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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
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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
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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=Europe/Helsinki:20260610T160000
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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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