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SUMMARY:Colloquium: From the Monnet Plan to the High Commission for Strategy and Planning - From Modernization to Transition\, 80 Years of French Planning (1946–2026)
DESCRIPTION:This event will take place in French. \nThe description and program have been translated from French: \nIn 1946\, General de Gaulle established the General Commission for Planning and appointed Jean Monnet as its head. Monnet spearheaded the “Monnet Plan\,” an innovative initiative to coordinate and drive the country’s reconstruction effort\, combined with a major drive toward modernization. Eighty years later\, the context has changed radically\, but the need for planning has returned to the forefront\, in the areas of the environment\, the military\, industry\, and demography. \nIn order to participate\, please register here. \nProgram: \n14h00 – Introduction:\nAntoine Jourdan (EHESS)\, Éric Monnet (PSE / EHESS)\, Laurent Warlouzet (Sorbonne Université / Institut Jean Monnet) \n14h15 – 16h00 – How to Plan? The Evolution of Methods for Coordinating Public Policy\nAntoine Jourdan (EHESS)\, Clara Léonard (Institut Avant-Garde)\, Alice de Lyrot (HCSP)\, Laurent Warlouzet (Sorbonne Université) \n16h00 – 17h45 – Why Plan? Reindustrialization and the Environmental Challenge\nPierre Charbonnier (Sciences Po)\, Sarah Guillou (Sciences Po)\, Éric Monnet (PSE / EHESS)\, Mathilde Viennot (HCSP) \n17h45 – 18h00 – Closing remarks by Clément Beaune\nHaut-commissaire à la Stratégie et au Plan \n18h00 – 19h45 – Cocktails — Club de la Sorbonne \n  \nOrganisation: \nAntoine Jourdan (EHESS)\, Éric Monnet (PSE / EHESS)\, Laurent Warlouzet (Sorbonne Université / Institut Jean Monnet) and the Institut Jean Monnet. In partnership with the High Commission for Strategy and Planning (HSCP). With the support of the Initiative Europe of Sorbonne Université.
URL:https://www.indep.network/event/colloquium-from-the-monnet-plan-to-the-high-commission-for-strategy-and-planning-from-modernization-to-transition-80-years-of-french-planning-1946-2026/
LOCATION:Amphithéâtre Guizot – Université de la Sorbonne\, 17 rue de la Sorbonne\, Paris\, 75005\, France
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260608T190000
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SUMMARY:Online Book Premiere with Kohei Saito: At The End of Progress
DESCRIPTION:On Monday 8th June from 7PM-9PM UTC+2 online via YouTube\, Kohei Saito of the University of Tokyo will be discussing the launch of his new book with Carla Reemtsma\, co-founder of climate activist group Fridays for Future Germany. The event will be part of the “linksbündig” book premiere series hosted by the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation. You can find out more about the event below: \n“In his new book\, Kohei Saito draws a sobering balance sheet of our present: central ecological foundations of our prosperity are already destroyed\, while authoritarian forces and wars are increasing worldwide. At the same time\, economic growth in the global North is stagnating – a sign that capitalism is reaching its limits\, increasingly shaped by the power of global techno-oligarchies. \nIs the crisis an opportunity? Saito disagrees decisively. Instead of a departure\, an era of chronic emergencies awaits us: scarcity\, social destabilization and natural disasters will shape our future – not abundance\, acceleration or emancipation. Against this backdrop\, Saito advocates acknowledging the end of the progress narrative and developing a re-imagined\, democratic planned economy to secure our remaining freedoms. \nThe event offers the opportunity to discuss this diagnosis and think together about perspectives beyond disaster capitalism.\nKohei Saito talks to climate activist Carla Reemtsma about the political consequences of his analysis\, as well as the current challenges and possibilities for action in the fight for climate justice. \nAuthor: Dr. Kohei Saito (1987) is an associate professor of philosophy at the University of Tokyo. He received his doctorate from the Humboldt University in Berlin in 2016 and is co-editor of the Mitherausgeber der Marx-Engels-Gesamtausgabe. In 2018 he was awarded the prestigious Isaac Deutscher Prize and in 2020 he received the JSPS Prize of the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Sciences for Outstanding Young Researchers. His book “Systemsturz” became an international bestseller and sold over half a million copies in Japan alone. \nCarla Reemtsma is a climate activist and co-founder of Fridays for Future Germany. She has been committed to climate justice for years and brings a central voice of the young climate movement into the discussion.” \nYou can watch the event here.
