On the Post-Growth Blog, a plea for labor-time accounting has been published. In it, the Freiburg-based group La Banda Vaga explains why the “Fundamental Principles of Communist Production and Distribution” are more necessary than ever in times of multiple crises.

The movements and uprisings of the past two decades, they argue, have fizzled out because “a positive awareness of the goals of the movements” was lacking. About some of today’s leftist ideas, they write: “In the face of these immense tasks that liberated humanity will have to face, we find the notion of an effortless ‘Fully Automated Luxury Communism,’ as advocated by some on the left, rather naïve.”

They emphasize that in labor-time accounting, “reproductive labor is valued the same as any other work. Whether childcare or the production of computer chips—both are treated equally. Reproductive labor would thereby be recognized as work, unlike in today’s society.”

We join their call: “Let’s take the leap!”

The article can be read here (in German): https://www.postwachstum.de/there-is-an-alternative-20250923