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SUMMARY:INDEP x The New Centre for Research and Practice - Introductory online Workshop: "What is Democratic Economic Planning?"
DESCRIPTION:This workshop is hosted by The New Centre for Research and Practice and is organized in partnership with INDEP. \nIt will consist of two sessions\, which will be 1\,5 – 2 hours each. The first session will be on April 30\, the second one on May 7. Both will take place from 1pm UTC to 3pm UTC. The entire workshop will be in English. \nThe workshop costs 125 USD total\, but is available for a reduced price of 75 USD for New Centre Members. To sign up and learn more\, click here. \nIt will be taught by Raphael Arar and Eric Meier. You can find their Bios below. \n  \n“This Roundtable explores Democratic Economic Planning (DEP) as an alternative to the financialized market-based economy. With neoliberalism in crisis and authoritarian movements on the rise\, there’s renewed interest in how economies might be organized differently. Any proposal for economic planning has to answer several basic questions: How do you gather accurate information about what people need and what resources exist? What do you measure things in—money\, labor time\, physical units\, some combination? Who makes decisions\, and how centralized should that be? Do markets have any role\, and if so\, what kind? How do you motivate work and handle distribution? These questions are not new. They emerged in the Socialist Calculation Debate of the 1920s-30s. Answers have been attempted differently across historical experiments—from Soviet central planning to Chile’s Cybersyn project to contemporary participatory budgeting initiatives. Today’s proposals range from participatory economics to algorithmic coordination models that imagine repurposing Amazon’s logistics infrastructure for democratic ends. \nSESSION ONE: The opening session will lay out this intellectual landscape and the core problems any planning model confronts. We’ll look at how these questions connect to contemporary concerns about technology\, ecology\, and democratic transition strategies. \nSESSION TWO: The second session builds from student research to map current debates and identify where productive collective work might happen. \nOUTCOMES: You’ll understand the fundamental challenges facing economic planning proposals and how different models tackle them. We’ll cover key historical debates and experiments alongside contemporary paradigms that leverage digital infrastructure. You’ll gain frameworks for evaluating whether planning proposals are actually democratic and practically viable\, plus exposure to real-world implementations and transition strategies. And you’ll connect with others exploring alternatives to market coordination.” \nRaphael Arar works at the nexus of complex systems\, transdisciplinary design and arts-based research. His work highlights the social\, political and economic implications of technological acceleration and human-to-machine interaction. Raphael currently heads Design at One Project\, an organization building infrastructure for a new economy where resources serve people and planet\, not profit. He also serves as an Executive Board Member at Leonardo\, the International Society for the Arts\, Sciences and Technology and a mentor at NEW INC\, a museum-led cultural incubator from the NEW Museum. Previously\, he led design for learners at Khan Academy\, tackled ethical platforms of AI at IBM Research\, taught media theory at the USC School of Cinematic Arts and designed over a hundred iOS apps with Apple. His artwork has been shown at museums\, conferences\, festivals and galleries internationally including the ZKM | Center for Art and Media\, Moscow Museum of Applied Art\, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory\, International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA)\, Gamble House Museum\, ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems\, Science Gallery\, Boston Cyberarts Gallery\, and Athens Video Art Festival. Notable commissions include Dublab\, Noema Magazine\, Goethe Institut\, Gray Area Foundation for the Arts\, Intel Labs\, and IBM Research. His design work has been featured in publications including TED\, Forbes\, Inc. Magazine\, FastCompany\, Wired and others. \nEric Meier is an organizer\, researcher\, and artist working on democratic economic planning\, critical theory\, and digital culture. He unites researchers\, activists\, and practitioners globally to advance the research and practice of democratic approaches to economic organization. He studies sociology and philosophy at the University of Bielefeld and is a certificate alumnus of the critical philosophy program at The New Centre. He co-founded INDEP – the International Network for Democratic Economic Planning\, where he works as a strategic network facilitator. He also serves as a student assistant at the University of Kiel\, where he supports Jan Groos\, host of the Future Histories podcast\, in the DFG project Governing Algorithms – A Sociology of the Algorithmic Art of Governing (led by Prof. Robert Seyfert). As an artist\, his practice explores the topics of contemporary internet culture\, (distorted) desire\, and utopian imagination through digital image and video collage. His artistic practice has been presented in the 2023 exhibition Art\, Design\, Aesthetics of Democratic Economic Planning in Bonn—a show he conceptualized\, curated and organized- the Science-Fiction Film Festival 2024 in Berlin and the 2025 exhibition Das Private ist Politisch in Bonn. His work has also appeared in publications by Rizomatica\, Reincantamento\, the Institute of Network Cultures and Rabble Review. He has spoken at a range of international events\, including the 2024 Science-Fiction Film Festival Berlin\, the 2024 London Ecosocialism Conference\, the 2024 and 2025 Future Factory festivals in Rome and the 2025 INDEP conference in Montreal. He regularly hosts workshops\, moderates panels\, and appears as a guest on podcasts discussing democratic futures and transformative imaginaries.
