What Is Political Party For The Left?
Recording of a panel hosted by the Houston Chapter of the Platypus Affiliated Society at the University of Houston, May 24, 2017.
Audio Recording Your browser does not support the audio element Panelists Michael Leone (Communist Party, USA)
Brian Harrison (Socialist Alternative)
George Reiter (Green Party)
Description Perhaps the most significant question informing the Left today is the issue of the political party. In the aftermath of Brexit, the election of Donald Trump, and the increasing proliferation of right-wing nationalist movements across Europe—such as La Pen’s Front National in France, Wilder’s Partij voor de Vrijheid in the Netherlands, and Alternative für Deutschland in Germany–, various left unity initiatives have sprung up across the world.
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