Give Them An Argument

Ben is joined by Daniel Bessner and Djene Bajalan to break down the Azerbaijan/Armenia conflict. Djene's article in Jacobin:https://jacobinmag.com/2020/10/azerbaijan-armenia-conflict-nationalism-colonialism

Scottish libertarian Antony Sammeroff comes on the pod to debate libertarian and socialist ideas about healthcare. Ben talks to Krystal Ball about the Presidential election and why right-wing populism is a political dead end. Finally, Cole James Cash fills in for David Griscom's usual music segment to talk about his album "2016." This is a good episode, guys. You should give it a listen!

Ben is joined by Paul Prescod to talk about his Jacobin article "Trump Claims He's Pro-Worker. But His Labor Board Is Trying to Destroy Worker Organizing." (https://jacobinmag.com/2020/09/trump-national-labor-relations-board-nlrb) Then Daniel Bessner, Shawn Gude, and returning champion Harvey J. Kaye join the podcast for a panel on Eugene V. Debs and the what the socialist left can learn from its early history. At the end David Griscom comes back for another installment of "Outlaws and Revolutionaries" where he and Ben talk about mezcal and the music of Guy Clark.

Ben is joined by Woke Bros co-host Wosney "Big Wos" Lambrey and Congressional candidate Shahid Buttar. Judith Jarvis Thomson's classic paper "A Defense of Abortion" is revisited in the context of Trump's nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. A deeply strange story about Keith Richards is mentioned in passing while Ben discusses Terry Allen with David Griscom during this week's installment of David's weekly "Outlaws & Revolutionaries" segment.Woke Bros: https://blackopinionsmatter.libsyn.com/Shahid Buttar: shahidforchange.usJudith Jarvis Thomson: https://rintintin.colorado.edu/~vancecd/phil215/Thomson.pdfIndependent creators rely on your support to create the content you want! Support Give Them An Argument on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/benburgis. Patrons get early access to every episode as well as a weekly bonus episode and regularly scheduled "Discord Office Hours" group voice chats.Follow Ben on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BenBurgisLike, subscribe, and get notifications on Ben’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/BenBurgisGTAAVisit benburgis.com

Ben is joined by David Feldman and Emma Vigeland to talk about the election and by Nando Vila to talk about US imperialism in Latin America. In this week's installment of "Outlaws & Revolutionaries," David Griscom talks about the great Blaze Foley. The episode ends with some chat questions about the relationship between socialism and Irish Republicanism, Ben's Michigan State University "Beat Michigan" shirt, and the struggle ahead for the American left.Vice Article: "5 Black Men Kidnapped by 'Police' in Honduras Are Still Missing" by Jared Olsonhttps://www.vice.com/en_us/article/v7gjp3/5-black-men-kidnapped-by-police-in-honduras-are-still-missing

Ben is joined by authors Christopher Patton, Thomas Frank, and Fredrik de Boer to talk about their books and by David Griscom for another segment of Outlaws & Revolutionaries. Links to the books and to some of the songs mentioned by Griscom below.Independent creators rely on your support to create the content you want! Support Give Them An Argument on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/benburgis. Patrons get early access to every episode as well as a weekly bonus episode and regularly scheduled "Discord Office Hours" group voice chats.Follow Ben on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BenBurgisLike, subscribe, and get notifications on Ben’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/BenBurgisGTAAVisit benburgis.comPre-order "The Iowa City Police Log: Life and Strife in a Midwestern College Town" by Christopher Patton:https://littlevillagemag.com/product/pre-order-iowa-city-police-log-life-and-strife-in-a-midwestern-college-town/Order "The People, No: A Brief History of Anti-Populism" by Thomas Frank from the worker-owned bookstore Red Emmas:https://redemmas.org/titles/34835-the-people--no--a-brief-history-of-anti-populismOrder "The Cult of Smart: How Our Broken Education System Perpetuates Social Injustice" by Fredrik de Boer from the worker-owned bookstore Red Emmas:https://redemmas.org/titles/34836-the-cult-of-smart--how-our-broken-education-system-perpetuates-social-injustice

After an examination of why Ed Markey is absolutely right to talk about "what your country can do for you," Ben is joined by Nathan J. Robinson to talk about an article they co-wrote about Glenn Beck for the new issue of Current Affairs, Yaron Brook debates Ben about the philosophy of Ayn Rand, and David Griscom comes back to drink tequila and talk about the politics of country music.

Ben is joined by Djene Bajalan from Missouri State University, Eric Levitz from New York Magazine, Matt Christman from Chapo Trap House, and Meagan Day from Jacobin. David Griscom does the first installment in his new weekly "Outlaws & Revolutionaries" segment to talk about country music and left politics. Oh, and Yoram Hazony is wrong about Marxism and the Enlightenment!Articles mentioned in the episode:The Challenge of Marxism by Yoram Hazony (Quillette)The American AKP by Djene Bajalan and Michael Brooks (Jacobin)'Working Class' Conservatism Doesn't Work Without Unions by Eric Levitz (New York Magazine)

Ben is joined by Michael Powell from the New York Times, David Griscom from The Michael Brooks Show, Dave Smith from Part of the Problem, and Ana Kasparian from The Young Turks and Weekends with Ana Kasparian and Nando Vila.Articles mentioned in the episode:A Black Marxist Scholar Wanted to Talk About Race. It Ignited a Fury. (Michael Powell)How to Debate Libertarians on Taxes and Destroy Them (Ben Burgis) Without the Ability to Democratically Plan Our Society, We Don't Have True Freedom (Michal Rozwoski)The Left Needs to Stop Falling for Absurd Sex Panics (Liza Featherstone)

Ben is joined by TMBS Super-Producer Matt Lech to talk about Bret Weinstein and the hypocrisy of the IDW, historian Harvey J. Kaye to talk about radical history, Jacobin founding editor Bhaskar Sunkara to talk about social democracy and the possibilities for a realistic alternative to capitalism, and Jacobin columnist Liza Featherstone to talk about DSA's recent electoral victories in New York.