URL:https://www.indep.network/event/kohei-saito-at-the-end-of-progress/
LOCATION:YouTube
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260609T160000
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SUMMARY:INDEP online Talk with Leone - On Defining and Measuring Human Needs with Democratic Planning
DESCRIPTION:This online event will take place in English. \nTo participate\, please register here. \nMeeting social needs with democratic planning requires that we learn how to see and define those needs\, and that we institutionalize such learning processes in postcapitalist governance. In this presentation\, Leone explores some meditations on the politics of measurements and their role in planning processes in a postcapitalist world\, with a focus on democratic investment planning. The essay upon which this presentation is based seeks to articulate some of the core political problems around measurements which we must design real-world interventions to solve. He invites scrutiny and feedback on his current essay draft.
URL:https://www.indep.network/event/indep-online-talk-with-leone-on-defining-and-measuring-human-needs-with-democratic-planning/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260610T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260610T180000
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SUMMARY:Alfred-Sohn-Rethel Lecture: Counter-Planning against Climate Fascism by Kohei Saito
DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday 10th June 2026 from 4PM-6PM CEST at the Kassenhalle\, Forum am Domshof in the Universität Bremen\, Kohei Saito of the University of Tokyo will give the Alfred-Sohn-Rethel lecture “Counter-Planning against Climate Fascism”\, which will discuss how his conception of degrowth communism can be deployed to bring an emancipatory resolution to the dual global crises of climate change and fascism. \nThis lecture is part of the lecture series “Contemporary Perspectives on Marx” that is being held by Universität Bremen. \nA summary of the event can be found below: \n“We will welcome Kohei Saito from the University of Tokyo as a guest for the Alfred-Sohn-Rethel lecture on 10/06/2026. Kohei Saito will give a lecture entitled “Counter-Planning against Climate Fascism” in the cash register hall in the Forum am Domshof.” \nYou can find out more about the event here.
URL:https://www.indep.network/event/alfred-sohn-rethel-lecture-counter-planning-against-climate-fascism-by-kohei-saito/
LOCATION:Kassenhalle im Forum am Domshof\, Kassenhalle im Forum am Domshof\, Forum am Domshof 50051\, Bremen\, 50051\, Germany
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260611T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260611T210000
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SUMMARY:Creative Construction and the Struggle over Progress - Democratic Planning in the 21st Century
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday 11th June from 7PM-9PM UTC+2 at the Thalia Theater\, Kohei Saito\, Christoph Sorg and Jan Groos will discuss how democratic economic planning can be the solution to the social\, economic and ecological crises caused by capitalism. The event will be in English. \nA summary of the event can be found below: \n“Climate crisis\, resource scarcity\, authoritarian tendencies and economic uncertainty are increasingly challenging the classic progress narratives of modernity. But does this also mean the end of the idea of social emancipation? \nThe Creative Construction and the Struggle over Progress – Democratic Planning in the 21st Century event asks how the idea of democratic planning can be understood and used as a carrier of positive future. Especially in times of all-out catastrophism\, working together towards a democratic organization of our social reproduction represents an attractive alternative to the status quo of capitalist destruction. \nTogether\, Kohei Saito\, Christoph Sorg and Jan Groos discuss new perspectives on social transformation\, ecological boundaries and the question of how to design liveable futures beyond growth coercion and catastrophism.” \nYou can find out more about the event here.
