The Platypus Affiliated Society hosts an international forum on the Crisis of the Left. The Chicago event is Tuesday, November 15th at 7:30pm at the University of Chicago Harper Memorial Library, Room 130, 1116 E. 59th St., Chicago, IL 60637. Speakers include Mike Ely (Kasama), Roberta Garner (DePaul, Science & Society), and Alex Hanna.

Many on the Left feel a sense of crisis. Existing strategies and theories seem inadequate in a bewildering contemporary political scene. Disparate groups have begun to show an interest in rethinking the fundamentals of Left politics. The Platypus Affiliated Society seeks to make the conversation explicit, and to host a series of discussions about the crisis of the contemporary Left: its quality, causes, and significance for future reconstitution and transformation.

Across five cities worldwide, we've invited figures from across the Left--academics, political organizers, theorists-- to answer and debate six fundamental questions. We also pose these questions to the Left as a whole and invite responses from all quarters. Our questions stem from confusion; taking nothing for granted, we hope that confronting this confusion might open up future possibilities for renewed consciousness and practice on the Left.

visit the main Facebook event listing (www.facebook.com/event.php) to learn more, or visit chicago.platypus1917.org