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Public luxury available to all, or private luxury available to some?   Shownotes George Monbiot (Website): https://www.monbiot.com/ George Monbiot bei X: https://twitter.com/GeorgeMonbiot?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Communia- Zentrum demokratische Wirtschaft (Website): https://communia.de/ communia & BUNDjugend (Hrsg.) Öffentlicher Luxus. 2023. Karl Dietz Verlag. (pd...

Søren Mau on how communism can produce freedom through planning.   Future Histories International Find all English episodes of Future Histories here: https://futurehistories-international.com/ and subscribe to the Future Histories International RSS-Feed (English episodes only)   Shownotes Søren Mau: https://sorenmau.com/   Søren auf Twitter: https://twitter.com/sorenmau?lang=de   Mau, Søren. 2019....

Kohei Saito on why degrowth communism is the most promising alternative to capitalism.   Future Histories International Find all English episodes of Future Histories here: https://futurehistories-international.com/ and subscribe to the Future Histories International RSS-Feed (English episodes only)   Shownotes Kohei Saito (University of Tokyo): https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/focus/en/people/k0001_04217...

The influencial feminist scholar Silvia Federici shares her thoughts on commons based futures.   Future Histories International Find all English episodes of Future Histories here: https://futurehistories-international.com/ and subscribe to the Future Histories International RSS-Feed (English episodes only)   Shownotes Silvia Federici (Monoskop): https://monoskop.org/Silvia_Federici Federici, Silvi...

An artist talk with Simon Denny recorded in collaboration with the Kunstverein Hannover. Future Histories International Find all English episodes of Future Histories here: https://futurehistories-international.com/ and subscribe to the Future Histories International RSS-Feed (English episodes only)   Shownotes Simon Denny: https://simondenny.net/ Simon Denny (HFBK Hamburg): https://www.hfbk-hambur...

A conversation with Elisa Loncón Antileo, the first president of the Chilean constitutional convention, about the potential of a plurinational constitution. Future Histories International Find all English episodes of Future Histories here: https://futurehistories-international.com/ and subscribe to the Future Histories International RSS-Feed (English episodes only)   Shownotes Elisa Loncón Antileo...

Matt Huber on climate change as class war and how to build socialism through class struggle as climate politics. Future Histories International Find all English episodes of Future Histories here: https://futurehistories-international.com/ and subscribe to the Future Histories International RSS-Feed (English episodes only)   Shownotes Matthew T. Huber (Syracuse University): https://www.maxwell.syr....

There are many alternative discovery procedures that are superior to market competition. Let's nurture and scale them, says Evgeny Morozov. Future Histories International Find all English episodes of Future Histories here: https://futurehistories-international.com/ and subscribe to the Future Histories International RSS-Feed (English episodes only)   Collaborative Podcast Transcription If you woul...

Future Histories LIVE The interview with Antoinette Rouvroy is part of the format “Future Histories LIVE”. At irregular intervals, individual episodes are recorded live in front of an audience. This episode of Future Histories was recorded on December 2nd, 2022 in Vienna at Part 1 of the Political Cybernetics Workshop Series “Biological Life and Political Cybernetics”. Future Histories Internation...

Pat Devine on his model of participatory planning through  'negotiated coordination'. English-episodes-only Future Histories Website & RSS-Feed: https://futurehistories-international.com https://futurehistories-international.com/feed.xml Collaborative Podcast Transcription If you would like to support Future Histories by contributing to the collaborative transcription of episodes, please conta...

Thomas Swann brings together the rich tradition of anarchist self-organization with Stafford Beers Viable System Model. Future Histories International Find all English episodes of Future Histories here: https://futurehistories-international.com/ and subscribe to the Future Histories International RSS-Feed (English episodes only) Shownotes Thomas Swann at Loughborough University: https://www.lboro....

Nick Dyer-Witheford on biocommunism, "a communism emerging from the catastrophes capital now inflicts throughout the bios, the realm of life itself".   Future Histories International Find all English episodes of Future Histories here: https://futurehistories-international.com/ and subscribe to the Future Histories International RSS-Feed (English episodes only)   Shownotes Nick Dyer-Witheford (Univ...

Participatory Economics (Parecon) – developed by Michael Albert and Robin Hahnel – is one of the most comprehensive models for democratic economic planning. English-episodes-only Future Histories Website & RSS-Feed: https://futurehistories-international.com https://futurehistories-international.com/feed.xml Collaborative Podcast Transcription If you would like to support Future Histories by contri...

