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The participants in the school are proposed by the organisations invited by the IIRE, with a maximum of 24 participants.
The participants in the school are proposed by the organisations invited by the IIRE, with a maximum of 24 participants.


PROPOSED PROGRAM
 
== PROPOSED PROGRAM ==
 


'''Arrivals''': Saturday 22 November
'''Arrivals''': Saturday 22 November


Introduction
Introduction to the school and to the Fourth International, introduction of participants
 


== First module : Analysis of capitalist society and its multiple crisis and oppressions ==
== First module : Analysis of capitalist society and its multiple crisis and oppressions ==
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Monday 24
Monday 24


'''[[The working class - Daniel Albarracín]]'''
'''[[The working class - ]]'''
* The extraction of absolute and relative surplus value
* The extraction of absolute and relative surplus value
* What is the working class (today)? Industry workers, service workers, etc. Precarity and flexibility.
* What is the working class (today)? Industry workers, service workers, etc. Precarity and flexibility.
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Tuesday 25
Tuesday 25
'''[[The global economic crisis – Stephanie Treillet]]'''
* The Marxist analysis of crisis: rate of profit (tendencies and countertendencies), long waves.
* The neoliberal answer to the crisis since the 1980’s
* The current economic crisis and the different alternatives
Wednesday 26


'''[[A  Marxist-feminist view on gender – Nadia De Mond]]'''
'''[[A  Marxist-feminist view on gender – Nadia De Mond]]'''
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* Patriarchal attitudes and mechanisms that influence our way of looking at the family, reproduction, sexual identities, sexual politics in general.
* Patriarchal attitudes and mechanisms that influence our way of looking at the family, reproduction, sexual identities, sexual politics in general.
* The LGBT movement, homophobia and sexual identity
* The LGBT movement, homophobia and sexual identity
Wednesday 26
'''[[The global economic crisis – Nacho Alvarez]]'''
* The Marxist analysis of crisis: rate of profit (tendencies and countertendencies), long waves.
* The neoliberal answer to the crisis since the 1980’s
* The current economic crisis and the different alternatives




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* The need for an autonomous women's movement
* The need for an autonomous women's movement
* Women's struggles today
* Women's struggles today


Friday 28
Friday 28


'''[[Imperialism today - Gilbert Achcar]]'''
'''Free Day'''
* The classic theory of imperialism (origins, Lenin’s analysis, first world war)
* theory of permanent revolution vs stageism and campism.
* Imperialism under US hegemony (post Second World War) geopolitics today
 


Saturday 29
Saturday 29
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Monday 1 December
Monday 1 December


'''[[Marx and Engels on ecology – Daniel Tanuro]]'''
'''[[Marx and Engels on ecology]]'''
* The theory of the historical co-evolution of humans and nature  
* The theory of the historical co-evolution of humans and nature  
* The theory of rent  
* The theory of rent  
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Tuesday 2
Tuesday 2


'''[[Ecological history of capitalism and ecosocialist alternative – Daniel Tanuro]]'''
'''[[Ecological history of capitalism and ecosocialist alternative]]'''
* The history of the social/ecological crises  
* The history of the social/ecological crises  
* The ecosocialist alternative
* The ecosocialist alternative
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Friday 5
Friday 5
'''[[Imperialism today - Adam Hanieh]]'''
* The classic theory of imperialism (origins, Lenin’s analysis, first world war)
* theory of permanent revolution vs stageism and campism.
* Imperialism under US hegemony (post Second World War) geopolitics today


Saturday 6
'''Free Day'''
'''Free Day'''


== Third module : Strategic questions and situation in the different world regions ==
== Third module : Strategic questions and situation in the different world regions ==


 
Sunday 7
Saturday 6


'''[[The crisis in Europe and the strategic debates - François Sabado]]'''  
'''[[The crisis in Europe and the strategic debates - François Sabado]]'''  
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* The debt crisis and the attacks against all social gains from the past;   
* The debt crisis and the attacks against all social gains from the past;   
* The fight for an anti-austerity government and/or the fight for a worker's government/transitional program'''
* The fight for an anti-austerity government and/or the fight for a worker's government/transitional program'''
Sunday 7
'''[[Revolutionary strategy in the 21st century – Pierre Rousset]]'''
* Rebuilding class consciousness and rebuilding mass organisations
* The role of the state: theory and actuality
* The conquest of power in the 21st century.




Monday 8
Monday 8
'''[[Further deepening of the crisis in the Arab region – Jacques Babel]]'''  
'''[[Further deepening of the crisis in the Arab region – Jacques Babel]]'''  
*Socioeconomic roots of the Arab spring;  
*Socioeconomic roots of the Arab spring;  
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Tuesday 9
Tuesday 9
'''[[Revolutionary strategy in the 21st century – Pierre Rousset]]'''
* Rebuilding class consciousness and rebuilding mass organisations
* The role of the state: theory and actuality
* The conquest of power in the 21st century.


'''[[The political dynamics in Latin America - Frank Gaudichaud]]'''
* A “left turn”?
* Class struggles, social movements and Latin-American “progressisms”
* “Socialism of the 21st Century”? The new debates on strategy


 
Wednesday 10
Wednesday 10          


'''[[Dynamics of the left forces in Asia – Pierre Rousset]]'''
'''[[Dynamics of the left forces in Asia – Pierre Rousset]]'''
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Thursday 11
Thursday 11          
 
'''[[The political dynamics in Latin America - Rodolfo Chávez]]'''
* A “left turn”?
* Class struggles, social movements and Latin-American “progressisms”
* “Socialism of the 21st Century”? The new debates on strategy
 
 
Friday 12


'''[[Colonialism and struggles in Africa, from independence to the current crisis – Paul Martial]]'''
'''[[Colonialism and struggles in Africa, from independence to the current crisis – Paul Martial]]'''
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Friday 12
Saturday 13


'''[[Internationalism and the Fourth International – Penny Duggan]]'''
'''[[Internationalism and the Fourth International – Penny Duggan]]'''
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Saturday 13
Sunday 14


'''Balance sheet, cleaning'''
'''Balance sheet, cleaning'''

Latest revision as of 12:35, 24 October 2014

The participants in the school are proposed by the organisations invited by the IIRE, with a maximum of 24 participants.


