Ian Morrison

Panel held at the Marxist Literary Group Summer 2011 Institute on Culture and Society at the Institute for the Humanities, University of Illinois at Chicago on June 22, 2011 Audio Recording Your browser does not support the audio element Panelists Chris Cutrone, Lenin Greg Gabrellas, Luxemburg Ian Morrison, Trotsky Moderated by Spencer A. Leonard. Description The legacy of revolution 1917-19 in Russia, Germany, Hungary and Italy is concentrated above all in the historical figures Vladimir Lenin, Rosa Luxemburg and Leon Trotsky, leaders of the Left in the Second International (1889-1914)—what they called “revolutionary social democracy” – in the period preceding the crisis of war, revolution, counterrevolution and civil war in World War I and its aftermath. [Read More]

A panel discussion organized by the Platypus Affiliated Society held on March 19, 2011, at Left Forum, Pace University. Audio Recording Your browser does not support the audio element A transcript of Jason Wright’s remarks appears in Platypus Review #35 A transcript of Ian Morrison’s remarks appears in Platypus Review #37 Panelists Ian Morrison—Platypus Affiliated Society; University of Chicago Jason Wright—International Bolshevik Tendency (IBT) Spencer A. Leonard—Platypus Affiliated Society; University of Chicago [Read More]

A panel discussion organized by the Platypus Affiliated Society, held on March 19, 2011 at Left Forum, Pace University. Audio Recording Your browser does not support the audio element A transcript of Paul Le Blanc’s remarks appears in Platypus Review #35 A transcript of Chris Cutrone’s remarks appears in Platypus Review #36 A transcript of Lars Lih’s remarks appears in Platypus Review #37 Panelists Chris Cutrone - The School of the Art Institute of Chicago [Read More]

At the 1st annual international convention of the Platypus Affiliated Society, in Chicago, June 12-14, 2009, the concluding plenary event, a discussion on Platypus’s theoretical stance, its raison d’etre, and where the project will be going. Audience question-and-answer discussion follows. Held on June 14, 2009 at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Audio Recording Your browser does not support the audio element A transcript can be found here [Read More]

The economic crisis, as many commentators and critics are quick to point out, has rekindled interest in – and anxieties over – Marxism. Although many on the Left hope this renewed curiosity marks the beginning of a radical turn, similar revivals of anti-capitalist politics in the 1930s, 1960s, and 1990s failed to achieve the revolutionary transformations they sought. Has Marxism returned as a significant political force? How might this translate into the possibility for a revitalized Left? [Read More]