P.S. James Heartfield claims Leninist "orthodoxy" on the "national question" etc., but then claims that it has become irrelevant after 1989 (i.e., the collapse...
P.P.S. To clarify what it means to read history "against the grain" vis. "national liberation" struggles, I am not saying that these were always simply...
Terry Glavin has posted the Platypus interview in his blog and gave a short commentary on us: http://transmontanus.blogspot.com/ That's my story, and I'm...
P.P.P.S. I hate having to reiterate myself, for it makes me feel that I am wasting my time, but it seems necessary, not so much for James's benefit, which...
". . . [M]odern man finds his own 'essence' in his greatest discovery, namely, that the most important thing is to turn 'life' into a 'lived experience' and to...
I would not have forwarded this along, but for the revealing juxtaposition of the attached images; Greg ... From: Jake Allen <jallencan@...> Date: Feb 6,...
Greg Gabrellas
flwrboi5000@...
Feb 6, 2009 11:39 am
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My contribution to this debate has been motivated by a set of concerns that prove counter-intuitive for most if not all on the "Left," including perhaps my...
[Re-post from one year ago:] "It is not a question of counterposing abstract principles. . . . [W]ith the degeneration of organizations, with the passing of...
Hey all in Chicago, Platypus as a group will be going to see the Ayers lecture tomorrow. We will meet in front of the Columbus building at 5:30 to make sure we...
Just in case, Bill Ayers at SAIC is TONIGHT! I think Chris M sent that email last night. ... *A few other announcements:* Next Wednesday February 18th: *Terry...
After the recent discussion of Luxemburg's pamphlet on Reform or Revolution? (1900/08), there might be some confusion regarding the relationship between...
The following compendium of quotations from prior readings was circulated by Ian to other reading group leaders, ahead of last Sunday's (2/8) meetings on Rosa...
What we would have liked to discuss and press further with Harvey in person at the University of Chicago this past Mon. Feb. 9, when he had offered to be...
Black Women and the Radical Tradition 2009 A National Conference presented by Brooklyn College Graduate Center for Worker Education March 28, 2009 City...
Today is the bicentennial of the birth of both Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin who were born a few hours apart. I am hardly the first person to notice this...
Hampshire College is where Chris and I met. ... Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 13:31:51 +0200 From: Omar Barghouti Subject: Hampshire College Divests from Israel!...
http://edinburghunioccupation.wordpress.com/demands/ "Statement from the occupying students: On the morning of Wednesday 11thFebruary Edinburgh University...
A reminder that Platypus SAIC chapter will be screening the Lives of Others tomorrow, February 13th, 2009 @ 4:30pm in room 707. Hope to see you all there! ...
"When Bishop Samuel Wilberforce asked if Darwin's close friend Thomas Henry Huxley had descended from the apes on his grandfather's side or his grandmother's...
An interesting article comparing and contrasting U.S./NATO and Soviet interventions in Afghanistan on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Soviet...
Juliet Mitchell: "I don't think anti-psychiatrists such as Laing and Cooper saw the schizophrenic as the madman telling the truth. What we had were two sets of...
To contrast with Korsch on Marx and the problem of philosophy, which ends with the proposition that, Â "This struggle will only end when the whole of existing...
Chris, This has been happening a lot lately. That which is not re-interpretable, such that it becomes what you are, is not some to be responsible towards, no...
Nikhil Raghuram
nraghura@...
Feb 17, 2009 12:59 pm
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I see that I'm taking too much for granted -- for example a thorough reading of Korsch's "Marxism and Philosophy," such that my commentary could make sense. --...
Dear Friends, The NEIU Socialist Club along with NEIU students working in solidarity with Palestine have been organizing a forum on Gaza for the past few...
American Muslims for Palestine, Students for Justice in Palestine-UIC, Palestine Solidarity Group - Chicago, Chicagoans Against Apartheid in Palestine, ...
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