Dear Platypi,
Please join us on the weekend of March 19th at the 2010 Left Forum. Platypus members from Toronto, Chicago, Boston along with New York City members will be there both presenting and chairing these panels. Below are a list of Platypus organized panels along with their respective line-ups and time slots.
--Session 3: SATURDAY, 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM The American Left and the “Black Questionâ€: From Politics to Protest to the Post-Political Benjamin Blumberg (Chair) - Platypus Affiliated Society Tim Barker - Columbia University Student Pamela Nogales - Platypus Affiliated Society Christopher Cutrone - Platypus Affiliated Society -- Session 4: SATURDAY, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Politics of the Contemporary American Student Left Pam Nogales (Chair) - Platypus Affiliated Society Ashley Weger - Platypus Affiliated Society (Depaul Chapter Head) Hannah Rappleye - New School alumnus, former Senior Editor of the NS Free Press Easton Smith - Sarah Lawrence student, Unite Here organizer --
Session 4: SATURDAY, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Nationalism, Anti-Imperialism and International Solidarity Today Jeremy Cohan (Chair)Â - Platypus Affiliated Society (New York University chapter) Ryan Hardy- Platypus Affiliated Society Spencer Leonard Platypus- Affiliated Society TBA (Writer for Revolution Newspaper) Peter Hudis (U.S. Marxist-Humanists) --
SESSION 5: SUNDAY, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Marxism and Anarchism: The Relevance of Radical Traditions Today Blair Taylor (Chair) - Ian Morrison - Platypus Affiliated Society Annie Day - Revolutionary Communist Party (RCP) Peter Staudenmaier - Cornell University --
SESSION 5: SUNDAY, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM The Left and Prospects for Democracy in the Middle East: Iraq Laura Lee Schmidt (Chair) - Platypus Affiliated Society; History, Theory and Criticism of Art and Architecture, MIT Issam Shukri - Worker-communist Party of Iran (WPI) Kanan Makiya - Brandeis University Christopher Cutrone - Platypus Affiliated Society; University of Chicago ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ --
SESSION 6: SUNDAY, 12:00 - 2:00 PM The Green Movement and the Left: Prospects for Democracy in Iran Laura Lee Schmidt (Chair) - Platypus Affiliated Society; History, Theory, and Criticism of Art and Architecture, MIT Siyaves Azeri - Worker-Communist Party of Iran Hamid Dabashi - Columbia University Christopher Cutrone - Platypus Affiliated Society; University of Chicago Saeed Rahnema - York University --
SESSION 7: SUNDAY, 3:00 - 5:00 PM Between the Old and New Left: An American Post-war Balance Sheet Ian Morrison (Chair) - Platypus Affiliated Society Benjamin Blumberg - Platypus Affiliated Society Chris Mansour - Parsons The New School For Design
Dear New Yorkers,
Please join us on the weekend of March 19th at the 2010 Left Forum. Platypus members from Toronto, Chicago, Boston along with New York City members will be there both presenting and chairing these panels. Below are a list of Platypus organized panels along with their respective line-ups and time slots.
