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"A story is told about Karl Marx's collaborator and friend Friedrich Engels, who, in his youth, as a good Hegelian idealist..."
"A story is told about Karl Marx's collaborator and friend Friedrich Engels, who, in his youth, as a good Hegelian idealist..."
Join us today, Dec 9th at 5 PM in the foyer of Georgetown University's ICC to talk about the news, politics, and Marxism from a critical angle! TODAY: What is the Platypus syllabus? platypus1917.org/2025/07/09/p... Bring the questions about the texts you didn't get a chance to ask! What is Marxism?
December 9, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Join us today, Dec 9th at 5 PM in the foyer of Georgetown University's ICC to talk about the news, politics, and Marxism from a critical angle! TODAY: What is the Platypus syllabus? platypus1917.org/2025/07/09/p... Bring the questions about the texts you didn't get a chance to ask! What is Marxism?
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Why is there a Platypus syllabus? What have we learned? What questions remain about our topics and texts? Why do we read Kant and Adam Smith, but not Capital? What do our texts mean for the Left?
Tuesday, December 9th, 5:00 PM, ICC foyer: Platypus at Georgetown University holds its coffee break.
Tuesday, December 9th, 5:00 PM, ICC foyer: Platypus at Georgetown University holds its coffee break.
December 8, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Why is there a Platypus syllabus? What have we learned? What questions remain about our topics and texts? Why do we read Kant and Adam Smith, but not Capital? What do our texts mean for the Left?
Tuesday, December 9th, 5:00 PM, ICC foyer: Platypus at Georgetown University holds its coffee break.
Tuesday, December 9th, 5:00 PM, ICC foyer: Platypus at Georgetown University holds its coffee break.
Why is there a Platypus syllabus? What have we learned? What questions remain about our topics and texts? Why do we read Kant and Adam Smith, but not Capital? What do our texts mean for the Left?
Tuesday, December 9th, 5:00 PM, ICC foyer: Platypus at Georgetown University holds its coffee break.
Tuesday, December 9th, 5:00 PM, ICC foyer: Platypus at Georgetown University holds its coffee break.
December 8, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Why is there a Platypus syllabus? What have we learned? What questions remain about our topics and texts? Why do we read Kant and Adam Smith, but not Capital? What do our texts mean for the Left?
Tuesday, December 9th, 5:00 PM, ICC foyer: Platypus at Georgetown University holds its coffee break.
Tuesday, December 9th, 5:00 PM, ICC foyer: Platypus at Georgetown University holds its coffee break.
Our reading group on "What is the Left? What is Marxism?" continues today at 2 PM in New North 204 at Georgetown University. This week: what is class consciousness? What does the proletariat intend for history and society? Why does Lukacs take this as an issue of Marx's "orthodox" "material" method?
Marxism: orthodox, dialectical, historical, critical? In 1923, Lukacs demands Marx's method. Why? What does class society block and enable in knowing and overcoming itself: capitalism?
Sunday, December 7th, 2:00 PM in New North 204, Platypus at Georgetown University's reading group continues!
Sunday, December 7th, 2:00 PM in New North 204, Platypus at Georgetown University's reading group continues!
December 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Our reading group on "What is the Left? What is Marxism?" continues today at 2 PM in New North 204 at Georgetown University. This week: what is class consciousness? What does the proletariat intend for history and society? Why does Lukacs take this as an issue of Marx's "orthodox" "material" method?
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Marxism: orthodox, dialectical, historical, critical? In 1923, Lukacs demands Marx's method. Why? What does class society block and enable in knowing and overcoming itself: capitalism?
Sunday, December 7th, 2:00 PM in New North 204, Platypus at Georgetown University's reading group continues!
Sunday, December 7th, 2:00 PM in New North 204, Platypus at Georgetown University's reading group continues!
December 6, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Marxism: orthodox, dialectical, historical, critical? In 1923, Lukacs demands Marx's method. Why? What does class society block and enable in knowing and overcoming itself: capitalism?