PROPOSED PROGRAM

Arrivals: Saturday 22 November

Introduction to the school and to the Fourth International, introduction of participants

First module : Analysis of capitalist society and its multiple crisis and oppressions

Sunday 23

Introduction to Marxism – Alex Merlo

  • Marx's materialism: The Theses on Feuerbach. Self-emancipation.
  • Introduction to historical materialism: The notions of base and superstructure.
  • Introduction to the Marxist critique of political economy: use value, exchange value, surplus value, exploitation.


Monday 24

The working class -

  • The extraction of absolute and relative surplus value
  • What is the working class (today)? Industry workers, service workers, etc. Precarity and flexibility.
  • The productive structure on a world scale, the fragmented workers movement


Tuesday 25

The global economic crisis – Stephanie Treillet

  • The Marxist analysis of crisis: rate of profit (tendencies and countertendencies), long waves.
  • The neoliberal answer to the crisis since the 1980’s
  • The current economic crisis and the different alternatives


Wednesday 26

A Marxist-feminist view on gender – Nadia De Mond

  • Origins and different aspects of women’s oppression
  • Patriarchal attitudes and mechanisms that influence our way of looking at the family, reproduction, sexual identities, sexual politics in general.
  • The LGBT movement, homophobia and sexual identity


Thursday 27

Women and the crisis of the capitalist system – Marijke Colle

  • The situation of women under capitalism
  • The need for an autonomous women's movement
  • Women's struggles today

Friday 28

Free Day

Saturday 29

Free Day

Sunday 30

The role of specific identities – Peter Drucker

  • National oppression and self determination
  • The religious factor in class struggle
  • Intersectionality and the formation of class consciousness

Second module : The ecological crisis and ecosocialism

Monday 1 December

Marx and Engels on ecology

  • The theory of the historical co-evolution of humans and nature
  • The theory of rent
  • Marx’s anticipations, tensions and flaws


Tuesday 2

Ecological history of capitalism and ecosocialist alternative

  • The history of the social/ecological crises
  • The ecosocialist alternative


Wednesday 3

Climate and food crisis – Marijke Colle

  • The climate crisis: mechanisms and tipping points
  • The food crisis: link with climate, land grabbing, food sovereignty
  • the fight for climate and global justice: which struggles, which alliances (workers, peasants, women, indigenous peoples, ecofeminism)


Thursday 4

Socialist democracy – Catherine Samary

  • The problem of bureaucracy after the overthrow of capitalism
  • Democracy and political representation; democracy and the Law; self-organisation of social movements
  • Socialist democracy and political pluralism


Friday 5 Imperialism today - Adam Hanieh

  • The classic theory of imperialism (origins, Lenin’s analysis, first world war)
  • theory of permanent revolution vs stageism and campism.
  • Imperialism under US hegemony (post Second World War) geopolitics today

Saturday 6 Free Day

Third module : Strategic questions and situation in the different world regions

Sunday 7

The crisis in Europe and the strategic debates - François Sabado

  • The current economic crisis in different parts of Europe; center and periphery
  • The debt crisis and the attacks against all social gains from the past;
  • The fight for an anti-austerity government and/or the fight for a worker's government/transitional program


Monday 8 Further deepening of the crisis in the Arab region – Jacques Babel

  • Socioeconomic roots of the Arab spring;
  • Dynamics of the processes in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, (Syria?);
  • The fight for dignity and democracy; role of Islamic forces; women’s liberation.


Tuesday 9 Revolutionary strategy in the 21st century – Pierre Rousset

  • Rebuilding class consciousness and rebuilding mass organisations
  • The role of the state: theory and actuality
  • The conquest of power in the 21st century.


Wednesday 10

Dynamics of the left forces in Asia – Pierre Rousset

  • The economies of the emergent countries, the role of China
  • Ongoing conflicts: workers movements, peasant movement, indigenous peoples movement
  • The dynamics of the left, new parties.


Thursday 11

The political dynamics in Latin America - Rodolfo Chávez

  • A “left turn”?
  • Class struggles, social movements and Latin-American “progressisms”
  • “Socialism of the 21st Century”? The new debates on strategy


Friday 12

Colonialism and struggles in Africa, from independence to the current crisis – Paul Martial

  • An economic overview
  • The political genesis of the Continent
  • Overview of the social and political situation


Saturday 13

Internationalism and the Fourth International – Penny Duggan

  • Our concept of a revolutionary party
  • What sort of parties do we want to build?
  • Recent history of the Fourth International and current challenges in the different regions


Sunday 14

Balance sheet, cleaning

Structure of the day

9.00-9.40: Lecture part 1
9.40-9.50: Break
9.50-10.30: Lecture Part 2
10.30-10.40: Break
10.40-11:20: Lecture Part 3
11.20-11.30: Break
11.30-12.00: Questions and answers
12.00-15.00: Lunch and time for individual reading
15.00-16.30: Discussion in language groups
16.30-18.00: Final discussion starting with reports from the group
18.00-20.30: Reading time
20.30: Evening meal