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Platypus BC

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Boston College chapter of Platypus, an organization that seeks to remove the ideological obstacles of the Left by exploring the history of the Left.

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Stop by our weekly coffee break this Wednesday, Oct. 16 at 2:00 in The Chocolate Bar in Stokes Hall South, where we will digest the events from the past weekend's East Coast Conference together. facebook.com/share/14GySMzRā€¦

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Join us for our weekly reading group next Monday, Oct. 21 at 7:00 p.m. in Stokes South 394, when we will discuss the concept of the Left and its relation to utopian thinking about change--and freedom--over time. facebook.com/share/17d8J7ugā€¦

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Join us for our weekly coffee break on the back patio of Lyons Hall (ā€œThe Ratā€) this Wednesday, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m., when we will discuss Stefan Hain's "Marcuse: Defended against his devotees" from the Platypus Review #167. facebook.com/share/15H2es7yā€¦ platypus1917.org/2024/06/02/marā€¦

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Our weekly reading group will meet next Monday, 10/28 at 7:00 p.m. in Stokes South 394, where we will discuss Marx's immanent dialectical critique of the socialist movement. facebook.com/share/1AYT8tJpā€¦

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Join us for our weekly coffee break on the outdoor patio outside Lyons Hall this Wed., Oct. 30, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m., when we will discuss Adolph Reed Jr.'s 2014 article, "Nothing Left: The long, slow surrender of American liberals." facebook.com/share/1Axo356dā€¦ harpers.org/archive/2014/0ā€¦

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Our next weekly reading group meets Monday, Nov. 4 at 7:00 p.m. in Stokes South 394, where we will discuss the political lessons Marx takes away from the 1848 Revolution, the most formative event in Marx's lifetime. facebook.com/share/1EWcQzoSā€¦

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Stop by our weekly coffee break on the outdoor patio outside Lyons Hall (ā€œThe Ratā€) this Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m., when we will discuss Chris Cutrone's "Why I want Kamala to Win" from the Platypus Review #171. platypus1917.org/2024/11/02/whyā€¦ facebook.com/share/14eMaRztā€¦

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Our next weekly reading group meets Monday, Nov. 11 at 7:00 p.m. in Stokes South 394, where we will discuss Marx's concept of Bonapartism through his critical account of the Paris Commune and Gotha Program. facebook.com/share/14ZxqpLVā€¦

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Stop by our weekly coffee break this Wed., Nov. 13, 2:00 - 3:00 in the Lyons Dining Area, where we will discuss Victor Covaā€™s 2021 article, ā€œOn the Marxist use of psychoanalysis to understand fascismā€ from the Platypus Review #140. facebook.com/share/18GT3Ubwā€¦ platypus1917.org/2021/10/01/on-ā€¦

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On Wed., Nov. 13 at 7:00 p.m., we will hold our second film screening of the year at 7:00 in Stokes S205, where we will watch Matewan, a dramatization of the deadly coal miners' strike in Matewan, West Virginia in 1920. Pizza and soda will be provided. facebook.com/share/1AjYc5BJā€¦

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Our weekly reading group will meet next Monday, Nov. 18 at 7:00 p.m. in Stokes S394, where we will round out our readings of Marx by focusing on his critique of political economy. facebook.com/share/18DcNm7tā€¦

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Stop by for our weekly coffee break in the Lyons Dining Area (ā€œThe Ratā€) this Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m., when we will discuss the transcribed panel, "Democracy and the Left," from the Platypus Review #67 (2014). facebook.com/share/1JoPLmSGā€¦ platypus1917.org/2014/06/01/demā€¦

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Our weekly reading group will meet next Monday, Dec. 2 at 7:00 p.m. in Stokes South 394, where we will discuss Marx's category of reification via Lukacs' ā€œThe Phenomenon of Reification." facebook.com/share/1KRkw6sAā€¦

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We grieve the loss of our dear comrade, Phedias Christodoulides. His radiant smile and ruthless critique of our capitalist society, which he dedicated his life to until the very end, have touched many of us. May we redeem his legacy by making good on the work he set out on.

We grieve the loss of our dear comrade, Phedias Christodoulides. His radiant smile and ruthless critique of our capitalist society, which he dedicated his life to until the very end, have touched many of us. May we redeem his legacy by making good on the work he set out on.
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Stop by our weekly coffee break this Wed., 12/4, 2:00 - 3:00 in the Lyons Dining Area (ā€œThe Ratā€), where we will discuss Chris Cutrone's "We are all Friedmanites now! A review of Jennifer Burnsā€™s Milton Friedman" from the PR #165. platypus1917.org/2024/04/01/we-ā€¦ facebook.com/share/19a4AJzQā€¦

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Our weekly reading group will meet next Monday, December 9 at 7:00 p.m. in Stokes S361, where we will discuss the meaning of class consciousness and "orthodox Marxism" according to LukĆ”cs. facebook.com/share/1RJNvn8kā€¦

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Our weekly reading group will meet next Monday, Dec. 16 at 7:00 p.m. in Stokes S394, when we will finish the "What is the Left--What is Marxism?" module of the syllabus by looking at Karl Korsch's essay on the relationship between Marxism and philosophy. facebook.com/share/19qf8P6Lā€¦