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Global Justice School 2005
- Catégorie parente: Activités de l'IIRF
- Catégorie : Courses at IIRE
Successful Global Justice School
A highly successful school on the theme of
globalization took place at the IIRE over three weeks in June 2005. There were
in all 21 participants (counting the two interpreters, who both took an active
part in the school). Of these 6 were from Asia, 7 from Europe and 8 from
The programme approached the question of
globalization and the global justice movement from several angles. The first
sessions dealt with the economic and social effects of globalization -
transformations in the working class, the effect of migrations, land and the
peasantry, the effects of globalization on women and the struggles of
lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender people, particularly in the
Several hot issues came up again and again
from report to report, showing that they are on activists' minds around the
world. Participants were hungry for information about
Those who took part in the school were
political activists, usually with leadership responsibilities in their
organizations, and activists in social movements. The evaluation they made at
the end of the school showed that they had found it very useful, and that it
had enabled them to discuss questions that there is not usually time to discuss
in the hurly-burly of political activity. Some felt that the programme was a
bit heavy and that it could perhaps have been stretched over four weeks instead
of three. But that would have posed other problems, since most of the
participants do not work fulltime for social organizations but had had to take
time off work to come to the school. In any event the majority of the
participants expressed their eagerness and commitment to share their insights
from the school more broadly in their organizations and to encourage more
activists to participate in the IIRE's upcoming sessions.