If you intend to live in this country for a longer period of time, you should seriously consider getting politically organized – in trade unions, political groups, or, preferably, in our initiative. We are looking for people who want to get active: organizers, creative minds, socializers, writers and editors, programmers, loud voices and quiet supporters.
A month ago, the “Angry Workers” published a contribution to the debate on the “Fundamental Principles of Communist Production and Distribution”, the “standard work” on labor time accounting. Hermann Lueer responds and clears up some misunderstandings. Definitely worth reading! https://leftdis.wordpress.com/2025/08/25/notes-on-angry-workers-debate-contribution/
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Comments on the Prokla Article by IDA: Democratic Planned Economy in Light of Labor Time Calculation This is a guest contribution by Hermann Lueer. The article refers to our Prokla article from June 2, 2025. Guest articles do not necessarily reflect the position of IDA. We always welcome the submission of guest contributions on the
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We are very pleased that Helge Döhring from the Institute for Syndicalism Research will pay us a visit to talk about economics in anarcho-syndicalism. On July 26th at the Baiz! — Anarcho-Syndicalism and Free Society. Sketches of a Transformation Economy and society in anarcho-syndicalism are based on socialized enterprises, consistent federalism, and mutual aid. So-called
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Lecture and Discussion: Labor Time Accounting as the Basis for Socialist Accounting On Monday, April 28th, we will discuss with DIE LINKE Neukölln the concept of labor time accounting as the foundation for a decentralized, self-managed planned economy. After a brief presentation by us, we will move into the joint discussion. The event is open
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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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In the online edition of the current Platypus Review you can find a detailed interview with us: Democratic Labour-Time Calculation in and for the 21st Century An interview with the Initiative for Democratic Labour-Time Calculation (IDA) from Berlin about the history of the council movement, grassroots democratic economics, and concrete utopias. Download as PDF
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Both Aníbal and Fredo responded quite quickly to our strategy paper, which we wrote partly as a reaction to their earlier criticisms of some of our positions (see link: https://nextcloud.arbeitszeitrechnung.org/s/ofo5DtsR4YEEetZ )We would like to point to these critiques here on our blog, since we explicitly welcome critical debate on the practical-political questions surrounding labor-time accounting
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On the weekend of April 22 and 23, a workshop organized by RLS Saxony will take place in Leipzig on the theme Council Communism vs. Commonism. Members of IDA will engage in a debate with representatives of commons theory. We will also take a closer look at existing experiments in grassroots democratic self-organization—such as the
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Yesterday, Susanne Hennig-Wellsow resigned as co-chair of Die LINKE.In her statement, she wrote that the “past months have been one of the most difficult periods” in the party’s history.And, as often happens after defeats, voices within the party are calling for new concepts and a programmatic renewal. Hennig-Wellsow said: “In opposition, there must be a
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