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A lecture by Platypus Affiliated Society member Chris Cutrone on the history of the Left between 1905 to 1919, given on August 19th, 2007. Part of the History of the Left lecture series held in the summer of 2007.

A lecture by Platypus Affiliated Society member Chris Cutrone on the history of the Left that led up to the 1917 Russian Revolution, given on August 12th, 2007. Part of the History of the Left lecture series held in the summer of 2007.

A lecture by Platypus Affiliated Society member James Vaughn on the bourgeois revolutions, given on July 22nd, 2007. Part of the History of the Left lecture series held in the summer of 2007.

A lecture by Platypus Affiliated Society member Richard Rubin on the history of the Left during the period of 1779 to the 1830s, given on July 22nd, 2007. Part of the History of the Left lecture series held in the summer of 2007.

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“However difficult the task of grasping and confronting global capital might be, it is crucially important that a global internationalism be recovered and reformulated. . . .

The Left should be very careful about constituting a form of politics that, from the standpoint of human emancipation, would be questionable, at the very best, however many people it may rouse.”
— Moishe Postone, “History and Helplessness” (2006)

A moderated panel discussion and audience Q&A on issues of global capital, imperialism and war, possibilities for progressive political opposition, and the problems and tasks for the Left in the post-Cold War and post-9/11 world raised by the invasions and occupations of Afghanistan and Iraq. Held on January 30th, 2007, in Chicago.

Panelists: Kevin Anderson (News and Letters), Chris Cutrone (Platypus), Nick Kreitman (new Students for a Democratic Society), Danny Postel (OpenDemocracy.net), and Adam Turl (International Socialist Organization).

Transcript in Platypus Review #25 (Click below):