URL:https://www.indep.network/event/creative-construction-and-the-struggle-over-progress-democratic-planning-in-the-21st-century/
LOCATION:Thalia Theater\, Alstertor\, 20095\, Hamburg\, Germany
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260617T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260618T203000
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SUMMARY:Council for Economic Democracy of MEHR Festival 2026
DESCRIPTION:The MEHR Festival 2026\, organised by the Otto Brenner Stiftung\, a foundation of the IG Metall metalworkers’ union\, will be held from Tuesday 16th June to Friday 19th June at Frankfurt am Maim. The four day festival aims to develop the theory and practice of building workers’ power. \nThe festival seeks to do this through organising its events in four councils: the Council for Digitalization\, the Migration Council\, the Council for the New Frankfurt and the Economic Democracy Council. \nThe Council for Economic Democracy\, which will be held on Wednesday 17th June and Thursday 18th June at either Kunstverein Familie Montez or Die Käs (depending on the event in the Council’s programme)\, will feature contributions from Justus Henze (communia)\, Rabea Baerfelde (Centre for Social Critique\, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)\, Vanessa Barth (IG Metall\, Grundsatz)\, and Tom Krebs (University of Mannheim). Topics will include pathways toward an active industrial policy\, a democratically governed energy transition\, expanded workplace co-determination\, and democratic planning. The session provides space to discuss strategies as well as current and future projects. \nA summary of the Council can be found below: \n“We want to live in a society that is social\, safe\, peaceful\, sustainable and democratic. But how can this be achieved if central future decisions are made by a few – by people and companies that benefit economically when social security\, ecological transformation or democratic control are weakened? \nThe democratization of the economy is the fundamental goal of the trade union movement and more relevant today than ever. \nIdeas for Economic Democracy \nOn the first day of the Council\, experts will discuss an active industrial policy\, a democratically managed energy transition\, for an expansion of operational co-determination and democratic planning and for the democratization of regional value creation. \nOn the second day\, the debate continues in open Fishbowls formats\, where all participants are invited to actively participate through discussing contradictions\, their own experiences and ideas. \nBut we do not stop at the exchange: together we will develop trend-setting ideas and discuss concrete steps on how to achieve them. Following the festival\, we will continue to develop the ideas and projects in cooperation.” \nYou can find out more about the Council for Economic Democracy and its program here. \nYou can find out more about MEHR Festival 2026 here.
URL:https://www.indep.network/event/council-for-economic-democracy-of-mehr-festival-2026/
LOCATION:Kunstverein Familie Montez\, Honsellstraße 7\, 60314\, Frankfurt am Main-Bornheim\, Hesse\, 60314\, Germany
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SUMMARY:INDEP online Talk with Christoph Sorg - Planning and Social Reproduction: Communal Care\, Revaluing Reproductive Work\, and Gender Relations
DESCRIPTION:This event will take place in English. \nIn order to participate\, please register here. \n  \nThis presentation builds bridges between the emerging literature on democratic planning and feminist political economy\, and by extension work on racial capitalism\, in order to address the class reductionism and economism that characterize parts of the planning debate. Christoph Sorg begins by briefly reviewing how models of democratic planning treat social reproduction and gender relations (if and when they do)\, and then turns to recent work on the socialization of care. On this basis\, he identifies three interfaces for productive exchange between these literatures. First\, at the intersection of the literature on planning and the socialization of care lies the commune as a new social institution that links households to societal planning processes\, facilitates the socialization of care and transcends the division between waged and unwaged work. Second\, the systemic revaluation of reproductive work in the non‑household economy challenges capitalism’s institutional privileging of industrial over service (including care) work and related sectors. Third\, he contends that advocates of planning must theorize how different configurations of the socialization of markets and social reproduction can secure material independence and equal access to social life for marginalized groups in order to strengthen their social bargaining power in broader anti-domination struggles. \nChristoph Sorg is a social scientist at Humboldt University Berlin with a focus on planning in capitalism and beyond it. He recently co-edited the book “Creative Construction” (Bristol University Press) and a special issue of Competition&Change “Rethinking Economic Planning” (both with Jan Groos). Within the planning literature he publishes broadly on questions of social reproduction\, social transformation\, the politics of investment\, North-South inequality and ecological planning. His two most recent texts on planning\, social reproduction and gender relations are still in peer review\, but available on request.
