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May 25, 2025 • 1h 32min

Jasper Bernes on Workers' Councils, Labor Time Calculation and the Future of Revolution

Jasper Bernes discusses worker self-organization, labor time accounting and the revolutionary potential of workers' councils. ShownotesJasper’s personal website:https://jasperbernes.net/Jasper at UC Berkeley:https://english.berkeley.edu/people/jasper-bernesCommune Magazine:https://communemag.com/Bernes, J. (2025). The Future of Revolution: Communist Prospects from the Paris Commune to the George Floyd Uprising. Verso Books.https://www.versobooks.com/products/977-the-future-of-revolutionBernes, J. (2020). Planning and Anarchy. South Atlantic Quarterly, 119(1), 53–73.https://jasperbernes.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/1190053.pdfon Worker’s councils:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workers%27_councilon Council communism:https://libcom.org/article/council-communism-introductionon the Paris Commune:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Communeon Rosa Luxemburg and the Mass Strike:https://www.rosalux.de/en/news/id/43964/rosa-luxemburg-and-the-political-mass-strikeNunes, R. (2021). Neither Vertical nor Horizontal: A Theory of Political Organization. Verso Books.https://www.versobooks.com/products/772-neither-vertical-nor-horizontalFind the quote “the free development of each is the condition for the free development of all” at the end of Chapter 2 of the Communist Manifesto:https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/communist-manifesto/ch02.htmGroup of International Communists (1990) [German original 1930] Fundamental Principles of Communist Production and Distribution.https://www.marxists.org/subject/left-wing/gik/1930/index.htmsecond, revised edition from 1935, published in English in 2020:https://arbeitszeit.noblogs.org/files/2023/04/GIC-Fundamental-Principles-2.-Ed.1935-1.pdfon Jan Appel:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Appelon Labor Time Calculation/Accounting:https://arbeitszeit.noblogs.org/en-GB/basics/Marx’s Critique of the Gotha Programme:https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1875/gotha/on Communization:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CommunizationNoys, B. (Ed.). (2012). Communization and its Discontents: Contestation, Critique, and Contemporary Struggles. Minor Compositions.https://files.libcom.org/files/Communization-and-its-Discontents-Contestation-Critique-and-Contemporary-Struggles.pdfon Gilles Dauvé:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles_Dauv%C3%A9on the law of Value in Marx:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_valueon Paul Mattick:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_MattickRoth, G. (2014). Marxism in a Lost Century: A Biography of Paul Mattick. BRILL.https://files.libcom.org/files/Gary%20Roth%20-%20Marxism%20in%20a%20Lost%20Century%20-%20A%20Biography%20of%20Paul%20Mattick.pdfMattick’s introduction to the 1970 reprint of the German first edition of “Fundamental Principles of Communist Production and Distribution”:https://www.leftcommunism.org/spip.php?article359on the Communist Party of Germany, founded in 1919:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Germanyon Amadeo Bordiga:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amadeo_BordigaBordiga on the distinction between the city and the countryside:https://peopleandnature.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/bordiga-humansearth.pdfRaekstad, P. R., & Gradin, S. S. (2019). Prefigurative Politics: Building Tomorrow Today. Polity.https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=prefigurative-politics-building-tomorrow-today--9781509535903the Endnotes Journal:https://endnotes.org.uk/on the German strand of the “Commons” debate and movement:https://commons-institut.org/theorie/was-sind-commons/https://keimform.de/Gibson-Graham, J. K. (1993). Waiting for the Revolution, or How to Smash Capitalism while Working at Home in Your Spare Time. Rethinking Marxism, 6(2), 10–24.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08935699308658052Purnell, D. (2021).  Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protest, and the Pursuit of Freedom. Verso.https://www.versobooks.com/products/2894-becoming-abolitionists Future Histories Episodes on Related TopicsS3E04 | Tim Platenkamp on Republican Socialism, General Planning and Parametric Controlhttps://futurehistories-international.com/episodes/s03/e04-tim-platenkamp-on-republican-socialism-general-planning-and-parametric-control/S02E58 | Søren Mau on Planning and Freedomhttps://futurehistories-international.com/episodes/s02/e58-soren-mau-on-planning-and-freedom/S02E19 | David Laibman on Multilevel Democratic Iterative Coordinationhttps://futurehistories-international.com/episodes/s02/e19-david-laibman-on-multilevel-democratic-iterative-coordination/S02E10 | Aaron Benanav on Associational Socialism and Democratic Planninghttps://futurehistories-international.com/episodes/s02/e10-aaron-benanav-on-associational-socialism-and-democratic-planning/S01E58 | Jasper Bernes on Planning and Anarchyhttps://futurehistories-international.com/episodes/s01/e58-jasper-bernes-on-planning-and-anarchy/ ---If you are interested in democratic economic planning, these resources might be of help:Democratic planning – an information websitehttps://www.democratic-planning.com/Sorg, C. & Groos, J. (eds.)(2025). Rethinking Economic Planning. Competition & Change Special Issue Volume 29 Issue 1.https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/ccha/29/1Groos, J. & Sorg, C. (2025). Creative Construction - Democratic Planning in the 21st Century and Beyond. Bristol University Press. [for a review copy, please contact: amber.lanfranchi[at]bristol.ac.uk]https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/creative-constructionInternational Network for Democratic Economic Planninghttps://www.indep.network/Democratic Planning Research Platform:https://www.planningresearch.net/---Future Histories Contact & SupportIf you like Future Histories, please consider supporting us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/join/FutureHistoriesContact: office@futurehistories.todayTwitter: https://twitter.com/FutureHpodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/futurehpodcast/Mastodon: https://mstdn.social/@FutureHistoriesEnglish webpage:https://futurehistories-international.com Episode Keywords#JasperBernes, #JanGroos, #Interview, #FutureHistories, #FutureHistoriesInternational, #futurehistoriesinternational, #DemocraticPlanning, #DemocraticEconomicPlanning, #PoliticalEconomy, #History, #Revolution, #Revolutions, #RosaLuxemburg, #CouncilCommunism, #LaborTimeAccounting, #LaborTimeCalculation, #Capitalism, #Economics, #CouncilCommunism, #WorkersCouncils, #WorkerSelfOrganisation, #PoliceAbolition, #Communisation, #ParisCommune, #GroupOfInternationalCommunists
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Apr 12, 2025 • 0sec

