What is the legacy of the 1917 Russian Revolution today? A teach-in on problems of Leftist historiography. Presented at the 3 European Conference, Vienna, 2017.
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Chris Cutrone
Richard Rubin
The Great French Revolution and the Left
Presented by the Platypus Affiliated Society at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 3 October 2015. Richard Rubin of the Platypus Affiliated Society discusses issues of historiography of the Great French Revolution and the Left at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
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2013 Platypus International Convention: Platypus Plenary
A plenary presentation by Chris Cutrone, Spencer A. Leonard, and Richard Rubin, delivered on April 7, 2012 as part of the 2013 Platypus Affiliated International Convention held at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, upon the trajectories of their personal political development that led to Platypus.
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"Program" and "Utopia"
2013 Platypus International Convention Closing Plenary
The closing plenary of the 2013 Platypus International Convention, held from April 5–7, at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
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Panelists Aaron Benanav (Endnotes)
Stephen Eric Bronner (Rutgers University)
Sam Gindin (Socialist Project)
Roger Rashi (Québec solidaire)
Richard Rubin (Platypus)
Description “Program” and “Utopia” have for well over a century now sat in uneasy tension within the politics of the Left, in tension both with each other and with themselves.
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Trotsky and Trotskyism, Lecture 7
1953--1963
Part 7 of the Summer 2012 Platypus Affiliated Society Primary Reading Group Lecture Series: Trotsky and Trotskyism. Recorded on 21st July, 2012 at The New School, New York.
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Cornelius Castoriadis, “The workers and organization” (1959)
* Cliff Slaughter, “What is revolutionary leadership?” (1960)
* Revolutionary Tendency of the Socialist Workers Party/U.
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Trotsky and Trotskyism, Lecture 6
1940--1953
Part 6 of the Summer 2012 Platypus Affiliated Society Primary Reading Group Lecture Series: Trotsky and Trotskyism. Recorded on 21st July, 2012 at The New School, New York.
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James Cannon, “The coming American revolution” (1946)
C.L.R. James, Raya Dunayevskaya, et al., “Program of the minority tendency of the Workers Party/U.
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Trotsky and Trotskyism, Lecture 5
1933--1940
Part 5 of the Summer 2012 Platypus Affiliated Society Primary Reading Group Lecture Series: Trotsky and Trotskyism. Recorded on 14 July, 2012 at The New School, New York.
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* Trotsky, “Stalinism and Bolshevism” (1937)
* Trotsky, The Death Agony of Capitalism and the Tasks of the Fourth International (1938)
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Trotsky and Trotskyism, Lecture 3
1917--1923
Part 3 of the Summer 2012 Platypus Affiliated Society Primary Reading Group Lecture Series: Trotsky and Trotskyism. Recorded on 30 June, 2012 at The New School, New York.
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* Trotsky, Terrorism and Communism (1920)
* Trotsky, The Lessons of October (1924) [PDF]
Trotsky, Literature and Revolution (1924)
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Trotsky and Trotskyism, Lecture 2
1905--1917
Part 2 of the Summer 2012 Platypus Affiliated Society Primary Reading Group Lecture Series: Trotsky and Trotskyism. Recorded on 23 June, 2012 at The New School, New York.
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Trotsky, (1905)(http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/1907/1905/index.htm) (1907)
* Trotsky, The Lessons of October (1924) [PDF]
Full Syllabus and Readings
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Trotsky and Trotskyism, Lecture 1
1879--1905
Part 1 of the Summer 2012 Platypus Affiliated Society Primary Reading Group Lecture Series: Trotsky and Trotskyism. Recorded on 16 June, 2012 at The New School, New York.
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* Tariq Ali and Phil Evans, Introducing Trotsky and Marxism / Trotsky for Beginners (1980)
* Leon Trotsky, Results and Prospects (1906)
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