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Archive for October, 2009
Platypus Reading Group: Saturday, October 31, 1– 4pm
Please join us for the eighth meeting of the Platypus Reading group. We will begin with the problem of our contemporary political moment, the absence of the Left, and will continue to investigate the history of the Left over the course of the upcoming academic year in light of this problem: What has the Left [...]
Hot off the press: Platypus Review #16
Recall how Red Chicago was, a book review of Randi Storch’s new history. Read about (and listen to) drone music. Smell your way to Rosa Luxemburg’s corpse and the decaying left in Germany. Learn about Unite Here’s recent civil disobedience action in downtown Chicago. And check out a review of a new take on Adorno’s philosophy and intellectual life.
Contributors to this issue’s stories: Ashley Weger, Bret Schneider, Jerzy Sobotta, Laurie Rojas, and Haseeb Ahmed
Film screening: Examined Life [ October 3rd, 7:30pm @ Union Docs ]
Film screening: Examined Life
Saturday, October 3 – 7:30pm @ Union Docs [322 Union Ave, Brooklyn NY ]
Platypus NY Chapter head, Chris Mansour, will be introducing the film. Discussion with Filmmaker and Stephen Duncombe to follow the screening.
In EXAMINED LIFE (2008, 87 minutes, Canada, DVD), filmmaker Astra Taylor accompanies some of today’s most influential thinkers on a series of unique excursions through places and spaces that hold particular resonance for them and their ideas.