Clara E. Mattei on Austerity, Fascism and Authoritarian Liberalism

Clara E. Mattei on the relation between austerity, fascism and authoritarian liberalism.Clara's book is out in German! Find it here:Die Ordnung des Kapitals: Wie Ökonomen die Austerität erfanden und dem Faschismus den Weg bereiteten. Brumaire Verlag.https://shop.jacobin.de/bestellen/clara-mattei-die-ordnung-des-kapitals ShownotesClara E. Mattei’s website:https://www.claramattei.com/Center for Heterodox Economics (CHE) at the University of Tulsa, Oklahoma:https://sites.utulsa.edu/chetu/CHE’s YouTube channel:https://www.youtube.com/@CHE-tulsaMattei, C. E. (2022). The Capital Order: How Economists Invented Austerity and Paved the Way to Fascism. University of Chicago Press.https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/C/bo181707138.htmlthe german translation:Mattei, C. E. (2025). Die Ordnung des Kapitals: Wie Ökonomen die Austerität erfanden und dem Faschismus den Weg bereiteten. Brumaire Verlag.https://shop.jacobin.de/bestellen/clara-mattei-die-ordnung-des-kapitalson „Derisking“:Amarnath, S., Brusseler, M., Gabor, D., Lala, C., Mason, JW (2023). Varieties of Derisking. Phenomenal World.https://www.phenomenalworld.org/interviews/derisking/on “DOGE” (Department of Government Efficiency):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Government_Efficiencyon the new german “Sondervermögen” to invest in rearmament and infrastructure:https://www.dw.com/en/germany-set-to-spend-big-on-army-and-infrastructure/a-71834527on the 1920 International Financial Conference in Brussels:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels_International_Financial_Conference_(1920)on the 1922 Economic and Financial Conference in Genoa:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genoa_Economic_and_Financial_Conference_(1922)on Google’s contract with the IDF:https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/22/24349582/google-israel-defense-forces-idf-contract-gazaBenanav, A. (2022). Socialist Investment, Dynamic Planning, and the Politics of Human Need. Rethinking Marxism, 34(2), 193–204.https://doi.org/10.1080/08935696.2022.2051375Sirianni, C. J. (1980). Workers’ Control in the Era of World War I: A Comparative Analysis of the European Experience. Theory and Society, 9(1), 29–88.https://www.jstor.org/stable/656823on the Landless Workers Movement in Brazil:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landless_Workers%27_MovementBraun, B. (2021) Central Bank Planning for Public Purpose. In: Fassin, D. and Fourcade, M. (eds.) Pandemic Exposures: Economy and Society in the Time of Coronavirus. HAU Books, pp. 105–121.https://benjaminbraun.org/assets/pubs/braun_central-bank-planning-public-purpose.pdfon the “Phillips Curve”:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillips_curveArun K. Patnaik. (1988). Gramsci’s Concept of Common Sense: Towards a Theory of Subaltern Consciousness in Hegemony Processes. Economic and Political Weekly, 23(5).https://www.jstor.org/stable/4378042Thomas, P.D. (2015). Gramsci’s Marxism: The ‘Philosophy of Praxis’. In: McNally, M. (eds.) Antonio Gramsci. Critical Explorations in Contemporary Political Thought. Palgrave Macmillan.https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/9781137334183_6on the US Solidarity Economy:https://neweconomy.net/solidarity-economy/the US Solidarity Economy Network:https://ussen.org/the US Solidarity Economy Map and Directory:https://solidarityeconomy.us/ If you are interested in democratic economic planning, these resources might be of help:Democratic planning – an information websitehttps://www.democratic-planning.com/Sorg, C. & Groos, J. (eds.)(2025). Rethinking Economic Planning. Competition & Change Special Issue Volume 29 Issue 1.https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/ccha/29/1Groos, J. & Sorg, C. (2025). Creative Construction - Democratic Planning in the 21st Century and Beyond. Bristol University Press. [for a review copy, please contact: amber.lanfranchi[at]bristol.ac.uk]https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/creative-constructionInternational Network for Democratic Economic Planninghttps://www.indep.network/Democratic Planning Research Platform:https://www.planningresearch.net/ Future Histories Episodes on Related TopicsS03E24 | Grace Blakeley on Capitalist Planning and its Alternativeshttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e24-grace-blakeley-on-capitalist-planning-and-its-alternatives/  Future Histories Contact & SupportIf you like Future Histories, please consider supporting us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/join/FutureHistoriesContact: office@futurehistories.todayTwitter: https://twitter.com/FutureHpodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/futurehpodcast/Mastodon: https://mstdn.social/@FutureHistoriesEnglish webpage:https://futurehistories-international.com Episode Keywords#ClaraEMattei, #JanGroos, #Interview, #FutureHistories, #FutureHistoriesInternational, #futurehistoriesinternational, #Austerity, #CentralBanks, #Capitalism, #Fascism, #Economics, #NeoclassicalEconomics, #HeterodoxEconomics, #PluralEconomics, #State, #CapitalistState, #Markets, #History, #SolidarityEconomy, #AntonioGramsci, #Gramsci, #Investment, #DemocraticPlanning, #DemocraticEconomicPlanning, #Derisking, #PoliticalEconomy, #EconomicHistory, #AuthoritarianLiberalism, #EconomicThought, #EconomicDemocracy
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Mar 16, 2025 • 0sec

