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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Our explainer video on labor-time accounting is now available not only in German, but also in English and Spanish – complete with a cool soundtrack: Video in German Video in English Video in Spanish A Polish version is already in production, and French and Italian versions are planned. Do you speak another language and want
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Our “Reading Circle Brochure,” the “Disco Brochure,” and “How Businesses Can Calculate Labour Time” are now also available in a practical DIN A5 format (fits in any bag) and freshly printed. Send us an email with the desired number of copies, and we will send them to you for free. We always appreciate donations; a
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In our assessment, all possible attempts to implement systems of labor-time accounting will have to deal with deviations from the plan. The fund of public enterprises, as conceptualized below, is intended to give the working class insight into such deviations at the societal level, enabling it to reach technical and political agreements on how to
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Stefan Meretz, co-founder of the “Commons Institute” in Bonn, has subjected our concept of labor-time accounting to criticism. We would like to address the eleven points of criticism raised by Meretz individually. You can also access the article in German in our publications.
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As every month, we would like to share some activities and updates with you. First, a quick personal update: We are very pleased to announce the publication of a text by Guenther Sandleben as a brochure. The text is based on a lecture he gave at our invitation last year, titled “Working Time Instead of
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We are very pleased to be able to publish a text by Guenther Sandleben as a brochure. The text is based on a lecture he gave last year at our invitation and bears the title “Working Time Instead of Money. How Enterprises Can Calculate with Working Time.” The text makes it clear that working-time accounting
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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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All articles from Jungle World’s 2023 discussion series on working time accounting have now been compiled into a brochure and provided with a foreword. Definitely worth reading if you want to get an overview of the discussion! Contributions by Felix Klopotek, Philip Broistedt & Christian Hofmann, Julian Bierwirth, Simon Sutterlütti, Jonna Klick, Hermann Lueer, ourselves,
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Dear friends, It might be time again to share with you what’s currently happening in our association: Internal Use of the Working Time AppWe have decided to use our working time app in the day-to-day operations of the association in order to experiment with working time accounting. Last Wednesday we held an internal workshop where
