Media

Held April 5th at the University of Chicago, as part of the 11th Annual Platypus International Convention. Speakers: Victor Cova, Aarhus University (Aarhus) Andreas Wintersperger, University of Vienna (Vienna) Jan Schroeder, Goethe University (Frankfurt) Panos Didachos, Panteion University (Athens) Padraig Maguire, Goldsmiths University (London) Description: What is the mean EU for the Left today? Does the Left believe the EU should be overcome on the basis of the EU itself, or against the EU? [Read More]

Audio recording of the closing plenary discussion with Chris Cutrone and Richard Rubin at the 11th annual Platypus Affiliated Society international convention, hosted at SAIC on April 5, 2019.

Held April 1, 2019, at the University of Houston. Moderated by Danny Jacobs. Panelists: David Barsamian (Alternative Radio) Secunda Joseph (Host of Imagine A World on All Real Radio + Smart Media Director) Egberto Willies (Politics Done Right) Michael Woodson (LivingArt) Description: \“Fake news\” and \“alternative facts\” became popular terms during the 2016 press. Snopes and PolitiFact notwithstanding, 2016 was not the first time in history that the news media has been criticized for playing a part in distracting, distorting, and misdirecting public political opinion. [Read More]

Held April 4th, 2019 at the University of Chicago, as part of the 11th Annual International Conference of the Platypus Affiliated Society. Speakers: John Abbott, Professor of History, University of Illinois at Chicago Robert Bird, Professor of Slavic Languages and Literature, University of Chicago John Bachtell, Chairman of the Communist Party USA Patrick M. Quinn, founding member of Solidarity Earl Silbar, Students for a Democratic Society (Chicago 1968), member of Fox Valley Citizens for Peace and Justice Description: [Read More]