German Revolution

_LAST WINTER, on their radio show Radical Minds on WHPK-FM Chicago, Spencer A. Leonard and Watson Ladd interviewed Ben Lewis, a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain and co-author and translator, together with Lars T. Lih, of Zinoviev and Martov: Head to Head in Halle (2011). The interview originally was broadcast on December 6, 2011. What follows is an edited transcript of their conversation._ Spencer A. Leonard: Please give a brief overview of Zinoviev and Martov: Head to Head in Halle. [Read More]

A panel organized by the Platypus Affiliated Society, held on March 19, 2011, at Left Forum, Pace University. Audio Recording Your browser does not support the audio element A version of Greg Gabrellas’ remarks are transcripted in Platypus Review #38 Panelists Ben Shepard - Platypus Affiliated Society Greg Gabrellas - University of Chicago Stephen Eric Bronner - Rutgers University Description Over 90 years ago, Rosa Luxemburg was killed in the failed German Revolution of 1918-19. [Read More]

IN THE SPRING OF 2006, after years of activity on the Left, I joined the IWW. I joined because it cared little for Leftism. And because it began every meeting with a song. After years of dodging the crossfire of competing claims to revolutionary truth, I breathed happily at last in meetings where no one tested my position on Cuba or the Green Party or state capitalism vs. deformed workers states. [Read More]