Sunday, December 7th, 2:00 PM in New North 204, Platypus at Georgetown University's reading group continues!
Sunday, December 7th, 2:00 PM in New North 204, Platypus at Georgetown University's reading group continues!
Marxism: orthodox, dialectical, historical, critical? In 1923, Lukacs demands Marx's method. Why? What does class society block and enable in knowing and overcoming itself: capitalism?
Sunday, December 7th, 2:00 PM in New North 204, Platypus at Georgetown University's reading group continues!
Sunday, December 7th, 2:00 PM in New North 204, Platypus at Georgetown University's reading group continues!
December 6, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Marxism: orthodox, dialectical, historical, critical? In 1923, Lukacs demands Marx's method. Why? What does class society block and enable in knowing and overcoming itself: capitalism?
Sunday, December 7th, 2:00 PM in New North 204, Platypus at Georgetown University's reading group continues!
Sunday, December 7th, 2:00 PM in New North 204, Platypus at Georgetown University's reading group continues!
Join us today, December 2nd at 5 PM in the foyer of Georgetown University's ICC to talk about the news, politics, and Marxism from a critical angle! This week: platypus1917.org/2012/10/01/p... What does Marx(ism) demand of politics in bourgeois society, under capitalism?
December 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Join us today, December 2nd at 5 PM in the foyer of Georgetown University's ICC to talk about the news, politics, and Marxism from a critical angle! This week: platypus1917.org/2012/10/01/p... What does Marx(ism) demand of politics in bourgeois society, under capitalism?
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This week's coffee break! platypus1917.org/2012/10/01/p... Marx or Lenin, politics or anti-politics? How do we perceive Marx after the Old & New Left's Marxism (Kantianism, Hegelianism)? What about democracy and the Left?
Join Platypus at Georgetown on December 2 5:00 PM in the ICC to talk news!
Join Platypus at Georgetown on December 2 5:00 PM in the ICC to talk news!
December 2, 2025 at 1:46 AM
This week's coffee break! platypus1917.org/2012/10/01/p... Marx or Lenin, politics or anti-politics? How do we perceive Marx after the Old & New Left's Marxism (Kantianism, Hegelianism)? What about democracy and the Left?
Join Platypus at Georgetown on December 2 5:00 PM in the ICC to talk news!
Join Platypus at Georgetown on December 2 5:00 PM in the ICC to talk news!
This week's coffee break! platypus1917.org/2012/10/01/p... Marx or Lenin, politics or anti-politics? How do we perceive Marx after the Old & New Left's Marxism (Kantianism, Hegelianism)? What about democracy and the Left?
Join Platypus at Georgetown on December 2 5:00 PM in the ICC to talk news!
Join Platypus at Georgetown on December 2 5:00 PM in the ICC to talk news!
December 2, 2025 at 1:46 AM
This week's coffee break! platypus1917.org/2012/10/01/p... Marx or Lenin, politics or anti-politics? How do we perceive Marx after the Old & New Left's Marxism (Kantianism, Hegelianism)? What about democracy and the Left?
Join Platypus at Georgetown on December 2 5:00 PM in the ICC to talk news!
Join Platypus at Georgetown on December 2 5:00 PM in the ICC to talk news!
The Platypus Affiliated Society at Georgetown University will not be meeting this week. Our coffee break and reading group resume next Tuesday 12/2 and Sunday 12/7.
Sign up for our mailing list to be updated on our events and spring syllabus on Lenin and Marxism: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Sign up for our mailing list to be updated on our events and spring syllabus on Lenin and Marxism: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
November 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The Platypus Affiliated Society at Georgetown University will not be meeting this week. Our coffee break and reading group resume next Tuesday 12/2 and Sunday 12/7.
