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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We have written an article that was published in the December issue of Contraste: “The recovered enterprises in Argentina are in crisis. For this reason, a solidarity committee has been formed.” You can read it in German and Spanish. You can also find it in our list of publications.
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Can you do without Christmas presents? Do you have a few spare coins? Then donate to the Argentine print shop “Nueva Era”! Let’s show that international solidarity is stronger than Milei’s far-right and ultra-liberal government! “Nueva Era” deserves all the support it can get, as it is one of the few newly recovered workplaces in
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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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Exciting film premiere by the Berlin Cooperative Network! “On November 5th at 6 PM, we’re hosting a screening of the documentary »Ohne Chefs« at FSK Kino. Afterward, there will be a Q&A with the director, Mario Buchbach, moderated by Café Cralle.”
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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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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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The Rosa Luxemburg Foundation offers training materials on “Living Utopias!” (in german). It’s great that labour time calculation – the ‘new kid on the block’ – is also included! Click on the yellow plus signs to learn more. Also highly recommended: the article on self-management and workplace occupations! (in english).
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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The audio recording of the lecture “Anarcho-Syndicalism and Free Society” by Helge Döhring, including an engaging discussion, is now online in German — feel free to listen! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B7bRVxLNqk
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