On November 8, we will present our concept of “enterprise-based planning” at this year’s Historical Materialism Conference in London. Our panel, along with others, is being organized by INDEP, the International Network for Democratic Economic Planning. https://www.indep.network/indep-organising-panels-at-21st-historical-materialism-conference/
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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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On Sunday, October 20, at 7:30 PM, we will give an introductory lecture on working time accounting at the Bajszel. Unfortunately, we have learned that the venue was the target of an arson attack over the weekend. In the night leading up to Sunday, the door locks were glued and an attempt was made to
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Workers’ Meeting in Barcelona From October 11–13, the IV European Meeting of Workers’ Economy will take place in 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 CGT. Program:
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Our article “Abolition of Forced Labor” has been published in the current issue of Contraste. In this piece, we respond to a critique by Stefan Meretz of labor-time accounting and try to clear up some misunderstandings. Our explainer video on labor-time accounting is now available not only in German, but also in English and Spanish.
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We would like to share some activities and news with you again: We have written an article in response to a critique by Stefan Meretz, co-founder of the Commons Institute. You can read our response on our blog. We hope that the article can clear up some misunderstandings: https://arbeitszeitrechnung.org/abschaffung-des-arbeitszwangs/ In mid-July, we will be represented
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A few days ago, we hosted Dario Azzellini in Berlin and spoke with him about council democracy and working-time accounting. We are sharing the audio recording of the event with you here: Introduction: 0:00Input Dario Azzellini: 01:57Input IDA: 26:55
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Last week, Hermann Lueer gave a lecture on the “Basic Principles of Communist Production and Distribution.” In his talk, he addressed: the history of the “Group of International Communists”, their main work, the “Basic Principles”, and common objections to working-time accounting. We are pleased to publish the manuscript of the lecture here in german language.
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We contacted over one hundred collective enterprises across the country to find out whether they are interested in the concept of labour-time accounting. We are delighted that 21 collectives have already responded. Of these, 18 expressed interest in concrete economic alternatives to capitalism and want to learn more about labour-time accounting. In addition, 17 collectives
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Council Democracy and Social Self-Organization – IDA in Discussion with Dario Azzellini 📅 May 15, 2024, 7:00 PM📍 Café Kotti, Adalbertstraße 96B, Berlin In the history of modern revolutions, uprisings, and strikes, the spontaneous formation of (workers’) councils has occurred again and again. Especially when established structures of power collapse or become paralyzed, people have
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