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Radical interpretations of the present crisis

Loren Goldner, David Harvey, Andrew Kliman, and Paul Mattick   Platypus Review 56 | May 2013 Last autumn, chapters of the Platypus Affiliated Society in New York, London, and Chicago hosted similar events on the theme of “Radical Interpretations of the Present Crisis.” The speakers participating in New York included Loren Goldner, David Harvey, Andrew Kliman, and [...]

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Marx and “Wertkritik”

Elmar Flatschart, Alan Milchman, and Jamie Merchant   Platypus Review 56 | May 2013 On Saturday, April 6, 2013, the Platypus Affiliated Society hosted a panel, “Marx and Wertkritik,” at its Fifth Annual International Convention, held at the School of the Art Institute Chicago. The panel featured Elmar Flatschart of the German theoretical journal EXIT!, Alan Milchman [...]

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Platypus Review editorial statement of purpose and submission guidelines

Statement of purpose Taking stock of the universe of positions and goals that constitutes leftist politics today, we are left with the disquieting suspicion that a deep commonality underlies the apparent variety: What exists today is built upon the desiccated remains of what was once possible. In order to make sense of the present, we [...]

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About Platypus

The Platypus Affiliated Society The Platypus Affiliated Society, established in December 2006, organizes reading groups, public fora, research and journalism focused on problems and tasks inherited from the “Old” (1920s-30s), “New” (1960s-70s) and post-political (1980s-90s) Left for the possibilities of emancipatory politics today. [PDF] Get connected with the Platypus Yahoo! discussion group and the Platypus [...]

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Platypus primary Marxist reading group Winter–Spring 2013

II. Introduction to revolutionary Marxism Boston, Chicago, Frankfurt, Graz, London, New York, Thessaloniki, Toronto Saturdays 1–4PM CST School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) 112 S. Michigan Ave. room 920 University of Chicago (UChicago) Reynolds Club 5706 S. University Ave. 2nd floor South Lounge Chicago Platypus Facebook invitation: http://www.facebook.com/events/179540438855464/ Saturdays 2–5PM EST Harvard University [...]

December 11th, 2012 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Platypus primary Marxist reading group Summer and Fall/Autumn 2012 – Winter 2013

Boston, Chicago, London, New York, Toronto Saturdays 1–4PM CST School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) 112 S. Michigan Ave. room 920 University of Chicago (UChicago) Reynolds Club 5706 S. University Ave. 2nd floor South Lounge* (* 10/6, 10/13 and 11/3 UChicago meetings in basement conference room 019) Chicago Platypus Facebook invitation: http://www.facebook.com/events/140497572752262/ Saturdays [...]

July 30th, 2012 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Short course in Platypus

Week 1 • epigraphs on modern history and freedom by Louis Menand (on Marx and Engels) and Karl Marx, on “becoming” (from the Grundrisse, 1857–58) • Max Horkheimer, “The little man and the philosophy of freedom” (pp. 50–52 from selections from Dämmerung, 1926–31) Week 2 • Chris Cutrone, “Capital in history” (2008) + Capital in [...]

January 24th, 2012 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Platypus introduction to the history of Marxism readings

A series of 10 sessions introducing Platypus’s approach to the history of Marxism.

January 16th, 2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Introduction to Platypus readings

10 sessions of readings introducing the raison d’être of the Platypus project.

August 3rd, 2010 | | Comments Off | Continued
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Platypus primary Marxist reading group Summer 2013: art and politics

Chicago, New York Saturdays 1–4PM CST School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) 112 S. Michigan Ave. room 920 Sundays 2–5PM EST New School University Eugene Lang College 65 W. 11th St. room 258 Summer 2013 Art and politics • required / + recommended reading Required preliminary reading • Chris Cutrone, “The relevance of [...]

May 11th, 2013 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Platypus primary Marxist reading group Summer 2013: Late capitalism

Chicago, New York Saturdays 1–4PM CST School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) 112 S. Michigan Ave. room 920 Sundays 2–5PM EST New School University Eugene Lang College 65 W. 11th St. room 258 Summer 2013 Late capitalism • required / + recommended reading Week 1. | Jun. 22–23, 2013 • Moishe Postone, “Contemporary [...]

May 5th, 2013 | | 0 comments | Continued
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The 3 Rs: Reform, revolution, and “resistance”: The problematic forms of “anti-capitalism” today

Thomas Seibert, Norbert Trenkle, Daniel Loick, and Janine Wissler    Platypus Review 55 | April 2013   Last summer, the Frankfurt chapter of the Platypus Affiliated Society hosted the latest iteration of “The 3Rs: Reform, Revolution, and Resistance,” a series of events for which speakers were invited to reflect on the contemporary state of anti-capitalist [...]

April 1st, 2013 | | 0 comments | Continued
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The anti-political party

James Heartfield Platypus Review 55 | April 2013   Book Review: Ian Birchall. Tony Cliff: A Marxist for His Time. London: Bookmarks, 2011.   THE SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY (SWP) is the largest political party left of the Labour Party, and has been active on the far left since 1977 and before that as the International Socialists [...]

April 1st, 2013 | | 4 comments | Continued
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Radical interpretations of the present crisis

Hillel Ticktin, Saul Newman, David Graeber, and James Woudhuysen Platypus Review 55 | April 2013 Last autumn, chapters of the Platypus Affiliated Society in New York, London, and Chicago hosted similar events on the theme of “Radical Interpretations of the Present Crisis.” The speakers participating in London included David Graeber, Saul Newman, Hillel Ticktin, and James [...]

April 1st, 2013 | | 2 comments | Continued
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Traversing the heresies: An interview with Bruno Bosteels

Alec Niedenthal and Ross Wolfe Platypus Review 54 | March 2013   On October 14, 2012, Alec Niedenthal and Ross Wolfe interviewed Bruno Bosteels, Professor of Romance Studies at Cornell University and author of such books as Badiou and Politics (2011), Marx and Freud in Latin America (2012), and The Actuality of Communism (2011). What follows [...]

March 1st, 2013 | | 4 comments | Continued
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What is to be done with the actually existing Marxist left? An interview with Jodi Dean

Ross Wolfe Platypus Review 54 | March 2013 On October 13th, 2012, Ross Wolfe of the Platypus Affiliated Society interviewed Jodi Dean, Professor of Political Science at Hobart and William Smith College, and author of The Communist Horizon (New York: Verso, 2012). What follows is an edited transcript of their conversation.  Ross Wolfe: Your new book, The [...]

March 1st, 2013 | | 1 comment | Continued
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Remembrance of things past: An interview with Boris Groys

Ross Wolfe Platypus Review 54 | March 2013 On December 15th, 2012, Ross Wolfe interviewed Boris Groys, Global Distinguished Professor of Russian and Slavic Studies at New York University. His numerous published books include The Total Art of Stalinism (1986), Art Power (2008), The Communist Postscript (2009), and Going Public (2011). What follows is an edited [...]

March 1st, 2013 | | 1 comment | Continued
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