Platypus in NYC » Network of Iranian Labor Unions http://newyork.platypus1917.org with chapters at New York University and The New School Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:08:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Platypus Review #19 http://newyork.platypus1917.org/pr-19/ http://newyork.platypus1917.org/pr-19/#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:48:59 +0000 pnogales http://newyork.platypus1917.org/?p=235 Ian Morrison interviews Homayoun Pourzad, a representative for the Network of Iranian Labor Unions, on the current crisis and the effects of “anit-imperial” ideologies on understanding the character of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Benjamin M. Blumberg discusses the history of the American Left and the still unmet challenge of theorizing and abolishing race and racism.

Tim Barker reviews Jeffrey B. Perry’s biography of Hubert Harrison, whose interactions with the Socialist Party are an example of the way in which racial and class questions became fatally separated on the American Left.

Max Elliot Katz reviews David Renton’s Dissident Marxism, taking the author to task for neglecting the regression of the 20th century and the liquidation of adequate theory and action.

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