--Session 3: SATURDAY, 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM The American Left and the “Black Question”: From Politics to Protest to the Post-Political Benjamin Blumberg (Chair) - Platypus Affiliated Society Tim Barker - Columbia University Student Pamela Nogales - Platypus Affiliated Society Christopher Cutrone - Platypus Affiliated Society -- Session 4: SATURDAY, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Politics of the Contemporary American Student Left Pam Nogales (Chair) - Platypus Affiliated Society Ashley Weger - Platypus Affiliated Society (Depaul Chapter Head) Hannah Rappleye - New School alumnus, former Senior Editor of the NS Free Press Easton Smith - Sarah Lawrence student, Unite Here organizer --
Session 4: SATURDAY, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Nationalism, Anti-Imperialism and International Solidarity Today Jeremy Cohan (Chair) - Platypus Affiliated Society (New York University chapter) Ryan Hardy- Platypus Affiliated Society Spencer Leonard Platypus- Affiliated Society TBA (Writer for Revolution Newspaper) Peter Hudis (U.S. Marxist-Humanists) --
SESSION 5: SUNDAY, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Marxism and Anarchism: The Relevance of Radical Traditions Today Blair Taylor (Chair) - Ian Morrison - Platypus Affiliated Society Annie Day - Revolutionary Communist Party (RCP) Peter Staudenmaier - Cornell University --
SESSION 5: SUNDAY, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM The Left and Prospects for Democracy in the Middle East: Iraq Laura Lee Schmidt (Chair) - Platypus Affiliated Society; History, Theory and Criticism of Art and Architecture, MIT Issam Shukri - Worker-communist Party of Iran (WPI) Kanan Makiya - Brandeis University Christopher Cutrone - Platypus Affiliated Society; University of Chicago --
SESSION 6: SUNDAY, 12:00 - 2:00 PM The Green Movement and the Left: Prospects for Democracy in Iran Laura Lee Schmidt (Chair) - Platypus Affiliated Society; History, Theory, and Criticism of Art and Architecture, MIT Siyaves Azeri - Worker-Communist Party of Iran Hamid Dabashi - Columbia University Christopher Cutrone - Platypus Affiliated Society; University of Chicago Saeed Rahnema - York University --
SESSION 7: SUNDAY, 3:00 - 5:00 PM Between the Old and New Left: An American Post-war Balance Sheet Ian Morrison (Chair) - Platypus Affiliated Society Benjamin Blumberg - Platypus Affiliated Society Chris Mansour - Parsons The New School For Design
Join Platypus members this Wednesday, February 17th at 7:30pm for a teach-in on the Iranian Revolution and a discussion on the current situation in Iran led by Platypus Review editor Pam C. Nogales C.
This event will be held at the New School, 80 Fifth Avenue, Rm. 802
Undoubtedly, the Left today should demand the overthrow of theocratic regimes; the regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran is no exception. However, how the regime is overthrown, who participates in this act and how they understand their political practice, has irreversible effects. In 1977-79, the international Left overlooked this consideration by uncritically supporting those seeking to overthrow the Shah. In so doing, the Left helped a right-wing popular movement establish the theocratic dictatorial government the protesters fight against today. How are we as leftists to make sense of this political failure so as to help rebuild an emancipatory Left today? How do the current protests challenge the Islamic Republic? What are the prospects for overthrowing the Iranian regime and what would take its place?
1. Against the status quo: An interview with Iranian trade-unionist Homayoun Pourzad
2. The failure of the Islamic revolution: The nature of the present crisis in Iran
The Platypus New York Chapter presents:
The Cradle Will Rock (1999), a film screening and discussion
Friday, December 11th, 6:00 pm-9:00 pm
The New School, 66 W. 12th St., rm. 404.
There will be a short discussion following the film. If you wish to attend and are not a student at the New School, please contact Chris Mansour @ chris.d.mansour@gmail.com to get your name on the security list.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0150216/
Red Channels and the Platypus Affiliated Society present:
The Poverty of Student Life, a film screening and discussion
Monday, November 23, 7:30 pm - 10:30 pm @ The Brecht Forum, 451 West Street
San Francisco State: On Strike - Newsreel, 1969, 25 minutes
Community Control - Newsreel, 1969, 50 minutes
TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 75 minutes | Digital Projection
Discussion with:
Pam C. Nogales C. of the Platypus Affiliated Society
Luz Schreiber of the Committee in Defense of the Children's Learning Center at Hunter College, and Ollin Imagination
Jitu Weusi - teacher, principal, member of the African American Teachers Association, co-founder of The East (1969-1985)
[more TBA]
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1. Politics of the contemporary student Left
3. The New School occupation and the direction of student politics: an interview with Atlee McFellin
4. Five questions to the student Left
