this week in platypus. 5.20.13 - 5.27.13.

[Brian C Hioe]

this week in platypus: 

weekly coffee breaks

Platypus Coffee Breaks are the informal conversations about 

the meaning and future of the Left that Platypus hosts on a 

weekly basis. They are a great time to meet with members of

Platypus, fellow travelers, and allies of the group. 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. Please join us! 
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--------------------------------------------------- NYU Tuesdays  //6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Think Coffee  //248 Mercer St.  //between 3rd and 4th St. Contact: Brian Hioe //bch...@nyu.edu --------------------------------------------------- Stony Brook  Tuesdays //4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Stony Brook Union Starbucks //250 Stony Brook Union //Stony Brook, New York Contact: Doug La Rocca //dougl...@gmail.com   --------------------------------------------------- New School Thursdays //6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Lang Café //65 West 11th Street Contact: Brian Hioe  //bch...@nyu.edu Please note: The New School coffee break will be cancelled for the rest of the summer; our only coffee break in NYC over the summer will be the NYU coffee break.

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weekly marxist reading group: what is the left?  what is marxism?

for the full syllabus: http://platypus1917.org/2012/12/11/platypus-primary-marxist-reading-group-winter-spring-2013/

• required / + recommended reading

Week 29. The authoritarian state | May 25–26, 2013

• Friedrich Pollock, “State Capitalism: Its Possibilities and Limitations” (1941) (note 32 on USSR)
• Max Horkheimer, “The Authoritarian State” (1942)

--------------------------------------------------- New School Sundays //2:00 pm - 5:00 pm The New School for Social Research //Eugene Lang College Building, Room 258 65 West 11th St  Please note: Given that last week's reading group was cancelled, this week we will be covering the reading originally intended to be read last week.  Apologies for any confusion. Contact: Brian Hioe  //bch...@nyu.edu

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focused on problems and tasks inherited from the “Old”
(1920s-30s), “New” (1960s-70s) and post-political (1980s-90s)
Left for the possibilities of emancipatory politics today.

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