A Discussion with Maziar Behrooz, Chris Cutrone, Kaveh Ehsani, and Danny Postel
A moderated panel discussion and audience Q&A on the legacy and effects of the Islamic Revolution for the Left, both in Iran and internationally, addressing the still-vexing questions of the relationship of anti-imperialism, democracy, and religious fundamentalism for potential responses to this year's election crisis and protests. 
Rosa, behind bars.
Come watch a film about radical Second International intellectual Rosa Luxemburg.
It's a potluck, so bring food. Eat food. Talk about the movie, Rosa, the latest Platypus Review, the Sexual Liberation Event. Check out the Mess Hall space. Have a good time.
(This) Friday the 23rd, at the Mess hall from 7:30- 10:30.
The struggles for sexual liberation and women’s rights of the past century leave us with an ambiguous legacy.
How do the failures and successes of these movements inform the present? Recent events such as the passing of Proposition 8 in California and the ongoing repression of women in the Middle East make us wonder, are we more sexually liberated today than 20 or 50 years ago? What does the term “sexual liberation” even mean today? This panel discussion seeks to raise these questions and other new possible considerations for the discourse on sexuality within the Left.
The event will take the form of a moderated panel discussion, followed by an audience Q&A.
Speakers:
Judith Wittner, Professor, Sociology, Loyola University Chicago
Barbara DeGenevieve, Professor, Photography, SAIC
Dr. Yasmin Nair, Gender JUST
Greg Gabrellas, Platypus
Tuesday, October 20
7:00pm
Loyola University Sullivan Center (Galvin Auditorium)
6339 N. Sheridan
Chicago, IL
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=284976510213&ref=ss
Saturday, October 3 - 7:30pm @ Union Docs [ 322 Union Ave, Brooklyn NY ]
Platypus NY Chapter head, Chris Mansour, will be introducing the film. Discussion with Filmmaker and Stephen Duncombe to follow the screening.
In EXAMINED LIFE (2008, 87 minutes, Canada, DVD), filmmaker Astra Taylor accompanies some of today’s most influential thinkers on a series of unique excursions through places and spaces that hold particular resonance for them and their ideas.
This event is presented in association with the Platypus Affiliated Society, New York chapter. Platypus 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.
http://www.uniondocs.org/examined-life-with-astra-taylor/
The Platypus Affiliated Society presents
30 Years of the Islamic Revolution in Iran: The Tragedy of the Left
6:00pm Sunday, September 13, 2009
at The Brecht Forum 451 West St New York, NY
