News
Stay updated with the latest news about democratic economic planning from around the world. You can also share a news item yourself! Examples include: activist groups doing something inspiring related to planning, a government adopting a law related to planning, a new book or article being published or job offers and funding opportunities. News RSS Feed.
-
New Book on Big Tech and Planning
Read more: New Book on Big Tech and PlanningRecently Verso Books published “Cybernetic Circulation Complex: Big Tech and Planetary Crisis” by Nick Dyer-Witheford and Alessandra Mularoni. Below you can find the description provided by the publisher, with some highlighted sections by us: “Big Tech firms dominate the global economy. But what value do they actually produce? In this brilliant survey of global tech…
-
IDA sends out “Fundamental Principles of Communist Production and Distribution” + Reading Guide (in German)
Read more: IDA sends out “Fundamental Principles of Communist Production and Distribution” + Reading Guide (in German)The IDA (Iniative democratic labor time calculation) just accounced that it is happy to send out packs of the German version of the “Fundamental Principles of Communist Production and Distribution” by the Group of International Communists from 1930 and a respective reading guide. The set will be very cheap or maybe even free – just…
-
Recording of INDEP online event with Sophie Elias Pinsonnault and Simon Tremblay-Pepin uploaded to YouTube
Read more: Recording of INDEP online event with Sophie Elias Pinsonnault and Simon Tremblay-Pepin uploaded to YouTubeThe recording of the INDEP online event “From Models to Modules: Rethinking Postcapitalist Political Economy” with Sophie Elias Pinsonnault and Simon Tremblay-Pepin, which was held on March 25th, has been uploaded to our YouTube channel. You can watch the video via this link or below.
-
A new book on urban planning without growth
Read more: A new book on urban planning without growthYvonne Rydin, professor of Planning, Environment and Public Policy at the University College London, just published a book entitled Planning Without Growth. If the book is mainly centred around urban planning, a chapter entitled “Economic Democracy and Cooperatives” might contain valuable information to people interested in democratic economic planning. The book is published by Policy Press.…
-
ICEA (El Instituto de Ciencias Económicas y de la Autogestión) new INDEP Partner Organisation
Read more: ICEA (El Instituto de Ciencias Económicas y de la Autogestión) new INDEP Partner OrganisationWe’re happy to have recently partnered with the ICEA (El Instituto de Ciencias Económicas y de la Autogestión). The ICEA is an association that carries out research and dissemination work on workers’ self-management, with the aim of moving towards a post-capitalist society. It’s made up of economists, sociologists, historians and social activists. To learn more…
-
IDA now has an office in Berlin + call for donations
Read more: IDA now has an office in Berlin + call for donationsStarting March 1st, the IDA (Initiative demokratische Arbeitszeitrechnung / “Initiative democratic labor time calculation”) has rented an office in the publishing building of the left wing newspaper “nd (Neues Deutschland)” in Berlin. The monthly costs of the rent are about 400€ and the IDA put out a call for donations to help support them to…
-
For a Democratic Society, Democratize Finance – Jacobin
Read more: For a Democratic Society, Democratize Finance – JacobinA review by Grace Blakeley of The Master’s Tools: How Finance Wrecked Democracy (And a Radical Plan to Rebuild It) by Michael A. McCarthy (Verso Books, 2025). Michael A McCarthy also participated in our recent online workshop on democratizing investment, the recording of which you can find here. Source: Jacobin Magazine Michael McCarthy’s The Master’s Tools opens with an…
-
Recording of INDEP online event with Simon Hannah uploaded
Read more: Recording of INDEP online event with Simon Hannah uploadedThe recording of the INDEP online event with Simon Hannah from March 6th has been uploaded to our YouTube channel. You can watch the video below or through this link.
-
Article arguing for “Commonism” in German left-wing Newspaper
Read more: Article arguing for “Commonism” in German left-wing NewspaperRecently Stefan Meretz and Simon Sutterlütti published an article in the german left-wing newspaper “junge Welt“. In the article they respond to a critique of the concepts of “commons” and “Commonism” by Meinhard Creydt, published in the same newspaper late last year and make their case for Commonism as a distributed form of democratic economic…
-
CfP extended until March 3rd – Conference by the European Culture and Technology Laboratory with Cybernetic Economic Planning included as topic
Read more: CfP extended until March 3rd – Conference by the European Culture and Technology Laboratory with Cybernetic Economic Planning included as topic(This is a revised version of a previously published news item because the deadline for submissions has been extended.) The European Culture and Technology Laboratory (ECT Lab+) is organizing a conference on “Knowledge in the Age of Digital Re-/Production: Responsible Epistemologies?” on the 4th and 5th June in Darmstadt, Germany. The CfP can be found…
-
Recording uploaded of INDEP online Workshop on Democratizing Investment
Read more: Recording uploaded of INDEP online Workshop on Democratizing InvestmentThe recording of our INDEP online Workshop on Democratizing Investment with Melanie Brusseler, Sushovan Dhar, J W Mason, Mike McCarthy, Lavinia Steinfort and Christoph Sorg has been uploaded to our YouTube channel. You can watch it here or below.
-
Time updated for INDEP online Workshop on Democratizing Investment
Read more: Time updated for INDEP online Workshop on Democratizing InvestmentThe time for our online workshop on “Democratizing Investment” has been updated. The old time was from 3pm-7pm CET on Friday the 21st, with which it was unfortunately also promoted in our last newsletter. The updated time is 3:30pm-6:15pm CET – the day stays the same, so it’s only a small update and the new…
Disclaimer: The news items and events shared on INDEP’s platform are intended to highlight topics relevant to post-capitalism and democratic economic planning. While we curate these posts to ensure they align with our mission – as outlined in our About section – their appearance on this site does not constitute an endorsement by INDEP. We strive to include diverse perspectives, and our role is to serve as a clearinghouse for information, not a promoter of specific views.