solidarity economy

Onward to the 6th networking meeting for collective enterprises!

Event, solidarity economy, Transformation, worker collectives |

We support the call for the nationwide gathering of the collective economy and wish all participating enterprises and fellow organizers a successful meeting! Surrounded by capitalist competition, it is always a challenge to develop and implement solidarity-based alternatives. Nevertheless, in recent years and decades, new collectives have been founded throughout Germany and in a wide […]

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The Opportunity of Labor-Time Calculation for the Problem of Private Reproductive Labor

Care work, Debate on planned economies, Feminism, solidarity economy, Theory, Transformation |

Abstract How can private reproductive labor be socialized under socialism? The text analyzes the political, cultural, and structural particularities of private reproductive labor and shows how labor-time calculation could serve as a tool to recognize it economically and, consequently, politically. Introduction to Labor-Time Calculation Labor-time calculation, as developed by the “Group of International Communists” (GIC)

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Film Screening and Discussion: “Ohne Chefs”

Debate on planned economies, Event, solidarity economy, Transformation, Video, worker collectives |

We warmly invite you to a film screening followed by a discussion on January 29: Film: Ohne Chefs – Demokratie bei der Arbeit (2025) Some people cannot imagine a life without work. Even fewer can imagine work without a boss. Yet there are already projects today that function entirely without bosses. We embark on a

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The Forgotten Logic of Communism

Books, Debate on planned economies, solidarity economy, Theory |

Untergrundblättle pays tribute with the article “Die vergessene Logik des Kommunismus” to the “Fundamental Principles” formulated by Jan Appel in prison in 1925 — the central theoretical text on labour-time accounting. The article by Herman Lueer is available in German and English and is highly recommended reading! We will bring the year to a dignified

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Film Project „Eine Welt zu verlieren“

Event, Review, solidarity economy, Transformation, Video |

LabourNet TV is currently working on an exciting film project titled “Eine Welt zu verlieren” (“A World to Lose”), which we are eager to promote—and in which we also have a voice. Following the removal of central cultural funding in 2025, LabourNet TV is facing a significant funding gap—and only with your support can such

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Decentralized Socialist Economic Planning

Debate on planned economies, solidarity economy, Theory |

Robin Hahnel, the founder of the planned economic model Parecon, criticized labor-time calculation in his May 2025 article “Labor Time Accounting: A Postmortem”: “The point is that labor time is not the only real cost of making different goods and services. There are environmental costs, which along with labor costs, should clearly be accounted for

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Talks in Mülheim and Dortmund

Debate on planned economies, Event, solidarity economy, Theory |

In mid-October we’re heading to the Ruhr! In Dortmund and Mülheim we’ll be giving two talks promoting the concept of working-time accounting – and bringing together what belongs together: workplace self-management and democratic planned economy as an emancipatory alternative to capitalism! 16.10. AZ Mülheim (https://www.az-muelheim.de/kontaktweg/)17.10. Black Pigeon Dortmund (https://black-pigeon.org/kontakt/)Both at 7 p.m. – free entry

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Guest at FAU-Hamburg

Councils, Event, solidarity economy, Transformation, worker collectives |

Next Friday, September 5, we will be guests at FAU-Hamburg’s “Collective Friday” to present the working time calculation. We look forward to the exchange with the collective enterprises! Friday, September 5, 2025 – Dinner starting at 7 PM, followed by content at 8 PM – at the Libertarian Cultural and Action Center ‘Schwarze Katze’, Fettstr.

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