The Platypus Affiliated Society

Imperialismus: Was ist es und warum sollten wir dagegen sein?

von Andrés (Klasse gegen Klasse), Dennis Graemer, Georg (Der Sperling) und Ingar Solty (Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung)

Unter den Begriffen des „Imperialismus“ und „Anti-Imperialismus“ hat die Linke in den letzten Jahren um die richtige Position zu den Konflikten um Ukraine-Russland und Israel-Palästina gerungen und sich dabei vielfach gespalten. Der Wechsel der US-Außenpolitik unter Trump und die Aufrüstung der deutschen Regierung haben das Thema wieder auf die Tagesordnung gebracht, weshalb Platypus fragen möchte:

Was versteht ihr unter Imperialismus? Was ist der spezifische Beitrag der Imperialismus-Schrift von Lenin und inwiefern ist diese heute noch relevant? Wie lässt sich aus der Geschichte anti-imperialistischer Kämpfe lernen? Was hat der Kampf gegen den Imperialismus mit dem Kampf für den Sozialismus zu tun?

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Decolonization and the Left

Andrew Sanchez, James Heartfield, Ralph Leonard

On June 2, 2023, the Platypus Affiliated Society hosted a panel on decolonization and the Left at Cambridge University. The speakers were James Heartfield (former member of the Revolutionary Communist Party (UK), author of The Aborigines’ Protection Society and Britain’s Empires, Ralph Leonard (writer at unHerd), and Andrew Sanchez (Professor of Social Anthropology at Cambridge, author of Criminal Capital.

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Ghosts of Eurocentrism past: A review of Decolonizing Economics

Anirban Karak

The authors of our volume consciously distance themselves from “fake” decolonization and “co-optation” into the status quo. Yet, their arguments exemplify tendencies that have contributed to the Left’s current helplessness. The book offers little beyond a synthesis of writings fashionable within the “academic” Left, and there are significant omissions in a text that seeks to open debate rather than foreclosing it. I shall argue that these follow from a one-sided view of modern history and its contradictions.

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The three Rs: Reform, revolution, and resistance

Antonio Rosello, Camilo Ernesto Mejia, Jorge Mujica, Pablo Abufom

On July 13, 2025, the Platypus Affiliated Society organized a panel discussion on reform, revolution, and resistance. The panelists were Pablo Abufom (Coordinator for Palestine in Chile; Solidarity Movement), Camilo Ernesto Mejía (Sandinista and anti-war activist), Jorge Mújica (MORENA), and Antonio Roselló (Partido Obrero in Argentina).

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The tragedy of Chilean electoralism: An interview with Pablo Abufom

Michael McClelland, Tobias Kohlberger

On February 22, 2025, Platypus Affiliated Society members Tobias Kohlberger and Michael McClelland interviewed Pablo Abufom, a philosopher, translator, and biologist living in Chile. Abufom has been involved in struggles against neoliberalism in Chile for almost 20 years, as a student organizer, an activist for a new pension system, former director of the political movement Solidaridad, and, more recently, spokesperson for the Coordinadora por Palestina, a coalition of social movements for Palestinian liberation. In 2019, Abufom was a community organizer during the Estallido Social (social outburst) in Chile.

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