Platypus Los Angeles was established in 2015.
We organize reading groups, public fora, research and journalism focused on problems and tasks inherited from the history of the Left for the possibility of emancipatory politics today. The Platypus Affiliated Society
The Platypus Affiliated Society, established in December 2006, organizes reading groups, public fora, research and journalism focused on problems and tasks inherited from the “Old”
05/26/2026
Join the Platypus LA reading group in discussing Theodor Adorno’s “Marginalia to Theory and Praxis” (1969) and “Resignation” (1969).
Where: Cafe Mak, 612 Shatto Pl, Los Angeles, CA 90005
When: Sunday 5/31 11:00 AM
Email us 📨at [email protected] for all our weekly readings, other materials, or to join our mailing list!
05/26/2026
Hang with your friendly neighborhood Marxists this Wednesday (5/27) at 7pm @ Cafe Mak, 612 Shatto Pl, Los Angeles
This week's topic is Freedom and Unfreedom in Capitalism. You can find URLs to our suggested readings by going to the Coffee Break tab on our linktree, which can be accessed either from the link in our bio or by scanning the QR code in the flyer.
Reading for Coffee Breaks is not required to join in on the discussion, but is highly recommended!
Email us 📨at [email protected] for all weekly readings or other materials, or to join our mailing list!
05/06/2026
Join our weekly coffee break for some casual conversation and a cappuccino!
This week's topic is Jan Schroeder’s article for issue 118 of the Platypus Review, “Althusser’s Marxism”.
Email us 📨at [email protected] for readings or other materials, or to join our mailing list!
Reading for Coffee Breaks is not required to join in on the discussion, but is highly recommended!
Hang with your friendly neighborhood Marxists this Wednesday (5/6) at 7pm.
Mak, 612 Shatto Pl, Los Angeles
04/17/2026
Join the Platypus LA reading group in discussing Trotsky’s “The Lessons of October” and "Stalinism and Bolshevism”.
Where: Cafe Mak, 612 Shatto Pl, Los Angeles, CA 90005
When: Sunday 4/19 11:00 AM
Email us 📨at [email protected] for readings, or to join our mailing list!
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04/16/2026
Join our weekly coffee break for some casual conversation and a cappuccino!
No particular topic this week, but we'll most likely be going over our thoughts about the recent convention.
Email us 📨at [email protected] for readings or other materials, or to join our mailing list!
Hang with your friendly neighborhood Marxists this Wednesday (4/15) at 7pm.
Mak, 612 Shatto Pl, Los Angeles
03/17/2026
Join the Platypus reading group in discussing Luxemburg’s “What does the Spartacus League Want?” and “On the Spartacus Programme”.
Where: Cafe Mak, 612 Shatto Pl, Los Angeles, CA 90005
When: Sunday 1/25 11:00 AM
Email us 📨at [email protected] for readings, or to join our mailing list!
03/17/2026
Join our weekly coffee break for some casual conversation and a cappuccino!
This week's topic is the recently published Platypus panel, “Decolonization and the Left”.
Email us 📨at [email protected] for readings or other materials, or to join our mailing list!
Reading for Coffee Breaks is not required to join in on the discussion, but is highly recommended!
Hang with your friendly neighborhood Marxists this Wednesday (3/18) at 7pm.
Mak, 612 Shatto Pl, Los Angeles
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03/15/2026
10/06/2025
Join our weekly coffee break for some casual conversation and cappuccino! This week's topic is on Hegel's Dialectics!
Hang with your friendly neighborhood Marxists this Wednesday (10/8) at 7pm.