URL:https://www.indep.network/event/introductory-online-workshop-what-is-democratic-economic-planning/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260507T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260507T220000
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SUMMARY:Book Presentation of German Translation of "Creative Construction"
DESCRIPTION:This event will take place in German. \nTickets for the in-person event can be bought for 6€ full price and 4€ reduced price here. \nThe event will also be livestreamed here. \n  \nIn the face of ecological crises\, social upheaval\, and economic instability\, more and more people are seeking alternatives to capitalism. The two-volume project Creative Construction: Democratic Planning in the 21st Century (Brumaire Verlag\, 2026) brings together theoretical reflections and practical examples. Co-editor Christoph Sorg speaks with Rabea Berfelde and Nina Scholz about the political\, economic\, and social prerequisites for democratic planning and about the question of how an economy beyond capitalism could be organized. \nIn mediapartnership with Jacobin Germany.
URL:https://www.indep.network/event/bookpresentation-of-german-translation-of-creative-construction/
LOCATION:Literaturforum im Brecht-Haus\, Chausseestraße 125\, Berlin\, Berlin\, 10115\, Germany
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Sao_Paulo:20260509T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Sao_Paulo:20260509T150000
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SUMMARY:Automation\, 6X1 Scale And Possible Outcomes - Aaron Benanav In Conversation With Marcela Soares
DESCRIPTION:As part of the Anniversary Party of Marx\, on Saturday 9 May from 1:30PM-3PM (Brasilia Standard Time) at Utopia Warehouse (Warehouse 6\, Cais do Porto\, s/n)\, Aaron Benanav of Cornell University will discuss automation\, the future of work and multi-criterial socialism with Marcela Soares. \nFurther details about the Anniversary Party of Marx and how to purchase tickets can be found here.
URL:https://www.indep.network/event/automation-6x1-scale-and-possible-outcomes-aaron-benanav-in-conversation-with-marcela-soares/
LOCATION:Utopia Warehouse\, Av. Rodrigues Alves\, s/n - Armazém 6 - Santo Cristo\, Rio de Janeiro - RJ\, 20220-364\, Brazil\, Rio de Janeiro\, Brazil
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260516T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260516T150000
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SUMMARY:Meeting On Labour-Time Economy by the Cybernetic Economy Thematic Group of the Dutch Revolutionary Socialist Party
DESCRIPTION: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 2PM CEST\, 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. \nA summary of the event can be found below (from the website\, originally in Dutch\, translated into English): \n“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!).\nFor 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).\nThe comrades at IDA are very much looking forward to meeting the RSP. I therefore hope to see you there!” \nYou can find out more about the event and register here.
URL:https://www.indep.network/event/themagroep-cybernetische-economie-van-de-rsp-meeting-on-labour-time-economy/
LOCATION:Gaffelstraat 61B\, Gaffelstraat 61B\, Rotterdam\, Netherlands
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260520T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260520T180000
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SUMMARY:INDEP online Talk with Eric Meier - The Political Aesthetics of Democratic Economic Planning
DESCRIPTION:This online event will take place in English. \nTo participate\, please register here. \n  \nDoes democratic economic planning have its own political aesthetics? This talk explores that question and argues that\, at present\, it does not—and that this absence poses a problem\, even for those with little interest in art or aesthetics. By examining how political projects rely on images\, symbols\, and forms of representation\, the talk highlights why aesthetics matter for making democratic economic planning imaginable\, communicable\, and compelling. \nBuilding on his 2023 exhibition “Art\, Design\, Aesthetics of Democratic Economic Planning\,” Meier will engage broader questions of (utopian) political aesthetics and their strategic significance. It takes stock of existing aesthetic experiments related to democratic economic planning\, raises methodological questions about how such aesthetics might be approached\, and aims to provoke further experimentation rather than prescribe a unified visual or cultural language. \n  \nEric Meier is an organizer\, artist and curator working on democratic economic planning\, critical theory\, and digital culture. He co-founded INDEP\, where he works as a strategic network facilitator. As an artist\, his practice explores the topics of contemporary internet culture\, (distorted) desire\, and utopian imagination through digital image and video collage. His artistic practice has been presented in the 2023 exhibition “Art\, Design\, Aesthetics of Democratic Economic Planning” in Bonn—a show he conceptualized\, curated and organized- the Science-Fiction Film Festival 2024 in Berlin and the 2025 exhibition “Das Private ist Politisch” in Bonn. His work has also appeared in publications by Rizomatica\, Reincantamento\, Conjure Utopia\, the Institute of Network Cultures and Rabble Review.
