Books – Labour Time Calculation

Thoughts on the ‘Fundamental Principles of Communist Production and Distribution’

Books, Debate on planned economies, Review, Theory | 6. August 2025

The Angry Workers have published an article critically engaging with the “Fundamental Principles of Communist Production and Distribution” — the key work on labour-time accounting. They emphasize that this text “remains, for good reason, the main reference point for our debates,” while also questioning several aspects of the theory developed within it. The article is […]

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Chinese translation of our critique of Cockshott

Books, Cybersocialism, Debate on planned economies, Review, Theory | 19. April 2025

Our Critique of Cockshott and Cottrell: “Labour Time Accounting from Above? A Critique of Cockshott and Cottrell’s Cybersocialism” is now also available in Chinese translation! The text was originally published in German in 2023 and was later translated into English. Since we do not speak Chinese ourselves, we are providing the Chinese translation here alongside

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Basic Principles in Pairs

Books, Reading group, Theory | 18. March 2025

Several reading circles are currently exploring the “Basic Principles” – and to go along with that, we’re offering the classic text together with a companion reading group booklet. The booklet helps you navigate the old-style writing and serves as a helpful reading aid. For next to nothing – or as a small donation – we’ll

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A Critique of Moishe Postone’s “Time, Labor, and Social Domination”

Books, Theory | 11. February 2025

Hermann Lueer has written a worthwhile critique of Moishe Postone’s work Time, Labor, and Social Domination. You can find the text here: https://arbeiterstimmen.wordpress.com/2025/02/09/hermann-lueer-zur-kritik-von-moishe-postones-zeit-arbeit-und-gesellschaftliche-herrschaft/ “Postone’s critique is therefore not merely an academic misunderstanding; it actively undermines social revolution by denying the foundation of workers’ self-emancipation. By shifting the focus away from class struggle and self-managed production,

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“Basic Principles” Today (Cibcom)

App, Books, Cybersocialism | 12. December 2024

The Spanish group Cibcom has written a foreword to the Spanish translation of the second edition of the Basic Principles of Communist Production and Distribution. We document it here in a German translation: Foreword: “Basic Principles” TodayCibcom A few months ago, through recommendations from some international colleagues involved in socialist planning, we came across this

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“‘Working time instead of money’: English translation”

Books, Socialization, solidarity economy, Theory | 21. October 2024

Our brochure “Working Time Instead of Money” is now also available in English translation!Download the PDF here or request a printed copy. Even today, all businesses must plan. But how can they do this with working time instead of money? Economist Guenther Sandleben examines this question in this new IDA brochure and shows how an

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Newsletter October 2024

Books, Event, Newsletter, solidarity economy, worker collectives | 10. October 2024

From October 11–13, the *IV European Meeting of the Workers’ Economy* will take place at Can Batlló, Barcelona. On Saturday afternoon, we will have the opportunity to present the Working Time Accounting initiative. We look forward to exchanging ideas with comrades from Europe and Latin America. The meeting is organized by the anarcho-syndicalist union CGT.

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