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Academic Year Reading Groups
Friends and Comrades – Aside from our three weekly coffee breaks (see below!), we’ll be hosting two Platypus reading groups which will serve as an introduction into the work of our organization. Focusing largely, although not exclusively, on content generated by the Platypus Review, the aim of these sessions is to provide attendees with a [...]
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 [...]
PR 27: September 2010
The Platypus Review Issue 27 | September 2010 Ideology and the student left Will Klatt, Luis Brennan, Aaron Petcoff, and Ashley Weger A transcript of a panel hosted by Platypus at the U.S. Social Forum in June of this year, on the nature of student politics and the role of ideology in organizing on campus. With [...]
Platypus Review #19
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
The Decline of the Left in the 20th Century : Toward a Theory of Historical Regression
The Decline of the Left in the 20th Century : Toward a Theory of Historical Regression A Platypus Review Special Edition (issue 17: November, 2009) Based on a panel discussion held by Platypus at Pace University last year, The Platypus Review traces in this special issue the slow death of the Left in our time, precisely [...]
Hot off the press: Platypus Review #16
Recall how Red Chicago was, a book review of Randi Storch’s new history. Read about (and listen to) drone music. Smell your way to Rosa Luxemburg’s corpse and the decaying left in Germany. Learn about Unite Here’s recent civil disobedience action in downtown Chicago. And check out a review of a new take on Adorno’s philosophy and intellectual life.
Contributors to this issue’s stories: Ashley Weger, Bret Schneider, Jerzy Sobotta, Laurie Rojas, and Haseeb Ahmed