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Platypus Review #40 | October, 2011
Platypus Review #40 | October, 2011

The Marxist turn: The New Left in the 1970s On May 19, 2011, Platypus invited Carl Davidson, formerly of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and the Guardian Weekly, Tom Riley of the International Bolshevik Tendency, and Mel Rothenberg, formerly of the Sojourner Truth Organization, to reflect on “The Marxist turn: The New Left in [...]

PR Issue 32 Online

Platypus Review Issue 32 is now available. This month’s issue includes: Which Way Forward for Sexual Liberation? A transcript of a panel held at New York University on the possibilities for sexual liberation today. Panelists were Gary Mucciaroni, professor of Political Science at Temple University, Sherry Wolf, author of Sexuality and Socialism and organizer for [...]

PR Issue 31 Online

January’s issue of the Platypus Review is online.

Platypus Review Issue # 13 is out!

The role of socialists in the civil war in Sri Lanka Rohini Hensman THE GRUESOME FINALE of Sri Lanka’s 26-year-long civil war drew international attention and considerable concern for the plight of civilians trapped in the war zone. Many people for the first time became aware of a conflict which had already claimed more than [...]

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.