Into a new and better century
The International Institute for Research and Education (IIRE)
is a research and educational centre based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands,
in the service of progressive activists around the world
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What is the IIRE? A brief introduction |
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From October 1st new address |
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What’s new at the IIRE? |
Evening lectures start 13 april 2007 |
IIRE pamphlet Dutch Social Forum |
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Changes at IIRE |
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Update on our move to Timorplein |
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Our programme and plans for 2006-2007 |
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Threat to solvency |
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The big move |
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Global Justice |
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Notebook bargains |
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'Different Rainbows' in Spanish |
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Our courses Global Justice School, Women’s Schools... |
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Ernest Mandel Study Centre Ernest Mandel (1923-95): economist, militant, and IIRE founder |
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The IIRE library Over 25,000 books and thousands of periodicals |
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Publications Subscribe to the Notebooks for Study and Research |
| Renting our facilities Meet, sleep and eat at the IIRE: a resource for progressive groups |
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Staff and fellows Our administrators, teachers, writers and co-thinkers |
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How you can help Donate money, give us books, volunteer your services, share your ideas... |
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Contact us iire[at]iire.org |
The Clash of Barbarisms: September 11 and the Making of the New World Disorder Gilbert AchcarIIRE Notebook for Study and Research no. 33/34 (128 pp., €15.00, £10.00, $15.99)The US shift towards "unlimited war" precipitated by the events of 11 September 2001 was long in the making. Gilbert Achcar traces the rise of militant, anti-Western Islamic fundamentalism to its roots in US policies aimed at control ling the oil reserves of the Middle East, particularly Saudi Arabia, the "Muslim Texas". He examines the disintegration of class-ridden societies in the Middle East today and shows how these processes are rooted in the interests and policies of US imperialism. The US war on terrorism is raising this disintegration to new heights of destruction and disorder. IIRE Fellow Gilbert Achcar lived in Lebanon until moving to France and most recently Berlin, where he is a researcher in social sciences at the Centre Marc Bloch. He is a frequent contributor to Le Monde Diplomatique, editor of The Legacy of Ernest Mandel and author of several books, including the forthcoming Eastern Cauldron. |