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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 [...]
The Communist Manifesto: A Teach-in
The Communist Manifesto: A Teach-In Wednesday, September 28 · 5:00pm 701 S Morgan St. UIC Stevenson Hall, Room 304 In the mid-19th century, Marx and Engels famously observed in the Communist Manifesto that a ‘specter’ was haunting Europe— the specter of Communism. 160 years later, it is ‘Marxism’ itself that haunts us.In the 21st [...]
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 [...]
Spring Reading Group Begins
Platypus Primary Marxist Reading Group for Spring 2011 begins Saturday, January 29 at 1pm at SAIC and University of Chicago.
PR Issue 31 Online
January’s issue of the Platypus Review is online.
PR Issue 30 Online
The Platypus Review Issue 30 is now available for your reading pleasure. This month we have: Up in the Air: The Legacy of the New Communist Movement Spencer Leonard interviews Max Elbaum, author of Revolution in the Air: Sixties Radicals Turn to Lenin, Mao, and Che, on the turn to “Marxism-Leninism” in the New Left. [...]