Laura Lee Schmidt

Panel held on April 16, 2012, in Boston, as part of the 3 Rs panel series. Thanks to Doug Enaa Greene (http://www.youtube.com/user/dwgthed) for the video recording. Video Recording Part One Part Two Audio Recording Your browser does not support the audio element Panelists Jeff Booth (Socialist Alternative) Gayge (Common Struggle Libertarian Communist Federation) Joe Ramsey (Kasama Project) Laura Lee Schmidt (Platypus) J. Phil Thompson (MIT) [Read More]

Platypus panel held at Left Forum 2010 in New York City, Pace University, March 20, 2010. Audio Recording Your browser does not support the audio element Panelists Laura Lee Schmidt (Chair)—Platypus Affiliated Society; History, Theory, and Criticism of Art and Architecture, MIT Issam Shukri—Worker-Communist Party of Iran (WPI) Ashley Smith—International Socialist Organization Christopher Cutrone—Platypus Affiliated Society; University of Chicago Description The 2003 U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq was, like the 1990-91 Gulf War, a turning point for the international Left, though few recognized this. [Read More]

Platypus panel held at Left Forum 2010 in New York City, Pace University, March 20, 2010. Audio Recording Your browser does not support the audio element Panelists Laura Lee Schmidt (Chair)—Platypus Affiliated Society; History, Theory, and Criticism of Art and Architecture, MIT Siyaves Azeri—Worker-Communist Party of Iran Hamid Dabashi—Columbia University Christopher Cutrone—Platypus Affiliated Society; University of Chicago Description Rather than asking what the Left thinks of Iran, this panel will pose the question, what does Iran reveal about the Left, its limitations and failures? [Read More]