Alvaro Rodriguez

ON NOVEMBER 7, 2016, the eve of the U.S. presidential election, the Platypus Affiliated Society hosted a panel discussion entitled “Immigration and the Left” at the University of Illinois at Chicago [UIC]. Moderated by Joseph Estes of Platypus, the event posed three questions to the panelists: How has the Left approached the question of immigration historically? What opportunities exist in the immigrants’ rights movement today for a renewed emancipatory politics? [Read More]

A panel on immigration and the left held at the University of Houston, October 23, 2016. Hosted by Platypus Houston. Audio Recording Your browser does not support the audio element Panelists Alvaro Rodriguez - Communist Party, USA Henry Cooper - Proyecto Latino Americano Liam Wright - student, veteran of Occupy Seattle and other social movements Hosted By Platypus Affiliated Society Description Neo-liberalism, as the current organization of capitalism, promised to overcome the crisis of the Keynesian-Fordist states through the attainment of a free, cosmopolitan society. [Read More]