Christoph Lichtenberg

Held on Saturday April 2, 2016. Audio Recording Your browser does not support the audio element Panelists Brian Tokar (Institute for Social Ecology) Jason Schulman (DSA) Christoph Lichtenberg (IBT) William Pelz (Author and Historian) Description Given the disintegration of traditional social democratic parties, 2015 saw the rise of novel political formations such as Syriza and Podemos. 2016 has seen the rise of the Corbyn leadership of the Labour Party and the mass support for Bernie Sanders in the Democratic Party. [Read More]

Held on Saturday April 2, 2016. Audio Recording Your browser does not support the audio element Panelists Christoph Lichtenberg (IBT) Xavier Danae Maatra (Chicago Freedom School) Description Beneath a consensus of avowed anti-racism, the American Left remains conflicted about whether and how to politicize race. This panel seeks to shed historical light on today’s political impasses, asking: How has racism changed throughout U.S. history, and to what degree has racism been overcome in America? [Read More]

A panel was hosted by the Platypus Affiliated Society on February 17, 2015 at NYU. Audio Recording Your browser does not support the audio element Panelists Boris Kagarlitsky: Transnational Institute Mel Rothenberg: Chicago Political Economy Group* Christoph Lichtenberg: International Bolshevik Tendency Description Last year marked the 25 anniversary of the 1989 revolutions – the ‘Autumn of Nations’ in the Soviet bloc. For an entire generation now of age, the USSR and the Cold War are only historical relics. [Read More]

A panel discussion held at University of King’s College on 1st February, 2014. Sponsored by the King’s Student Union and Dalhousie Student Union Audio Recording Your browser does not support the audio element Panelists Eva Curry – Stand Christoph Lichtenberg – International Bolshevik Tendency Chris Parsons – student activist Alex Khasnabish – The Radical Imagination Project, Mount Saint Vincent University Description It seems that there are still only two radical ideologies: Anarchism and Marxism. [Read More]