ON NOVEMBER 15, New York University announced the opening of a new Center for the Study of Antisemitism. Among its central goals, âthe Center will research both classical forms of antisemitism as well as the ânew antisemitismâ and its links to anti-Zionism.â With the hermeneutic suspicion of the anti-Zionist Jew and Marxist-Leninist I am, I ask: what is this ânew antisemitism,â and what is to be done? Here, as I frequently do, I went to consult Lenin.
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On October 1, 2023, Platypus Affiliated Society member Ceci Chang interviewed Nick, a member and former chair of the Charleston, South Carolina chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). Nickâs interview does not attempt to express the opinion of the DSA as a whole, but only one memberâs personal thoughts and responses to his time in the DSA. An edited transcript follows.
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On July 12, 2022, Platypus Affiliated Society members Ben B. and Clint M. interviewed Haz Al-Din of the Infrared Collective. An edited transcript follows.
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"What the Nazis did to the Jews was unspeakable: language has no word for it, since even mass murder would have sounded, in face of its planned, systematic totality, like something from the good old days of the serial killer. And yet a term needed to be found if the victimsâin any case too many for their names to be recalledâwere to be spared the curse of having no thoughts turned unto them. So in English the concept of genocide was coined."
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