Overview of all pages with the tags #International Bolshevik Tendency

The death of Social Democracy

July 11, 2016 | The Platypus Affiliated Society

IN APRIL, the Platypus Affiliated Society held its Eighth Annual International Convention, based on the question, “What is socialism?” On April 2, 2016, Platypus held the convention’s closing plenary, “The Death of Social Democracy,” a discussion and Q & A moderated by Pam Nogales of Platypus, with the following panelists: Jason Schulman of the Democratic Socialists of America; Christoph Lichtenberg of the International Bolshevik Tendency; Brian Tokar, former director and current board member of the Institute for Social Ecology; and William Pelz, director of the Institute of Working Class History. [Read More]

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]

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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.

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Communist Party of Great Britain

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Costas Douzinas

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Freedom in the Anthropocene, Toronto

January 15, 2014 | The Platypus Affiliated Society

A moderated panel discussion hosted by the Platypus Affiliated Society on the interrelation of capital, history and ecology, held at York University on January 15, 2014. Audio Recording Your browser does not support the audio element Panelists Jordan Briggs, International Bolshevik Tendency Michelle Mawhinney, Political Science, York University Raymond Rogers, Environmental Studies, York University Description The Dutch atmospheric chemist Paul Crutzen recently characterized the period marked by the start of the industrial revolution in the 18th century to the present as a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene. [Read More]

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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]

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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]

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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.

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Transcript in Platypus Review #47

Panelists

Ben Lewis—Communist Party of Great Britain

Tom Riley—International Bolshevik Tendency

Chris Cutrone (Moderator)—Platypus Affiliated Society

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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]

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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]

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The legacy of Trotskyism

August 5, 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 between April 29–May 1, 2011, set about exploring the legacy of Trotsky’s Marxism. Speakers Mike Macnair of the Communist Party of Great Britain, Bryan Palmer of Trent University, Richard Rubin of Platypus, and Jason Wright of the International Bolshevik Tendency were asked to consider: “What is the relevance of Trotskyism for the Left today? [Read More]

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