Cecilia Rikap on Intellectual Monopoly Capitalism and Corporate Power in the Age of AI

Cecilia Rikap, Head of Research at the Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose, discusses the concept of intellectual monopolies in technology and their impact on society. She critiques the myth of the lone tech entrepreneur, advocating for democratic approaches to innovation. The conversation explores how digital monopolies affect corporate planning and public services, while also envisioning alternative AI applications in healthcare that prioritize public good. Rikap emphasizes the importance of collaboration in creating technology for people and the planet.
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Feb 16, 2025 • 0sec

Jacob Blumenfeld on Climate Barbarism and Managing Decline

Jacob Blumenfeld discusses the concept of “managing decline”, the subject of fossil capitalism and the implications of transitioning away from it.---Info on Creative Construction Book Launch:Date: March 4th, 19hLocation: aquarium am SüdblockSkalitzer Str. 610999 BerlinDeutschlandAbout the book:Groos, J. & Sorg, C. (2025). Creative Construction - Democratic Planning in the 21st Century and Beyond. Bristol University Press. [for a review copy, please contact: amber.lanfranchi[at]bristol.ac.uk]https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/creative-construction If you are interested in democratic economic planning, these resources might be of help:Democratic planning – an information websitehttps://www.democratic-planning.com/Sorg, C. & Groos, J. (eds.)(2025). Rethinking Economic Planning. Competition & Change Special Issue Volume 29 Issue 1.https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/ccha/29/1International Network for Democratic Economic Planninghttps://www.indep.network/Democratic Planning Research Platform:https://www.planningresearch.net/ ---ShownotesThe Centre for Social Critique at the Humboldt University Berlin:https://criticaltheoryinberlin.de/Blumenfeld, J. (2022). Climate barbarism: Adapting to a wrong world. Constellations, 30(2), 162–178.https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8675.12596Blumenfeld, J. (2023) What was socialization. A look back.https://sfb294-eigentum.de/en/blog/what-was-socialization-a-look-back/Blumenfeld, J. (2024a). Managing Decline. Cured Quail, Vol. 3.https://curedquail.com/Managing-DeclineBlumenfeld, J. (2024b). The Concept of Property in Kant, Fichte, and Hegel. Freedom, Right, and Recognition. Routledge.https://www.routledge.com/The-Concept-of-Property-in-Kant-Fichte-and-Hegel-Freedom-Right-and-Recognition/Blumenfeld/p/book/9781032575186Blumenfeld, J. (2024c). Socialising Nature.https://www.break-down.org/post/socialising-natureBlumenfeld, J. (2024d). Welcome to the Anderscene. Brooklyn Rail.https://brooklynrail.org/2024/07/field-notes/Welcome-to-the-Anderscene/Angebauer, N., Blumenfeld, J., & Wesche, T. (2025). Umkämpftes Eigentum: Eine gesellschaftstheoretische Debatte. Suhrkamp.https://www.suhrkamp.de/buch/umkaempftes-eigentum-t-9783518300503Jacob contributed to this soon to be published book:Forstenhäusler, Robin, et al. (Eds.). (2025). Klima und Gesellschaftskritik. Verbrecher Verlag.https://www.verbrecherverlag.de/shop/klimawandel-und-gesellschaftskritik/Buck, H. J. (2021). Ending Fossil Fuels: Why Net Zero is Not Enough. Verso Books.https://www.versobooks.com/products/2735-ending-fossil-fuelson the productive forces turning into destructive forces see:https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1845/german-ideology/ch01d.htmStaab, P. (2022). Anpassung. Leitmotiv der nächsten Gesellschaft. Suhrkamp.https://www.suhrkamp.de/buch/philipp-staab-anpassung-t-9783518127797Felli, R. (2021). The Great Adaptation: Climate, Capitalism and Catastrophe. Verso Books.https://www.versobooks.com/products/841-the-great-adaptationMalm, A., & Carton, W. (2024). Overshoot: How the World Surrendered to Climate Breakdown. Verso Books.https://www.versobooks.com/products/3131-overshooton the „Promethean Gap“:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promethean_gapon Otto Neurath:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Neurathon Freud’s concept of the “Reality Principle”:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality_principleMarcuse, H. (1955) Eros and Civilization. A Philosophical Inquiry into Freud. Beacon Press.https://archive.org/details/HerbertMarcuseErosandCivilizationon Vaclav Smil:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaclav_Smilon the Yellow Wests Protests (also “Gilets Jaunes”):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_vests_protestsMann, G., & Wainwright, J. (2018). Climate Leviathan: A Political Theory of Our Planetary Future. Verso Books.https://www.versobooks.com/products/520-climate-leviathanMoore, S., & Roberts, A. (2022). The Rise of Ecofascism: Climate Change and the Far Right. Polity Books.https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=the-rise-of-ecofascism-climate-change-and-the-far-right--9781509545377on Marxist crisis theory:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crisis_theoryMarkley, S. (2023) The Deluge. Simon & Schuster.https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Deluge/Stephen-Markley/9781982123109 Future Histories Episodes on Related TopicsS03E23 | Andreas Malm on Overshooting into Climate Breakdownhttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e23-andreas-malm-on-overshooting-into-climate-breakdown/S03E30 | Matt Huber & Kohei Saito on Growth, Progress and Left Imaginarieshttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e30-matt-huber-kohei-saito-on-growth-progress-and-left-imaginaries/S03E03 | Planning for Entropy on Sociometabolic Planninghttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e03-planning-for-entropy-on-sociometabolic-planning/S02E55 | Kohei Saito on Degrowth Communismhttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e55-kohei-saito-on-degrowth-communism/S02E47 | Matt Huber on Building Socialism, Climate Change & Class Warhttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e47-matt-huber-on-building-socialism-climate-change-class-war/S02E27 | Nick Dyer-Witheford on Biocommunismhttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e27-nick-dyer-witheford-on-biocommunism/S02E18 | Drew Pendergrass and Troy Vettese on Half Earth Socialismhttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e18-drew-pendergrass-and-troy-vettese-on-half-earth-socialism/ Future Histories Contact & SupportIf you like Future Histories, please consider supporting us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/join/FutureHistoriesContact: office@futurehistories.todayTwitter: https://twitter.com/FutureHpodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/futurehpodcast/Mastodon: https://mstdn.social/@FutureHistoriesEnglish webpage:https://futurehistories-international.com Episode Keywords #JacobBlumenfeld, #Podcast, #JanGroos, #Interview, #FutureHistories, #futurehistoriesinternational, #FutureHistoriesInternational, #Degrowth, #Socialism, #Capitalism, #GreenNewDeal, #ClimateJustice, #PoliticalEconomy, #ClimateCrisis, #FossilCapitalism, #EcoSocialism, #Marx, #DemocraticEconomicPlanning, #Market, #Adaption, #Mitigation, #AndreasMalm, #Marcuse, #Freud, #DemocraticPlanning, #PostCapitalism, #ClimatePolitics, #RadicalEcology, #JustTransition, #Prometheanism
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Jan 19, 2025 • 0sec

