Platypus in NYC with chapters at New York University and The New School
Events
History of Marxism Reading Group – Spring 2012
SATURDAYS, 1–4PM New School University New York (New School) Conference Room, 65 West 11th st. (Ground floor) SUNDAYS, 1–4PM New York University (NYU) Puck Building 295 Lafayette St. 4th floor Memorial Room I. What is the “Left?” — What is “Marxism?” • required / + recommended reading Week 12. Jan. 28–29, 2012 • Korsch, “Marxism and philosophy” (1923) + Marx, To [...]
Weekly Coffee Breaks – Spring 2012
Our weekly Coffee Breaks are a great way to meet Platypus members and fellow travelers, and to get to know the Platypus project. It’s an opportunity to discuss issues raised in the latest issue of the Platypus Review, consider the state of the Left, and just hang out with people who have similar political interests. NYU: Tuesdays | 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm | Think [...]
Film Screenings: Second International Radicals
PART 1: Reds (1981) A radical American journalist becomes involved with the Communist revolution in Russia and hopes to bring its spirit and idealism to the United States. NYU: Sunday, January 15th 1PM NYU Sociology, Puck Building, 4th Floor 295 Lafayette St. PART 2:Rosa Luxemburg (1986) Polish socialist and pacifist Rosa Luxemburg dreams about revolution during the [...]
[Video and Audio] The relevance of Lenin today
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Video (Discussion begins at ~14:00.) Audio Live broadcast: www.livestream.com/platypus1917 Saturday, December 17, 2011 9AM U.S./Canada PST / 10AM MST / 11AM CST / 12PM EST; and 17:00 London / 18:00 Frankfurt and Berlin / 19:00 Thessaloniki / 22:30 Delhi / 02:00 Seoul If you are in Chicago: Saturday, 11am | 17 [...]
[Video] DEC 9: What is the #Occupy movement? pt. 2
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A series of roundtable discussions hosted by The Platypus Affiliated Society. First roundtable discussion, What is the #Occupy movement? (NYC) | Friday 7pm | October 28, 2011 | Kimmel, room 406 NYU, 60 Washington Square S., NYC. The recent #Occupy protests are driven by discontent with the present state of affairs: glaring economic inequality, dead-end Democratic Party politics, and, for some, the suspicion that capitalism could never produce an equitable society. These concerns are coupled with aspirations for social transformation at an international level. For many, the protests at Wall St. and elsewhere provide an avenue to raise questions the Left has long fallen silent on…
[Audio] Antisemitism and the Left
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From accusations directed towards Occupy Wall Street to arson attacks in Brooklyn, antisemitism has reemerged as a concern of the left in recent months. This talk will look at the relationship between the left and antisemitism, giving an overview of different historical forms, analyzing divergent theoretical explanations, and comparing the U.S. and German cases.
[Audio] Crisis Of The Left
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An international forum on the CRISIS OF THE LEFT Chicago | NYC | Philly | Boston | Thessaloniki Crisis: Pathol. The point in the progress of a disease when an important development or change takes place which is decisive of recovery or death. “…Existing strategies and theories seem inadequate in a bewildering contemporary political scene. Disparate [...]
The Contemporary German and American Lefts: A Transatlantic Dialogue
On wednesday 9/14 Platypus hosted a dialogue with Sebastian Fraenkle, editor of the influential German left journal Phase II revolving around what does contemporary landscape of left politics look like in Germany and the United States? What are the points of convergence and departure that shape left politics in these two countries? What might we learn from [...]
Audio for ‘Immigration and the Left’ (NYC 04.19)
Immigration and the Left: A Public Interview with Jane Guskin and David Wilson, authors of The Politics of Immigration Platypus member Jeremy Cohan led a public interview with authors Jane Guskin and David Wilson on April 19 at NYU. Please find the audio recording of the event below: http://www.archive.org/details/TheFutureOfInternationalismImmigrationAndTheLeft Mass marches on May Day 2006 in [...]
Does Marxism Even Matter? – Audio Recording
The audio for teach-in on the Does Marxism Even Matter? is now available on archive.org. Direct Link: Does Marxism Even Matter?
06.04.11: Discussion of CPGB’s critique of Platypus
Join us for a discussion of the CPGB’s response to Platypus and reflections on our project Communist Party of Great Britain critique of Platypus discussion “Platypus: Is it a sect? Is it an academic grouping? Is it a theoretical dead end?” Saturday, June 4 2PM – 5PM Puck Building (4th fl) 295 Lafayette [...]
City-wide Coffee Breaks start today!
Summer 2011 + city-wide weekly coffee breaks | Thursdays 6:30pm | Think Coffee on Mercer 248 Mercer St. bw 3rd & 4th streets Contact: Jeremy Cohan //thusspokejeremy@gmail.com Platypus Coffee Breaks are a great time to meet with members of Platypus, fellow travelers, and allies of the group. It’s an opportunity to discuss issues raised in [...]
