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Recording of INDEP online Talk with Al Campbell uploaded
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in VideosRead more: Recording of INDEP online Talk with Al Campbell uploadedThe recording of our recent online talk with Al Campbell on “Protagonistic Planned Socialism (PROPLASO) and Human Development” has been uploaded to the INDEP YouTube channel. You can watch it […]
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New translation by Cibcom of article on the economic planning of ice cream production in the Soviet Union
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in NewsRead more: New translation by Cibcom of article on the economic planning of ice cream production in the Soviet UnionThe Cibcom collective has recently translated the article Soviet Scoops: Ice Cream with Socialist Characteristics by the blog The Stalin Era into Spanish. The article examines the history, development and […]
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Jason Hickel promotes democratizing the economy in the Spanish Parliament
Read more: Jason Hickel promotes democratizing the economy in the Spanish ParliamentJason Hickel in a recent address at the Beyond Growth Conference in the Spanish Parliament discusses economic politics in the polycrisis, highlighting the fundamentally undemocratic nature of capitalist production and […]
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Walther Zeug LinkedIn Post on why Absolute Sustainability Assessment Means Democratic Economic Planning
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in BlogRead more: Walther Zeug LinkedIn Post on why Absolute Sustainability Assessment Means Democratic Economic PlanningWalther Zeug recently attended the 1st International Conference on Absolute Sustainability – “From Less Bad to Good Enough”, hosted by the Centre for Absolute Sustainability at DTU Sustain. As a […]
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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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