Category: News
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IDA sends out “Fundamental Principles of Communist Production and Distribution” + Reading Guide (in German)
The 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” by the Group of International Communists from 1930 and a respective reading guide. The set will be very cheap or maybe even free – just…
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ICEA (El Instituto de Ciencias Económicas y de la Autogestión) new INDEP Partner Organisation
We’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 on workers’ self-management, with the aim of moving towards a post-capitalist society. It’s made up of economists, sociologists, historians and social activists. To learn more…
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IDA now has an office in Berlin + call for donations
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)” in Berlin. The monthly costs of the rent are about 400€ and the IDA put out a call for donations to help support them to…
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CfP extended until March 3rd – Conference by the European Culture and Technology Laboratory with Cybernetic Economic Planning included as topic
(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 conference on “Knowledge in the Age of Digital Re-/Production: Responsible Epistemologies?” on the 4th and 5th June in Darmstadt, Germany. The CfP can be found…
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Time updated for INDEP online Workshop on Democratizing Investment
The 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 in our last newsletter. The updated time is 3:30pm-6:15pm CET – the day stays the same, so it’s only a small update and the new…
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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), argues that rather than relying on top-down managerial strategies, businesses should embrace worker-led innovation. Here’s a summary of the main points: • This report examines…
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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.
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John O’Neill Keynote Speaker at this Year’s LSE Graduate Conference in Political Theory
At this year’s Graduate Conference in Political Theory of the LSE Department of Government John O’Neill of the University of Manchester will be giving a keynote. O’Neill is a well known and long-time contributor to the debate around democratic economic planning with publications such as “Who won the socialist calculation debate? (1996)“, “Knowledge, planning, and…
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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…