Matt Huber & Kohei Saito on Growth, Progress and Left Imaginaries

Join Matt Huber, a geography professor and author focused on climate change and class struggles, and Kohei Saito, a Marx scholar advocating for degrowth communism. They dive into how Marx's ideas can reshape socialism amidst ecological crises. Expect discussions on the pitfalls of GDP, critiques of consumerism, and the necessity of ecological approaches to energy. They highlight the importance of collective action for justice, the redefinition of progress, and the search for joy in the fight against climate change and social inequality.
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Jan 5, 2025 • 0sec

Nancy Fraser on Alternatives to Capitalism

Nancy Fraser, a prominent critical theorist and professor, delves into the concept of 'cannibal capitalism,' where she critiques how capitalism exploits both social and ecological resources. She discusses alternatives for a sustainable future, advocating for democratic economic planning and equitable resource distribution. Fraser also highlights the importance of unwaged labor and rethinks participation in labor movements amidst climate change. Through historical examples, she envisions a more inclusive framework that values collaboration over competition.
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Oct 27, 2024 • 0sec

Grace Blakeley on Capitalist Planning and its Alternatives

Grace Blakeley on the hidden planning at the heart of capitalism, monopoly power and democratic planning as an alternative.Democratic Planning Research Platform:www.planningresearch.netShownotesBlakeley, G. (2024). Vulture capitalism: Corporate crimes, backdoor bailouts, and the death of freedom. Simon and Schuster.https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Vulture-Capitalism/Grace-Blakeley/9781982180850Blakeley, G. (2020). Stolen: How to Save the World from Financialization. Repeater Books.https://repeaterbooks.com/product/stolen-how-to-save-the-world-from-financialisationBlakeley, G. (2021). The Corona Crash: How the Pandemic Will Change Capitalism. Verso Books.https://www.versobooks.com/products/2723-the-corona-crashBlakeley, G. (2021). STOLEN - So retten wir die Welt vor dem Finanzkapitalismus. Brumaire Verlag.https://brumaireverlag.de/Grace-Blakeley-StolenDevine, P. (1988). Democracy and Economic Planning: The Political Economy of a Self-Governing Society. Polity Press.https://politybooks.com/bookdetail/?isbn=9780745603943Masters, B., & Thiel, P. (2014). Zero to one: Notes on start ups, or how to build the future. Random House.https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/234730/zero-to-one-by-peter-thiel-with-blake-masters/Phillips, L., & Rozworski, M. (2019). The People's Republic of Walmart. Verso Books.https://www.versobooks.com/books/2822-the-people-s-republic-of-walmartVon Hayek, F. (2007). The Road to Serfdom: Text and Documents – The Definitive Edition. Routledge.https://www.routledge.com/The-Road-to-Serfdom-Text-and-Documents-The-Definitive-Edition/Caldwell-Hayek/p/book/9780415755320Harvey, D. Reading Marx's Capital (Free online course).http://davidharvey.org/reading-capital/Foster, J. B. (2018) 'What Is Monopoly Capital?', in: Monthly Review (online):https://monthlyreview.org/2018/01/01/what-is-monopoly-capital/Rikap, C. (2021). Capitalism, power and innovation: Intellectual monopoly capitalism uncovered. Routledge.https://www.routledge.com/Capitalism-Power-and-Innovation-Intellectual-Monopoly-Capitalism-Uncovered/Rikap/p/book/9780367750299Alami, I., & Dixon, A. D. (2024). The spectre of state capitalism. Oxford University Press.https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-spectre-of-state-capitalism-9780198925194?cc=us&lang=en&Schumpeter, J. A. (2013). Capitalism, socialism and democracy. Routledge.https://periferiaactiva.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/joseph-schumpeter-capitalism-socialism-and-democracy-2006.pdfMarx, K. (1973). Grundrisse. Penguin Books.https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/download/pdf/grundrisse.pdf Further Future Histories Episodes on Related TopicsS02E10 | Aaron Benanav on Associational Socialism and Democratic Planninghttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e10-aaron-benanav-on-associational-socialism-and-democratic-planning/S02E11 | James Muldoon on Platform Socialismhttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e11-james-muldoon-on-platform-socialism/S02E47 | Matt Huber on Building Socialism, Climate Change & Class Warhttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e47-matt-huber-on-building-socialism-climate-change-class-war/S01E58 | Jasper Bernes on Planning and Anarchyhttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e58-jasper-bernes-on-planning-and-anarchy/S02E09 | Isabella M. Weber zu Chinas drittem Weg:https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e09-isabella-m-weber-zu-chinas-drittem-weg/S02E33 | Pat Devine on Negotiated Coordination:https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e33-pat-devine-on-negotiated-coordination/S02E19 | David Laibman on Multilevel Democratic Iterative Coordination:https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e19-david-laibman-on-multilevel-democratic-iterative-coordination/ S03E03 | Planning for Entropy on Sociometabolic Planning:https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e03-planning-for-entropy-on-sociometabolic-planning/ Future Histories Contact & SupportIf you like Future Histories, please consider supporting us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/join/FutureHistoriesContact: office@futurehistories.todayTwitter: https://twitter.com/FutureHpodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/futurehpodcast/Mastodon: https://mstdn.social/@FutureHistories Tags#GraceBlakeley, #JanGroos, #CapitalistPlanning, #MarketPower, #DemocraticAlternatives, #Monopolies, #FreeMarkets, #EconomicDemocracy, #Socialism, #PlatformCapitalism, #FutureHistories, #PatDevine, #PeterThiel, #VultureCapitalism, #PoliticalEconomy, #EconomicJustice, #Socialism, #PostCapitalism, #GreenNewDeal, #ClimateJustice, #FinanceCapitalism, #PublicOwnership, #WelfareState, #LabourMovement, #EconomicDemocracy, #WorkingClass, #DebtCrisis, #Redistribution, #ProgressivePolitics, #Stolen, #futurehistoriesinternational, #FutureHistoriesInternational
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Oct 12, 2024 • 0sec

