Marx and Engel's Marxism

 March 20, 2011  |  The Platypus Affiliated Society

A panel discussion organized by the Platypus Affiliated Society held on March 20, 2011, at Left Forum, Pace University. Audio Recording Your browser does not support the audio element Panelists Benjamin Blumberg - University of Chicago Nathan Smith - The Platypus Affiated Society Pam Nogales - New York University Richard Rubin - Platypus Tana Forrester - The Platypus Affiliated Society Description Marx and Engels were not the preeminent socialists but rather socialism’s greatest critics, distinguishing their “communism” from “reactionary,” “bourgeois” and “democratic” socialism. [Read More]
Left Forum  Left Forum 2011  Friedrich Engels  Forum 2011  Karl Marx  Marxism  New York  NYC Other  Socialism  Bourgeois Revolutions 

The Marxism of Rosa Luxemburg

 March 19, 2011  |  The Platypus Affiliated Society

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]
Left Forum  Left Forum 2011  German Revolution  Rosa Luxemburg 

The Bourgeois Revolution From Marx's Point of View

 March 19, 2011  |  The Platypus Affiliated Society

A panel discussion 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 Panelists James Vaughn - University of Texas at Austin, Platypus Affiliated Society Jeremy Cohan - New York University Richard Rubin - Platypus Affiliated Society Spencer A. Leonard - University of Chicago, Platypus Affiliated Society Description The “bourgeois revolutions” from the 16 through the 19 centuries – extending into the 20–conformed humanity to modern city life, ending traditional, pastoral, religious custom in favor of social relations of the exchange of labor. [Read More]
Left Forum  Left Forum 2011  Bourgeois  Bourgeois revolution  Bourgeoisie  Karl Marx 

Lukács' Marxism

 March 19, 2011  |  The Platypus Affiliated Society

A panel discussion 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 Jeremy Cohan’s remarks are transcripted in the Platypus Review #38 A transcript of Timothy Hall’s remarks appears in Platypus Review #37 Panelists Chris Cutrone - School of the Art Institute of Chicago Jeremy Cohan - New York University [Read More]
Left Forum  Left Forum 2011  György Lukács 

Lenin's Marxism

 March 19, 2011  |  The Platypus Affiliated Society

A panel discussion 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 transcript of Paul Le Blanc’s remarks appears in Platypus Review #35 A transcript of Chris Cutrone’s remarks appears in Platypus Review #36 A transcript of Lars Lih’s remarks appears in Platypus Review #37 Panelists Chris Cutrone - The School of the Art Institute of Chicago [Read More]
Left Forum  Left Forum 2011  Leninism  Marxism  Vladimir Lenin 

Debating Alain Badiou's 'Politics of Emancipation'

An Exchange on Communism and the Historical Moment

 March 19, 2011  |  The Platypus Affiliated Society

A panel discussion 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 Panelists Bruno Bosteels - Cornell University Chris Cutrone - School of the Art Institute of Chicago Nayi Duniya - Demarcations Journal Saul Thomas - University of Chicago, student Description Alain Badiou’s writings promoting what he calls the “communist hypothesis” have sparked growing interest and debate. [Read More]
Left Forum  Left Forum 2011  Alain Badiou  Communist hypothesis 

Aesthetics in Protest

 March 19, 2011  |  The Platypus Affiliated Society

A panel discussion 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 transcript of Chris Mansour’s remarks appears in Platypus Review #39 Panelists Chris Mansour - Parsons School of Design, Platypus Affiliated Society Jamie Keesling - 491 Laurel Whitney - Yes Men Marc Herbst - Journal of Aesthetics and Protest, Reclaim the Streets [Read More]
Left Forum  Left Forum 2011  Aesthetics  Journal of Aesthetics and Protest  Protest  Reclaim the Streets  Yes Men 

Politics of the contemporary student Left

 September 30, 2009  |  The Platypus Affiliated Society

AT THE LEFT FORUM hosted by New York’s Pace University in April of this year, a panel discussion was held on the subject of Politics of the Contemporary Student Left: Hopes and Failures. Organized by Alex Hanna of United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS), the panel consisted of Pam Nogales of Platypus, Carlos J. Pereira Di Salvo of USAS, and Laurie Rojas of Platypus. What follows is a transcript of each panelist’s formal presentation and the subsequent Q & A session. [Read More]
Activism  Exchanges  Identity Politics  Left Forum  New York  NYU  SDS  SEIU  Student politics  Students  Unite Here  USAS 

Politics of the Contemporary Student Left

Hopes and Failures

 April 18, 2009  |  The Platypus Affiliated Society

Video Recording Transcript in Platypus Review #15 Panelists Alexander L. Hanna (chair): former organizer for United Students Against Sweatshops Atlee McFellin: Students for a Democratic Society, New School Radical Student Union Pam Nogales: Platypus (New York) C. J. Pereira Di Salvo: former organizer for United Students Against Sweatshops Laurie Rojas: Platypus (Chicago), former member of Students for a Democratic Society Description Young people’s heightened participation in politics in the run-up to the election of Barack Obama was crucial to his election and cannot be ignored. [Read More]
Left Forum  Left Forum 2009  New School Radical Student Union  SDS  Student Left  Student movement  Student organizations  Students for Democratic Society  United Students Against Sweatshops  USAS 

Dialectics of Defeat

Towards a Theory of Historical Regression

 April 18, 2009  |  The Platypus Affiliated Society

Panel presentation by the Platypus Affiliated Society at Left Forum 2009: “Turning Points,” Pace University, NYC, April 17-19, 2009. Audio Recording Your browser does not support the audio element Transcript Panelists Benjamin Blumberg (Chair) Chris Cutrone Atiya Khan Spencer A. Leonard Richard Rubin Description The panelists elucidate significant moments in the progressive separation of theory and practice in the 20 and 21st Century history of Leftist politics: 2001 (Spencer A. [Read More]
About Platypus  Left Forum  Left Forum 2009  1917  1933  1968  2001  Dialectics  Historical regression  Pace University