On May 2, 2023, the Platypus Affiliated Society hosted a panel on the American Constitution and the Left at New York University. The panelists were Erin Hagood (Platypus), Daniel Lazare (writer at the Weekly Worker, author of The Frozen Republic: How the Constitution is Paralysing Democracy), and Caleb Maupin (Center for Political Innovation). The panel was moderated by Platypus member Oliver Chasan. An edited transcript follows.
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SINCE THE 2008–09 FINANCIAL MELTDOWN, interest in socialism, communism, anarchism, and various anti-capitalist theories have been widespread among the U.S. public. However, this has not manifested itself in a revival of the labor movement or the enactment of social-democratic reforms.
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