Sps

On this three-part episode of SPS, Sophia and Pamela catch up to discuss Shaka King’s Judas and the Black Messiah (2021). They reflect upon the director’s interpretation of the Black Panther Party and how questions of black nationalism, the police and the authoritarian state bear on our present moment. In the second segment Sophia sits down with Novara Media’s Commissioning Editor, Rivka Brown to consider the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (PCSC Bill) and the anti-austerity Left. Rivkah touches on what the potential abolition of the police might mean for the ‘Left’. Finally, Platypus’ Chief Pedagogue, Chris Cutrone, introduces our Summer Reading Groups and gives a taster of what’s in-store. You can find our more about our Summer Reading Groups here: Summer Reading Group 2021: Adorno’s Negative Dialectics https://platypus1917.org/2021/05/08/summer-2021-adornos-negative-dialectics/ Summer Reading Group 2021: Hegel and Marxism https://platypus1917.org/2021/05/11/summer-2021-hegel-and-marxism/ S