Andreas Malm on Overshooting into Climate Breakdown

Andreas Malm on "Overshoot: How the World Surrendered to Climate Breakdown", his new book project with Wim Carton (Verso, 2024). Information on the presentation of the Democratic Planning Research Platform (at INDEP event):https://www.indep.network/events/ ShownotesMalm, A., & Carton, W. (2024). Overshoot: How the world surrendered to climate breakdown. Verso Books.https://www.versobooks.com/products/3131-overshootMalm, A. (2020). Corona, climate, chronic emergency: War communism in the twenty-first century. Verso Books.https://www.versobooks.com/products/2726-corona-climate-chronic-emergencyMalm, A. (2016). Fossil capital: The rise of steam power and the roots of global warming. Verso Books.https://www.versobooks.com/products/135-fossil-capitalMalm, A. (2021). How to blow up a pipeline. Verso Books.https://www.versobooks.com/products/2649-how-to-blow-up-a-pipelineAndreas Malm at Lund University:https://www.keg.lu.se/en/andreas-malmRemarque Institute:https://as.nyu.edu/research-centers/remarque.htmlInternational Network for Democratic Economic Planning (INDEP):https://www.indep.network/Presentation of Democratic Planning Research Platform (at INDEP event):https://www.indep.network/events/Verso Needs Your Support:https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/comrades-verso-needs-your-supportChristophers, B. (2024). The Price is Wrong: Why Capitalism Won’t Save the Planet. Verso Books:https://www.versobooks.com/products/3069-the-price-is-wrongCédric Durand at the New Institute:https://thenew.institute/en/people/cedric-durandStranded asset (Wiki):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stranded_assetStaab, P. (2022). Anpassung: Leitmotiv der nächsten Gesellschaft. Suhrkamp Verlag:https://www.suhrkamp.de/buch/philipp-staab-anpassung-t-9783518127797David Keith:https://keith.seas.harvard.edu/people/david-keithEnde Gelände:https://www.ende-gelaende.org/Tadzio Müller on just collapse:https://justcollapse.org/2023/11/20/dr-tadzio-mueller-on-justcollapse/‘No bassaran: (battle)field notes about a few revolutionary days in France’ by Jana Tsoneva:https://www.crossbordertalks.eu/2023/04/06/no-bassaran/‘French Police Guard Water as Seasonal Drought Intensifies’ by Catherine Porter:https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/27/world/europe/france-climate-change-water-wars.htmlLes Soulèvements de la Terre:https://lessoulevementsdelaterre.org/en-eu/blog Further Future Histories Episodes on related topics: S02E55 | Kohei Saito on Degrowth Communism:https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e55-kohei-saito-on-degrowth-communism/S03E03 | Planning for Entropy on Sociometabolic Planning:https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e03-planning-for-entropy-on-sociometabolic-planning/S02E27 | Nick Dyer-Witheford on Biocommunism:https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e27-nick-dyer-witheford-on-biocommunism/S03E08 | Simon Schaupp zu Stoffwechselpolitik: (German)https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e08-simon-schaupp-zu-stoffwechselpolitik/S02E47 | Matt Huber on Building Socialism, Climate Change & Class War:https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e47-matt-huber-on-building-socialism-climate-change-class-war/S03E05 | Daniela Russ zu Energie(wirtschaft) und produktivistischer Ökologie: (German)https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e16-daniela-russ-zu-energie-wirtschaft-und-produktivistischer-oekologie/ Future Histories Contact & SupportIf you like Future Histories please consider supporting Future Histories on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/FutureHistoriesContact: office@futurehistories.todayTwitter: https://twitter.com/FutureHpodcastBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/futurehistories.bsky.socialInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/futurehpodcast/Mastodon: https://mstdn.social/@FutureHistoriesAll episodes: www.futurehistories.today English only website: https://futurehistories-international.com/  #AndreasMalm, #FutureHistories, #JanGroos, #ClimateChange, #FossilCapitalism, #EnvironmentalActivism, #EcologicalCrisis, #ClimatePolitics, #EcoSocialism, #EnergyTransition, #ClimateResistance, #ClimateJustice, #ClimateAction, #CapitalismAndEcology, #EnvironmentalDegradation, #PoliticalEcology, #ClimateMovements, #RadicalEnvironmentalism, #Anthropocene, #Capitalocene, #ClimateCrisis, #IPCC, #ClimateRevolution, #Geoengineering, #DirectAirCapture, #CarbonRemoval, #ClimateMitigation, #NegativeEmissions, #TechnoFixes, #ClimateScience, #CarbonCaptureAndStorage, #ClimateEngineering, #EnvironmentalTechnology, #verso, #overshoot, #futurehistoriesinternational, #FutureHistoriesInternational
