Conversations on the Left

Paul Demarty (CPGB), Bhaskar Sunkara (Jacobin), and Benjamin Blumberg (Platypus)

A panel event held at New York University on April 18, 2013. Video Recording Audio Recording Your browser does not support the audio element Transcripted in Platypus Review #57 Panelists Paul Demarty (CPGB) Bhaskar Sunkara (Jacobin) Benjamin Blumberg (Platypus) Description Recently, a series of exchanges between the Communist Party of Great Britain (PCC), the International Bolshevik Tendency, and the Platypus Affiliated Society has unfolded, mapping a field of positions and historical perspectives whose contours trace some of the most provocative contemporary perspectives on Marxism, socialism, and democracy. [Read More]

The Future of the Status Quo

The Left after the Election

A panel event held on December 6, 2012, at New York University. Video Recording Panelists Ben Campbell (The North Star) Annie Day (Revolution) Chris Maisano (DSA, Jacobin) Bhaskar Sunkara (Jacobin) Moderated by Tana Forrester (Platypus Affiliated Society). Description This past US election season saw an array of positions on the Left concerning the outcome that might follow from either major party’s victory. Among them, there were some who openly supported the incumbent Barack Obama as the lesser of two evils, others who opposed him by casting a vote for another candidate, and still others who followed the abstentionist line by not voting at all. [Read More]

The Future of the Status Quo

A panel event held on December 6, 2012, at New York University, organized by the Platypus Affiliated Society. Audio Recording Your browser does not support the audio element Video Recording Panelists Ben Campbell (The North Star) Annie Day (Revolution) Chris Maisano (DSA, Jacobin) Bhaskar Sunkara (Jacobin) Moderated by Tana Forrester (Platypus Affiliated Society) Description This past US election season saw an array of positions on the Left concerning the outcome that might follow from either major party’s victory. [Read More]