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Teach-in: Chris Cutrone on the Death of the Millennial Left - 4th annual European Conference (London)

A teach-in by Chris Cutrone on the Death of the Millennial Left, held February 16, 2018 from 16:00-17:30 in RHB 137 of Goldsmiths, University of London, as part of the fourth annual Platypus European Conference. The discussion was moderated by Jan Schroeder.

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Chris Cutrone interview with Zero Squared: A wrecking ball called Trump?

From the Zero Books website (Jan, 18, 2018):

" Chris Cutrone is the founder and President of the Platypus Affiliated Society. He is also the author of the rather infamous essay “Why Not Trump?” and other essays such as The Millennial Left is dead and Democratic revolution and the contradiction of capital. In this episode of the Zero Books podcast we discuss the Trump administration’s first year and the left’s various panicked reactions to what Cutrone says is a moment of transition for capitalism itself and US politics in particular."

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Interview with Chris Cutrone on "The End of the Gilded Age"

Radical Minds is a show that airs every Thursday at 2 PM on WHPK 88.5 FM Chicago. Aired January 18th, 2018, this episode features a reading of "The end of the Gilded Age: Discontents of the Second Industrial Revolution Today" by its author, Chris Cutrone, followed by a discussion with the hosts, Erin Hagood and Stephanie Gomez.

The article can be found here: https://platypus1917.org/2017/12/02/end-gilded-age-discontents-second-industrial-revolution-today/

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Teach-in: The Millennial Left is Dead (Chicago)

Teach-in by Chris Cutrone held October 10, 2017 at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago on the article "The Millennial Left is dead" published in Platypus Review issue #100 (October 2017).

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1917–2017

Bryan Palmer, Chris Cutrone, Leo Panitch
On April 8, 2017, for the closing plenary of its 9th Annual International Convention, the Platypus Affiliated Society organized a panel discussion, 1917–2017, at the School of the Art Institute in Chicago. Tasked with reflecting on the historical significance of 1917 for the Left, the panel brought together Bryan Palmer, Chair of the Canadian Studies Department at Trent University and author of numerous histories of the Left; Leo Panitch, Professor of Political Science at York University, author, and co-editor of the Socialist Register; and Chris Cutrone, President of the Platypus Affiliated Society. Pamela Nogales, of Platypus, moderated. What follows is an edited transcript of their discussion.
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