Marxism and Feminism

Marxism and Feminism

 May 5, 2018  |  The Platypus Affiliated Society

On February 17, 2018 the Platypus Affiliated Society hosted a discussion at its Fourth Annual European Conference at Goldsmith’s University on the subject of “Marxism and Feminism.” The event’s speakers were Roxanne Baker of the International Bolshevik Tendency; Judith Shapiro, Undergraduate Tutor at the London School of Economics; and Sarah McDonald of the Communist Party of Great Britain. The event was moderated by Erin Hagood of Platypus. What follows is an edited transcript of the discussion, an audio recording of which is available online at the above link. [Read More]
The Platypus Review  Feminism  Marxism  IBT  CPGB 

Platypus Euroconference: IBT Workshop

 July 19, 2014  |  The Platypus Affiliated Society

A workshop with the International Bolshevik Tendency (IBT) held at the Inaugural European Conference of the Platypus Affiliated Society on Saturday, July 19, 2014 at Goldsmiths College, London. Audio Recording Your browser does not support the audio element Every year at Platypus conferences, speakers from various perspectives are 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]
IBT  International Bolshevik Tendency 

Is there a need for Left Unity?

 July 19, 2014  |  The Platypus Affiliated Society

A panel event held at the Inaugural European Conference of the Platypus Affiliated Society contemplating the question of left unity. The panel was held at Goldsmiths College on July 19, 2014.

Audio Recording

Panelists

Communist Party of Great Britain

International Bolshevik Tendency

Costas Douzinas

Inaugural European Conference  Communist Party of Great Britain  CPGB  IBT  International Bolshevik Tendency  Left Unity 

Conversations on the Left

Paul Demarty (CPGB), Bhaskar Sunkara (Jacobin), and Benjamin Blumberg (Platypus)

 April 18, 2013  |  The Platypus Affiliated Society

A panel event held at New York University on April 18, 2013. Video Recording Audio Recording Your browser does not support the audio element Transcripted in Platypus Review #57 Panelists Paul Demarty (CPGB) Bhaskar Sunkara (Jacobin) Benjamin Blumberg (Platypus) Description Recently, a series of exchanges between the Communist Party of Great Britain (PCC), the International Bolshevik Tendency, and the Platypus Affiliated Society has unfolded, mapping a field of positions and historical perspectives whose contours trace some of the most provocative contemporary perspectives on Marxism, socialism, and democracy. [Read More]
CBPG  Communist Party of Great Britain  IBT  International Bolshevik Tendency  Jacobin  Platypus  Platypus Affiliated Society  Weekly Worker 

Third Parties and the Left: Problems and Prospects

 April 10, 2012  |  The Platypus Affiliated Society

A panel recorded at the Left Forum at Pace Univeristy in New York City on 18 March 2012. Aired on April 10, 2012 on the Radical Minds radio show. Audio Recording Your browser does not support the audio element Panelists Katie Robbins (Healthcare NOW) Nikil Saval (n+1) Jason Wright (International Bolshevik Tendency (IBT)) Lenny Brody (Justice Party National Steering Committee) Moderated by Ed Remus Description Electoral politics are a longstanding problem for the U. [Read More]
Platypus International Convention 2012  Democratic Party  Green party  IBT  International Bolshevik Tendency  Justice party  Labor party  Leftism  Platypus Affiliated Society  Third parties  Third party 

Lenin and the Marxist Left after #Occupy

 March 31, 2012  |  The Platypus Affiliated Society

A panel discussion held at the 2012 Platypus International Convention on March 31st, 2012.

Audio Recording

Transcript in Platypus Review #47

Panelists

Ben Lewis—Communist Party of Great Britain

Tom Riley—International Bolshevik Tendency

Chris Cutrone (Moderator)—Platypus Affiliated Society

Platypus International Convention 2012  Communist Party of Great Britain  GPGB  IBT  International Bolshevik Tendency  Vladimir Lenin  Occupy  Occupy wall street  OWS 

International Bolshevik Tendency

Differing Perspectives on the Left

 March 30, 2012  |  The Platypus Affiliated Society

A workshop on the International Bolshevik Tendency with Josh Decker held on March 30, 2012. Audio Recording Your browser does not support the audio element At the fourth 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]
Platypus International Convention 2012  IBT  International Bolshevik Tendency 

What is the #Occupy Movement? London I

 March 16, 2012  |  The Platypus Affiliated Society

Held on March 16, 2012, at Housmans in London. Audio Recording Your browser does not support the audio element Panelists Barbara Dorn (IBT) Tammy Samede, Occupier Ed Nagle, Activist Steve Maclean, and Michael Richardson, editors of The Occupied Times Description A roundtable discussion with students and activists either directly involved with Occupy Wall St. or who are closely following the #Occupy movement. The recent #Occupy protests are driven by discontent with the present state of affairs: glaring economic inequality, dead-end Democratic Party politics, and, for some, the suspicion that capitalism could never produce an equitable society. [Read More]
Occupy  IBT  International Bolshevik Tendency  Michael Richardson  Occupy  Occupy London  Occupy wall street  OWS  Steve Maclean  Tammy Samede  The Occupied Times 

The Marxist turn

The New Left in the 1970s

 May 19, 2011  |  The Platypus Affiliated Society

On May 19, 2011, Platypus invited Carl Davidson, formerly of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and the Guardian Weekly, Tom Riley of the International Bolshevik Tendency, and Mel Rothenberg, formerly of the Sojourner Truth Organization, to reflect on “The Marxist turn: The New Left in the 1970s.” Audio Recording Your browser does not support the audio element Transcript in Platypus Review #40 Panelists Carl Davidson (former Students for a Democratic Society) [Read More]
Guardian weekly  IBT  International Bolshevik Tendency  Leftism  SDS  Sojourner Truth Organization  Students for Democratic Society 

The Legacy of Trotskyism

 April 30, 2011  |  The Platypus Affiliated Society

One of the plenary sessions held at the third annual Platypus Affiliated Society international convention, hosted by the School of the Art Institute of Chicago from April 29–May 1st, 2011, set about exploring the legacy of Trotsky’s Marxism. Audio Recording Your browser does not support the audio element Transcript in Platypus Review #38 Panelists Mike Macnair, Communist Party of Great Britain (Oxford Univ. St. Hugh College) Bryan Palmer, Trent University [Read More]
Platypus International Convention 2011  Anti-Stalinism  Communism  Communist Party of Great Britain  CPGB  IBT  International Bolshevik Tendency  Leon Trotsky  Karl Marx  Marxism  Socialism  Stalinism  Trotskyism