URL:https://www.indep.network/event/indep-online-talk-with-christoph-sorg-planning-and-social-reproduction-communal-care-revaluing-reproductive-work-and-gender-relations/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260625T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260625T200000
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SUMMARY:Attac Austria presents new "Kurswechsel" Journal Issue on Democratic Economic Planning
DESCRIPTION:This event is going to take place in German. \nTo participate\, please register by sending an email to verwaltung@attac.at \nIn this event\, the issue “Let’s Plan! Democratic Economic Planning – The Key to Transformation?” of the “Kurswechsel” journal is going to be presented and discussed.\nThe issue can be ordered here. \n(event description below copied and translated from the event website) \nCapitalism creates new uncertainties every day: How much will my weekly grocery shopping cost? How much will I have to pay on top of my energy bill? Corporations like OMV\, Spar\, and Amazon are all making plans—but only for their own profits. Owners and management decide what is produced and how; the workforce has no say in the matter. This fuels discontent and the climate crisis. A democratically planned economy therefore means making conscious and democratic decisions about what work is necessary in a society and how we use natural resources sustainably to meet everyone’s needs. But how? How can the economy be democratically shaped through planning to achieve a just society? How can we mitigate the climate crisis and ensure provision for everyone? \nPanelists: \n– Lukas Oberndorfer\, Vienna Chamber of Labor \n– Hanna Braun\, Attac Austria \n– Moderator: Mario Taschwer\, Attac Austria \nIn cooperation with BEIGEWUM and Depot. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.indep.network/event/attac-austria-presents-new-kurswechsel-journal-issue-on-democratic-economic-planning/
LOCATION:Depot – Kunst und Diskussion\, Breite Gasse 3\, Vienna\, 1070\, Austria
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260710T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260712T130000
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SUMMARY:Attac Summer Academy 2026 - Riding the Monster
DESCRIPTION:This event will take place in German. \n(The text below has been copied and translated from the original event website): \nDay after day\, the news paints a bleak picture of social developments: massive arms buildup and militarization\, a global struggle over raw materials and the energy systems of the future\, a rise in anti-feminism and gender-based violence\, radical attacks on the welfare state\, climate disasters\, rising fascism…\nAt first glance\, then\, there isn’t much reason to hope for a better world. But anyone who isn’t satisfied with that first glance can recognize the contradictions\, fault lines\, and counter-movements that also play a role in current developments. There is resistance; new alliances are forming; and issues once thought dead\, such as “socialization\,” are experiencing a resurgence. In many areas\, there is a struggle over the direction of development\, but concepts are still lacking on how these moments of rupture could be harnessed for emancipatory purposes. \nThe Attac Summer Academy aims to contribute to this effort. We are aware that a sustainable solution to these problems cannot be found in fairer capitalist conditions\, but only in a radical socio-ecological transformation of our modes of production and ways of life. But where could this transformation begin?\nHow do we achieve a just global financial order? What might a non-exploitative North-South relationship look like? How do we envision a society in which gender no longer plays a role?  How can we expand the sector of public services and remove it from the realm of the for-profit economy?\nFinding answers to such questions is certainly not easy. But together we can learn and discuss\, meet new people and discover new ideas\, share the joy of new insights\, encourage one another\, and return to our daily political work with renewed energy. \nThat’s why we need the Summer Academy. We look forward to seeing you there. \n  \nIn this context\, numerous workshops will address questions of democratic planning of economic processes:\n– Samuel Decker: Democratization of economic planning\n– Sabine Nuss: The myth of private property and possible alternatives\n– Vincent Janz: Public luxury; Socialization of the energy sector\n– Alex Wischnewski: Feminist socialization\n– Patrick Kaczmarczyk: Public holding companies\n– Paula Haufe: Public banks\n– Thomas Eberhardt-Köster: Socialization at the municipal level \nParticipation is free of charge\, and childcare is provided. Free sleeping accommodations are available in the schools sports hall. For more information and to register\, visit the event website.
