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On April 7, 2018, as part of its 10th annual International Convention, the Platypus Affiliated Society hosted the discussion “History of the Platypus critique” at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. The panel was made up of Platypus members who addressed different phases of the history of Platypus and its engagement with the Left: Ian Morrison (first phase: anti-war movement / anti-imperialism), Spencer A. Leonard (second phase: the “Marxist turn” / IBT, CPGB engagement), Tom Carey (third phase: #Occupy / Marxism and anarchism), Ed Remus (protracted fourth phase: SYRIZA, Podemos / “What is political party for the Left?”), and Omair Hussain (fourth and 1/2 phase: the “socialist turn” / Millennial Left).
I HAD THE PLEASURE of actually seeing Benjamin Studebaker during an online Platypus panel on the Middle East on July 20. Through our comradely deliberations I discovered we had a lot in common; we both see the kernel of truth in Bismarckianism; Marxists should have no empathy nor patience for city-states’ right to self-determination. From that angle, I can understand his opposition to both Israeli and Palestinian nationalisms, and maybe even towards most postcolonial nationalisms in the region.
On May 4, 2024, the Platypus Affiliated Society chapters at UC Merced and UC Santa Cruz hosted an introductory workshop on the Philippines and the Left, which included this teach-in by member Daniel Rudin. An edited, revised version follows.

Ein Interview mit der Initiative Demokratische Arbeitszeitrechnung (IDA) aus Berlin über die Geschichte der Rätebewegung, basisdemokratisches Wirtschaften und konkrete Utopien

Es gibt nicht wenige linke Zeitgenossen, die der ab den 90er Jahren aufkommenden „antideutschen“ Strömung theoretische wie praktische Leistungen attestieren wollen. Demnach sei zwar manches verkehrt gelaufen, aber „Antideutsche“ hätten grundsätzlich zu einer Erneuerung der Linken und zu wesentlichen Korrekturen linker Fehler beigetragen. Der Autor der folgenden Reflexionen sieht dies vollkommen anders.