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Raphael Arar’s artwork part of two recent group exhibitions
Read more: Raphael Arar’s artwork part of two recent group exhibitionsINDEP member Raphael Arar had some of his artwork exhibited in two group exhibitions, one curated by Solarpunk Surfclub at the University of Kentucky’s Bolivar Gallery and another curated by the Portland, Oregon chapter of Jobs With Justice at One Grand Gallery in Portland, Oregon. The works featured include:
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Talk about the Economic Planning discourse part of online talk series about economy after neoliberalism
Read more: Talk about the Economic Planning discourse part of online talk series about economy after neoliberalismJakob Heyer will give an introduction to the current discourse on Democratic Economic Planning in an online talk series organized by the heterodox economics education platform Exploring Economics. The online talk series’ theme is “The economy after neoliberalism” and will explore economic developments away from neoliberalism as we know it towards a form of dynamic…
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Ten talks about democratic planning now online
Read more: Ten talks about democratic planning now onlineIn 2023-2024 the research group on democratic economic planning at CRITS organized a virtual seminar series. All the talks from this series are now online! Title of the event Virtual Seminar Series on Democratic Economic Planning Presenters Adam Balsam, Anders Sandström and Ferdia O’Driscoll, Anitra Nelson, Spyros Samothrakis, Simon Sutterlütti and Stefan Meretz, Martín Arboleda,…
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Article: Amsterdam’s circular economy & postcapitalist possibilities
Read more: Article: Amsterdam’s circular economy & postcapitalist possibilitiesArticle Title Amsterdam’s circular economy at a world-ecological crossroads: postcapitalist degrowth or the next regime of capital accumulation? Author Names Matthew Thompson, Charlotte Cator, David Beel, Ian Rees Jones, Martin Jones, Kevin Morgan Source/Publication CPES (Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy, and Society) Language English Brief Description The article examines the circular economy, taking Amsterdam as…
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Article: The Paris Commune’s Spirit Is Still Alive
Read more: Article: The Paris Commune’s Spirit Is Still AliveArticle Title: The Paris Commune’s Spirit Is Still Alive Author Name: Kristin Ross Source/Publication: Jacobin Language: English Brief Description: This is an extract from The Commune Form: The Transformation of Everyday Life by Kristin Ross, now available from Verso Books. Excerpt (Optional): Thinkers like Karl Marx and Peter Kropotkin identified the commune as the political…
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Book: The Commune Form
Read more: Book: The Commune FormBook Title The Commune Form: The Transformation of Everyday Life Author Name Kristin Ross Publisher Verso Language English Blurb Here is the book description: What is the Commune? A leading radical historian looks at the global resurgence of the commune and asks how they can become sites of liberation. When the state recedes, the commune-form…
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Article: Democratizing provisioning systems: a prerequisite for living well within limits
Read more: Article: Democratizing provisioning systems: a prerequisite for living well within limitsArticle Title: Democratizing provisioning systems: a prerequisite for living well within limits Author Name: Julia Steinberger, Gauthier Guerin, Elena Hofferberth, Elke Pirgmaier Source/Publication: The journal Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy in a special issue “Shaping Provisioning Systems for Social-Ecological Transformation”. Language: English Excerpt: Article abstract: The core challenge of the 21st century, of achieving good…
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Job: Communications and Education Associate, Center for Economic Democracy
Read more: Job: Communications and Education Associate, Center for Economic DemocracyJob Title: Communications and Education Associate, Organization: Center for Economic Democracy Location: Boston, MA, United States Job Type: Full time, hybrid. Brief Description: “The Communications and Education Associate will add capacity and expand CED’s work to “educate and inspire people who seek a world beyond capitalism.”” Link to Full Job Post: Full details here: https://jobs.gusto.com/postings/center-for-economic-democracy-communications-and-education-associate-654e89b8-6492-4762-a971-c61e23d7d282…
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Report: Reviving the commons? A scoping review of urban and digital commoning
Read more: Report: Reviving the commons? A scoping review of urban and digital commoningReport Title: Reviving the commons? A scoping review of urban and digital commoning Author Name: James Henderson and Oliver Escobar Source/Publication: Edinburgh Futures Institute, University of Edinburgh Language: English Excerpt: This report explores the contemporary revival of commoning practices in urban and digital contexts. The authors, James Henderson and Oliver Escobar, delve into the historical…
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Christoph Sorg on Finance as Planning – Future Histories Podcast
Read more: Christoph Sorg on Finance as Planning – Future Histories PodcastJan Groos interviews Christoph Sorg for the Future Histories Podcast (in German) “Part 2 of the conversation with Christoph Sorg. This time on the history of planning in capitalism and ‘Finance as a form of planning’.” Christoph Sorg: Listen: https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e21-christoph-sorg-zu-finanzwirtschaft-als-planung
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Work organization, incentives and innovation – article on Cibcom
Read more: Work organization, incentives and innovation – article on CibcomCibcom has published an article (in Spanish) by Alan Ernesto Segura Pérez entitled “Work organization, incentives and innovation: limits of capitalism and proposals for a new socialism”. An excerpt of the introduction (machine-translated into English): This article begins with a general analysis of the form of dominant economic organization in modern capitalism, the capitalist corporation,…
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Varn Vlog Podcast interview with Eric Meier on the Aesthetics of Democratic Economic Planning
Read more: Varn Vlog Podcast interview with Eric Meier on the Aesthetics of Democratic Economic PlanningThe VarnVlog Podcast, hosted by C. Derick Varn, has recently released an interview with Eric Meier on the topic of the aesthetics of democratic economic planning. The interview focused on Eric’s exhibition “Art, Design, Aesthetics of Democratic Economic Planning”, which he organized and curated October last year in Bonn, Germany. A videotour of the exhibition…
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