URL:https://www.indep.network/event/attac-summer-academy-2026-riding-the-monster/
LOCATION:Freie Waldorfschule Frankfurt\, Friedlebenstr. 52\, Frankfurt\, 60433\, Germany
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260715T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260715T183000
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SUMMARY:INDEP online Party Get Together for INDEP's 2nd Anniversary
DESCRIPTION:We’re having a little online party to celebrate INDEP’s second anniversary! It is going to be an informal get together without an agenda\, but an occasion to meet\, find out what we’re all up to and celebrate our network and each other. We’re looking forward to celebrate with you! \nPlease register here to participate.
URL:https://www.indep.network/event/indep-online-party-get-together-for-indeps-2nd-anniversary/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260723T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260723T210000
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SUMMARY:Creative Construction?! Online Book Talk with Jan Groos and Christoph Sorg
DESCRIPTION:This event will take place online via zoom and will be held in German. \nThis event is hosted by “Emanzipation & Frieden” in collaboration with “teilbar e.V.“. \n  \nThe description of the event has been translated from the event website: \n“The debate on democratic economic planning is experiencing a resurgence internationally. With the German-language publication of the anthology “Creative Construction – Democratic Planning in the 21st Century”\, edited by Jan Groos and Christoph Sorg\, a comprehensive overview of key approaches in the planning debate is now available in German for the first time. This presentation outlines the current state of the debate and discusses open questions. \nJan Groos is a researcher\, filmmaker\, and podcaster. He is the director of the Medialab at the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Salzburg. His research focuses on democratic shaping of the future\, critical media practice\, and public knowledge production. Jan hosts the podcast “Future Histories” as part of his research practice. \nChristoph Sorg is an Einstein Independent Researcher at Humboldt University in Berlin and works at the intersection of sociology and political economy. He researches the history\, present\, and possible futures of planning and is the author of “Social Movements and the Politics of Debt” (Amsterdam University Press\, 2022) as well as numerous articles in journals such as “Competition & Change”\, “New Political Economy”\, and “Critical Sociology”. \n 
URL:https://www.indep.network/event/creative-construction-online-book-talk-with-jan-groos-and-christoph-sorg/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260728T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260728T193000
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SUMMARY:INDEP online Event with Tom O'Brien - Variety and Planning
DESCRIPTION:This event is part of the INDEPxMetaphorum Online Talk Series for Stafford Beer’s Centennial. \nThis event will take place in English. \nTo participate\, please register here. \nThis talk will analyse the historical development of capitalist production methods from a cybernetic and political economic lens. Tom O’Brien will discuss the implications of Fordism\, modern budget management\, and the Toyota Production System of these developments for socialist planning\, and why the emphasis on planning in the socialist economic discourse is misplaced.
URL:https://www.indep.network/event/indep-online-event-with-tom-obrien-variety-and-planning/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260811T183000
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SUMMARY:Community online Discussion on the current draft of "Socialist Planning in the Era of Climate Change" Paper - Econophysics Community
DESCRIPTION:This event will take place online and in English. \nThis will be an open-ended discussion hosted by Leone on the econophysics server with David Zachariah on his recently drafted paper\, “Socialist Planning in the Era of Climate Change“\, which explores the question of realizing a feasible and stable implementation of economic planning. Anyone is free to join\, you can join the server here. \nAbstract of the paper:\nThis working paper argues that planning should be restored at the center of socialist economics as a means of securing the material well-being of a population under resource limits. Specifically\, the planned sector should be concerned with the provision of essential and vital products. We propose how planning institutions should be built upon the autonomous regulation of production by enterprises\, in order to overcome the information and incentive problems that emerged from historical experiences with economic planning.
