Nikos Malliaris

A panel held on April 5, 2014 at the Sixth Annual Platypus International Convention at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Audio Recording Your browser does not support the audio element Panelists Chris Cutrone (Platypus) Samir Gandesha (Simon Fraser University) Nikos Malliaris (Lieux Communs) Dimitrios Roussopoulos (Transnational Institute of Social Ecology) Joseph Schwartz (Temple University) Description No coarser insult, no baser defamation, can be thrown against the workers than the remark, ‘Theoretical controversies are for the intellectuals’ [Read More]

A panel held at the Sixth Annual Platypus International Convention on Saturday, April 5 at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Audio Recording Your browser does not support the audio element Panelists Samir Gandesha (Simon Fraser University) Nikos Malliaris (Lieux Communs) Charis Papadopoulos (Kokkino-SYRIZA) Description We are the 99% —Occupy Wall Street (2011) The Left must define itself on the level of ideas, conceding that in many instances it will find itself in the minority [Read More]

A workshop with Lieux Communs (France) / Political Group for Autonomy (Greece) with Nikos Malliaris held on April 5, 2014, at the Sixth Platypus International Convention. 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]