anarchism

Syndicalism and Labour-Time Accounting

anarchism, Councils, Debate on planned economies, Socialization, Theory, Trade Union, worker collectives |

The Spanish trade union CNT has invited us to write a contribution on labour-time accounting for its theoretical journal Estudios. The new issue has just been published and covers, in three volumes, the topics of revolutionary syndicalism, ecology, and economic planning. It can be ordered HERE. We are sharing our contribution, in which we discuss […]

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Critique of Commonism

anarchism, Books, Debate on planned economies, Review, Theory |

Simon Sutterlütti and Stefan Meretz outline in “Kapitalismus aufheben” (2018) commonism as a post-capitalist society in which commons sustain production and distribution, work is organized voluntarily, and the means of production are socialized. In his German-language review, Hermann Lueer highlights the strengths of the book while also exposing the theoretical limits of the commonist project.

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“Perspective of Self-Management” on Labour Time Accounting

anarchism, Debate on planned economies, Politics, Socialization, solidarity economy |

The anarchist organization “Perspektive Selbstverwaltung” has incorporated labour time accounting into its program. We warmly welcome this, as we consider the concept necessary to build a society free of domination. Under “Transition Phase,” “PS” writes: “Equal labour time accounting independent of money: In the long term, wage labour is to be completely abolished. This means

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