URL:https://www.indep.network/event/community-discussion-on-the-current-draft-of-socialist-planning-in-the-era-of-climate-change-econophysics-community/
LOCATION:Econophysics discord community
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260817T050000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260817T063000
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SUMMARY:INDEP online Community Discussion on the Fundamentals of Democratic Economic Planning - 1st Session
DESCRIPTION:This online event will take place in English. To participate\, please register here. \nDescription: \nThis event will be a relaxed\, open-ended\, moderated community discussion on some of the fundamental questions about democratic economic planning: \n– What should we plan and what should we not plan? How should the planned sector interface with the unplanned\, household\, and external sectors?\n– What units of account should we utilize\, and for what purposes?\n– How should we respond to the structural and/or political limits that any DEP proposal must confront? For example\, how are we limited by international balance of payments\, by politics\, by culture\, by resources\, etc\, and how could we respond to those constraints?\n– How should planning goals be democratically decided?\n– What measures can we take today to realize DEP? For instance\, do we need to build or sieze the means of economic planning? If we are to build\, then what? If we are to sieze\, then how? If both\, then each to what extent? \nThe discussion will open with a focus on these questions\, but if during our discussion better questions around which to anchor these issues are discovered\, we will shift our focus appropriately. All are welcome\, and we look forward to hearing a diversity of persepctives on these matters. \nWe are interested in hearing from as many people in our network as possible. As such\, this event will be offered at two different times\, to accommodate all timezones to the best of our ability.
URL:https://www.indep.network/event/indep-online-community-discussion-on-the-fundamentals-of-democratic-economic-planning-1st-session/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:INDEP online Community Discussion on the Fundamentals of Democratic Economic Planning – 2nd Session
DESCRIPTION:This online event will take place in English. To participate\, please register here. \nDescription: \nThis event will be a relaxed\, open-ended\, moderated community discussion on some of the fundamental questions about democratic economic planning: \n– What should we plan and what should we not plan? How should the planned sector interface with the unplanned\, household\, and external sectors?\n– What units of account should we utilize\, and for what purposes?\n– How should we respond to the structural and/or political limits that any DEP proposal must confront? For example\, how are we limited by international balance of payments\, by politics\, by culture\, by resources\, etc\, and how could we respond to those constraints?\n– How should planning goals be democratically decided?\n– What measures can we take today to realize DEP? For instance\, do we need to build or sieze the means of economic planning? If we are to build\, then what? If we are to sieze\, then how? If both\, then each to what extent? \nThe discussion will open with a focus on these questions\, but if during our discussion better questions around which to anchor these issues are discovered\, we will shift our focus appropriately. All are welcome\, and we look forward to hearing a diversity of persepctives on these matters. \nWe are interested in hearing from as many people in our network as possible. As such\, this event will be offered at two different times\, to accommodate all timezones to the best of our ability.
URL:https://www.indep.network/event/indep-online-community-discussion-on-the-fundamentals-of-democratic-economic-planning-2nd-session/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260822T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260822T190000
DTSTAMP:20260821T141834Z
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SUMMARY:Planning for the Future - Why We Need Democratic Economic Planning for Transformation
DESCRIPTION:This event will take place in German. \nOur economic system is reaching its natural limits; a shift is needed toward an economy that is socially just and environmentally sustainable. In such a system\, we must use our resources responsibly. We’ll discuss the role that planning can play in this process.\nCome join us and join the discussion! \nThe talk will be given by Eric Meier\, co-Founder of INDEP.
