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16 [lbo-talk] Platypus: what we are, what we do, and why -- rank: 904

... responding to Chris *Maisano who isn't a member of Platypus (we gladly claim him as one of our own in ... his 2nd message on this list, where he mentions that Platypus is about asking questions rather than taking positions. All these ...

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Author:	Bhaskar Sunkara
Date:	Fri Apr 9 09:09:12 PDT 2010

17 [lbo-talk] Fwd: Re: Platypus: what we are, what we do, and why -- rank: 876

... ccutrone at speedsite.com> wrote: > There was some talk of Platypus being "ultra-subsumptionist" or "Hegelian." > This is not only a ... misunderstood what I was saying. I didn't say the Platypus goal was to "subsume" anything. I was thinking of the distinction Marx made between formal subsumption and real subsumption. Platypus, I had thought, believed that the latter must be brought ...

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Author:	Eric Beck
Date:	Thu Apr 8 11:52:54 PDT 2010

18 [lbo-talk] Doug Henwood declines offer to speak at Platypus panel -- rank: 876

... comment on Doug's blog: "There is one member of Platypus who does hit and runs on a number of blogs ... being either useful, or enlightening." Actually, this describes some of Platypus's would-be co-thinkers in Germany perfectly. The Bahamas ...

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Date:	Mon Nov 14 10:30:15 PST 2011

19 [lbo-talk] Platypus: what we are, what we do, and why -- rank: 876

... landy at igc.org> wrote: > I've been told that Platypus people support the U.S. war in Afghanistan. Is > that ... answer to that question, and though I don't know Platypus's exact position on the war, it wouldn't surprise ... certainly help bring us closer to its final stage. Cf. Platypus' unquestioning faith in the truth of Hegelian progressivism.

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Author:	Eric Beck
Date:	Wed Apr 7 12:12:10 PDT 2010

20 [lbo-talk] Fwd: Re: Platypus: what we are, what we do, and why -- rank: 876

... this is the wrong question to ask of us. Because Platypus isn't about taking positions but about asking questions: What ...

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Author:	Chris Doss
Date:	Thu Apr 8 00:46:42 PDT 2010

21 [lbo-talk] Mitchel's interview with two Platypus organizers -- rank: 876

... of touch that I am, I'd never heard of Platypus until I saw them at Left Forum last month. Can ... hung up in moderation.  If you're curious > about the Platypus the best place to check would be the Platypus Review, > issue 17 in particular.  It outlines their whole "theory ...

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Author:	Max Sawicky
Date:	Tue Apr 6 10:54:57 PDT 2010

22 [lbo-talk] Mitchel's interview with two Platypus organizers -- rank: 844

... To echo someone else's question, what exactly is this Platypus/ > > Postone political analysis? I don't quite understand what they ...

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Author:	Carrol Cox
Date:	Tue Apr 6 12:28:56 PDT 2010

23 [lbo-talk] Platypus: what we are, what we do, and why -- rank: 844

... 9 10:41:35 PDT 2010 * Previous message: [lbo-talk] Platypus: what we are, what we do, and why * Next message ...

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Author:	Christopher Cutrone
Date:	Fri Apr 9 11:06:58 PDT 2010

24 [lbo-talk] Platypus: what we are, what we do, and why -- rank: 844

... seriously, and as a Leftist, just as seriously as Ali. Platypus is about attacking and overcoming thought-taboos, and recognizing that ...

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Author:	Christopher Cutrone
Date:	Fri Apr 9 10:19:10 PDT 2010

25 [lbo-talk] Platypus: what we are, what we do, and why -- rank: 844

... decentralized, > clan-based rule and warlordism. I'd say if Platypus believes this, they are a pretty nasty piece of work ... be proud! This whole discussion has made me wish that Platypus's and Heartfield's parents had bought them a copy ...

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Author:	Eric Beck
Date:	Fri Apr 9 08:16:58 PDT 2010

26 ... talk] Limits of Criticism, was Mitchel's interview with two Platypus organizers -- rank: 844

... since almost all of your -- and the rest of your platypus comrades' -- comments regarding Klein, or anyone else (aside from Michael ... insubstantial, as the awfully written, self-regarding essay assignments your "Platypus" collective keeps doling out. On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at ...

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Author:	mep
Date:	Fri Apr 2 15:56:17 PDT 2010

27 [lbo-talk] Mitchel's interview with two Platypus organizers -- rank: 844

... hung up in moderation. If you're curious about the Platypus the best place to check would be the Platypus Review, issue 17 in particular. It outlines their whole "theory ...

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Author:	Bhaskar Sunkara
Date:	Sun Apr 4 13:09:21 PDT 2010

28 [lbo-talk] Platypus: what we are, what we do, and why -- rank: 844

... passes for "leftwing politics" today. That's the point of Platypus saying that the "Left is dead!" Being discontented with the ...

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Author:	Christopher Cutrone
Date:	Thu Apr 8 15:14:28 PDT 2010

29 [lbo-talk] Platypus: what we are, what we do, and why -- rank: 844

... directly last night: > >I don't know of anyone in Platypus who supports the U.S. in any of its wars ...

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Author:	Joanne Landy
Date:	Thu Apr 8 13:47:12 PDT 2010

30 [lbo-talk] Platypus: what we are, what we do, and why -- rank: 844

... directly last night: > >I don't know of anyone in Platypus who supports the U.S. in any of its wars ... I still haven't heard from you as to whether > > Platypus supports the U.S. war in Afghanistan. Does it? Are ...

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Author:	Joanne Landy
Date:	Thu Apr 8 13:22:25 PDT 2010