03/10/2024
On March 7th, 2024, the Platypus Affiliated Society hosted a panel discussion entitled "Left Perspectives on the Israel-Palestine Conflict."
Featuring speakers:
• Bill Ayers
• Tony Michels
• Gabriel Schat
"Left Perspectives on the Israel-Palestine Conflict" (3/7/24 panel)
On March 7th, 2024, the Northwestern chapter of the Platypus Affiliated Society hosted a public forum titled "Left Perspectives on the Israel-Palestine Confl...
03/10/2024
Omelets with Eggshells: On the Failure of the Millennial Left - American Affairs Journal
In the final analysis, the Left became the last defender of neoliberalism, not its undertaker. For all its denunciations, was it incapable of imagining anything else? Too many of its practices reflected back some of the worst features of the current order: short-termism; a bias against political pro...
03/12/2022
* NEW EPISODE SPS PODCAST *
On this two-part episode of SPS, Pamela sits with Leila Mechoi, the co-host of Red Star Radio podcast. They reflect on the Left's reaction to the late trucker protest in Canada, and discuss the role of civil liberties in the organization of the working class, as well as what sort of missed political opportunity -- if any -- did the protest present. In the second part of the episode, Andreas and Berlin-based Platypus member, Tamas talked to Peter and Noemi, both members of Szikra, a leftist group in Hungary founded in 2019. They discuss the situation of the Hungarian Left with regards to developments within the international left over the past decade, as well as the next Hungarian parliamentary election in April of this year. They also take up the deeper history of the Left in Hungary and specific political challenges in the "post-socialist "countries of Eastern Europe today.
Ep. 44: After the Freedom Convoy & the Hungarian Left Today
On this two-part episode of SPS, Pamela sits with Leila Mechoi, the co-host of Red Star Radio podcast. They reflect on the Left's reaction to the late trucker protest in Canada, and discuss the role o
03/11/2022
The livestream of our panel "The Crisis in Ukraine and the Left" will be available through the link below. The event begins tomorrow, March 11, at 6:30 CST.
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: The Crisis in Ukraine and the Left. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Join the Northwestern University chapter of the Platypus Affiliated Society for an in-person panel discussion in Evanston on "The Crisis in Ukraine and the Left" this Friday, March 11th at 6:30 PM at Kresge Hall, Room 2435. CJ Meike (Chicago Workers' School/Center for Political Innovation-Chicago) J...
