Platypus in NYC with chapters at New York University and The New School

Platypus in NYC
Screening: Monday, November 23, 7:30 pm @ The Brecht Forum

Red Channels and the Platypus Affiliated Society present:

The Poverty of Student Life, a film screening and discussion

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Monday, November 23, 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm @ The Brecht Forum, 451 West Street

San Francisco State: On Strike – Newsreel, 1969, 25 minutes
Community Control - Newsreel, 1969, 50 minutes
TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 75 minutes | Digital Projection

Discussion with:

Pam C. Nogales C. of the Platypus Affiliated Society

Luz Schreiber of the Committee in Defense of the Children’s Learning Center at Hunter College, and Ollin Imagination

Jitu Weusi – teacher, principal, member of the African American Teachers Association, co-founder of The East (1969-1985)

[more TBA]

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Platypus Review articles on student politics:

1. Politics of the contemporary student Left

2.  Violence at the RNC

3. The New School occupation and the direction of student politics: an interview with Atlee McFellin

4. Five questions to the student Left

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What is Platypus?
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