Overview of all pages with the category #2020 - THE PLATYPUS AFFILIATED SOCIETY

Freedom in the Antropocene (Boston, 2/7/20)

February 7, 2020 | The Platypus Affiliated Society

On February 7, 2020, at Boston College, the Platypus Affiliated Society hosted a panel titled \“Freedom in the Anthropocene\“. Description: The Dutch atmospheric chemist Paul Crutzen recently 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. This periodization is meant to capture a change in the history of the planet, namely that for the first time in history its course will be determined by the question of what humanity will become. [Read More]

Teach-in: What the Bloody Hell is the "Dialectic"? (Manchester, UK)

January 30, 2020 | The Platypus Affiliated Society

A teach-in held by the Platypus Affiliated Society Manchester on the 30th of January 2020, explaining in basic terms what is meant by “the dialectic”, through Theodor W. Adorno’s An Introduction to Dialectics.

Ep. 21: Electioneering Blues, Labour's Defeat and Platypus in Manchester

January 29, 2020 | The Platypus Affiliated Society

Pamela and Sophia discuss the recent Warren-Sanders pseudo-controversy, Momentum’s response to Labour’s (UK) defeat, and the call for a Sanders’ presidency by today’s left. Members Mike Atkinson and David Mountain talk about building Platypus at the University of Manchester, their impressions of the city’s left and their upcoming teach-in, “What the Bloody Hell is ‘The Dialectic’?” Finally, we have a quick check-in with Erin Hagood, the editor-in-chief of the Platypus Review, who tells us about the articles in the latest issue, #122, and the upcoming line-up for the February issue. [Read More]

After The Election: What's Left? (LSE, 29/1/20)

January 29, 2020 | The Platypus Affiliated Society

A moderated panel discussion held January 29, 2020 at London School of Economics in the wake of the 2019 UK general election. Description: The movement around Jeremy Corbyn has been the centre of the British Left since 2015. A generation of activists have thrown themselves into the Labour party, some abandoning former organisations or anti-party (anarchist) political perspectives. But in the wake of the landslide victory of the Conservative Party in 2019, the goals of the Left seem unclear. [Read More]

Imperialism and the Left (UChicago, 1.16.20)

January 16, 2020 | The Platypus Affiliated Society

Panel discussion on the topic of “Imperialism and the Left” at the University of Chicago on January 16th, 2020, hosted by the Platypus Affiliated Society. Panelists: Earl Silbar Gregory Lucero Desmund Hui Lou Sterrett Description: With the ousting of Morales in Bolivia, political repression in Hong Kong, and rising tensions with Iran, the question of Imperialism has posted itself with particular force in the last couple months. Nevertheless, while all three have received much attention from the left, the commonality is not at all clear. [Read More]

Freedom in the Anthropocene (Corvallis, 1.16.20)

January 16, 2020 | The Platypus Affiliated Society

Panelists: Rich Daniels, Emeritus Associate Professor of English, member of Radical Philosophy Association Ken Ward, Extinction Rebellion Max Wilbert, Deep Green Resistance The Dutch atmospheric chemist Paul Crutzen recently 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. This periodization is meant to capture a change in the history of the planet, namely that for the first time in history its course will be determined by the question of what humanity will become; the question of freedom. [Read More]

Capital in History: Does Marxism Even Matter?

January 7, 2020 | The Platypus Affiliated Society

Wednesday Jan. 15, 2:30PM 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 [Read More]