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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…

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…

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…

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.

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,…

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…

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…

INDEP 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…

On 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…

The 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…