The Cuban revolution 5
In this fifth session of the lecture, Bensaïd discusses the transitional economy in Cuba comparing it to Nicaraguan Revolution. He identifies several problems that followed from the very sharp shift in...
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In this sixth session of the lecture, Bensaïd starts with a discussion on the system of management and planning which was launched in 1975 and was based on objective economic information. After an...
View Article1986 The Fourth International and party building 1
In this lecture, Bensaïd focuses on the history of the Fourth International in its founding years, which means 1933 and 1938. First of all, he introduces a historical motivation to understand what...
View Article1986 The Fourth International and party building 2
In this second part of his lecture, Bensaïd focuses on the concrete facts and phases of building the FI. He underlines Trotksy's efforts of bringing together different currents. Bensaïd analyses the...
View Article1986 The Fourth International and party building 3
In this final part of his lecture, Bensaïd discusses the question of entryism and draws conclusions from the building of Fourth International and Trotsky's politics in that historical background for...
View ArticleThe Fourth International and party building II 1
In this lecture, Bensaïd covers the history of Fourth International from the post- WWII to the split, the reunification process, the Ninth World Congress and finally the Eleventh World Congress. In...
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In this part of the recording, Bensaïd tackles the debates surrounding the tactics of entryism. He then talks about the split in the FI in 1953, and the years leading to the reunification, with a...
View ArticleThe Fourth International and party building II 3
In this part of the recording, Bensaïd starts with a discussion on the reunification process. He discusses the break with entryism, leaving the international, without any project, line or general...
View ArticleThe Fourth International and party building II 4
In this part of the recording, Bensaïd commences with self-criticism of the FI concerning Latin America. He then talks on the Tenth World Congress, which made up for a redefinition of perspectives...
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Recordings of Daniel Bensaïd
Six years ago we lost our friend and comrade Daniel Bensaïd. As a revolutionary activist and marxist philosopher, Bensaïd made important contributions to the work of our institute. Several of his books...
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Enregistrements de conférences par Daniel Bensaïd
Nous avons ajouté cinq nouveaux enregistrements de conférences par Daniel Bensaïd: La presse révolutionnaire 1983 l'histoire de la Quatrième Internationale 1933 – 1979, 1 1983 l'histoire de la...
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2014 LGBT seminar: building alliances for liberation
The Fifth LGBT seminar at the IIRE took place from July 26 to July 29. Like the previous seminars, it was a gatherings of activists in LGBT movements from around the world who are committed to radical...
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Call for donations
The IIRE is organizing two important activities in the coming weeks. From August 6th to August 10th, we are organizing a new Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transgender-Intersex-Queer seminar. Shortly after the...
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Appel à donations
Dans les prochaines semaines, l’IIRF organisera deux évènements importants. Du 6 au 10 août, nous organiserons un nouveau Séminaire LGBTIQ (Lesbiennes, Gays, Bisexuel-le-s, Transgenres, Intersexués,...
View Article1986 The Fourth International and party building 2
In this second part of his lecture, Bensaïd focuses on the concrete facts and phases of building the FI. He underlines Trotksy's efforts of bringing together different currents. Bensaïd analyses the...
View Article1986 The Fourth International and party building 3
In this final part of his lecture, Bensaïd discusses the question of entryism and draws conclusions from the building of Fourth International and Trotsky's politics in that historical background for...
View ArticleThe Fourth International and party building II 2
In this part of the recording, Bensaïd tackles the debates surrounding the tactics of entryism. He then talks about the split in the FI in 1953, and the years leading to the reunification, with a...
View ArticleThe Fourth International and party building II 3
In this part of the recording, Bensaïd starts with a discussion of the reunification process. He discusses the break with entryism, leaving the international, without any project, line or general...
View ArticleThe Fourth International and party building II 4
In this part of the recording, Bensaïd commences with self-criticism of the FI concerning Latin America. He then talks aboutthe Tenth World Congress, which produced a redefinition of perspectives,...
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