URL:https://www.indep.network/event/indep-online-talk-with-eric-meier-the-political-aesthetics-of-democratic-economic-planning/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260527T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260527T210000
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SUMMARY:Book Premiere with Razmig Keucheyan on the German Translation of his Book with Cédric Durand on Ecological Planning
DESCRIPTION:On the 27th May\, 7pm CEST\, Razmig Keucheyan will be giving a livestreamed talk about the book “Comment bifurquer. Les principes de la planification écologique“\, which he co-authored with Cédric Durand. The book has recently been translated into German as “Das Prinzip Verzweigung. Über ökologische Planung in Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft” and published by the Karl Dietz Verlag Berlin. \nThe livestreamed talk is hosted by the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation and done in cooperation with the Karl Dietz Verlag Berlin. \nYou will be able to watch the talk here. \nHere’s the description of the event (translated from German): \nHow can the ecological transition be achieved—not as a spontaneous adaptation\, but as a conscious\, collectively driven process? In “Das Prinzip Verweigerung”\, Cédric Durand and Razmig Keucheyan call for social planning to democratically organize production\, energy\, and consumption within the limits of the planet. They draw on historical experiences of economic planning during times of crisis and war—and they think radically anew: decentralized\, participatory\, and ecological. In opposition to the ideology of the free market\, they formulate the principles of a planable future in which social needs and ecological realities are once again brought into alignment. Their plea is for a new culture of responsibility that understands planning not as coercion but as collective shaping—as a prerequisite for freedom\, equality\, and sustainability. A compelling\, combative book on the art of shaping what is to come. \n 
URL:https://www.indep.network/event/book-premiere-with-razmig-keucheyan-on-the-german-translation-of-his-book-with-cedric-durand-on-ecological-planning/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260602T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260602T180000
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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
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260608T210000
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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
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260609T173000
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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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SUMMARY:IDEAS Webinar Series: Reviving Central Planning - A Global South Perspective
DESCRIPTION:The International Development Economics Associates Ltd/IDEAS is organising a webinar series on the past\, present and future of central planning. The webinars will be moderated by Farwa Sial\, IDEAS’ Asian Regional Director\, Research and Policy\, while the webinars discussants will be C. P. Chandrasekhar\, IDEAS’ Global Director\, Research and Policy and Prabhat Patnaik\, Professor Emeritus at Jawaharlal Nehru University. \nA summary of the webinar series can be found below: \n\nThe collapse of the Soviet Union was one of the seismic shifts of the 20th century. It created a crisis for state-led development models. The most direct impacts were on the 15 former Soviet republics and the Eastern Bloc countries of the Warsaw Pact. But many developing countries\, particularly in Africa and Asia\, which had adopted elements of central planning and state-led development\, often influenced by Soviet ideology or simply seeing it as a tool for rapid industrialisation\, also encountered a setback. In what followed\, countries actively sought integration with the developed market economies by adopting policies recommended by Western economic institutions\, like the International Monetary Fund\, the World Bank\, and later the World Trade Organisation. In doing so\, they adopted market-oriented principles and ultimately abandoned central planning in different ways. Some embarked on a wholesale and difficult transition towards market economies (often called ‘shock therapy’)\, while others transformed their specific models of socialism into varied models of ‘market socialism’. \nHowever\, integration with the world capitalist market came with a heavy cost for the majority of countries as the impact of neoliberalism and its current decline prove. This webinar series aims to explore the basics of central planning as they existed around the world and understand the relevance of planned development today. The discussions will focus on the diverse cases of Russia\, Eastern Europe\, and East Asia to provide a historical analysis of their respective planning models\, an assessment of the strengths and limitations of their implementation of these models\, as well as an introduction to the rich analysis that emerged from the economic debates and ideas of economists on the idea of and the actual experience with planning. \nList of webinars \n\nWhy revisit national planning? (Schedule: 22 June\, 10:30 UTC)\nNational planning: The Soviet Union model (Schedule: 22 July\, 10:30 UTC)\nTransition economies: Did Eastern European specificities matter? (Schedule: 22 August\, 10:30 UTC)\nEast Asian transition economies: Cambodia\, Laos\, and Vietnam (Schedule: 22 September\, 10:30 UTC)\nThe transition in China: A new planning model? (Schedule: 22 October\, 10:30 UTC)\nThe history and question of planning in Africa (Schedule: 22 November\, 10:30 UTC)\nThe history and question of planning in West Asia (Schedule: 22 December\, 10:30 UTC)\n\n\nYou can find out more about the webinar series here\, while you can register for the webinar series here and you can watch a YouTube livestream of the webinar series here.
URL:https://www.indep.network/event/ideas-webinar-series-reviving-central-planning-a-global-south-perspective/
LOCATION:Online
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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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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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