Ideology and the student left

Ideology and the student left

 September 12, 2010  |  The Platypus Affiliated Society

THE PLATYPUS AFFILIATED SOCIETY hosted a panel discussion on the Politics of the Contemporary Student Left at the U.S. Social Forum (USSF) in Detroit on June 26, 2010. Moderated by Laurie Rojas, assistant editor for The Platypus Review, the panel consisted of Will Klatt, member of the new Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and organizer for Service Employees International Union (SEIU); Luis Brennan, a student organizer at University of Chicago and former member of the new SDS; Aaron Petcov, formerly of the new SDS and currently a member of the Organization for a Free Society (OFS); and Ashley Weger, an organizer for Platypus and a former organizer for UNITE HERE. [Read More]
New SDS  Organization for a Free Society  SEIU  Unite Here  US Social Forum  Student Left 

Ideology and the Student Left

 June 10, 2010  |  The Platypus Affiliated Society

The Platypus Affiliated Society hosted a panel discussion on the Politics of the Contemporary Student Left at the U.S. Social Forum (USSF) in Detroit on June 26, 2010. Audio Recording Your browser does not support the audio element Transcript in Platypus Review #27 Panelists Will Klatt, member of the new Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and organizer for Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Luis Brennan, student organizer at University of Chicago and former member of the new SDS [Read More]
New SDS  Organization for a Free Society  Platypus  SEIU  Service employees international union  Unite Here  US Social Forum 

Politics of the Contemporary American Student Left

 March 20, 2010  |  The Platypus Affiliated Society

Platypus panel held at Left Forum 2010 in New York City, Pace University, March 20, 2010 Audio Recording Your browser does not support the audio element Panelists Pat Korte, New School Students for a Democratic Society and Radical Student Union, Organization for a Free Society Hannah Rappleye, CUNY School of Journalism, freelance journalist for Mott Haven Herald in the South Bronx, New School alumnus, former Senior Editor, New School Free Press [Read More]
Left Forum 2010  New School Radical Student Union  Student Left  Student organizations  Students for a Democratic Society  Unite Here 

Labor struggles today

A report on a recent civil disobedience action in Chicago

 October 10, 2009  |  The Platypus Affiliated Society

ON SEPTEMBER 24, 2009, approximately 900 Chicagoans rallied on the sidewalks in front of the Park Hyatt Hotel near the Magnificent Mile. At the height of rush hour, about 200 members and community allies of UNITE HERE Local 1, Chicago’s hospitality workers’ union, arrived at the scene and blocked all four lanes of Chicago Avenue by sitting down in rows and linking their arms. As the demonstrators chanted “Whose streets? Our streets! [Read More]
AFL-CIO  Chuck Hendricks  Labor  Barack Obama  SEIU  Unite Here  Workers United 

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 

Left Behind: The Working Class in Crisis

 April 23, 2009  |  The Platypus Affiliated Society

The Platypus Affiliated Society presents a moderated panel discussion and audience Q & A addressing issues of global capital, trade unions, workers rights, international solidarity, and immigration, in light of recent economic and political change. Held on Thursday April 23, 2009, at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Audio Recording Your browser does not support the audio element Transcript in Platypus Review #13: Panelists Abraham Mwaura, United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, organizer at the Republic Windows & Doors Factory. [Read More]
Machine Workers of America  Capital  Capitalism  Chicago Jobs with Justice  Global capital  Immigration  International Labor Conference  International solidarity  Radio  Trade unions  Unite Here  United Electrical  Workers  Workers rights  Working class 

What is a Movement?

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

 October 16, 2008  |  The Platypus Affiliated Society

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]
Leftism  Movement  Movimiento 10 de Marzo  SDS  Student movement  Students for a Democratic Society  Unite Here