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New “From Alpha to Omega” Podcast Episode on the Toyota Production System and its implications for socialist planning
Read more: New “From Alpha to Omega” Podcast Episode on the Toyota Production System and its implications for socialist planningRecently a new episode of the “From Alpha to Omega” Podcast has been released, in which the host Tom O’Brien and his guest Dónal Ó Coisdealbha talk about the Toyota Production System and its implications for socialist planning. Both are INDEP members and are in the process of writing a book outlining how a socialist…
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A new postcapitalist model developed by Geert Reuten available in paperback
Read more: A new postcapitalist model developed by Geert Reuten available in paperbackThe professor of economics at the University of Amsterdam and ex-senator for the Dutch Socialist Party Geert Reuten has published a book presenting a model of a postcapitalist economy based on workers’ coops. The book was first published hardback with Brill in 2023 and is available in open access on their website. Haymarket just released…
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INDEP members invited to Solarpunk Panel at Berlin Sci-Fi Festival on 19th October
Read more: INDEP members invited to Solarpunk Panel at Berlin Sci-Fi Festival on 19th OctoberINDEP members Walther Zeug and Eric Meier have been invited to the Berlin Sci-Fi Festival this year, happening on the 19th October. They are going to participate in a panel on Solarpunk, highlighting its connections to questions of democratic economic planning. This came about after an organizer of the festival reached out to INDEP after…
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Launch of Democratic Planning Research Platform and Forum by Jan Groos on the 17th October 7pm CEST
Read more: Launch of Democratic Planning Research Platform and Forum by Jan Groos on the 17th October 7pm CESTOn the 17th October 7pm CEST INDEP is going to host an online event at which Jan Groos of the Future Histories Podcast will introduce his new research platform on democratic planning. The platform will serve as a shared resource that unites essential tools and materials for in-depth exploration of the past, present, and future…
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IDA Presenting at 4th European Meeting of the Workers’ Economy
Read more: IDA Presenting at 4th European Meeting of the Workers’ EconomyThe 4th European Meeting of the Workers’ Economy will take place October 11-13 2024 in Barcelona. Attendees from Europe and Latin America will present on economic self-management. The IDA (Initiative Demokratische Arbeitszeitrechnung), which is an organisational member of INDEP, will present on labour time calculation. The event is organised by the ICEA (Instituto de Ciencias…
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Article: Prefiguration and Participatory Economy
Read more: Article: Prefiguration and Participatory EconomyBrief Description: Discussing the concept and history of prefiguration and its application to a Participatory Economy. Article Title: Prefiguration: How to get from here to there Author Name: Christopher Source/Publication: Participatory Economy Project Language: English Excerpt: The article begins: For those who want a better world, a common question arises: “How do we get there?”.…
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Raphael Arar’s artwork part of two recent group exhibitions
Read more: Raphael Arar’s artwork part of two recent group exhibitionsINDEP member Raphael Arar had some of his artwork exhibited in two group exhibitions, one curated by Solarpunk Surfclub at the University of Kentucky’s Bolivar Gallery and another curated by the Portland, Oregon chapter of Jobs With Justice at One Grand Gallery in Portland, Oregon. The works featured include:
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Talk about the Economic Planning discourse part of online talk series about economy after neoliberalism
Read more: Talk about the Economic Planning discourse part of online talk series about economy after neoliberalismJakob Heyer will give an introduction to the current discourse on Democratic Economic Planning in an online talk series organized by the heterodox economics education platform Exploring Economics. The online talk series’ theme is “The economy after neoliberalism” and will explore economic developments away from neoliberalism as we know it towards a form of dynamic…
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Ten talks about democratic planning now online
Read more: Ten talks about democratic planning now onlineIn 2023-2024 the research group on democratic economic planning at CRITS organized a virtual seminar series. All the talks from this series are now online! Title of the event Virtual Seminar Series on Democratic Economic Planning Presenters Adam Balsam, Anders Sandström and Ferdia O’Driscoll, Anitra Nelson, Spyros Samothrakis, Simon Sutterlütti and Stefan Meretz, Martín Arboleda,…
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Article: Amsterdam’s circular economy & postcapitalist possibilities
Read more: Article: Amsterdam’s circular economy & postcapitalist possibilitiesArticle Title Amsterdam’s circular economy at a world-ecological crossroads: postcapitalist degrowth or the next regime of capital accumulation? Author Names Matthew Thompson, Charlotte Cator, David Beel, Ian Rees Jones, Martin Jones, Kevin Morgan Source/Publication CPES (Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy, and Society) Language English Brief Description The article examines the circular economy, taking Amsterdam as…
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Article: The Paris Commune’s Spirit Is Still Alive
Read more: Article: The Paris Commune’s Spirit Is Still AliveArticle Title: The Paris Commune’s Spirit Is Still Alive Author Name: Kristin Ross Source/Publication: Jacobin Language: English Brief Description: This is an extract from The Commune Form: The Transformation of Everyday Life by Kristin Ross, now available from Verso Books. Excerpt (Optional): Thinkers like Karl Marx and Peter Kropotkin identified the commune as the political…
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Book: The Commune Form
Read more: Book: The Commune FormBook Title The Commune Form: The Transformation of Everyday Life Author Name Kristin Ross Publisher Verso Language English Blurb Here is the book description: What is the Commune? A leading radical historian looks at the global resurgence of the commune and asks how they can become sites of liberation. When the state recedes, the commune-form…
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