Pakistan and the Crisis of the International Labor Movement
Sunday December 6th at 2pm
International House, University of Chicago 1414 E. 59th Street
A moderated panel discussion and audience Q&A bringing together three leading figures of the Pakistani labor movement to talk about workers rights, women’s rights, the struggle to organize in the shadow of the Taliban, and [...]
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Workers in a Time of War (public forum)
Left behind: the working class in the crisis (public forum)
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.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
280 S. Columbus Drive (main auditorium)
Speakers include:
Abraham Mwaura, United Electrical, Radio and Machine [...]
Progress or Regress? The Future of the Left under Obama (December 6, 2008)
The Platypus Affiliated Society in New York organized a moderated panel discussion and audience Q&A to critically evaluate the widespread assumption that the election of Barack Obama presents an opportunity for today’s Leftists. Asking how opportunity can be distinguished from opportunism, Platypus invited several intellectuals and activists to publicly think through the foreseeable pitfalls and [...]
December 7th, 2008 | admin | 4 comments | Continued
What is a Movement?
“The desire for revolution cannot be born only
when the situation is ripe, because among the
conditions for this ripeness are the revolutionary
demands made of an unripe reality.”
- Leszek Kolakowski
What is a Movement?
A discussion on the meaning and direction ofLeft political “Movements” historically and today.
with Luis Brennan (new Students for a Democratic Society),
Elena Davis (Pomegranate Health Collective),
Chuck [...]
Determining Palestine
A panel discussion with Atiya Khan and Tomis Kapitan on self-determination and Israel-Palestine closing night event for On Naji al-Ali art exhibition curated by Haseeb Ahmed
Audio coming soon….
Immigration rights and the labor movement
Information session for organizers of the May 1, 2008 International Workers’ Day demonstration in Chicago
with Tania Unzueta May 1st Youth,
Jorge Mujica Movimiento 10 de Marzo, and
Shaun Harkin International Socialist Organization
Audio link here
One State
A conversation with Raja Halwani and Richard Rubin on Israel-Palestine and the one-state solution opening night reception for On Naji al-Ali
art exhibition curated by Haseeb Ahmed
Andrew Kliman on his book Reclaiming Marx’s “Capital”
Andrew Kliman is Professor of Economics at Pace University, New York
January 17th, 2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Pedagogical Factory: How We Learn – Building an Educated City 7/28/2007
AUDIO RECORDING
Presenting organizations include: Mess Hall, Platypus, Free Geek, Chicagoland/Calumet Underground Railroad Efforts, Bronzeville Historical Society, Chicago Women’s Health Center, The Odyssey Project, and more.
This event is part of the Stockyard Institute’s Pedagogical Factory exhibition at Hyde Park Art Center, AREA Chicago’s lecture series for the upcoming “How We Learn” issue of their magazine, [...]
