Neoliberalism And Its Discontents

 April 6, 2017  |  The Platypus Affiliated Society

Recording of a panel hosted by the Platypus Affiliated Society at the University of Illinois, Chicago, April 6, 2017. Audio Recording Your browser does not support the audio element Panelists Danny Jacobs Reid Kane Catherine Liu Pam C. Nogales C Daniel Rudin Description Leftists today lament the strength of neoliberal hegemony. The use of “hegemony” underlines the ideological dimension of the neoliberal order; it suggests that mass ideological legitimacy — and not the triumph of pure force or of back-door machinations — has made neoliberalism politically possible. [Read More]
Neoliberalism 

Platypus at Free Cooper Union

 December 3, 2012  |  The Platypus Affiliated Society

Video Recording

Sammy Medina, Pam C. Nogales C., and Ross Wolfe gave teach-ins as part of the Free University during the Day of Action against Cooper Union’s unprecedented tuition requirements. Pam did a teach-in on 19-century American history and struggles for emancipation, while Sammy and Ross talked about the sociohistoric project of early modernist architecture.

Architecture  Civil War  Cooper Union  Free cooper union  Karl Marx  Modernist architecture  Students 

In Reflection Upon Fifty Issues

A Presentation at the Platypus Review Issue No. 50 Launch Party

 November 15, 2012  |  The Platypus Affiliated Society

In October, the Platypus Review published it’s fiftieth issue. In celebration of this landmark occasion, at the issue No. 50 release party held in New York City on November 15, 2012, an international video conference with the members of the current and past editorial staff of the Platypus Review was held, including speakers involved with the Platypus Review from New York City and Chicago, USA, London, UK, Thessaloniki, Greece, Maastricht, the Netherlands, Frankfurt, Germany, and Graz, Austria. [Read More]

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]

Introduction to Platypus at Naturfreundejugend Berlin Sommercamp

Hosting the conversation on the death of the Left

 August 8, 2011  |  The Platypus Affiliated Society

Panel organized by the Platypus Affiliated Society presented at the 2011 Naturfreundejugend (Friends of Nature) Berlin Herrschaftskritisches Sommercamp, held in August 2011. Audio Recording Your browser does not support the audio element Panelists Omair Hussain Jerzy Sobotta Pam Nogales Jacob Cayia. Description What is Platypus? We 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. [Read More]

Marxism and the Bourgeois Revolution

 June 20, 2011  |  The Platypus Affiliated Society

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 20, 2011. Audio Recording Your browser does not support the audio element Panelists Spencer A. Leonard, “Marx’s critique of political economy: Proletarian socialism continuing the bourgeois revolution?” Pamela Nogales, “Marx on the U.S. Civil War as the 2 American Revolution” Jeremy Cohan, “Lukács on Marx’s Hegelianism and the dialectic of Marxism” [Read More]
Bourgeois  Bourgeois revolution  Karl Marx  Marxism  Marxist Literary Group 

Marx and Engel's Marxism

 March 20, 2011  |  The Platypus Affiliated Society

A panel discussion organized by the Platypus Affiliated Society held on March 20, 2011, at Left Forum, Pace University. Audio Recording Your browser does not support the audio element Panelists Benjamin Blumberg - University of Chicago Nathan Smith - The Platypus Affiated Society Pam Nogales - New York University Richard Rubin - Platypus Tana Forrester - The Platypus Affiliated Society Description Marx and Engels were not the preeminent socialists but rather socialism’s greatest critics, distinguishing their “communism” from “reactionary,” “bourgeois” and “democratic” socialism. [Read More]
Left Forum  Left Forum 2011  Friedrich Engels  Forum 2011  Karl Marx  Marxism  New York  NYC Other  Socialism  Bourgeois Revolutions 

New Left Regress

The Militant Turn in the Late 1960s

 May 29, 2010  |  The Platypus Affiliated Society

A panel discussion held on May 29, 2010 at the second Platypus International Convention at SAIC. Audio Recording Your browser does not support the audio element Panelists Greg Gabrellas Pam C. Nogales C. Spencer A. Leonard Description The late 1960s and early 1970s witnessed the rise of a new militancy and sectarianism on the Left. Whether in the case of the Black Panthers, the Weather Underground, the Gay Liberation Front, or many other currents on the Left, developments from that time did much to shape the New Left’s legacy as it comes down to the present. [Read More]
Platypus International Convention 2010  1960s  1970s  Black Panthers  Gay liberation front  New Left  Weather Underground