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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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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/
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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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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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