Platypus Georgetown

03/08/2025

Join us for a panel discussion: "Imperialism? What is it and why should we be against it?" with Mike Golash, Spencer Leonard, Benjamin Studebaker, and Daniel Tutt on Sunday March 16th at Georgetown University!

02/02/2023

We’re organizing a teach-in with the title ›Learning on the Left‹ on February 11 at 7 pm at New North 204. This is a great opportunity to see what the Platypus Affiliated Society is about if you usually can’t make it to our reading group or coffee break. The event will just take an hour and a half. Everyone is welcome!

01/22/2023

Tomorrow (January 22), our reading group will meet to discuss the question of revolutionary leadership. We’re discussing the first part of Rosa Luxemburg’s ›The Crisis of German Social Democracy‹ (Part 1) (1915), J. P. Nettl’s ›The German Social Democratic Party 1890–1914 as a Political Model‹ (1965), and Cliff Slaughter’s ›What is Revolutionary Leadership?‹ (1960). We’re meeting as usual at 2 pm at New North 204. No prior knowledge is required. Everyone is welcome!

01/19/2023

The 15th Annual International Convention of the Platypus Affiliated Society will take place Thursday, March 30th, 2023 through Sunday, April 2nd in Chicago, Illinois. Many panels, interviews, workshops, and social events are being planned, so stay tuned for updates! Most are free and open to the public. Come one, come all!

01/14/2023

The new term has just begun and we’re resuming our campus activities in this term as well! Tomorrow (January 15) at 2 pm, our reading group will meet to discuss Karl Korsch’s ›Marxism and Philosophy‹ (1923). We’re meeting as usual at New North 204. No prior knowledge is required. Next Wednesday at 5 pm (January 18), we will host the first coffee break of the new term at More Uncommon Grounds (in the ICC). Everyone is welcome!

12/04/2022

This Sunday (December 4) we’re meeting to discuss Georg Lukács’s ›The Phenomenon of Reification‹ (Part I from the chapter ›Reification and the Consciousness of the Proletariat‹ of his History and Class Consciousness). We’re meeting at 2 pm at New North 204. No prior knowledge is required. Everyone is welcome!

Every Sunday, 2 pmNew North 204Georgetown University (37th and O St NW, Washington, DC 20057)For regular updates, please follow our page: facebook.com/PlatypusGeorgetown

11/13/2022

This Sunday (November 13) we’re meeting to discuss the revolution in 1848. We’ll talk about Karl Marx’s ›Address to the Central Committee of the Communist League‹ (1850), Friedrich Engels’s ›The Tactics of Social Democracy‹ (1895), selections from Marx’s ›The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte‹ (1952) and ›The Class Struggles in France 1848–50‹ (1850). We’re meeting at 2 pm at New North 204. No prior knowledge is required. Everyone is welcome!

11/03/2022

Today (November 3) we’ll host a coffee break at 5 pm at More Uncommon Grounds in the ICC. The coffee break is a chance to get together informally and discuss current events. If you’re curious about Marxism and the Left but cannot attend the reading group, this is a great opportunity to get in touch!

11/02/2022

This Sunday (November 6) we’re meeting to discuss selections from Karl Marx’s ›Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts‹ (1844) and ›The Manifesto of the Communist Party‹ (1848) that he co-authored with Friedrich Engels. We’re meeting at 2 pm at New North 204. No prior knowledge is required. Everyone is welcome!

Every Sunday, 2 pmNew North 204Georgetown University (37th and O St NW, Washington, DC 20057)For regular updates, please follow our page: facebook.com/PlatypusGeorgetown

10/25/2022

This Sunday (October 30) we’re meeting to discuss Leszek Kolakowski’s ›The Concept of the Left‹ (1958) as well as some excerpts by Max Horkheimer, Theodor W. Adorno, Herbert Marcuse, and Karl Marx. We’re meeting at 2 pm at New North 204. No prior knowledge is required. Everyone is welcome!

10/23/2022

This Sunday (October 23) we’re meeting to discuss Max Horkheimer’s ›The Little Man and the Philosophy of Freedom‹ as well as three short articles by Chris Cutrone. We’re meeting at 2 pm at New North 204. No prior knowledge is required. Everyone is welcome!

10/14/2022

This Sunday (October 16) we’re meeting to discuss the introduction to G. W. F. Hegel’s ›Lectures on the Philosophy of History‹ (1831). We’re meeting at 2 pm at New North 204. No prior knowledge is required. Everyone is welcome!