Themagroep Cybernetische Economie van de RSP Meeting On Labour-Time Economy

The Themagroep Cybernetische Economie van de RSP/Cybernetic Economy Thematic Group of the Dutch Revolutionary Socialist Party will holding a meeting on Saturday 16th May from 1PM UTC, where two members of IDA (Initiative Demokratische Arbeitszeitrechnung/Initiative for Democratic Working Time Accounting) will discuss how a communist economy can be organised on the basis of labour-time. The meeting will be conduct in English.

A summary of the event can be found below (from the website, originally in Dutch, translated into English):

“On Saturday, May 16, at 2:00 PM, the Cybernetic Economy thematic group is organizing a meeting at De Gaffel (Gaffelstraat 61b, Rotterdam). We will be joined by two guests from the German group Initiative Demokratische Arbeitszeitrechnung (IDA), who will discuss how a planned cashless economy functions on the basis of working time. The session will be conducted in English.

The group draws on the theoretical work of Jan Appel and the Group of International Communists, specifically the pamphlet “Fundamentals of Communist Production and Distribution,” which explains how a working-time economy operates.

Reading the book is not required, but it is helpful and may assist in preparing specific questions. The book is available online at the Marxist Internet Archive (including an ePub that was updated a few years ago) and as a hardcopy at De Rode Lap (almost sold out!).

For those interested, recordings of the sessions where this book was discussed are also available on the theme group’s website (sessions 2 through 6 and session 8).

If you don’t have time for that, don’t worry, because on the IDA website you’ll also find, among other things, a short explanatory video about the concept (available in English, among other languages).

The comrades at IDA are very much looking forward to meeting the RSP. I therefore hope to see you there!”

You can find out more about the event and register here.