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Aug 17, 2024 • 0sec

Wendy Brown on Socialist Governmentality

Wendy Brown on the possibility of a socialist governmentality. Shownotes:Wendy Brown at Berkeley:https://polisci.berkeley.edu/150w/wendy-brownWendy Brown at Princeton:https://www.ias.edu/sss/wendy-brownWendy Brown CV:https://www.ias.edu/sites/default/files/Brown%20CV.2021.pdfBrown, W. (2015). Undoing the Demos: Neoliberalism’s stealth revolution. Princeton University Press:https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9781935408543/undoing-the-demosBrown, W. (2019). In the Ruins of Neoliberalism: The rise of antidemocratic politics in the West. Columbia University Press:https://cup.columbia.edu/book/in-the-ruins-of-neoliberalism/9780231193856Pottage, A. (2024). Why nature has no rights. In Non-Human Rights (pp. 39–65). Edward Elgar Publishing:http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781802208528.00008Bakker, K. (2024). The Sounds of Life: How digital technology is bringing us closer to the worlds of animals and plants. Princeton University Press:https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691206288/the-sounds-of-life"Thatcher, Hayek & Friedman" (Margaret Thatcher Foundation):https://www.margaretthatcher.org/archive/HayekFor an inforamative overview over experiments with democratic planning see 'Part II - Historical Experience', in:Devine, P. (1988). Democracy and economic planning: The political economy of A self-governing society. Westview Press.Homepage Benjamin Braun:https://benjaminbraun.org/Daniela Gabor at Bristol University:https://people.uwe.ac.uk/Person/DanielaGaborRelated Episodes  S02E36 | Thomas Lemke zum Regieren der Dinge:https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e36-thomas-lemke-zum-regieren-der-dinge/S02E08 | Thomas Biebricher zu neoliberaler Regierungskunst:https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e08-thomas-biebricher-zu-neoliberaler-regierungskunst/S01E11 | Frieder Vogelmann zu alternativen Regierungskünsten:https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e11-frieder-vogelmann-zu-alternativen-regierungskuensten/S02E04 | Vincent August zu technologischem Regieren:https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e04-vincent-august-zu-technologischem-regieren/S01E25 | Joseph Vogl zur Krise des Regierens:https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e25-joseph-vogl-zur-krise-des-regierens/S02E03 | Ute Tellmann zu Ökonomie als Kultur:https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e03-ute-tellmann-zu-oekonomie-als-kultur/S02E01 | Katharina Hoppe zur Kraft der Revision:https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e01-katharina-hoppe-zur-kraft-der-revision/S02E03 | Ute Tellmann zu Ökonomie als Kulturhttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e03-ute-tellmann-zu-oekonomie-als-kultur/  Future Histories Contact & SupportIf you like Future Histories please consider supporting Future Histories on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/join/FutureHistoriesContact:office@futurehistories.todayTwitter:https://twitter.com/FutureHpodcastBluesky:https://bsky.app/profile/futurehistories.bsky.socialInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/futurehpodcast/Mastodon:https://mstdn.social/@FutureHistoriesAll episodes:www.futurehistories.todayEnglish only website:https://futurehistories-international.com/  Episode Keywords#WendyBrown, #JanGroos, #Interview, #FutureHistories, #Podcast, #DemocraticPlanning, #EconomicPlanning, #Markets, #Veridiction, #Foucault, #Governmentality, #FutureHistoriesInternational, #CriticalTheory, #Democracy, #Socialism, #GovernmentalRationality, #AlternativeGovernmentality
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Jan 21, 2024 • 0sec

