Responses to the Global Economic Downturn

 April 2, 2012  |  The Platypus Affiliated Society

A public forum with students, activists and organizers from across the globe held on April 2, 2012. Audio Recording Your browser does not support the audio element Transcript in Platypus Review #48 Panelists Haseeb Ahmed (Maastricht) Valentin Badura (Austria) Cengiz Kulac (Austria) Moritz Roeger (Germany) Jerzy Sobotta (Germany) Thodoris Velissaris (Greece) Moderated by Pam C. Nogales C. Description From teach-ins in the UK, occupations in Austria and Germany and protests in the Netherlands and Greece, responses to the economic downturn are international in character. [Read More]
Platypus International Convention 2012  Austria  Crisis  Europe  Germany  Global financial crisis  Greece  International  Internationalism  Maastricht  Netherlands 

Poduimsdiskussion: Hosting the conversation on the Death of the Left

 August 28, 2011  |  The Platypus Affiliated Society

A panel held on August 28, 2011 in Frankfurt, Germany. Audio Recording Your browser does not support the audio element Panelists Jerzy Sobotta (Frankfurt) Haseeb Ahmed (Maastricht) Watson Ladd (Chicago) Pam C. Nogales C. (New York) Description The panel will present on the recent history of the Left in the U.S. through the history of the emergence and activities of our new student organization, the Platypus Affiliated Society. Platypus was established in 2006 in response to the failure of the Iraq anti-war movement. [Read More]