Category: News
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Newsletter by The New Institute about Kohei Saito’s work
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in NewsThe New Institute has recently published a newsletter giving an overview of Kohei Saito’s work and providing some insights into Saito’s project there, where he chairs the program “Beyond Capitalism: […]
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Slides of Walther Zeug’s INDEP talk now online
Walther Zeug has shared his slides of his recent talk for INDEP on Democratic Economic Planning through Cybernetics & Holistic Accounting, the recording of which you can find here. You […]
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New video on labour time accounting app by IDA
A new video explains how to use the labour time app, which allows self-managed companies to network in a planned economy without exploitation.
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Experiment with Democratic Planning in Dissent on Mars
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in NewsMichael Hicks, an independent video game designer has developed a sci-fi life sim where you create post-capitalist societies on Mars and live in them. Dissent on Mars will be available […]
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IDA sends out “Fundamental Principles of Communist Production and Distribution” + Reading Guide (in German)
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in NewsThe IDA (Iniative democratic labor time calculation) just accounced that it is happy to send out packs of the German version of the “Fundamental Principles of Communist Production and Distribution” […]
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ICEA (El Instituto de Ciencias Económicas y de la Autogestión) new INDEP Partner Organisation
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in NewsWe’re happy to have recently partnered with the ICEA (El Instituto de Ciencias Económicas y de la Autogestión). The ICEA is an association that carries out research and dissemination work […]
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IDA now has an office in Berlin + call for donations
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Starting March 1st, the IDA (Initiative demokratische Arbeitszeitrechnung / “Initiative democratic labor time calculation”) has rented an office in the publishing building of the left wing newspaper “nd (Neues Deutschland)” […]
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CfP extended until March 3rd – Conference by the European Culture and Technology Laboratory with Cybernetic Economic Planning included as topic
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(This is a revised version of a previously published news item because the deadline for submissions has been extended.) The European Culture and Technology Laboratory (ECT Lab+) is organizing a […]
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Time updated for INDEP online Workshop on Democratizing Investment
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in NewsThe time for our online workshop on “Democratizing Investment” has been updated. The old time was from 3pm-7pm CET on Friday the 21st, with which it was unfortunately also promoted […]
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New Report on Worker-led Innovation discussing the Lucas Plan and other examples by Jessica Thorne
How can workplaces benefit from innovation that is shaped by workers themselves? This report from Jessica Thorne for the Autonomy Institute, commissioned and published by Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), […]
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Explainer video about labor time accounting by iDA now online in Croatian
INDEP member IDA’s Explainer Video on labor time accounting is now also available in Serbo-Croatian!
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Anarchist organization “Perspective Self-Management” has included labor time accounting in its program
The anarchist group “Perspektive Selbstverwaltung” proposes labor time accounting as a transitional step to abolish wage labor and money, valuing all work equally. INDEP member IDA supports this but suggests recording labor time long-term for societal oversight without linking it to consumption.