Sign up for our mailing list to be updated on our events and spring syllabus on Lenin and Marxism: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Sign up for our mailing list to be updated on our events and spring syllabus on Lenin and Marxism: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Our reading group on "What is the Left? What is Marxism?" continues today at 2 PM in New North 204 at Georgetown University. This week: why are we unconscious of what we do in capitalism? Why does Lukacs reflect on Marxism through its critique of social relations, in commodity?
We must misunderstand that ideas relate to ideas, and not people. Why? How does Lukacs take up Marx on the commodity fetish through the "reification" of social relations in capitalism?
This Sunday, November 23rd, 2:00 PM in New North 204, Platypus at Georgetown University's reading group continues!
This Sunday, November 23rd, 2:00 PM in New North 204, Platypus at Georgetown University's reading group continues!
November 23, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Our reading group on "What is the Left? What is Marxism?" continues today at 2 PM in New North 204 at Georgetown University. This week: why are we unconscious of what we do in capitalism? Why does Lukacs reflect on Marxism through its critique of social relations, in commodity?
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We must misunderstand that ideas relate to ideas, and not people. Why? How does Lukacs take up Marx on the commodity fetish through the "reification" of social relations in capitalism?
This Sunday, November 23rd, 2:00 PM in New North 204, Platypus at Georgetown University's reading group continues!
This Sunday, November 23rd, 2:00 PM in New North 204, Platypus at Georgetown University's reading group continues!
November 20, 2025 at 5:09 AM
We must misunderstand that ideas relate to ideas, and not people. Why? How does Lukacs take up Marx on the commodity fetish through the "reification" of social relations in capitalism?
This Sunday, November 23rd, 2:00 PM in New North 204, Platypus at Georgetown University's reading group continues!
This Sunday, November 23rd, 2:00 PM in New North 204, Platypus at Georgetown University's reading group continues!
We must misunderstand that ideas relate to ideas, and not people. Why? How does Lukacs take up Marx on the commodity fetish through the "reification" of social relations in capitalism?
This Sunday, November 23rd, 2:00 PM in New North 204, Platypus at Georgetown University's reading group continues!
This Sunday, November 23rd, 2:00 PM in New North 204, Platypus at Georgetown University's reading group continues!
November 20, 2025 at 5:09 AM
We must misunderstand that ideas relate to ideas, and not people. Why? How does Lukacs take up Marx on the commodity fetish through the "reification" of social relations in capitalism?
This Sunday, November 23rd, 2:00 PM in New North 204, Platypus at Georgetown University's reading group continues!
This Sunday, November 23rd, 2:00 PM in New North 204, Platypus at Georgetown University's reading group continues!
Join us today, November 18th at 5 PM in the foyer of Georgetown University's ICC to talk about the news, politics, and Marxism from a critical angle! This week: platypus1917.org/2015/05/02/a... What did the Left have to do with the state and politics?
November 18, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Join us today, November 18th at 5 PM in the foyer of Georgetown University's ICC to talk about the news, politics, and Marxism from a critical angle! This week: platypus1917.org/2015/05/02/a... What did the Left have to do with the state and politics?
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This week's coffee break! platypus1917.org/2015/05/02/a... From politics to protest; from protest to politics? How did the Millennial Left take up the New and Old Left in capitalism, democracy, race, & socialism?
Join Platypus at Georgetown University Tuesday Nov 18 5:00 PM in the ICC to talk news!
Join Platypus at Georgetown University Tuesday Nov 18 5:00 PM in the ICC to talk news!
November 14, 2025 at 2:52 AM
This week's coffee break! platypus1917.org/2015/05/02/a... From politics to protest; from protest to politics? How did the Millennial Left take up the New and Old Left in capitalism, democracy, race, & socialism?
Join Platypus at Georgetown University Tuesday Nov 18 5:00 PM in the ICC to talk news!
Join Platypus at Georgetown University Tuesday Nov 18 5:00 PM in the ICC to talk news!
