William Pelz

This panel discussion was hosted by the Platypus Affiliated Society at the School of the Art Institute at Chicago on October 3, 2016. Audio Recording Your browser does not support the audio element Panelists Lenny Brody, Justice Party William Pelz, director of the Institute of Working Class History Mimi Soltysik, Socialist Party USA Description Electoral politics are a longstanding problem for the U.S. left. In recent decades, a number of parties have formed as an alternative to the Democratic Party: the Labor Party, the Green Party, and now, the Justice Party. [Read More]

Held on Saturday April 2, 2016. Audio Recording Your browser does not support the audio element Panelists Brian Tokar (Institute for Social Ecology) Jason Schulman (DSA) Christoph Lichtenberg (IBT) William Pelz (Author and Historian) Description Given the disintegration of traditional social democratic parties, 2015 saw the rise of novel political formations such as Syriza and Podemos. 2016 has seen the rise of the Corbyn leadership of the Labour Party and the mass support for Bernie Sanders in the Democratic Party. [Read More]

A panel held at the Sixth Annual Platypus International Convention on Saturday, April 5, 2014 at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Audio Recording Your browser does not support the audio element Panelists Jon Bekken (Anarcho-Syndicalist Review) James Heartfield (audacity.org) William Pelz (Elgin Community College) Description The First International (1864 - 1876), or International Workingmen’s Association, was founded in the long shadow of 1848, amidst Polish and Italian national liberation movements and the upheaval of the American Civil War. [Read More]