Marx's liberalism?

An interview with Jonathan Sperber


Marx's liberalism?

 July 1, 2013  |  The Platypus Affiliated Society

ON JUNE 25, 2013, Spencer A. Leonard and Sunit Singh interviewed Jonathan Sperber, historian of the 1848 revolutions and author of the acclaimed new biography Karl Marx: A Nineteenth Century Life (2013), on the radio show Radical Minds broadcast on WHPK – FM (88.5 FM) Chicago. What follows is an edited version of the interview that was conducted on air. Spencer A. Leonard: Let me start off by asking a very general question. [Read More]
Marxism  Liberalism 

On the Occasion of the First Complete Translation of Victor Serge's 'Memoirs of a Revolutionary'

A Book Chat with Richard Greeman

 May 8, 2013  |  The Platypus Affiliated Society

A book chat with Richard Greeman, translator of Victor Serge’s “Memoirs of a Revolutionary” and “Russia in Danger,” held on May 8 2013 at the New School. Video Recording Audio Recording Your browser does not support the audio element Description Victor Serge (1890–1947) was an international revolutionary and writer. Originally an anarchist, he joined the Bolsheviks five months after arriving in Petrograd in January 1919 and later worked for the Comintern as a journalist, editor and translator. [Read More]
Anarchism  Marxism  Victor Serge 

Radical Interpretations of the Present Crisis, Chicago, 1

 December 3, 2012  |  The Platypus Affiliated Society

A panel event held at the University of Chicago on December 3, 2012. Video Recording Panelists Raymond Lotta Joe Persky David Ruccio David Scheickart Description The present moment is arguably one of unprecedented confusion on the Left. The emergence of many new theoretical perspectives on Marxism, anarchism, and the left generally seem rather than signs of a newfound vitality, the intellectual reflux of its final disintegration in history. [Read More]
Radical Interpretations of the Present Crisis  Crisis  Economic crisis  Marxism  Socialism 

Radical Interpretations of the Present Crisis, NYC

 November 14, 2012  |  The Platypus Affiliated Society

A panel event held at the New School in New York City on November 14, 2012. Video Recoding Audio Recording Your browser does not support the audio element Transcribed in Platypus Review #56 Panelists Loren Goldner Co-Editor at Insurgent Notes; authors: Ubu Saved From Drowning: Class Struggle and Statist Containment in Portugal and Spain, 1974-1977 (2000), “The Sky Is Always Darkest Just Before the Dawn: Class Struggle in the U. [Read More]
Radical Interpretations of the Present Crisis  Capital  Capitalism  Economic crisis  Karl Marx  Marxism 

Does Marxism Even Matter?

 September 25, 2012  |  The Platypus Affiliated Society

How does Marxism still matter? A teach-in led by Jacob Cayia on September 25, 2012, at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Audio Recording Your browser does not support the audio element Description In the mid-19th century, Marx and Engels observed, in the Communist Manifesto, that a specter was haunting Europe, the specter of Communism. A century and a half later, it is Marxism itself that continues to haunt the Left, while capitalism remains. [Read More]
Communist Manifesto  Friedrich Engels  Karl Marx  Marxism 

Teach-in: Does Marxism Really Matter?

 September 20, 2012  |  The Platypus Affiliated Society

A teach-in with [Pac Pobric], assistant editor of the Platypus Review, contributing editor, 491, contributor, On-Verge, held on September 20, 2011, at New York University. Audio Recording Your browser does not support the audio element Description In the mid-19th century, Marx and Engels famously observed in the Communist Manifesto that a specter was haunting Europe: the specter of Communism. 160 years later, it is Marxism itself that haunts us. [Read More]
Capital  History  Marxism  NYU  Relevance 

Trotsky and Trotskyism, Lecture 7

1953--1963

 July 28, 2012  |  The Platypus Affiliated Society

Part 7 of the Summer 2012 Platypus Affiliated Society Primary Reading Group Lecture Series: Trotsky and Trotskyism. Recorded on 21st July, 2012 at The New School, New York. Audio Recording Your browser does not support the audio element Week 7 Readings * recommended / * supplemental reading Cornelius Castoriadis, “The workers and organization” (1959) * Cliff Slaughter, “What is revolutionary leadership?” (1960) * Revolutionary Tendency of the Socialist Workers Party/U. [Read More]
Castoriadis  Cliff Slaughter  Cornelius Castoriadis  Deutscher  Genesis of Pabloism  Hal Draper  Isaac Deutscher  Marxism  Murray Bookchin  Spartacist League  Tony Cliff  Leon Trotsky  Trotskyism 

Lenin and the Marxist Left after #Occupy

 June 7, 2012  |  The Platypus Affiliated Society

ON MARCH 31ST, 2012, the Platypus Affiliated Society invited Ben Lewis of the Communist Party of Great Britain and Tom Riley of the International Bolshevik Tendency to speak on the theme of “Lenin and the Marxist Left after #Occupy” at the 2012 Platypus International Convention held at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. The original description of the event reads as follows: “The occasion for this panel is, in part, Pham Binh’s recent critique of Tony Cliff’s biography of Lenin, which was circulated on the web and published in the Communist Party of Great Britain’s Weekly Worker, and the responses in on-going debate by Paul LeBlanc and Paul D’Amato. [Read More]
/20th Century  CPGB  Vladimir Lenin  Marxism  Politics  Leon Trotsky  PR Occupy  PR Lenin 

1873--1973: The century of Marxism

The death of Marxism and the emergence of neo-liberalism and neo-anarchism

 June 7, 2012  |  The Platypus Affiliated Society

AT THE 2012 PLATYPUS AFFILIATED SOCIETY’S (PAS) annual International Convention, held at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago March 30–April 1, Chris Cutrone, President of the PAS, delivered the following presentation, which has been edited for clarity. A full audio recording is available online by clicking the above link. IN THE TRADITION we established just two years ago, there is a Platypus President’s report, speaking to the historical moment. [Read More]
Anarchism  History  History of the Left  Vladimir Lenin  Karl Marx  Marxism  Stalinism  The Left  Theodor W. Adorno  Trotskyism