Category: News
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New Journal Special Issue on Democratic Economic Planning
Recently a special issue on Democratic Economic Planning has been published by the Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics. Here is a list of the included papers, which are all open access:
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INDEP online event with Simon Hannah postponed
We are sorry to inform you that today’s INDEP online event with Simon Hannah on his book “Reclaiming the Future. A Beginners Guide to Planning the Economy” has been postponed due to unforeseen circumstances. The event has been delisted from our events page and those that have already signed up have been informed via email.…
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Special issue “Rethinking Economic Planning” of “Competition & Change” Journal officially fully published
The special issue “Rethinking Economic Planning” of the Journal “Competition & Change” has recently officially been published in full. This issue is edited by Christoph Sorg and Jan Groos. The articles of the issue were published a while back, but so far only had indiviual links. Now they are all easily accesible under this one…
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Interview with IDA on labor time calculation in publication of an association of laywers for democracy and human rights
Recently the IDA (Initiative demokratische Arbeitszeitrechnung) did an interview with the RAV (Republikanischer Anwältinnen- und Anwälteverein) on their model of labor time calculation. This interview has been published in the “Utopia” issue of the “InfoBrief” publication of the RAV. The interview, which is in german, can be found here. The RAV is a political organization…
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New interview with IDA about Labour Time Calculation in german newspaper “nd”
The interview with the IDA in nd discusses the labor-time calculation model, which replaces money with labor-time for economic planning, equality, and addressing care and environmental issues, and also introduces the developed labor-time app.
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Is anticipation the new codename for planning?
Roland Kulke from transform! europe published a short logbook entry on the CRITS webpage entitled: “Anticipation of Change” – a new discourse for democratic economic planning. Here’s an excerpt from the intro of his entry: [T]he term “anticipation,” which has become increasingly common in Brussels in recent months, especially in trade union circles. The term…
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Engineers produce a proposal for industrial planning in France
Polytechnique X-Alternative, a group of former students from an elite French school of engineering, and Intérêt général, a think tank consisting of civil servants, academics, and social movement workers, have published the first of two documents about how France could plan its industrial development. The document, written in French, explains why the country’s industrial policy does not meet…
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Call for papers: Connected histories of economic planning in Southern Europe 1945-1989 – Lisbon, June 17-18, 2025
Ricardo Noronha, a professor at the Instituto de História Contemporânea at NOVA FSCH, is circulating the following call for papers for an event in Lisbon on June 17-18, 2025. Here is the call for papers: The impact of the 2007-2008 financial crisis, along with the remarkable economic growth of countries from East Asia, have sparked a renewed interest in…
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Program of the Ecosocialism Conference 2024 London published
The full program of the Ecosocialism Conference 2024 in London has been published. You can find it here. It has also been added to the event entry for the conference on our website, where you can find all the additional information on the conference.
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Ecosocialism Conference 2024 London
The 2024 Ecosocialism Conference in London (and online) will address the ecological crisis and the global capitalist system driving it. Join leading activists, thinkers, and advocates to build a movement for sustainable, equitable change and to envision a future of social and environmental justice. The conference will cover topics like socialist planning, dismantling green colonialism,…
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INDEP Organising Panels at 21st Historical Materialism Conference
The 21st Historical Materialism Conference will take place November 7-10 2024 in London. INDEP Steering Group members Thomas O’Brien, Donal O’Coisdealbha, and Ferdia O’Driscoll have organised three panels on postcapitalism, namely: This year, Historical Materialism created a Post-Capitalism stream, emblematic of the increasing attention being given to questions of postcapitalism by the Left. There are…
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New Study by think tank Communia on Socialization as emancipatory hegemony project for transforming the energy sector
The german think tank Communia has recently published a study on how socialization can become an emancipatory hegemony project for transforming the energy sector. It maps the current predominant reactions to the climate crisis (with a focus on Germany), namely a technologically focused “green capitalism”, versus a strengthening of reactionary and fascist forces, which aim…