NYC Summer 2011: Radical Bourgeois Philosophy
Rousseau | Kant | Hegel | Nietzsche | Smith | Marx Reading group and History of Humanity Film Screenings & Lectures Eric Hobsbawm, The Age of Revolution 1789–1848 [PDF] Recommended book purchasing list June 26 – August 21 New York University Puck Building 295 Lafayette St. 4th floor We will address the greater context for Marx and [...]
Rethinking Autonomy & Art
Monday 25 april7:00 pm NYU Kimmel center, room 908 (60 washington square south) The term ‘autonomy’ has crept into the lexicon of contemporary art discourse for reasons that are not self-evident. But there is a curious lack of historical consciousness. The aesthetic, social, and political implications of autonomy continue to haunt us, but, perhaps, only [...]
The Future of Internationalism
Immigration and the Left: A Public Interview with Jane Guskin and David Wilson, authors of The Politics of Immigration Tuesday 19 april 7:30 pm NYU Silver 621 The corner of washington pl. and washington square park east Mass marches on May Day 2006 in the US, banning of minarets in Switzerland, pogroms in Libya against blacks from Central [...]
An Urgent Exchange
U.S. Empire Islamic Fundamentalism Both Deadly. Is There Another Way? Wednesday, April 27 6:30 pm Tishman Auditorium, The New School, 66 W. 12th Street, New York City A diverse group of artists, scholars, and political thinkers including Wafaa Bilal, Laura Lee Schmidt and Sunsara Taylor will engage the question: “If you are troubled about the [...]
Platypus at the Left Forum Audio
Comrades, Below are links to download the audio of all the Platypus panels at the Left Forum. Several of the files begin after the panel was already underway, and others end before the panel concluded. The Bourgeois Revolution: http://www.mediafire.com/?tiu68g34veevn1i Lenin’s Marxism: http://www.mediafire.com/?pql9pqnx5ziyl8n Luxemburg’s Marxism: http://www.mediafire.com/?4ojav6mcx7c02l1 Lukacs’s Marxism: http://www.mediafire.com/?z116lxdp5z8m6fa Aesthetics in Protests: http://www.mediafire.com/?lycrdpnnc9hyx9l Trotsky’s Marxism: http://www.mediafire.com/?83yutmut4s8ny55 [...]
Does Marxism Even Matter?
A Teach-in on the Communist Manifesto by the Platypus Affiliated Society Thursday, 31 March, 2011 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM Washington Square South, New York University – Kimmel Center Room 603 In the mid-19th century, Marx and Engels famously observed in the Communist Manifesto that a ‘specter’ was haunting Europe—the specter of Communism. 160 years [...]
Platypus at the 2011 Left Forum
Platypus presents: Lessons from the history of Marxism @ Left Forum (March 18-20, NYC) Pace University, next to City Hall, NYC online registration page: http://www.leftforum.org/node/23 directions: http://www.leftforum.org/directions Please join us for the following panels: The Bourgeois Revolution: from Marx’s point of view //Saturday, March 19 | 10:00 a.m. – 11:50 a.m. | room W603A Sponsored [...]
Marxism and Israel: Left Perspectives on the Israeli-Palestinian (Audio)
Monday, November 15, 7pm (2010) Thomas Hunter Hall, 930 Lexington Avenue, Room 414 An evening in conversation with Alan Goodman (correspondent for Revolution newspaper, voice of the Revolutionary Communist Party) Richard Rubin (The Platypus Affiliated Society) Questions for the panelists: 1. Historically, what role has the Marxist Left played in the development of Israel? What [...]
What is Critique? symposium video documents
Posted below are two videos from the all day symposium, What is Critique? held on Nov. 20th, 2010. The first video is from the afternoon panel, entitled The Art Critique: Its History, Theories, and Practices. This panel consisted of Tom Butter, Simone Douglas, and James Elkins; it was moderated by Laurie Rojas. The second video [...]
Marxism and Israel: Left Perspectives on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Monday, November 15, 7pm Thomas Hunter Hall, 930 Lexington Avenue, Room 414 A n evening in conversation with Alan Goodman (correspondent for Revolution newspaper, voice of the Revolutionary Communist Party) Richard Rubin (The Platypus Affiliated Society) Questions for the panelists: 1. Historically, what role has the Marxist Left played in the development of Israel? What [...]
WHICH WAY FORWARD FOR SEXUAL LIBERATION?
A Roundtable, hosted by Platypus NYU with: Kenyon Farrow, Queers for Economic Justice Greg Gabrellas, Platypus Sherry Wolf, International Socialist Organization 7 PM Monday, November 8 NYU Meyer Hall of Physics, Rm. 261 4 Washington Pl. (off Mercer) http://physics.as.nyu.edu/object/physics.directions With roots in earlier radical traditions, movements that sought to radically redefine the relationship of sex, politics, [...]
