A teach-in held on September 17th, 2013 at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, led by Brian Schultz. An introductory teach-in on the development of human history from a Marxist perspective.
A Platypus Teach-in
With Brian Schultz
Tuesday, September 17th at 4:15 PM
SAIC Michigan Building, Room 917, 112 South Michigan Avenue
Join the Platypus Affiliated Society this upcoming Tuesday for an Introductory teach-in on the development of human history from a Marxist perspective.
Im Herbst 2012 erscheint der deutschsprachige Reader mit zentralen Texten und Informationen zu Platypus.
Eine PDF-Version (ca. 4 MB) kann hier heruntergeladen werden.
Unter folgenden Links befinden sich weiterführende Empfehlungen zu Texten und Veranstaltungen:
Mission [engl.]
- Platypus on the Present (Linksammlung)
- Vicissitudes of historical consciousness and possibilities for emancipatory social politics today: “The Left is dead! — Long live the Left!” (Text)
Was ist ein Schnabeltier? [engl.]
- Conversations on the Left: What is to be done? (Panel: Text / Audio)
Eine kurze Geschichte der Linken [engl.]
- Platypus on the history of the Left (Linksammlung)
- 1873–1973: The century of Marxism (Text / Audio)
Decline of the Left in the 20th century [engl.]
2001
- Imperialism: What is it, why should we be against it? (Panel: Text/Audio)
- 30 years of the Islamic Revolution in Iran (Panel: Text/Audio)
- Platypus Events at #Occupy (Linksammlung)
- Whither Marxism? Why the occupation movement recalls Seattle 1999 (Flugblatt)
1968
- The science that wasn’t: The orthodox Marxism of the early Frankfurt School and the turn to Marxist Critical Theory (Text)
- The politics of Critical Theory (Panel: Text/Audio)
- Rethinking the New Left (Panel: Text/Audio)
1933
- Antifaschismus – zur Geschichte und Gehalt eines problematischen Kampfbegriffs (Panel: Audio)
- Trotsky and Trotskyism: Platypus Summer 2012 Lectures (Lecture: Audio)
- Trotsky’s Marxism (Panel: Audio)
- Between Old Left and New: a postwar balance sheet (Text)
1917
- Lenin’s Marxism (Panel: Audio)
- The Marxism of Rosa Luxemburg (Panel: Audio)
- Lukacs’ Marxism (Panel: Audio)
- Book review: Karl Korsch, Marxism and Philosophy (Text)
Das Kapital in der Geschichte (Audioversion) [engl.]
- The Marxist hypothesis: A response to Alain Badiou’s “communist hypothesis” (Text)
- The Bourgeois Revolution: From Marx’s Point of View (Panel)
- Marx’s Critique of Political Economy: Proletarian Socialism Continuing the Bourgeois Revolution?(Teachin: Audio)
- Revolution without Marx? Rousseau and his followers for the Left
Mission der Platypus Review [engl.]
Reform, Revolution, Widerstand (Audioversion)
- Internationale Veranstaltungsreihe The 3Rs: Reform, Revolution and Resistance in New York, Chicago, Boston, Toronto, Halifax, London, Thessaloniki und Frankfurt.
- Internationale Veranstaltungsreihe Democracy and the Left in Frankfurt, Thessaloniki und Halifax.
- Linke Perspektiven zur Eurokrise – Blockupy und andere Antworten in Frankfurt (Panel: Audio)
- Internationale Veranstaltungsreihe Radical Interpretations of the Present Crisis: A Panel Series in New York, London, and Chicago
A teach-in held on September 5th, 2013 at Dalhousie University, led by Quentin Cyr.
In the mid-19th century, Marx and Engels observed, in the Communist Manifesto, that a "specter" was haunting Europe â the specter of Communism. A century and a half later, it is Marxism itself that continues to haunt the Left, while capitalism remains.
What does it mean that Marx and Marxism still appeal, while political movements for socialism are weak or non- existent? What were Marxism's original points of departure for considering radical possibilities for freedom that might still speak to the present?
How does Marxism still matter?
Please note: Due to technical difficulties, the first few seconds of the teach-in are cut off.
Θα είμαστε στο φεστιβάλ άμεσης δημοκρατίας στο ΑΠΘ, Τετάρτη, Πέμπτη και Παρασκευή, 4-6 Σεπτέμβρη. Περάστε να συζητήσουμε, να μάθετε για το φετινό μας πρόγραμμα, αλλά και να προμηθευτείτε κείμενά μας και άλλο υλικό στο τραπεζάκι μας.
