The Platypus Affiliated Society organizes reading groups, public fora, research and journalism 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.
Platypus at UC San Diego
The Left is Dead! Long Live the Left! Come join our discussions on the history of the Left, current events and politics, and the possibilities of emanipatory politics today. Every week, we host a reading group working through the crucial texts in the history of Marxism Wednesdays, 6PM @ Groundwork Books.
Summer Reading Group
I. What is the Left? What is Marxism? Wednesdays 6PM @ Groundwork Books
| July 30 | Horkheimer, The little man and the philosophy of freedom |
| August 6 | Nicolaus, The Unknown Marx |
| August 13 | Mitchell, Women: The Longest Revolution |
| August 20 | Reed, Black Particularity Reconsidered |
| August 27 | Krakauer, The Mass Ornament |
| September 3 | Rousseau, Discourse on the Origins of Inequality |
| September 10 | Smith The Wealth of Nations vol. I |
| September 17 | Smith The Wealth of Nations vol. II |