On April 9, 2026, the Platypus Affiliated Society hosted a panel at Northwestern University on the Islamic Revolution in Iran as a satellite plenary to its 18th annual International Convention. The speakers were Chris Cutrone (founding member of the Platypus Affiliated Society), Mateo Farzaneh (professor of History at Northeastern Illinois University and author of The Iranian Constitutional Revolution and the Clerical Leadership of Khurasani), Tirdad Kiamanesh (co-founder of Chicago4Iran, lecturer at Northwestern University), and Grayson Walker (American Communist Party).
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On September 10, 2024, the Platypus Affiliated Society hosted a panel discussion on democracy and the Left at New York University. The panelists were Sebastian (Revolutionary Communists of America), George Shulman (professor emeritus at NYU, whose work focuses on the relationship of race, political culture, and literature in post-war American life), Grayson Walker (co-founder of the Infrared Collective and the American Communist Party), and Andy Gittlitz (author of I Want to Believe: Posadism, UFOs and Apocalypse Communism (2020) and co-host of the Antifada podcast). An edited transcript follows.
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On September 10, 2024, the Platypus Affiliated Society hosted the panel “Democracy and the Left” at New York University with panelists Andy Gittlitz (Antifada), Sebastian (Revolutionary Communists of America), George Shulman (NYU), and Grayson Walker (American Communist Party). An edited, expanded version of Grayson Walker’s opening remarks follows.
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