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Book By Tony Andréani Argues For A 21st Century Socialism
Read more: Book By Tony Andréani Argues For A 21st Century SocialismIn late January 2026, Tony Andréani, Emeritus Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Paris 8, France, published the book “Ten Essays for a 21st Century Socialism” as part of Routledge’s book series Critiques and Alternatives to Capitalism. In the book, Andréani engages in a critical discussion of both historical attempts…
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Critical Theory In Context Interviews Aaron Benanav About Multi-Criterial Socialism
Read more: Critical Theory In Context Interviews Aaron Benanav About Multi-Criterial SocialismIn this episode of the podcast Critical Theory in Context, Jacob Blumenfeld interviews Aaron Benanav of Cornell University about Benanav’s proposal for a multi-criterial socialist economy. A summary of this episode (from the episodes website) can be found here: Should we be making recipes for the cook shops of the future? In part two of…
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Critical Theory In Context Interviews John O’Neill About The Socialist Calculation Debate
Read more: Critical Theory In Context Interviews John O’Neill About The Socialist Calculation DebateIn this episode of the podcast Critical Theory In Context, Jacob Blumenfeld discusses the socialist calculation debate and its contemporary implications with John O’Neill of the University of Manchester. A summary of this episode (from the episode’s website) can be found here: What does it mean to plan an economy rationally—and who gets to decide…
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Essay By Pelle Dragsted Discusses Elements of Democratic Planning in Northern Europe
Read more: Essay By Pelle Dragsted Discusses Elements of Democratic Planning in Northern EuropePelle Dragsted, member of parliament for the Danish Red-Green Alliance, Marxist thinker and author from Denmark, recently published an essay for the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation titled ‘Nordic Socialism Shows the Way to a Democratic Economy’. In the essay, Dragsted highlights elements of democratic planning in the economies of Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland and calls…
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Talk By Aaron Benanav On Beyond Capitalism At Utrecht University
Read more: Talk By Aaron Benanav On Beyond Capitalism At Utrecht UniversityOn 19th January 2026, Aaron Benanav gave a talk at Utrecht University as part of the Visions for the Future project’s speaker series, where Aaron outlined his proposal for a multicriterial socialism. A summary of the talk (from the description of the video) can be found below: This talk presents an alternative socio-economic system—what I…
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Article Provides Guide On Slovenia’s Employee Ownership Cooperative Act
Read more: Article Provides Guide On Slovenia’s Employee Ownership Cooperative ActIn early January 2026, the Slovenian Institute for Economic Democracy published an article by Dr Tej Gonza, Dr David Ellerman, Kosta Juri, Gregor Berkopec and Tilen Božič that discusses the Employee Ownership Cooperative Act. The Act, which was passed in October 2025 by the Slovenian government, aims to facilitate the conversion of private businesses into…
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Recording of INDEP online Talk with Kyle Thompson and James Macumber on “Lessons of Cybernetics for Democratic Economic Planning” uploaded
Read more: Recording of INDEP online Talk with Kyle Thompson and James Macumber on “Lessons of Cybernetics for Democratic Economic Planning” uploadedThe recording of our recent online talk with Kyle Thompson and James Macumber on “Lessons of Cybernetics for Democratic Economic Planning” has been uploaded to the INDEP YouTube channel. This online talk was part of the INDEPxMetaphorum Online Talk Series for Stafford Beer’s Centennial. You can watch it here or below.
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Responses to IDA’s article on Labor-Time Calculation and Private Reproductive Labor
Read more: Responses to IDA’s article on Labor-Time Calculation and Private Reproductive LaborSince IDA (Initiative Democratic Labor-Time Accounting) published the article “Feminist Socialization? The Opportunity of Labor-Time Calculation for the Problem of Private Reproductive Labor“, the blog Leftdis has republished the IDA’s article as well as two critiques of it. The first critique is by Hermann Lueer, who argues that socialization of reproductive labor it being collective…
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INDEPxMetaphorum Online Talk Series for Stafford Beer’s Centennial
Read more: INDEPxMetaphorum Online Talk Series for Stafford Beer’s CentennialIn honor of the 100th birthday of the late Stafford Beer, INDEP is collaborating with Metaphorum to present a series of speakers for online events about Beer’s work, cybernetics, systems theory and their lasting relevance for questions regarding postcapitalism and democratic economic planing (DEP). Metaphorum is an organization which promotes and undertakes original research on…
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Debate in “The Ideas Letter” About Evgeny Morozov’s Essay “Socialism After AI”
Read more: Debate in “The Ideas Letter” About Evgeny Morozov’s Essay “Socialism After AI”In early December 2025, The Ideas Letter published an essay by Evgeny Morozov that critiqued socialists for not fully recognising the implications of artificial intelligence for reimagining a feasible and desirable socialism in the 21st century. Following the publication of Morozov’s essay, two essays have been published by academics Aaron Benanav and Leif Weatherby that…
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Recording of INDEP online Talk with Paul Adler on “What Socialist Planning can Learn from Business Management” uploaded
Read more: Recording of INDEP online Talk with Paul Adler on “What Socialist Planning can Learn from Business Management” uploadedThe recording of our recent online talk with Paul Adler on “What Socialist Planning can Learn from Business Management” has been uploaded to the INDEP YouTube channel. You can watch it here or below.
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Collective Review of Recent Real Utopian Books Including ‘Creative Construction’
Read more: Collective Review of Recent Real Utopian Books Including ‘Creative Construction’In a new literary essay, sociologist Tilman Reitz from the University of Jena reviews a collection of four books connected to democratic economic planning, real utopias, socialization and ecological economics (Creative Construction, Öffentlicher Luxus, Anarchistische Gesellschaftsentwürfe, and Anarchistische Ökologien) and their utility in constructing alternatives to capitalism. The review in German language can be read…
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