Ep 82: The Platypus Review in the Last 5 Years

For this episode of Shit Platypus Says, Tamas V sits down with Lou S, editor in chief of the Platypus Review for the last 5 years, and Allen Y, who will take over the job. They discuss the transformations in capitalist politics and the Left's responses to them, which the Platypus Review has tracked under Lou's tenure. We discuss the exhaustion of the Millennial Left in the post-Trump era, the long arc of the DSA, and the role of the PR on the Left today and in the future.

The Platypus Review is an open-submission journal published monthly worldwide and online. You can find the latest issue, the complete archive going back to 2007, as well as submissions guidelines at platypus1917.org.

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Full Editorial Statement: https://platypus1917.org/platypus-review/editorial-statement/

Jamal Abed-Rabbo, D.L. Jacobs, Harold Meyerson, Matthew Strupp, "The politics of the Democratic Socialists of America" - https://platypus1917.org/2023/12/01/the-politics-of-the-democratic-socialists-of-america/ Benedict Cryptofash, “The Left is not a concept” - https://platypus1917.org/2021/12/01/the-left-is-not-a-concept/ Mitchel Cohen, Melvyn Dubofsky, Daniel Lazare, Sebastian LM, “Whither socialism? Mamdani and the Left” - https://platypus1917.org/2025/11/01/whither-socialism-mamdani-and-the-left/ James Heartfield, Spencer Leonard, Anthony Monteiro, Benjamin Studebaker, “Marxism and liberalism” - https://platypus1917.org/2022/10/01/marxism-and-liberalism-2/ Ben B. and Clint M., “‘The epoch of empires’: An interview with Haz Al-Din” - https://platypus1917.org/2024/02/01/the-epoch-of-empires-an-interview-with-haz-al-din/ Caleb Maupin, “We are the city-building tendency” - https://platypus1917.org/2021/12/01/we-are-the-city-building-tendency/ Pamela C. Nogales C., “Helplessness without history: Political education after the Millennial Left" - https://platypus1917.org/2024/10/01/helplessness-without-history-political-education-after-the-millennial-left/ Chris Cutrone, “Israel–Palestine and the ‘Left’” - https://platypus1917.org/2024/02/01/israel-palestine-and-the-left/ Jan-Georg Gerber, “Who were the Antideutsch? An obituary” - https://platypus1917.org/2025/04/01/who-were-the-antideutsch-an-obituary/

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