URL:https://www.indep.network/event/planning-for-the-future-why-we-need-democratic-economic-planning-for-transformation/
LOCATION:Oscar-Romero-Haus\, Heerstr. 205\, Bonn\, North-Rhine-Westphalia\, 53111\, Germany
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260826T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260826T200000
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SUMMARY:Premiere: Every Acre\, Every Factory - Ideas for a necessary revolution
DESCRIPTION:Every Acre\, Every Factory – Ideas for a Necessary Revolution is a documentary that explores how a transition to a post-capitalist society might be conceived and organised. Drawing on experiences from the struggles of the 1970s\, contemporary debates on democratic economic planning\, and current workers’ struggles\, the film examines different approaches to transforming the organisation of production and social life. The premiere will take place on August 26\, 2026\, at 8:00 PM CET/6PM UTC+2 at Rio Reiser Platz in Berlin\, with members of the film’s cast and crew in attendance. \nWhat could a different way of organising production and society look like? Every Acre\, Every Factory – Ideas for a Necessary Revolution brings together historical experiences\, contemporary debates on democratic economic planning\, and workers’ struggles to explore possible paths beyond capitalism. \nA film by Labournet TV and AngryWorkers  \nFurther information about the documentary and the premiere can be found here.
URL:https://www.indep.network/event/premiere-every-acre-every-factory-ideas-for-a-necessary-revolution/
LOCATION:Rio-Reiser-Platz\, 10999\, Berlin\, Berlin\, Germany
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260829T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260829T190000
DTSTAMP:20260821T123039Z
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SUMMARY:INDEP online Talk with the Boston College Labor-Time Economy Working Group - Simulating a Labor-time Socialist Economy
DESCRIPTION:This online event will take place in English. It will be held in cooperation with the Initiative demokratische Arbeitszeitrechnung (Initiative democratic labor-time accounting). \nTo participate\, please register here. \nThe Boston College Labor-Time Economy Working Group (BC-LTEWG) will present an agent-based computer simulation model of a labor-time socialist economy. Their project brings together ideas drawn from the Group of International Communists’ 1930 Fundamental Principles of Communist Production and Distribution\, classical linear production theory\, and modern cybernetics to implement a pragmatic model of an economic system characterized by local decision-making\, in which stability arises as an emergent property. This economic model presupposes socialized means of production and local\, democratic\, worker control of enterprises\, uses labor-time credits instead of money to measure exchange values\, and does not support private profits or rents. Autonomous firms\, planning democratically\, form nodes in a parallel distributed system\, in which global prices are regularly readjusted to reflect average production requirements\, and in which cybernetic signal-and-control mechanisms enable the nodes to coordinate with each other and the system to remain stable through changing conditions without needing global information (except current prices) or a central planning hierarchy\, thus freeing up global political processes for high-level policy decisions. Starting from random initial conditions of production (e.g.\, inputs and costs)\, they simulate individuals buying what they need from distributors in exchange for labor-time credits; distributors order goods from producers to stock their shelves; and producers order inputs needed for production from upstream producers\, including both goods (fluid capital) and machinery (fixed capital). All firms organize their work according to plans that pair work targets with labor-time budgets\, and all firms pay their workers in labor-time credits. Prices are based on current average socially necessary direct and indirect labor\, and are updated whenever a plan is completed\, based on actual direct and indirect labor expenditures\, as measured\, in part\, by in-kind accounting. Workers may be asked to move voluntarily from one firm to another in response to changes in demand. Firms take workers’ skills into account in placing them. Earnings are taxed through the factor of individual consumption (FIC) to support a public fund\, which makes certain goods available to all\, free of charge. With rich graphic visualizations of the system’s behavior\, they show that supply consistently meets demand without central coordination. Their findings suggest that a labor-time socialist economy based on decentralized planning is a viable way to coordinate production in the modern world. \nPresenters: \nAmittai Aviram – aviram@bc.edu\nAmittai Aviram is Associate Professor of the Practice of Computer Science at Boston