Teach-In by Eduardo Silveyra for Platypus Affiliated Society (University of Houston), October 4, 2019
Teach-in: What is the bourgeoisie? (Houston, 10.4.19)
Teach-in -Introducing Platypus: On Surviving the Extinction of the Left (LSE, 2.10.19)
Teach-in hosted by Platypus at London School of Economics introducing the Platypus project: “On Surviving the Extinction of the Left”.
Freedom In The Anthropocene (George Mason, 10.2.19)
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A moderated panel discussion hosted by the Platypus Affiliated Society on the interrelation of capital, history, and ecology.
Panelists:
Ashik Siddique, Democratic Socialists of America
Ethan Wright, Zero Hour
Mike Golash, Progressive Labor Party
Wyatt Verlen, Platypus Affiliated Society
Description: The Dutch atmospheric chemist Paul Crutzen has characterized the period marked by the start of the industrial revolution in the 18th Century to the present as a new geological epoch “the Anthropocene”.
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Teach-in on Capital in History: Does Marx Matter? | Northwestern 10/3/19
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**Thursday, Oct. 3rd 6:30 9:00 p.m. University Hall Room 2018** “In the mid-19th century, Marx and Engels observed in the Communist Manifesto that a “specter” was haunting Europe: the specter of Communism. A century and a half later, it is Marxism itself that continues to haunt the Left, while capitalism remains.
What does it mean that Marx and Marxism still hold appeal, while political movements for socialism are weak or non-existent?
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Capital in History: Does Marxism Even Matter?
Monday Sept. 30, 3PM at Kresge Study Center Room 348 {.wp-image-32679}
This teach-in will be led by Matthew Ramirez.
In the mid-19th century, Marx and Engels observed, in the Communist Manifesto, that a \“specter\” was haunting Europe â the specter of Communism. A century and a half later, it is Marxism itself that continues to haunt the Left, while capitalism remains.
What does it mean that Marx and Marxism still appeal, while political movements for socialism are weak or non- existent?
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Does Marxism Even Matter?!: A teach-in on Freedom in History (George Mason, 9.20.19)
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An introductory workshop by member Ethan Linehan on the development of freedom in human history from the Platypus perspective.
In the mid-19th century, Marx and Engels famously observed that a \“spectre was haunting Europe: the spectre of Communism\“. 170 years later, it is Marxism itself that haunts us, while capitalism remains.
What does it mean that Marx and Marxism still appeal, while political movements for socialism are weak or non-existent?
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Teach-in on Capital in History: Is Marxism still relevant? (Houston, 9.13.19)
On September 27, 2019, at the University of Houston, the Platypus Affiliated Society hosted a teach-in led by Platypus member Michael Woodson on capital in history.
What is the development of freedom in human history from the Platypus perspective?
In the mid-19th century, Marx and Engels famously observed that a \“specter was haunting Europe: the specter of Communism\“. 170 years later, it is Marxism itself that haunts us, while capitalism remains.
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Interview with David McLellan
On 2 September 2019, Stanley Sharpey and Efraim Carlebach interviewed David McLellan in Canterbury for The Platypus Review. David McLellan (born 1940) is an English scholar of Karl Marx and Marxism. McLellan is currently visiting Professor of Political Theory at Goldsmiths\’ College, University of London.
Ep. 18: On Art & Political Protest at the Whitney, and Artists Today
On this episode, Sophia Freeman and Pamela C. are joined
by Allison Hewitt-Ward, a New York Platypus member and art critic. They
discuss the recent crack-up at the Whitney Museum of American Art, and
the relationship between art and political protest. In the second
segment, Sophia and Pam interview Goldsmiths University’s graduating
Masters art students, Alexander Pierce, Lydia Blakeley, Fred Bungay,
Paula Pinho Martins Nacif and Sara Rodrigues, about the relationship
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Zero Squared: Chris Cutrone interview with Doug Lain on Realizing Philosophy
Douglas Lain of Zero Squared podcast for Zero Books interviews Chris Cutrone on Realizing Philosophy.
Chris
Cutrone is a college educator, writer, and media artist, committed to
critical thinking and artistic practice and the politics of social
emancipation. He is the former head of the often contrarian Marxist
group The Platypus Affiliated Society and in this podcast, we discuss
the possibility of realizing philosophy.