Ernest Mandel - Selected Writings I
19 November 2021The IIRE has released the first volume of the Selected Writings by Ernest Mandel (1923-1995). And fortunately, more volumes are in the pipeline: Marxists Against Stalinism. A debate with Chris Harman and Historical & Theoretical Essays.
Eerste deel van de Selected Writings van Ernest Mandel verschenen
19 November 2021Het IIRE heeft een eerste deel van de Selected Writings van Ernest Mandel (1923-1995) laten verschijnen. En er zitten gelukkig meer delen in de pijplijn. Aangekondigd zijn al de delen ‘Marxists Against Stalinism. A debate with Chris Harman’ en een deel ‘Historical & Theoretical Essays’. Het is te hopen dat er meer delen zullen volgen binnen afzienbare termijn.
Daniel Bensaïd (1982): Marxist notes on Jewish emancipation
26 October 2021No. 73. The Paris commune. An Ode to Emancipation

The Paris Commune of 1871 was one of the first working class attempts at the social emancipation of the oppressed and exploited. Between 18 March and 29 May 1871, the popular classes succeeded for a while in breaking their chains. It was a short period when people could take control of their lives. The Paris Commune is an inspiration today. The memory of the past and its struggles strengthens the fight for the utopia of the future.
1984. Daniel Bensaïd: Marxism against Totalitarianism
4 October 2021From colloquiums to seminars, from articles to opinion pieces, a thesis has spread to the point of acquiring the quiet force of a commonplace: it is to Marx himself, and not to Stalin or Lenin, that the original sin and the inevitable metamorphosis of the socialist paradise into a totalitarian hell can be traced.