What is Political Party For The Left?

The closing plenary of our Seventh Annual International Convention. Audio Recording Your browser does not support the audio element Panelists Chris Cutrone, Platypus Mike Macnair, CPGB (UK) Adolph Reed, Jr. (University of Pennsylvania, USA) Tom Riley, International Bolshevik Tendency (Canada) SAIC Moderated by Tom Willis Description In spite of many different political currents and tendencies the most significant question informing the “Left” today is the issue of “political party. [Read More]

The American Left And The "Black Question"

From politics to protest to the post-political

A moderated panel discussion held at the Seventh Annual Platypus International Convention. Audio Recording Your browser does not support the audio element Panelists Toby Chow (University of Chicago) Brandon Johnson (Chicago Teachers Union) August Nimtz (University of Minnesota) Adolph Reed, Jr. (University of Pennsylvania) Moderated by Brendan Finucane. Description Beneath a consensus of avowed anti-racism, the American Left remains conflicted about whether and how to politicize race. [Read More]