On this episode of SPS, Sophia and Pam hammer out whether or not Kamala Harris IS brat. They discuss the Republican National Convention and the consolidation of the new Republican Party under Trump. In the main segment, Andreas W and Pam N. sit down with Platypus members Ali (Australian National University), Hayes (University of Chicago) and Eli (University of Leipzig) to reflect on the recent pro-Palestinian protests on campus. The episode features recorded interviews with protestors led by Platypus members from around the globe including, Australia, Germany, and the United States. However, these are but a small sample of the on-site conversations led by our members. If you’d like to hear the rest of the interviews, you can find them here: https://t.ly/Fqg53

Episode Links:

Platypus Israel-Palestine panels after October 7, 2023

- 11/29/24 Corvallis: https://youtu.be/lDnRfYh5tLs?si=Iu5wQ8p30LqT91cq

- 11/29/23 UChicago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nw0Rc_3Hn88&t=6487s

- 12/3/23 German online panel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGkf83h52MY&t=289s

- 12/06/23 Santa Cruz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IuYSQqasSg&list=PLNc4xGUuaRwn1wDxSIXSSX-S1MKyhNKPu&index=21

- 12/14/23 London: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbkjXoH-jdo

- 3/7/24 Northwestern: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaTBLI-ACl0

- 3/11/24 NYU: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r3Ye10EyOE&list=PLNc4xGUuaRwn1wDxSIXSSX-S1MKyhNKPu&index=18

- 7/20/24 online panel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3brvk76nV4&list=PLNc4xGUuaRwn1wDxSIXSSX-S1MKyhNKPu&index=22

- “Jews and the Socialist Movement” (5/21/24), a Platypus teach-in at the University of Chicago, led by Tony Michels (Professor of American Jewish History, University of Wisconsin). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uigzH4eMA5s

- Erin Hagood, “Have we unlearned how to learn? 1968 and today,” originally given as a teach-in at Columbia University and at the New School occupation in April 2024, published in Platypus Review 168 (July - August 2024). https://platypus1917.org/2024/07/01/have-we-unlearned-how-to-learn-1968-and-today/

Original soundtracks by Tamas Vilaghy

Editing work by Michael Woodson

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