Our reading group discussion on "What is the Left? What is Marxism?" continues today, Sunday Nov 16th at 2 PM in New North 204 at Georgetown University. This week: why did Marx critique labor in capitalism after the Industrial Revolution? What happens to the bourgeois self-consciousness of labor?
November 16, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Our reading group discussion on "What is the Left? What is Marxism?" continues today, Sunday Nov 16th at 2 PM in New North 204 at Georgetown University. This week: why did Marx critique labor in capitalism after the Industrial Revolution? What happens to the bourgeois self-consciousness of labor?
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Political economy was the self-consciousness, in labor, of bourgeois revolution. What does it become under capitalism? Why does Marx critique it?
This Sunday, November 16th, 2:00 PM in New North 204, Platypus at Georgetown University's reading group continues!
platypus1917.org/2025/07/09/p...
This Sunday, November 16th, 2:00 PM in New North 204, Platypus at Georgetown University's reading group continues!
platypus1917.org/2025/07/09/p...
November 13, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Political economy was the self-consciousness, in labor, of bourgeois revolution. What does it become under capitalism? Why does Marx critique it?
This Sunday, November 16th, 2:00 PM in New North 204, Platypus at Georgetown University's reading group continues!
platypus1917.org/2025/07/09/p...
This Sunday, November 16th, 2:00 PM in New North 204, Platypus at Georgetown University's reading group continues!
platypus1917.org/2025/07/09/p...
This week's coffee break! platypus1917.org/2015/05/02/a... From politics to protest; from protest to politics? How did the Millennial Left take up the New and Old Left in capitalism, democracy, race, & socialism?
Join Platypus at Georgetown University Tuesday Nov 18 5:00 PM in the ICC to talk news!
Join Platypus at Georgetown University Tuesday Nov 18 5:00 PM in the ICC to talk news!
November 14, 2025 at 2:52 AM
This week's coffee break! platypus1917.org/2015/05/02/a... From politics to protest; from protest to politics? How did the Millennial Left take up the New and Old Left in capitalism, democracy, race, & socialism?
Join Platypus at Georgetown University Tuesday Nov 18 5:00 PM in the ICC to talk news!
Join Platypus at Georgetown University Tuesday Nov 18 5:00 PM in the ICC to talk news!
Political economy was the self-consciousness, in labor, of bourgeois revolution. What does it become under capitalism? Why does Marx critique it?
This Sunday, November 16th, 2:00 PM in New North 204, Platypus at Georgetown University's reading group continues!
platypus1917.org/2025/07/09/p...
This Sunday, November 16th, 2:00 PM in New North 204, Platypus at Georgetown University's reading group continues!
platypus1917.org/2025/07/09/p...
November 13, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Political economy was the self-consciousness, in labor, of bourgeois revolution. What does it become under capitalism? Why does Marx critique it?
This Sunday, November 16th, 2:00 PM in New North 204, Platypus at Georgetown University's reading group continues!
platypus1917.org/2025/07/09/p...
This Sunday, November 16th, 2:00 PM in New North 204, Platypus at Georgetown University's reading group continues!
platypus1917.org/2025/07/09/p...
Join us today, November 11th at 5 PM in the foyer of Georgetown University's ICC to talk about the news, politics, and Marxism from a critical angle! This week: platypus1917.org/2025/06/01/bonapartism-is-not-bonaparte Whose fault is society's modern irresponsibility to itself in "state-ism"?
November 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Join us today, November 11th at 5 PM in the foyer of Georgetown University's ICC to talk about the news, politics, and Marxism from a critical angle! This week: platypus1917.org/2025/06/01/bonapartism-is-not-bonaparte Whose fault is society's modern irresponsibility to itself in "state-ism"?
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This week's coffee break! Cutrone's Bonapartism is not Bonaparte. Democracy, bureaucracy, capital-ism: what is politics and society today? How could Marx affirm this rule by "people-cops"? Could we do so today?
