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NYU Kimmel Center, Room 805

60 Washington Square South

Manhattan, New York 10011

[Thursday // 11.15.2012// 7:00-9:00 PM]

The Platypus Review recently celebrated the publication of its fiftieth issue.  Come join members of The Platypus Review at a launch party to celebrate this momentous occasion, also the start of our international Radical Interpretations of the Present Crisis panel series. We will be enjoying sumptious Vietnamese sandwiches in the NYU Kimmel Center at 7 PM, followed by drinks in Vol de Nuit at 148 West 4th St after 9 PM.

We will also be video conferencing with a range of speakers from London, Greece, Germany, Austria, Chicago, and discussing some of our very own Platypus Review staff from New York!

Platypus Review editorial statement of purpose and submission guidelines

[Statement of purpose]

Taking stock of the universe of positions and goals that constitutes leftist politics today, we are left with the disquieting suspicion that a deep commonality underlies the apparent variety: What exists today is built upon the desiccated remains of what was once possible.

In order to make sense of the present, we find it necessary to disentangle the vast accumulation of positions on the Left and to evaluate their saliency for the possible reconstitution of emancipatory politics in the present. Doing this implies a reconsideration of what is meant by the Left.

Our task begins from what we see as the general disenchantment with the present state of progressive politics. We feel that this disenchantment cannot be cast off by sheer will, by simply “carrying on the fight,” but must be addressed and itself made an object of critique. Thus we begin with what immediately confronts us.

The *Platypus Review* is motivated by its sense that the Left is disoriented. We seek to be a forum among a variety of tendencies and approaches on the Left – not out of a concern with inclusion for its own sake, but rather to provoke disagreement and to open shared goals as sites of contestation. In this way, the recriminations and accusations arising from political disputes of the past may be harnessed to the project of clarifying the object of leftist critique.

The *Platypus Review* hopes to create and sustain a space for interrogating and clarifying positions and orientations currently represented on the Left, a space in which questions may be raised and discussions pursued that would not otherwise take place. As long as submissions exhibit a genuine commitment to this project, all kinds of content will be considered for publication.

Submission guidelines

Articles in the *Platypus Review* will typically range in length from 750–4,500 words, but longer pieces will also be considered. Please send article submissions and inquiries about the project to: . All submissions should conform to the Chicago Manual of Style.

Readable PDFs of past issues

• The Platypus Review, № 1 – November 2007
• The Platypus Review, № 2 – February 2008
• The Platypus Review, № 3 – March 2008
• The Platypus Review, № 4 – April-May 2008
• The Platypus Review, № 5 – May-June 2008
• The Platypus Review, № 6 – July 2008
• The Platypus Review, № 7 – October 2008
• The Platypus Review, № 8 – November 2008
• The Platypus Review, № 9 – December 2008
• The Platypus Review, № 10 – February 2009
• The Platypus Review, № 11 – March 2009
• The Platypus Review, № 12 – May 2009
• The Platypus Review, № 13 – July 2009
• The Platypus Review, № 14 – August 2009
• The Platypus Review, № 15 – September 2009
• The Platypus Review, № 16 – October 2009
• The Platypus Review, № 17 – November 2009
• The Platypus Review, № 18 – December 2009
• The Platypus Review, № 19 – January 2010
• The Platypus Review, № 20 – February 2010
• The Platypus Review, № 20, Supplement on the Iranian Revolution – February 2010
• The Platypus Review, № 21 – March 2010
• The Platypus Review, № 22 –
• The Platypus Review, № 23 – May 2010
• The Platypus Review, № 24 – June 2010
• The Platypus Review, № 25 – July 2010
• The Platypus Review, № 26 – August 2010
• The Platypus Review, № 27 – September 2010
• The Platypus Review, № 28 – October 2010
• The Platypus Review, № 29 – November 2010
• The Platypus Review, № 30 – December 2010
• The Platypus Review, № 31 – January 2011
• The Platypus Review, № 32 – February 2011
• The Platypus Review, № 33 – March 2011
• The Platypus Review, № 34 –
• The Platypus Review, № 35 – May 2011
• The Platypus Review, № 36 – June 2011
• The Platypus Review, № 37 – July 2011
• The Platypus Review, № 38 – August 2011
• The Platypus Review, № 38, Supplement on the Legacy of Trotskyism – August 2011
• The Platypus Review, № 39 – September 2011
• The Platypus Review, № 40 – October 2011
• The Platypus Review, № 41 – November 2011
• The Platypus Review, № 42 – December 2011-January 2012
• The Platypus Review, № 43 – February 2012
• The Platypus Review, № 44 – March 2012
• The Platypus Review, № 45 –
• The Platypus Review, № 46 – May 2012
• The Platypus Review, № 47 – June 2012
• The Platypus Review, № 48 – July-August 2012
• The Platypus Review, № 49 – September 2012
• The Platypus Review, № 50 – October 2012
• The Platypus Review, № 51, Special Issue on the Election – November 2012

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