianza en el ejército egipcio puede dañar el movimiento

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¿Cuáles son las implicaciones de la dictadura militar en el seno del nuevo Gilbert Achcar gobierno egipcio? Real News Network entrevistó a Gilbert Achar, compañero del IIRE y autor del Cuaderno para el Estudio y la Investigación del IIRE “El choque de las barbaries”. En la entrevista, Achcar, que es profesor de Estudios para el Desarrollo y las Relaciones Internacionales en la Escuela de Estudios Orientales y Africanos, explica las ilusiones sobre el nuevo régimen que, como cliente de los Estados Unidos de América, representa una clara continuidad con el régimen de Mubarak.

Living our Internationalism: The first 30 years of the IIRE

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LivingOurInternationalism

This summer marks IIRE’s thirtieth anniversary. In commemoration of the occasion, the latest issue of IIRE Notebooks for Study and Research is dedicated to covering the origins, activities and highlights of the Institute’s three decades of existence.

'Living our Internationalism' is a history of the Institute edited by co-founder Joost Kircz and former director Murray Smith. The book will be launched at a dinner for IIRE staff and volunteers at the IIRE on March 25, and is already available online.

IIRE team celebrates 30 years

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dinner Two friends from the USA, three Dutch volunteers working at the IIRE, a pair of Greeks, one Puerto Rican comrade, two Belgians, a friend originally from Denmark and a Brit, what have they got in common?

They all were at social event which marked the thirtieth anniversary of the IIRE and the publication of Living Our Internationalism our new book about the history of the IIRE. Joost Kircz, the IIRE co-founder who edited the special issue of the Notebooks for Study and Research, opened the evening by introducing the attendees, who had worked for, volunteered at, or used the IIRE over the decades.

A choice of starters involved an endive salad for vegetarians or North Sea shrimps, both with home-made mayonnaise. The main course of couscous and a vegetable tagine came either with lamb cutlets off the grill or roasted vegetables.

Add a few good glasses of wine and organic soft drinks and we had the material ingredients for a convivial evening and political discussions on the war in Libya, the Arab uprisings and the perspectives for the progressive forces all over the world. Ten supporters could not make it and apologized. Four copies of Living our Internationalism were sold.