With its publications, the IF DDR ("International Research Centre GDR") aims to contribute to current debates on social struggles and political alternatives by drawing on the experiences of socialism in the German Democratic Republic (DDR). To do so, we analyse and present historical and contemporary witness material in various formats.
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Mit ihren Veröffentlichungen leistet die Internationale Forschungsstelle DDR (IF DDR) einen Beitrag zu aktuellen Debatten um soziale Kämpfe und politische Alternativen, der sich aus den Bedingungen und Erfahrungen des DDR-Sozialismus speist. In verschiedenen Reihen und Formaten bereitet sie hierfür historisches und Zeitzeugen-Material in anschaulicher Weise auf.
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Internationale Forschungsstelle DDR
A couple of weeks ago, the People's Forum in NYC invited us to give a two-session lesson on the German Democratic Republic and what it can teach us today. In the four videos uploaded to the People's Forum channel, we cover the historical context in which the GDR was founded, its path to socialism, the character of its planned economy, socialist democracy, and proletarian internationalism:
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Internationale Forschungsstelle DDR
Join us this evening at 18:00 CET to discuss the socialist approach to health. We will explore experiences from the German Democratic Republic, the Georgian Soviet Republic, and modern-day Belgium to understand how socialist systems of the past and present have defied economic constraints and transformed health care to serve the needs of the people rather than profit.
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