Platypus Georgetown

Follows =/= endorsements. at Georgetown University organizes public fora on tasks inherited from the Left.

[Platypus Georgetown @platypus_dc]

(1/6) The Decline of the Left in the 20th Century - a panel at the Left Forum in 2009: https://t.co/AOwvprQJGx

What does it mean to say that the Left is dead? - Benjamin Blumberg
"... Platypus exists to clear away the sediment..."
Video: https://t.co/RdaizFxV2O

[Platypus Georgetown @platypus_dc]

Our reading group continues: on "neo-Marxism." Why did the New Left try to "discover" or "develop" Marx after Marxism? What direction in history, in social change, did they seek from Marx?

Do we need the New Left's concern?

Sunday Aug 2, 2-4 PM online, sign up in bio or DM!

[Platypus Georgetown @platypus_dc]

Neo-Marxism
Nicolaus, The unknown Marx (1968)
Postone, Necessity, labor, and time
Adorno, Late Capitalism or Industrial Society? / Is Marx Obsolete? (1968)
Postone, History and helplessness
What is the Left? What is Marxism? Reading group Platypus Affiliated Society 8/2/2026

[Platypus Georgetown @platypus_dc]

Our reading group continues: on "neo-Marxism." Why did the New Left try to "discover" or "develop" Marx after Marxism? What direction in history, in social change, did they seek from Marx?

Do we need the New Left's concern?

Sunday Aug 2, 2-4 PM online, sign up in bio or DM!

[Platypus Melbourne @pas_melbourne]

Platypus ANU at Market Day

[Platypus Georgetown @platypus_dc]

What is the Left? What is Marxism? Join our first week of a pre-semester online reading group to frame this question and our syllabus, and question why to approach this through the New Left, and the task of human history.

Sunday July 27, 2-4 PM online, sign up in bio or DM!

[Platypus Georgetown @platypus_dc]

Join the Platypus Affiliated Society at Georgetown University before the semester starts for an open, online reading group approaching the questions of What is the Left? What is Marxism? through the 1960s New Left.

Sign up for meeting info: see bio.
https://t.co/DeNJAaiAK6

[Platypus Georgetown @platypus_dc]

Chris Cutrone @ccutrone1970 comments on freedom in America and socialism. Find his full remarks on YouTube.

https://t.co/CtqFWnLx9H

@platypus1917 hosted this panel "The Crisis of the American Revolution" April 10 2026 for the 18th Platypus International Convention.

[Platypus Georgetown @platypus_dc]

Read Platypus Review issue 188!

A panel on the crisis of the American Revolution; and articles on: individuals, Marx, and Marxism; the possibility of Marxist politics today; politics for the Left; and an interview on the rise of critical sexology.
Online: https://t.co/kBMq0xIFl4

[Platypus Georgetown @platypus_dc]

Capital in history
Syllabus https://t.co/DeNJAaiAK6
Cutrone, Capital in history (2008)
Horkheimer, The little man and the philosophy of freedom (1926)
Pippin, On critical theory (2004)
What is the Left? What is Marxism? Reading group Platypus Affiliated Society 7/26/2026

[Platypus Georgetown @platypus_dc]

What is the Left? What is Marxism? Join our first week of a pre-semester online reading group to frame this question and our syllabus, and question why to approach this through the New Left, and the task of human history.

Sunday July 27, 2-4 PM online, sign up in bio or DM!

[Platypus Georgetown @platypus_dc]

Join the Platypus Affiliated Society at Georgetown University before the semester starts for an open, online reading group approaching the questions of What is the Left? What is Marxism? through the 1960s New Left.

Sign up for meeting info: see bio.
https://t.co/DeNJAaiAK6

[Platypus Georgetown @platypus_dc]

Ingar Solty @IngarSolty @rosaluxstiftung comments on the meaning of fascism today. Find his full remarks on YouTube.

https://t.co/CtqFWnLx9H

@platypus1917 hosted this panel "The Crisis of the American Revolution" April 10 2026 for the 18th Platypus International Convention.

[Platypus Georgetown @platypus_dc]

"The Left is dead! Long live the Left!"

What problems and tasks were inherited from the "Old" (1920s-30s), "New" (1960s-70s), and post-political (1980s-90s) Left? How do they inform the possibilities for emancipatory politics today?

More information at https://t.co/trwphtmSAy

[Platypus Georgetown @platypus_dc]

Everything you wanted to know about the Left and Marxism but were afraid to ask!

Join the Platypus Affiliated Society at Georgetown University this fall semester for an open and ongoing conversation on the Left and the present.

Sign up for updates:
https://t.co/mfU7E3RxNI

[Platypus Georgetown @platypus_dc]

Edith Fischer @communist_unity comments on capitalism and democracy as opposed orders. Find her full remarks on YouTube.

https://t.co/CtqFWnLx9H

@platypus1917 hosted this panel "The Crisis of the American Revolution" April 10 2026 for the 18th Platypus International Convention.

[Platypus Georgetown @platypus_dc]

Chris Cutrone @ccutrone1970 comments on freedom in America and socialism. Find his full remarks on YouTube.

https://t.co/CtqFWnLx9H

@platypus1917 hosted this panel "The Crisis of the American Revolution" April 10 2026 for the 18th Platypus International Convention.

[Chris Cutrone @ccutrone1970]

Platypus discussion of the French and American and Russian Revolutions!
@platypus1917
https://t.co/g3pfvX1EpP

[Chris Cutrone @ccutrone1970]

The American Revolution at 250! @SublationMedia @MattPolProf @joelkotkin @geraldcelente @stephengadubato @lady_melmoth @platypus1917
https://t.co/ituwLnRFwU

[Platypus Georgetown @platypus_dc]

Platypus Review 188 (2/3)
The Stoic has no party: A reply to Chris Cutrone (@tonyteso)
https://t.co/3CY3R1sK2l

Platypus Review Editorial Statement: https://t.co/aaWs7eUBrL
Article submissions and inquiries welcome, send to editor(dot)[email protected]

[Platypus Georgetown @platypus_dc]

Read Platypus Review issue 188!

A panel on the crisis of the American Revolution; and articles on: individuals, Marx, and Marxism; the possibility of Marxist politics today; politics for the Left; and an interview on the rise of critical sexology.
Online: https://t.co/kBMq0xIFl4

[Platypus Georgetown @platypus_dc]

Platypus Review 188 (2/3)
No freedoms in the critical sense: An interview on the dawn of critical sexology (Volkmar Sigusch, Stefan Hain)
https://t.co/K7rxZxj4NS
What is a political party for the Left? (@sacha_isma of @tradeuniongreen and @TheGreenParty)
https://t.co/zLFO9OCeLn