Give Them An Argument

Florian  Maiwald and Matt McManus join Ben Burgis to discuss Florian's essays in Matt's new book, "What is Liberal Socialism?" (and the larger themes of the collection).

Order Matt's book:

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/826323/what-is-liberal-socialism-by-matt-mcmanus/

Pre-order Florian's new book:

https://www.collectiveinkbooks.com/zer0-books/our-books/outsourced-emancipation

And while you're pre-ordering books,  preorder Ben's new book (co-written w/Bhaskar Sunkara and Mike Beggs), "The Blueprint: How Socialism Can Work in the Real World":

https://redemmas.org/titles/52310-the-blueprint-how-socialism-can-work-in-the-real-world/

And last but definitely not least, pre-order Florian's new book!

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Last Thursday, Ben Burgis gave the first lecture of the new year at the Ethics Center at Western Michigan University, to talk about the themes of his new book (co-written with Bhaskar Sunkara and Mike Beggs), "The Blueprint: How Socialism Can Work in the Real World." (Lecture starts around the 5:30 mark.)

Register to attend the launch event in September 29th in Los Angeles:

https://moondough.i234.me/tools/tickets/buy.html?event=9H7UE84J

Pre-order the book from worker-owned bookseller Red Emmas:

https://redemmas.org/titles/52310-the-blueprint-how-socialism-can-work-in-the-real-world/

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Yesterday, Ben Burgis went on English-language Israeli cable channel i24 to argue about the role of Israel/Palestine in the rise of the democratic socialist left in the United States. We'll play the whole segment and break it down!

Read the Jacobin article mentioned in the episode ("The Problem With Israel Is So Much Bigger Than Netanyahu"):

https://jacobin.com/2025/08/democrats-bernie-netanyahu-zionism-apartheid

Pre-order Ben (and Bhaskar Sunkara and Mike Beggs's) new book "The Blueprint: How Socialism Can Work in the Real World" from worker-owned bookshop Red Emmas:

https://redemmas.org/titles/52310-the-blueprint-how-socialism-can-work-in-the-real-world/

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Matt McManus joins Ben Burgis to talk about Matt’s new article “Socialists Aren’t Naive About Human Nature,” and more generally about why attempts to base anti-socialist arguments on human imperfection miss the point.

Read Matt’s article:

https://jacobin.com/2026/07/socialism-human-nature-morality

Follow Matt on Twitter: @MattPolProf

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Matt McManus joins Ben to talk about Matt's new article on Marxist philosopher G.A. Cohen's "engagement with the best of the liberal tradition," and to wrap up Matt and Ben's conversation about Cohen from the last time Matt was on the show.

Read Matt's article:

https://www.liberalcurrents.com/a-socialists-dialogue-with-liberalism/?ref=articles-and-essays-newslettert

Read Ben's essay "Justice and Virtue":

https://benburgis.substack.com/p/justice-and-virtue

Link you can give your library to order Matt and Ben's new book on Cohen:

https://www.amazon.com/Analytical-Marxism-Democratic-Socialism-Century/dp/3032028930/

Follow Matt on Twitter: @MattPolProf

Follow Ben on Twitter @JacobinBen [NOTE: The previous account was hacked!]

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Become a GTAA Patron and receive numerous benefits ranging from occasional patron-exclusive content to access to the GTAA Discord to our undying love and gratitude for helping us keep this thing going:

patreon.com/benburgis

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