A list of events hosted by us and by others on democratic economic planning. Watch recordings of past events on our YouTube channel. Events RSS Feed.
When: Thursday, December 5th, 19:00-20:30 UTC Where: Online (link to be provided upon registration) Join us for an inspiring and thought-provoking event hosted by INDEP with documentary filmmaker Zachary Marlow, as he shares stories and insights from his groundbreaking work on a series of films documenting postcapitalist alternatives around the world. When complete, this documentary […]
When: Saturday, December 7, 2024, from 9:30 AM Where: In-person: The Hub, London South Bank University, Elephant and Castle, London SE1 6NJ Online: Hybrid options available Key Themes Ecosocialist future (socialist planning, post capitalism, radical abundance) Dismantling Green Colonialism Fighting the Far Right Refugees/Climate refugees and solidarity Workers led green transitions Campaigns Confirmed Speakers John […]
We bespreken in deze sessie hoofdstukken 12 en 13 van Grondbeginselen der communistische productie en distributie. Als je mee wil doen, stuur een email naar Emil en je krijgt een uitnodiging om deel te nemen aan onze WhatsApp groep! emil.jacobs@leden.socialisten.org
Event co-organised by the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI), Economic Democracy Platform (PxDE) and CEHI University of Barcelona. After the Covid-19 pandemic and the Spanish presidency of the EU, the importance of democratizing firms has returned to the political agenda in Spain. Worker representation on company boards or supervisory boards, as one of its best […]
This year’s Future Factory, which is organized by transform! europe, will include two panels and one workshop prominently featuring the topic of democratic economic planning. The panels are “The future is now: struggles for democratic economic planning”, featuring Edemilson Paraná, Elena Hofferberth and Vito Scalisi, which will be moderated by Anaïs Fley and Eric Meier […]
In this INDEP online event former co-host of the General Intellect Unit podcast Kyle Thompson will give a retrospective on the podcast, which ran from late 2017 to spring 2024. It was described as “the podcast of the cybernetic marxists” and explored issues regarding technology, marxist politics and economic planning and managed to build a […]
Die Tagung beschäftigt sich mit der Frage, welche Rolle die öffentliche Hand und der sogenannte Dritte Sektor angesichts der aktuellen Krisen spielen (sollen) und in welchem Verhältnis beide zur Zivilgesellschaft stehen. Dabei werden auch die in den letzten Jahren in diesem Feld diskutierten unterschiedlichen Ansätze zur Gestaltung des Öffentlichen wie Commons, Fundamentalökonomie, öffentlicher Luxus aber […]
On Wednesday 12 February at 20:00 CET the Cybernetic Economy theme group of the Socialists (Netherlands) will be hosting its first digital meeting with an international speaker, Tom O’Brien. They are now coming to the end of our review of Foundational Principles of Communist Production and Distribution and will discuss in broad terms the themes […]
Struggles over investment have long been struggles for control of our economies. Investment shapes the trajectory of social development: it determines which sectors grow or shrink, influences regional development patterns, and drives overall economic expansion or degrowth. In capitalist systems, investment decisions are largely made in isolation by private company and bank management, often in […]
The Vanguard Method is a mangement and workplace design method for service organisations to help them move away from a “command and control” to a systems approach. In democratic economic planning circles it’s being discussed (alongside with the Toyota Production System – see here, here and here) as an important tool for worker’s control over […]
On the 4th March, 7pm CET at the “Aquarium am Südblock” in Berlin there will be a book launch event for “Creative Construction – Democratic Planning in the 21st Century”. The event will include a conversation and discussion about the book with the book’s editors Jan Groos and Christoph Sorg with Joanna Klick. Afterwards there […]
(Description copied from the event’s website here) To register, please sign up here Moderated by Friederike Karla Hildebrandt from communia Co-organized with Christoph Sorg (HU Berlin) and Nils Rochowicz (TU Chemnitz). Part of „Socialization in Theory and Practice” Research Project led by Jacob Blumenfeld and Rabea Berfelde Topic In this workshop, Cecilia Rikap will […]