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

Platypus in NYC
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Academic Year Coffee Breaks

Friends and fellow travelers – We hope you’ve enjoyed your summer. Now it’s time to get down to business. Platypus will be hosting three Coffee Breaks beginning this week at our three New York campus chapter locations. The Coffee Breaks are a great time to meet with members of Platypus, fellow travelers, and allies of [...]

Teach-in: The Failure of the Islamic Revolution

Join Platypus members this Wednesday, February 17th at 7:30pm for a teach-in on the Iranian Revolution and a discussion on the current situation in Iran led by Platypus Review editor Pam C. Nogales C. This event will be held at the New School, 80 Fifth Avenue, Rm. 802 Undoubtedly, the Left today should demand the [...]

Film Screening: The Cradle Will Rock
Film Screening: The Cradle Will Rock

The Platypus New York Chapter presents: The Cradle Will Rock (1999), a film screening and discussion Friday, December 11th, 6:00 pm-9:00 pm The New School, 66 W. 12th St., rm. 404. There will be a short discussion following the film. If you wish to attend and are not a student at the New School, please [...]

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 [...]

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