Digital sovereignty has become an urgent question in contemporary policy debates, due to the way in which digital platforms have become a crucial instrument of influence and infrastructural power. World regions such as Europe and Latin America that – compared to China and the US – have little domestic capacity in key digital technologies such […]

Social discontent with the existing world capitalist system is high and increasing. Many people look for major reforms of the capitalist system (some progressive, quite a few reactionary). A major part of those who to the contrary think capitalism must be replaced with an alternative system, consider themselves in favor of some type of socialism […]

The IDA (Initiative demokratische Arbeitszeitrechnung/Initiative democratic Labour Time Accounting) is giving two introductory talks on the concept of democratic Labour Time Accounting in the Ruhrgebiet area of Germany. Both events will be in German.

The IDA (Initiative demokratische Arbeitszeitrechnung/Initiative democratic Labour Time Accounting) is giving two introductory talks on the concept of democratic Labour Time Accounting in the Ruhrgebiet area of Germany. Both events will be in German.

This description is copied from the event flyer: This talk explores the resurgence of economic planning debates, arguing that planning has expanded under capitalism rather than declined. It revisits the socialist calculation debate and reviews three planning models: Keynesian, Neurathian, and Polanyian. Emaphasizing Polanyian planning, Sorg highlights its potential for democratizing surplus allocation, decommodifying essential […]

Online talk by Rhiannon Firth & John Preston on their new book Utopia in the Factory. Prefigurative Knowledge Against Cybernetics. Find the link to the respective Zoom call here, or on the event’s website. The description is taken from the event’s website: The idea that automation, AI and Robotics might lead to a utopian future for […]

In this event CibCom (acronym for Cibercomunismo), an interdisciplinary research group from the Spanish speaking world, will introduce themselves and their work. They argue that the idea of the market as the best possible resource allocator has long been surpassed by advances in digital technology. Corporations already plan their production and distribution on a global […]

The event description is copied from the event’s eventbrite page, please register there to attend. The event will be in English. “Green Planning Commission Launch by Common Wealth in London. Building a new era of green democratic planning A panel discussion and reception to launch the Common Wealth Green Planning Commission. —- Common Wealth is […]

The description is taken from the website of the event. “Opening Reception Saturday, November 1, 5-8 pm Open Hours Sat-Sun 12-5 pm drop in or by appointment Email info@carnationcontemporary.com to schedule a visit EXHIBITION In Planning, Raphael Arar extends his research-based art practice into the terrain of collective decision-making. The exhibition moves between earnest proposals […]

Capitalism has created a world of bullshit abundance, where we have too much of what we don’t need and too little of what we do. Through this system’s relentless pursuit of profits, we have been put on a collision course with social and ecological limits that can no longer be ignored. We need an alternative. […]

This talk considers the role of politics in the construction of systems of democratic planning. The thesis is that planning systems are downstream of theoretical models of society, and theoretical models are downstream of politics. But what makes a political question different from a theoretical one? The definition of a good model may change as […]

Jason Moore offers a critique of capitalism as a way of organizing planetary life. We would like to have a prospective discussion on how planetary life could be organized after capitalism. The conclusion of “L’écologie-monde du capitalisme” is entitled “Vers le Prolétarocène”; what form could this new relationship with our planet take? What would its […]