Black nationalism and the legacy of Malcolm X
An interview with Michael Dawson by Spencer A. Leonard. Last fall, editor Spencer A. Leonard interviewed Michael Dawson, Director of the Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture at the University of Chicago…
Whither Marxism?
Why the occupation movement recalls Seattle 1999 by Chris Cutrone
The present occupation expresses a return to the Left of the late 1990s, specifically the 1999 anti-World Trade Organization protests in Seattle…
The Platypus Affiliated Society, established in December 2006, organizes reading groups, public fora, research and journalism focused on problems and tasks inherited from the “Old” (1920s-30s), “New” (1960s-70s) and post-political (1980s-90s) Left for the possibilities of emancipatory politics today