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INDEP Conference Report by PEP
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in PodcastsRead more: INDEP Conference Report by PEPMembers of the Participatory Economy Project attended and gave presentations at the International Network for Democratic Economic Planning’s first ever in-person conference in Montreal in July 2025. In this recent […]
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Recording of INDEP online Talk with Cecilia Rikap and Edemilson Paraná uploaded
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in VideosRead more: Recording of INDEP online Talk with Cecilia Rikap and Edemilson Paraná uploadedThe recording of our recent INDEP online talk with Cecilia Rikap and Edemilson Paraná has been uploaded to the INDEP YouTube channel. You can watch it here or below.
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Doug Henwood’s Behind the News has an episode on Democratic Economic Planning
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in PodcastsRead more: Doug Henwood’s Behind the News has an episode on Democratic Economic PlanningBehind the News, a radio show hosted by writer and political analyst Doug Henwood for about 30 years, has aired an episode on Democratic Economic Planning. In the episode, he […]
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New article by La Banda Vaga on the fundamental principles of democratic economic planning and distribution
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in BlogRead more: New article by La Banda Vaga on the fundamental principles of democratic economic planning and distributionThe anarchist and council communist group La Banda Vaga writes about the fundamental principles of democratic economic planning. Their new article in the German post-growth blog Postwachstum.de is based on […]
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New article on implementing a green-digital transition through commons-based decentralized planning
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in ArticlesRead more: New article on implementing a green-digital transition through commons-based decentralized planningIn this article for the journal Globalizations, co-authors Pedro H. J. Nardelli and Rodrigo Santaella-Goncalves of LUT University critique market-based approaches to a green-digital transition for being based on an […]
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From Alpha to Omega podcast episode answers questions about talk on unifying socialism and cybernetics
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in VideosRead more: From Alpha to Omega podcast episode answers questions about talk on unifying socialism and cyberneticsIn this episode of the From Alpha to Omega podcast, host Tom O’Brien answers audience questions on the recent talk he gave to the Complex Anarchism Symposium entitled ‘Unifying Marxism […]
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New article on planning beyond growth and the need for democratic macroeconomic coordination
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in ArticlesRead more: New article on planning beyond growth and the need for democratic macroeconomic coordinationMatthias Schmelzer, professor for social-ecological transformation at the University of Flensburg and Elena Hofferberth, post-doc researcher at the University of Lausanne argue in this Special Issue on Utopias, published by […]
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Tech Won’t Save Us podcast episode discusses multi-criterial socialist economy with Aaron Benanav
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in PodcastsRead more: Tech Won’t Save Us podcast episode discusses multi-criterial socialist economy with Aaron BenanavIn this episode of the podcast Tech Won’t Save Us, host Paris Marx interviews Aaron Benanav about his recent articles for the New Left Review that outline his vision for […]
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New Cibcom article on the relationship between democratic economic planning and management under communism
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in ArticlesRead more: New Cibcom article on the relationship between democratic economic planning and management under communismIn this article from Cibcom, Alan Ernesto Segura Pérez deploys Marxist critiques of capitalism and reflections on the Soviet-type societies to argue that the fundamental principles of the communist mode […]
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Jason Hickel Demands Democratic Economic Planning for a Sustainable Needs-Centered Economy
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in VideosRead more: Jason Hickel Demands Democratic Economic Planning for a Sustainable Needs-Centered EconomyIn this recent interview on Novara Media, Aaron Bastani gets into conversation with Jason Hickel, political economist and degrowth advocate from Britain. Among several other topics, Hickel points out why […]
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Article responding to criticism by ‘Angry Workers’ of the ‘Fundamental Principles of Communist Production and Distribution’
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in ArticlesRead more: Article responding to criticism by ‘Angry Workers’ of the ‘Fundamental Principles of Communist Production and Distribution’This article by Hermann Lueer responds to the ‘Thoughts on the Fundamental Principles of Communist Production and Distribution’ by Angry Workers. It argues that many of their critical remarks regarding […]
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Aaron Benanav publishes the second article on his multi-criterial socialist economy proposal
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in ArticlesRead more: Aaron Benanav publishes the second article on his multi-criterial socialist economy proposalAaron Benanav, a professor at Cornell University, just published the article Beyond Capitalism—2, in issue 154 of the New Left Review. This article follows his recently published Beyond Capitalism—1. If the first […]
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