Chicago Platypus chapters at The School of the Art Institue of Chicago, University of Chicago, Loyola University, and the University of Illinois at Chicago
General
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 [...]
Left Forum
Dear Chicago 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. – [...]
Platypus Review #20 is finally online!
Issue #20 is replete with replies and rejoinders to previous articles. There’s also an edited transcript of the recent panel on 30 years of the Islamic Revolution. Uli vom Hagen replies to Jerzy Sabotta, on the legacy of Rosa Luxemburg and the German Left. Manan Ahmed replies to Atiya Khan, on the poverty of Pakistan’s [...]
UChicago Forum: Which Way Forward for Palestinian Liberation?
The Platypus Affiliated Society, The International House Global Voices Lecture Series, and UChicago Students for Justice in Palestine present Which Way Forward for Palestinian Liberation? One state or two? A discussion with Hussein Ibish and Joel Kovel. Tuesday, February 23 | 7PM International House | 1414 E. 59th St. Hussein Ibish is a senior fellow [...]
UChicago Film Screening: The Politics of Black History
Brother Outsider (2003): The Life of Bayard Rustin A film screening and discussion on the legacy of identity politics, its buried history, unmet challenges, and the lingering problems on the Left. Wednesday, February 17 2010 | 6:30PM to 8:30PM Community Lounge | 5710 S. Woodlawn Ave. Since its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival and [...]
Fanon teach-in at Loyola University
Fanon: On Interracial Utopia and Anti-Colonialism A teach-in led by Sunit Singh Where: Quinlan Life Science Center, Room 312, 1032 W. Sheridan Road. When: February 1st, 7pm. Free and open to the public. Suggested Readings: David Macey – Franz Fannon Fanon – Wretched of the Earth – Conclusion Fanon – Black Skin White Masks (Introduction) [...]
PR Issue #19 is now online!
Ian Morrison interviews Homayoun Pourzad, a representative for the Network of Iranian Labor Unions, on the current crisis and the effects of “anit-imperial” ideologies on understanding the character of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Ben Blumberg discusses the history of the American Left and the still unmet challenge of theorizing and abolishing race and racism. [...]
Platypus Review #18 now online
Ian Morrison offers an answer to the question: Why was it that the revolutionary potential of the working class seemed to melt into air? Atiya Khan recounts the impoverished politics of the Pakistiani People’s Party. David Black comments on Chris Cutrone’s review of Karl Korsch’s Marxism and Philosophy. Ryan Hardy reviews this past summer’s Public [...]
Workers in a Time of War Forum now online.
Check out the audio recording of the Workers in a Time of War event.
Workers in a time of War
Workers in a time of War: Pakistan and the Crisis of the Labour Movement Sunday, December 2, 2:00 PM | International House (1414 E. 59th Street, Chicago IL) A Discussion with Gulzar Ahmed Chaudhary General Secretary, All Pakistan Trade Union Federation Rubina Jamil President, Working Women Organization Yasir Gulzar President, Progressive Youth Organization Atiya Khan [...]
Special Edition #17 is out and online!
The Decline of the Left in the 20th Century : Toward a Theory of Historical Regression A Platypus Review Special Edition (issue 17: November, 2009) Based on a panel discussion held by Platypus at Pace University last year, The Platypus Review traces in this special issue the slow death of the Left in our time, [...]
Trotsky seems to suggest that Platypus NYC is cooler.
While New York City might be the most suitable point for observing the world’s panorama in every respect, Chicago’s not so bad, either. The Platypus Review Special Issue #17 Leon Trotsky www.platypus1917.org
30 Years of the Islamic Revolution in Iran: The Tragedy of the Left
Thursday, November 5, 7:00 PM | International House (1414 E. 59th Street, Chicago IL 60637) A Discussion with Maziar Behrooz, Chris Cutrone, Kaveh Ehsani, and Danny Postel A moderated panel discussion and audience Q&A on the legacy and effects of the Islamic Revolution for the Left, both in Iran and internationally, addressing the still-vexing questions [...]
Film Screening at the Mess Hall
Come watch a film about radical Second International intellectual Rosa Luxemburg. It’s a potluck, so bring food. Eat food. Talk about the movie, Rosa, the latest Platypus Review, the Sexual Liberation Event. Check out the Mess Hall space. Have a good time. (This) Friday the 23rd, at the Mess hall from 7:30- 10:30.
Hot off the press…Platypus Review #16 !!
Recall how Red Chicago was, a book review of Randi Storch’s new history. Read about (and listen to) drone music. Smell your way to Rosa Luxemburg’s corpse and the decaying left in Germany. Learn about Unite Here’s recent civil disobedience action, downtown. And check out a review of a new take on Adorno’s philosophy and [...]
Are We Liberated Yet?
The struggles for sexual liberation and women’s rights of the past century leave us with an ambiguous legacy. How do the failures and successes of these movements inform the present? Recent events such as the passing of Proposition 8 in California and the ongoing repression of women in the Middle East make us wonder, are [...]
Chicago Platypus chapter (now) has it’s own Facebook group
Because Chicago Platypus is better looking than NYC and the rest of them, we deserve our own facebook group.
Platypus Review Issues #14 and #15 are also out!
Check out: Issue # 14 and Issue # 15.
Contemporary Politics: The US Labor “Movement”
Friday the 28th of August at 5-7pm in the SAIC Michigan Building, room # 501. We will be reading and discussing: U.S. Labor in the crisis: resistance or retreat by Lee Sustar The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Andy Stern www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor Health Care Protests
Hello Chicago!
Welcome to the new Platypus Chicago website! We will be doing extensive work this summer. But in the meantime check out our summer 2009 reading group schedule: Radical bourgeois philosophy: Kant-Hegel-Nietzsche