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What is the Left? What is Marxism?
Ever wondered how the ideas that shaped the Left came about, what happened to them, and what they mean for politics today? Come along to the Platypus Reading Group to explore radical political thought, debate big questions, and challenge the ideas we take for granted. We believe collective learning and political education are essential to developing a meaningful
Platypus Cinema presents...
Swinging Sixties: Youth in Rebellion Triptych
WEEK 1: MEDIUM COOL (1969) dir. Haskell Wexler
The 1960s are often remembered as a decade of youthful rebellion, political upheaval and revolutionary possibility. But what did these struggles mean, and what became of their ambitions? Through Medium Cool (1969), El Grito (1968) and The Battle of Algiers (1966), this screening
What is the Left? What is Marxism?
Ever wondered how the ideas that shaped the Left came about, what happened to them, and what they mean for politics today? Come along to the Platypus Reading Group to explore radical political thought, debate big questions, and challenge the ideas we take for granted. We believe collective learning and political education are essential to developing a meaningful
Platypus Cinema presents...
Swinging Sixties: Youth in Rebellion Triptych
WEEK 2: Battle of Algiers (1966) dir. Gillo Pontecorvo
The 1960s are often remembered as a decade of youthful rebellion, political upheaval and revolutionary possibility. But what did these struggles mean, and what became of their ambitions? Through Medium Cool (1969), El Grito (1968) and The Battle of Algiers (1966), this
What is the Left? What is Marxism?
Ever wondered how the ideas that shaped the Left came about, what happened to them, and what they mean for politics today? Come along to the Platypus Reading Group to explore radical political thought, debate big questions, and challenge the ideas we take for granted. We believe collective learning and political education are essential to developing a meaningful
Swinging Sixties: Youth in Rebellion Triptych
WEEK 3: EL Grito (1968) dir. Leobardo López Arretche
The 1960s are often remembered as a decade of youthful rebellion, political upheaval and revolutionary possibility. But what did these struggles mean, and what became of their ambitions? Through Medium Cool (1969), El Grito (1968) and The Battle of Algiers (1966), this screening triptych explores
What is the Left? What is Marxism?
Ever wondered how the ideas that shaped the Left came about, what happened to them, and what they mean for politics today? Come along to the Platypus Reading Group to explore radical political thought, debate big questions, and challenge the ideas we take for granted. We believe collective learning and political education are essential to developing a meaningful
What is the Left? What is Marxism?
Ever wondered how the ideas that shaped the Left came about, what happened to them, and what they mean for politics today? Come along to the Platypus Reading Group to explore radical political thought, debate big questions, and challenge the ideas we take for granted. We believe collective learning and political education are essential to developing a meaningful