Tim Platenkamp on Republican Socialism, General Planning and Parametric Control

Tim Platenkamp fuses the socialist calculation debate with republican thought. Future Histories InternationalFind all English episodes of Future Histories here:https://futurehistories-international.com/and subscribe to the Future Histories International RSS-Feed Shownotes Tim PlatenkampTim Platenkamp (Website):https://timplatenkamp.nl/Platenkamp, Tim. The Constitution of Socialism. Forthcoming:https://timplatenkamp.nl/research-projects/Platenkamp, Tim. The Socialist Community of citizens: An Institutional Design of Republican Socialism. Nieuwegein 2020. (Master Thesis pdf):https://scripties.uba.uva.nl/download?fid=c2736566 Further ShownotesReddebrek. Socialism, Cooperative and Republican: Bernard Moss. 2016. libcom.org:https://libcom.org/article/socialism-cooperative-and-republican-bernard-mossMarket Socialism (Wikipedia):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_socialismNove, Alec. The Economics of Feasible Socialism Revisited. 1991. HarperCollinsAcademic. (pdf):http://digamo.free.fr/nove91.pdfSoviet economic planning (Wikipedia):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet-type_economic_planning#Analysis_of_Soviet-type_planningCalculation in-natura (Wikipedia):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calculation_in_kindKhozraschet (Wikipedia):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KhozraschetSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Wikipedia):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist_Federal_Republic_of_YugoslaviaTypes of socialism (Wikipedia):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Types_of_socialismCommoning (wikipedia):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CommonsSpanish Civil War (Wikipedia):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Civil_WarPopular Front (Wikipedia):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_Front_(Spain)Geoff Bailey. Anarchists in the Spanish Civil War. International Socialist Review, Issue 24. 2002. (pdf):https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/geoff-bailey-anarchists-in-the-spanish-civil-war.pdfEstrin, Saul. Yugoslavia: The Case of Self-Managing Market Socialism. Journal of Economic Perspectives, Volume 5, Number 4. 1991. (pdf):https://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdf/10.1257/jep.5.4.187#:~:text=The%20Yugoslavs'%20brand%20of%20market,successful%20until%20the%20late%201970s.Cybernetics (Monoskop):https://monoskop.org/CyberneticsRepublicanism (Wikipedia):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RepublicanismCivic Republicanism (Wikipedia):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_republicanismNoam Chomsky (Wikipedia)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noam_ChomskyCouncil democracy (Wikipedia):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_democracyCouncil Communism- an introduction. 2006. libcom.org:https://libcom.org/article/council-communism-introductionDiemer, Ulli. What is Libertarian Socialism?. 1997. The Red Menace. Volume 2, Number 1 (The Anarchist Library. pdf):https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/ulli-diemer-what-is-libertarian-socialism.pdfRule of law (Wikipedia):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_lawDaniel Loik (Website):https://danielloick.net/Daniel Loik publications:https://danielloick.net/publikationen/Menke, Christoph and Loik, Daniel in Dialogue. Law without violence. Manchester 2018: Manchester University Press:https://www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781526105097/9781526105097.00009.xmlBernstein, David E., and Ilya Somin. “The mainstreaming of libertarian Constitutionalism.” Law and Contemporary Problems 77, no. 4 (2014): 43–70. https://www.jstor.org/stable/24244647David Laibman (Wikipedia):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_LaibmanScience and Society Journal:https://www.scienceandsociety.com/Laibman, David. 2020. “Incentives, Optimization, and Democratic Planning: A Socialist Primer”. In Science & Society, Vol. 84, No. 4. New York: Guilford Publications: https://guilfordjournals.com/doi/10.1521/siso.2020.84.4.510Laibman, David and Campbell, Al. 2022. "(En)Visioning Socialism IV: Raising the Future in Our Imaginations Before Raising It in Reality". In Science & Society, Vol. 86, No. 2. New York: Guilford Publications: https://guilfordjournals.com/doi/10.1521/siso.2022.86.2.137Laibman, David. 2012. “Political Economy after Economics”. London/New York: Routledge:https://www.routledge.com/Political-Economy-After-Economics-Scientific-Method-and-Radical-Imagination/Laibman/p/book/9781138803060Laibman, David. 2002. "Democratic Coordination: Towards a Working Socialism For the New Century". In: Science & Society, Vol. 66, No. 1. New York: Guilford Publications, 116–129:https://guilfordjournals.com/doi/10.1521/siso.66.1.116.21016Karl Marx (Monoskop):https://monoskop.org/Karl_MarxMarxian economics (Wikipedia):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marxian_economicsSmith, Adam. Book I: On the Causes of Improvement in the Productive Powers. On Labour, and on the Order According to Which its' Produce is Naturally Distributed Among the Different Ranks of the People. On the Natural and Market Price of Commodities. 