Messages in a bottle instead of pseudo-revolution

Messages in a bottle instead of pseudo-revolution
Detlev Claussen is Professor Emeritus at Leibniz University in Germany and author of Theodor W. Adorno: One Last Genius. He defends Critical Theory’s political relevance against both academic co-optation and the charge of retreat into the academic ivory tower. His writings investigate, among other things, Lenin’s influence on Adorno’s thought. Jan Schroeder is a member of Platypus. The following interview was conducted in German on March 21, 2017. What follows is Clara Picker’s translation of the transcript of that interview. [Read More]

Politics of the Contemporary Student Left

Hopes and Failures

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]

What is a Movement?

A discussion on the Meaning and Direction of Left Political "Movements" Historically and Today

On October 16, 2008, a panel discussion titled What is a Movement? A Discussion on the Meaning and Direction of Left Political “Movements” Historically and Today was held in Chicago. Audio Recording Your browser does not support the audio element Transcript in Platypus Review #14 Panelists Luis Brennan (new Students for a Democratic Society) Elena Davis (Pomegranate Health Collective) Chuck Hendricks (UNITE/HERE) Jorge Mujica (Movimiento 10 de Marzo) [Read More]

Immigrants Rights and the Labor Movement

Information session for organizers of the May 1, 2008 International Workers’ Day demonstration in Chicago, held on April 23, 2008 at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Co-sponsored by the Students for a Democratic Society and the Platypus Affiliated Society.

Audio Recording

Panelists

Tania Unzueta, May 1st Youth

Jorge Mujica, Movimiento 10 de Marzo

Shaun Harkin, International Socialist Organization