Chicago Platypus chapters at The School of the Art Institue of Chicago, University of Chicago, Loyola University, and the University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago Platypus
Archive for April, 2010
The Politics of The Culture Industry; Art Today

6:00pm – 9:00pm
280 S Columbus Dr Chicago, IL 60603

Platypus at Loyola University

The Platypus Affiliated Society at Loyola University present… Adorno’s political relevance today When: Wednesday, April 21, 2010. 7-8:30pm. Where: Loyola University – Crown Center Room 530. The German Marxist critical theorist Theodor W. Adorno (1903-69) is known, along with his friend and mentor Walter Benjamin, for the critique of mid-20th century art and culture. What is [...]

Platypus on the airwaves…

Platypus’s own Chris Mansour and Ian Morrison were recently interviewed by Mitchel Cohen on “Steal this Radio.” The show will be broadcast on Friday, April 2, 2010 at 11 a.m. (New York time). Steal This Radio can be heard only over the internet, not on regular radio.) To hear it, go to http://nytalkradio.net at that [...]

What is Platypus?
The Platypus Affiliated Society, established in December 2006, organizes reading groups, public fora, research and journalism focused on problems and tasks inherited from the “Old” (1920s-30s), “New” (1960s-70s) and post-political (1980s-90s) Left for the possibilities of emancipatory politics today.