Platypus affiliated society

public fora

Alexander Rodchenko, "Composition 86: Destiny & Gravity" (1919)
Alexander Rodchenko, "Composition 86: Destiny & Gravity" (1919)

music by Autechre

forum
The Marxist-Humanist Committee presents:
The Crisis in Marxist Thought
with Kevin Anderson, Chris Cutrone, Peter Hudis, Andrew Kliman, and Sandra Rein

Friday, July 25, 2008, 6-9PM
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
112 S. Michigan Ave. Ballroom
[PDF poster]

forum
40 years of 1968
The problematic drama of the past in the present

with Bill Ayers, Mike Klonsky, and Prexy Nesbitt

Thursday, May 8, 2008, 6PM
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
280 S. Columbus Drive main auditorium
[PDF poster]   [PDF questions]

— FORUM CANCELED —

Requiem for the '60s
Response to a boycott of discussion of "40 years of 1968"
[PDF]

co-sponsored by Students for a Democratic Society

forum
The Failure of Pakistan
Perspectives on the crisis, its past, present, and future

with Ayesha Siddiqa, Manan Ahmed, and Atiya Khan

Saturday, February 2, 2008, 2PM
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
280 S. Columbus Drive main auditorium
[PDF poster]   [MP3 audio recording]

forum
The 3 Rs: Reform, Revolution, and "Resistance"
The problematic forms of "anticapitalism" today

with Michael Albert, Chris Cutrone, Stephen Duncombe, Brian Holmes, and Marisa Holmes

Tuesday, November 6, 2007, 7-9PM
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
280 S. Columbus Drive main auditorium
[PDF poster]   [MP3 audio recording]   [YouTube video clips]
[transcript excerpts from the forum]

forum
"Imperialism"
What is it? — Why should we be against it?

with Kevin Anderson, Chris Cutrone, Nick Kreitman, Danny Postel, and Adam Turl

Tuesday, January 30, 2007, 7-9PM
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
280 S. Columbus Drive main auditorium
[PDF poster]   [MP3 audio files]   [YouTube video clips]

 

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