The Platypus Affiliated Society

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

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The Failure of the Islamic Revolution

Chris Cutrone

The nature of the present crisis in Iran Chris Cutrone Confusion on the Left around the 2009 electoral crisis in Iran has been expressed both in defense of President Ahmadinejad's claim to victory as well as by support of Iranian dissidents and protesters. Slavoj Žižek has weighed in, questioning prevailing understandings of the nature of the Iranian regime and its Islamist character. Responses to the current crisis have recapitulated problems on the Left in understanding the Islamic Revolution since 1979. All share in attributing to Iran an autonomous historical rhythm or logic of its own, rather than as a symptomatic effect of a greater history. Žižek has come closest to addressing this issue of greater context, but even he has failed to address the history of the Left.

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30 years of the Islamic Revolution in Iran

On Thursday April 16 Platypus Review Editor-in-Chief Spencer A. Leonard interviewed the prominent historian and Columbia University professor Ervand Abrahamian on “Radical Minds” broadcast on UChicago WHPK-FM 88.5 on the subject of “30 years of Islamic Revolution in Iran.” Abrahamian kindly agreed to answer some further questions put to him by the Platypus Review to supplement that interview. Included below is an edited transcript of the original interview together with the answers Abrahamian gave to our supplemental questions.

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Chicago Coffee Breaks

Our weekly Coffee Breaks are a great way to meet Platypus members and fellow travelers, and to get to know the Platypus project. It’s an opportunity to discuss issues raised in the latest issue of the Platypus Review, consider the state of the Left, and just hang out with people who have similar political interests.

Loyola: Thursdays @ 4 at Ramber Room Cafeteria | CFSU | 1125 Loyola Ave
Contact //luc@platypus1917.org

UIC: Thursdays @ 3:30 at Port Center Cafe | University Hall | 601 S Morgan St
Contact //uic@platypus1917.org

U of Chicago: Tuesdays @ 4:30 at Harper Cafe | 3rd Floor, Harper Memorial Library | 1116 E 59th St
Contact //uofc@platypus1917.org

SAIC: Wednesdays @ 4:30 at Cafe Bacci | 20 N Michigan Ave
Contact //saic@platypus1917.org

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Film Review: Che

Ryan Hardy

THE STORY ITSELF IS WELL KNOWN: Originally trained as a physician, Ernesto "Che" Guevara was an Argentine revolutionary who played a significant part in the Cuban Revolution. Later, Che tried to help incite revolution in the modern day Democratic Republic of the Congo and in Bolivia, where he was eventually killed in 1967. In the more than four decades since his death, Che has been transformed from one among many icons of the revolutionary 1960s into the most recognizable political icon of the period.

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