Participatory Economics (Parecon) – developed by Michael Albert and Robin Hahnel – is one of the most popular models for democratic economic planning. English-only Future Histories Website & RSS-Feed: https://futurehistories-international.com https://futurehistories-international.com/feed.xml Collaborative Podcast Transcription If you would like to support Future Histories by contributing to the c...

Over the last decade platform-cooperativism has grown from an idea into a movement. How far can it take us?  Collaborative Podcast Transcription If you would like to support Future Histories by contributing to the collaborative transcription of episodes, please contact us at: transkription@futurehistories.today (German) Kollaborative Podcast-Transkription FAQ: shorturl.at/eL578 Shownotes Trebor Sc...

What could a democratic planned economy actually look like? David Laibman has been on the forefront of thinking about this issue for more than 30 years. Collaborative Podcast Transcription If you would like to support Future Histories by contributing to the collaborative transcription of episodes, please contact us at: transkription@futurehistories.today (German) Kollaborative Podcast-Transkriptio...

With "Half Earth Socialism" Drew Pendergrass and Troy Vettese want to provide a plan to save the earth and bring the good life to all. Collaborative Podcast Transcription If you would like to support Future Histories by contributing to the collaborative transcription of episodes, please contact us at: transkription@futurehistories.today (German) Kollaborative Podcast-Transkription FAQ: shorturl.at...

Lea Ypi reflects on her childhood and youth in socialist Albania and the country's subsequent transition to liberal democracy and a free market economy. What's clear: None of the political economies Ypi experienced satisfied her need for and concept of freedom. Shownotes Lea Ypi's Website: https://personal.lse.ac.uk/YPI/ Lea on Twitter: https://twitter.com/lea_ypi Ypi. Lea. 2021. Free. Coming of A...

Platforms are ubiquitous. However, they arguably can only realise their full potential when they are no longer subjected to the imperatives of the profit motive. For this we need: Platform Socialism. Collaborative Podcast Transcription If you would like to support Future Histories by contributing to the collaborative transcription of episodes, please contact us at: transkription@futurehistories.to...

A world without scarcity is possible for everybody! Aaron Benanav shares his idea of how we could achieve this associational utopia, today. Collaborative Podcast Transcription If you would like to support Future Histories by contributing to the collaborative transcription of episodes, please contact us at: transkription@futurehistories.today (German) Kollaborative Podcast-Transkription FAQ: shortu...

Jasper Bernes presents a sharp critique of centralized planning and proposes what he calls: Planarchy. Shownotes Jasper Bernes on Twitter: https://twitter.com/outsidadgitator Bernes, Jasper. 2020. "Planning and Anarchy". In South Atlantic Quaterly vol. 119(1): 53-73: https://jasperbernesdotnet.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/1190053.pdf  Jasper Bernes' Website: https://jasperbernes.net/ Commune Editio...

Part two of the episode with Benjamin Bratton one of the most interesting contemporary thinkers. In his work he bridges the gap between political theory and the techno-social realities and possibilities of our time. On the format: This Future Histories LIVE event came together as part of an invitation to hold a guest lecture at the Goldsmiths College in London. I proposed a format in which I would...

Benjamin Bratton is one of the most interesting thinkers of our time. In his work he bridges the gap between political theory and the techno-social realities and possibilities of our time. On the format: This Future Histories LIVE event came together as part of an invitation to hold a guest lecture at the Goldsmiths College in London. I proposed a format in which I would hold a short presentation...

In her work Moira Weigel takes a close look at the liaison between technology and nationalism. For this the dissertation of Palantir’s CEO, Alex C. Karp, is a surprisingly revealing document. Shownotes Moira Weigel’s Website: http://www.moiraweigel.com/ Moira on Twitter: https://twitter.com/moiragweigel Moira Weigel at Harvard: https://cyber.harvard.edu/people/moira-weigel-0 Weigel, Moira und Ben...

It's high time for economics to overcome its obsession with GDP and move towards better indicators in the pursuit of a general wellbeing, says Jeffrey Sachs, well known economist, director of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network and Professor at Columbia University. Shownotes Wiki on Jeffrey Sachs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Sachs Jeffrey Sachs on Twitter: https://twitter.co...