Capital, History and Environmental Politics

A panel held on April 6, 2013, at the 2013 Platypus International Convention at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Audio Recording Your browser does not support the audio element Panelists Eirik Eiglad (New Compass) Joseph Green (Communist Voice) Roger Rashi (Québec solidaire) Moderated by Alex Stoner. Description Today, to perceive the link between human society and the natural environment does not require that we engage in an effort of great abstraction. [Read More]

"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. Audio Recording Your browser does not support the audio element Transcripted in Platypus Review #58 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. [Read More]

Québec solidaire (Canada)

Differing Perspectives on the Left

A workshop on Québec solidaire, with Roger Rashi, held on April 5, 2013, at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Audio Recording Your browser does not support the audio element At the fifth annual international convention of the Platypus Affiliated Society, speakers from various perspectives were 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]