Platypus Affiliated Society – Marxist-Humanist Initiative

January 27, 2022 by MHI

Rittenhouse–Poster Boy for the Right of Self-Defense, or Closet Vigilante?

unday, November 5, 1-3 pm EST (note switch to standard time)

By popular demand, Andrew Kliman will lead an extra class session that will focus on class members’ questions and comments, after a brief presentation in which he will address a few issues he didn’t have time to discuss in the first two classes. Most discussants will attend.

Click here for the Zoom link and additional info. for the 3rd class, and the videos of the first two classes.

online version:

Resisting Trumpist Reaction
(and Left Accommodation)

Now also available as a pamphlet for $5. Order here. Now also available as a video series.

Our Perspectives thesis includes:

• Trumpism in Power, Aided by the Soft-on-Trump Left, Threatens Life and Liberty
• The Resistance: A Permanent State of Revolt Against Trumpism
• Economic Mythology of Left-Populist Alternatives to Neoliberalism
• Combatting “Post-Truth Politics,” in Practice and in Theory
• Combatting White Nationalism: Lessons from Marx
• Individual Responsibility for the Collective Development of Marxist-Humanism

“Raya Dunayevskaya: Biography of an Idea”

MHI is happy to distribute this documentary film by Alex Fletcher. It explores many major concepts of the philosopher, activist, and feminist Raya Dunayevskaya, who developed Marxist-Humanism over much of the last century, up until her death in 1987. The 79-minute film contains rare video clips of her speeches and offers glimpses of material in her archives, as well as featuring interviews of 3 MHI members who belonged to Dunayevskaya’s organization during her lifetime.

Film now available here. Review and trailer here.