College (Boston\, Massachusetts\, USA)\, where he teaches computer systems\, compilers\, and databases\, as well as a member of Initiative Demokratische Arbeitszeitrechnung (IDA) and INDEP. In a previous life\, he had been a professor of English and comparative literature\, before re-schooling and re-tooling. He and Alex Creiner launched the BC-LTEWG project in spring 2025. \nAlexander Creiner – creiner@bc.edu\nAlex Creiner is an Assistant Professor of the Practice of Computer Science at Boston College\, where he primarily teaches courses on mathematical logic\, algorithms\, and complexity theory\, as well as a member of INDEP. Though he studied theoretical computer science during his mathematics doctoral program\, his research interests took a dramatic shift in 2020. His main areas of research currently are applied computer modeling\, political economy\, value theory\, and cybernetics. He and Amittai Aviram launched the BC-LTEWG project in spring 2025. \nDevin Lim\nDevin Lim is a second-year undergraduate Computer Science major at Boston College\, where he also pursues interests in mathematics and physics. He has been working with BC-LTEWG for about a year. \nNathan Lim\nNathan Lim is a third-year undergraduate Computer Science major at Boston College\, where he also studies finance. He has been working with BC-LTEWG this summer. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.indep.network/event/indep-online-talk-with-the-boston-college-labor-time-economy-working-group-simulating-a-labor-time-socialist-economy/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20261015T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20261015T120000
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SUMMARY:Rethinking Macroeconomic Planning in Europe
DESCRIPTION:To participate\, please register on the bottom of the event website. \n  \nDescription: \nIn cooperation with the research project “Heterodox Planning” (Humboldt University/Einstein Foundation) \n\n\n\n\nEurope stands at a critical macroeconomic crossroads. As the continent grapples with the compounding pressures of structural economic crisis\, geopolitical fragmentation\, and the urgent need for unprecedented socio-ecological investment\, conventional market-driven paradigms are failing to provide viable answers. \nAs highlighted in the recent landscape report by Partners for a New Economy (P4NE)\, “Fertile Ground: Exploring Europe’s New Economy Ecosystem”\, if we are to successfully navigate this era of interlocking crises\, the field must elevate macroeconomic planning. No longer dismissed as a relic of the past\, strategic public coordination and structural steering are re-emerging as essential tools to reshape the future of European capital\, navigate fiscal rules\, and steer the green transition. This event brings together leading voices in political economy to dissect how democratic\, structural economic planning can be effectively revived and translated to viable policy solutions. \nThe Panel\nIlias Alami (Assistant Professor at the University of Cambridge\, Member of the Green Planning Comission) – will illustrate how the global rise of state-owned enterprises and sovereign wealth funds expands the scope for progressive economic intervention\, while questioning how we can push past these frameworks toward deeper systemic transformation. \nJacob Hasselbalch (Associate Professor at Copenhagen Business School) will compare historical and contemporary planning models—spanning France\, Denmark\, South Korea\, and China—to show how states can deploy long-term macroeconomic steering\, indicative planning\, and strategic investment budgets to manage the green transition. \nHannah Bensussan (Political Economist and EU Economic Policy Expert; Advanced background in institutional economics) will analyze the current French institutional landscape\, critique the successes and failures of its planning ministry\, and explore how the macroeconomic proposals of La France Insoumise can be expanded for broader European policy. \nModerated by Maxine Fowé (Political Economist and journalist) \nAgenda\n\n09:00 – Welcome & Opening Remarks by the Network for Pluralist Economics\n\n\n09:15 – Flash Talks on Macroeconomic Planning\n\n\n10:15 – Open Q&A Session\n11:30 – Networking & Refreshments (until 12:30)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAfter the MacroHub workshop: Age of Planning Conference\nThe exploration of macroeconomic planning continues in the rest of the day and on October 16 with the academic conference “Age of Planning”\, which brings together empirical research on corporate and state planning in practice. More information will be sent after registration for the MacroHub.
URL:https://www.indep.network/event/rethinking-macroeconomic-planning-in-europe/
LOCATION:Auditorium at the Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum\, Geschwister-Scholl-Straße 1–3\, Berlin\, Berlin\, 10117\, Germany
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