1776. London. W. Strahan and T. Cadell.:https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/smith-adam/works/wealth-of-nations/book01/ch07.htmPaul Cockshott (Wikipedia):https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_CockshottAllin Cottel (Wikipedia):https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allin_CottrellCockshott, P. und A. Cottrell. 2002. "The Relation Between Economic and Political Instances in the Communist Mode of Production". In: Science & Society, Vol. 66, No. 1. New York: Guilford Publications, 50–64:https://guilfordjournals.com/doi/10.1521/siso.66.1.50.21014Cockshott, P. und A. Cottrell. 1993. Towards a New Socialism. Nottingham: Russell Press. (Book as PDF): http://ricardo.ecn.wfu.edu/~cottrell/socialism_book/new_socialism.pdfUnits of account (Wikipedia):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_of_accountFiat money (Wikipedia):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_moneyPerfect competition (Wikipedia):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_competitionMichal Kalecki (Wikipedia):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micha%C5%82_KaleckiLaibman, David. Incentives, Optimization, and Democratic Planning: A Socialist Primer. Science and Society. Volume 84, Issue 4. 2020. New York. Guildford Press.:https://guilfordjournals.com/doi/abs/10.1521/siso.2020.84.4.510Universal basic services:https://universalbasicservices.org/Gourevitch, Alex  and Pan, J. C..Socialism Won’t Get Rid of Work. But It Will Allow Us to Work Less Under Better Conditions. 2022. Jacobin Magazine.:https://jacobin.com/2022/10/alex-gourevitch-shared-labor-socialism-postwork-critiqueInput-output model (Wikipedia):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Input%E2%80%93output_modelHard Budget Constraints (Encyclopedia):https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/hard-budget-constraintsPat Devine (Wikipedia):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_DevineDevine, Pat. 1988. Democracy and economic planning: the political economy of a self-governing society. New York: Routledge.:https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9780429033117/democracy-economic-planning-pat-devineValue Form Theory (Wikipedia):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value-formBlumenfeld, Jacob. What was socialization? A look back. 2023. Strukturwandel des Eigentums.:https://sfb294-eigentum.de/de/blog/what-was-socialization-a-look-back/Antonio Gramsci (Monoskop):https://monoskop.org/Antonio_Gramsci Related EpisodesS02E44 |  Evgeny Morozov on discovery beyond competitionhttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e44-evgeny-morozov-on-discovery-beyond-competition/S02E38 |  Eva von Redecker zu Bleibefreiheithttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e38-eva-von-redecker-zu-bleibefreiheit-und-demokratischer-planung/S02E31 | Pat Devine on Negotiated Coordinationhttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e33-pat-devine-on-negotiated-coordination/S02E31 | Thomas Swann on Anarchist Cyberneticshttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e31-thomas-swann-on-anarchist-cybernetics/ S02E19 | David Laibman on Multilevel Democratic Iterative Coordinationhttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e19-david-laibman-on-multilevel-democratic-iterative-coordination/S01 E37  | Eva von Redecker zur Revolution für das Lebenhttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e37-eva-von-redecker-zur-revolution-fuer-das-leben/S01E12 | Daniel Loick zu Anarchismushttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e12-daniel-loick-zu-anarchismus/S1E1 | Benjamin Seibel zu Kybernetikhttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e01-benjamin-seibel-zu-kybernetik/ If you like Future Histories, you can help with your support on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/join/FutureHistories?Write me at office@futurehistories.today and join the discussion on Twitter (#FutureHistories):https://twitter.com/FutureHpodcastor on Mastodon:@FutureHistories@mstdn.socialor on Reddit:https://www.reddit.com/r/FutureHistories/or on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfRFz38oh9RH73-pWcME6ywwww.futurehistories.today Episode Keywords:#TimPlatenkamp, #JanGroos, #FutureHistories, #Interview, #Socialism, #SocialistActivism, #SocialistVision, #AchievingSocialism, #Responsibility, #Decentralisation, #PoliticalEconomy, #RepublicanSocialism, #CentralPlanning, #SovietSocialism, #YugoslavSocialism, #DavidLaibman, #Marxism, #CivicRepublicanism, #MarketSocialism, #Cybernetics, #LibertarianSocialism, #DanielLoik, #PostCapitalistSociety, #FirstGenerationSocialism, #FirstStageSocialism, #PlanningDebate, #DemocraticPlanningDebate, #SocialistCalculationDebate, #FutureHistoriesInternational                 

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