Donald Parkinson

On Saturday, April 11, Platypus invited members from various groups on the Left to lead discussions on the politics of their project at the Seventh Annual Platypus International Convention. This is audio from the discussion led by Donald Parkinson of the Communist League of Tampa. The discussion was moderated by Tom Carey. Audio Recording Your browser does not support the audio element Every year at the Platypus International Convention, speakers from various perspectives are asked to bring their experience of the Left’s recent history to bear on today’s political possibilities and challenges as part of the “Differing Perspectives on the Left” workshop series. [Read More]

The opening plenary of the Platypus International Convention VII. Audio Recording Your browser does not support the audio element Panelists Walter Benn Michaels (University of Illinois, Chicago) Toby Chow (University of Chicago) Donald Parkinson (Communist League of Tampa) Margaret Power (Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago) Moderated by Pam Nogales. Description Leftists today lament the strength of neoliberal hegemony. The use of “hegemony” underlines the ideological dimension of the neoliberal order; it suggests that mass ideological legitimacy – and not the triumph of pure force or of back-door machinations – has made neoliberalism politically possible. [Read More]