Technology, Un/Employment, and the Left

From Future Shock to OWS

 March 18, 2012  |  The Platypus Affiliated Society

Video Recording Panelists George Caffentzis is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southern Maine in Portland, Maine. He is a founding member of the Midnight Notes Collective. He is the author of many books and articles on money, machines and capitalism. His e-book, “No Blood for Oil!” can be downloaded gratis at radicalpolytics.org. Dr. Fred Block is Research Professor of Sociology at UC Davis with interests in economic and political sociology. [Read More]
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The Marxist turn

The New Left in the 1970s

 May 19, 2011  |  The Platypus Affiliated Society

On May 19, 2011, Platypus invited Carl Davidson, formerly of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and the Guardian Weekly, Tom Riley of the International Bolshevik Tendency, and Mel Rothenberg, formerly of the Sojourner Truth Organization, to reflect on “The Marxist turn: The New Left in the 1970s.” Audio Recording Your browser does not support the audio element Transcript in Platypus Review #40 Panelists Carl Davidson (former Students for a Democratic Society) [Read More]
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