Join Platypus at Georgetown Tuesday, Nov 11, 5:00 PM in the ICC to talk about the news!
Join Platypus at Georgetown Tuesday, Nov 11, 5:00 PM in the ICC to talk about the news!
November 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
This week's coffee break! Cutrone's Bonapartism is not Bonaparte. Democracy, bureaucracy, capital-ism: what is politics and society today? How could Marx affirm this rule by "people-cops"? Could we do so today?
Join Platypus at Georgetown Tuesday, Nov 11, 5:00 PM in the ICC to talk about the news!
Join Platypus at Georgetown Tuesday, Nov 11, 5:00 PM in the ICC to talk about the news!
This week's coffee break! Cutrone's Bonapartism is not Bonaparte. Democracy, bureaucracy, capital-ism: what is politics and society today? How could Marx affirm this rule by "people-cops"? Could we do so today?
Join Platypus at Georgetown Tuesday, Nov 11, 5:00 PM in the ICC to talk about the news!
Join Platypus at Georgetown Tuesday, Nov 11, 5:00 PM in the ICC to talk about the news!
November 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
This week's coffee break! Cutrone's Bonapartism is not Bonaparte. Democracy, bureaucracy, capital-ism: what is politics and society today? How could Marx affirm this rule by "people-cops"? Could we do so today?
Join Platypus at Georgetown Tuesday, Nov 11, 5:00 PM in the ICC to talk about the news!
Join Platypus at Georgetown Tuesday, Nov 11, 5:00 PM in the ICC to talk about the news!
Our reading group discussion on "What is the Left? What is Marxism?" continues today at 2 PM in New North 204 at Georgetown University. This week: what does the necessity of Bonapartism and its social crisis in democracy mean for socialism? How did Marx see it clarify the tasks for freedom?
The revolution of 1848 for socialism fails, demanding the elected, democratic Bonapartist state. How did Marx's critique seek to "advance and extend" this crisis through socialist politics?
This Sunday, November 9th, 2:00 PM in New North 204, Platypus at Georgetown's reading group continues!
This Sunday, November 9th, 2:00 PM in New North 204, Platypus at Georgetown's reading group continues!
November 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Our reading group discussion on "What is the Left? What is Marxism?" continues today at 2 PM in New North 204 at Georgetown University. This week: what does the necessity of Bonapartism and its social crisis in democracy mean for socialism? How did Marx see it clarify the tasks for freedom?
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The revolution of 1848 for socialism fails, demanding the elected, democratic Bonapartist state. How did Marx's critique seek to "advance and extend" this crisis through socialist politics?
This Sunday, November 9th, 2:00 PM in New North 204, Platypus at Georgetown's reading group continues!
This Sunday, November 9th, 2:00 PM in New North 204, Platypus at Georgetown's reading group continues!
November 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The revolution of 1848 for socialism fails, demanding the elected, democratic Bonapartist state. How did Marx's critique seek to "advance and extend" this crisis through socialist politics?
This Sunday, November 9th, 2:00 PM in New North 204, Platypus at Georgetown's reading group continues!
This Sunday, November 9th, 2:00 PM in New North 204, Platypus at Georgetown's reading group continues!
The revolution of 1848 for socialism fails, demanding the elected, democratic Bonapartist state. How did Marx's critique seek to "advance and extend" this crisis through socialist politics?
This Sunday, November 9th, 2:00 PM in New North 204, Platypus at Georgetown's reading group continues!
This Sunday, November 9th, 2:00 PM in New North 204, Platypus at Georgetown's reading group continues!
November 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The revolution of 1848 for socialism fails, demanding the elected, democratic Bonapartist state. How did Marx's critique seek to "advance and extend" this crisis through socialist politics?
This Sunday, November 9th, 2:00 PM in New North 204, Platypus at Georgetown's reading group continues!
This Sunday, November 9th, 2:00 PM in New North 204, Platypus at Georgetown's reading group continues!