Ep. 50: The Cost of Living Protests, & Platypus on Sexual Liberation

Our 50th anniversary SPS episode comes in two parts. First, we cover the on-going cost of living protests organized by the Left in the U.K, Germany and Austria. Co-hosts Lisa and Andreas attended protests in Leipzig and Vienna, where they recorded soundbites and interviews with several leftist activists. Later, they discuss these interviews and the current crisis on the Left with SPS co-host Rebekah and former president of Platypus, Efraim C. -- both based in the U.K. In our Shit Platypus Does segment, Rebekah and Lisa sit down with our members Audrey and David to discuss their past teach-ins and panel presentations on the issue of sexual liberation. Platypus on “Sex and the Left” Links: “#MeToo and the millennial sex panic”. Platypus Review 111.  November 2018. https://platypus1917.org/2018/11/02/metoo-and-the-millennial-sex-panic/ “Transgender liberation? A movement whose time has passed” . Platypus Review 111. November 2018. https://platypus1917.org/2018/11/02/transgender-liberation-a-movement-whose-time-has-passed/ “Which Way Forward for Sexual Liberation?” Teach-in at  The People’s Forum in New York City. June 2022 https://youtu.be/ATCE8FQfTC4 “Sexual Freedom in Capital” Platypus Review 133. February 2021 https://platypus1917.org/2021/02/01/sexual-freedom-in-capital/ “Women the Longest Revolution (Frankfurt)” Panel transcription. Platypus Review 84. March 2016 https://platypus1917.org/2016/03/07/women-longest-revolution-frankfurt/