Ben Burgis and Producer Jordan watch Socialist Alternative leader Kshama Sawant's debate with Eric Blanc (author of "Revolutionary Social DemocracyWorking-Class Politics Across the Russian Empire (1882-1917)") on the relevance of the Russian Revolution today. The debate was moderated by Jacobin editor Bhaskar Sunkara.Follow Jordan on Twitter: @jayohardeeayenFollow Ben on Twitter: @BenBurgisFollow GTAA on Twitter: @Gtaa_ShowBecome a GTAA Patron and receive numerous benefits ranging from patron-exclusive postgames every Monday night to our undying love and gratitude for helping us keep this thing going:patreon.com/benburgisRead the weekly philosophy Substack:benburgis.substack.comVisit benburgis.com

Journalist, activist, and novelist Cory Doctorow joins Ben Burgis to talk about Cory's new book "The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation." Ben and the GTAA crew play some clips from Ben's debate with Adam Friended & PSA Sitch on anti-CRT laws and "Cultural Marxism." Norman Finkelstein joins us in the postgame for patrons.Buy Cory's book:https://www.versobooks.com/products/3035-the-internet-conBuy Norm's book:https://www.sublationmedia.com/product-page/i-ll-burn-that-bridge-when-i-get-to-it-print-editionFollow Cory on Twitter: @doctorowFollow Ben on Twitter: @BenBurgisFollow GTAA on Twitter: @Gtaa_ShowBecome a GTAA Patron and receive numerous benefits ranging from patron-exclusive postgames every Monday night to our undying love and gratitude for helping us keep this thing going:patreon.com/benburgisRead the weekly philosophy Substack:benburgis.substack.comVisit benburgis.com

Ethan from the Confronting Capital channel and Victor Bruzzone once again join Ben Burgis for GTAA's weekly series of debate breakdowns. This week they watch the recent debate between Krystal Ball & Kyle Kulinski on one side and Briahna Joy Gray on the other about Biden and third party voting. And yes, we just ran a clip where Matt Christman argued forcefully that this is a silly topic to argue about but we were still curious what all these people had to say, so we decided to give it a watch it anyway!Check out Academic Edgelords--the podcast Victor and Ethan do with Matt McManus and Gordon Katic:https://academicedgelords.com/Follow Ethan on Twitter: @anontwtuser11Follow Victor on Twitter: @victorbruzzoneFollow Ben on Twitter: @BenBurgisFollow GTAA on Twitter: @Gtaa_ShowBecome a GTAA Patron and receive numerous benefits ranging from patron-exclusive postgames every Monday night to our undying love and gratitude for helping us keep this thing going:patreon.com/benburgisRead the weekly philosophy Substack:benburgis.substack.comVisit benburgis.com

Will Menaker from Chapo Trap House and Liza Featherstone from Jacobin discuss the GOP primary field, Thomas Friedman's Thoughts About Ukraine, and how New York Socialists won big on climate. They also touch on topics like the UAW strike, Marxist critique, recent strikes, the growth of the DSA, and Mike Pence's role in the Trump administration.

Producer Jordan and Current Affairs magazine's House Economist Rob Larson join Ben Burgis to continue the weekly series of Thursday Night Debate Breakdowns by watching the classic impromptu debate between Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev and then-Vice President Richard Nixon at the opening of the American National Exhibition at Sokolniki Park in Moscow on July 24, 1959. It's a short debate--no postgame tonight--but it's a fascinating glimpse into a time when big arguments about capitalism and socialism dominated global politics.Follow Rob on Twitter: @IronicProfessorFollow Jordan on Twitter: @jayohardeeayenFollow Ben on Twitter: @BenBurgisFollow GTAA on Twitter: @Gtaa_ShowBecome a GTAA Patron and receive numerous benefits ranging from patron-exclusive postgames every Monday night to our undying love and gratitude for helping us keep this thing going:patreon.com/benburgisRead the weekly philosophy Substack:benburgis.substack.comVisit benburgis.com

Krystal Ball & Kyle Kulinski debate Sohrab Ahmari on right-populism. They discuss voting preferences, social liberalism, guns, immigration policies, economics, euthanasia, Catholicism in politics, and the impact of social security on the black vote. They also explore coalition building within the Republican Party.

Sohrab Ahmari, a conservative social democrat, discusses his book on private power in America. Ben and Sohrab agree on issues but disagree on socialism. They analyze changing political stances, distracting issues like Russia, the impact of a movie, and complexities of a strike. They explore Catholicism's influence and pursuing the common good. The podcast also touches on misconceptions about American economic views, class compromise, and power accountability in democratic governance.

Ben Burgis and Victor Bruzzone continue GTAA's weekly series of Thursday Night Debate Breakdowns by watching a recent debate between podcaster (and former Manhattan Institute fellow) Coleman Hughes and New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie on the topic "Does Color-Blindness Perpetuate Racism?" (Bouie says yes, Hughes says no.) They both say partially true things, but this voice could use several hundred times more Adolph Reed.Follow Victor on Twitter: @victorbruzzoneFollow Ben on Twitter: @BenBurgisFollow GTAA on Twitter: @Gtaa_ShowBecome a GTAA Patron and receive numerous benefits ranging from patron-exclusive postgames every Monday and Thursday night to the Discord server to occasional advance and exclusive content to our undying love and gratitude for helping us keep this thing going:patreon.com/benburgisRead the weekly philosophy Substack:benburgis.substack.comVisit benburgis.com

Ben Burgis, Jason Myles, and Jordan Dubin are all in studio together. (Matt Christman was originally scheduled but he had to reschedule for late September.) After a half-hearted attempt to talk about a couple of Jacobin articles, they unbutton their metaphorical top buttons and talk about exactly the kind movie the three of them would likely spend an evening talking about off-air, or, OK, maybe that Jason and Ben would be talking about while Jordan sat there and rolled her eyes---the 1982 classic Stephen King/George Romero production "Creepshow." Also Jordan made a cake for Jason's birthday and brown liquor was abundant. A good time was had by all.Follow Jason on Twitter: @J_Myles_TiRFollow Jordan on Twitter: @jayohardeeayenFollow Ben on Twitter: @BenBurgisFollow GTAA on Twitter: @Gtaa_ShowBecome a GTAA Patron and receive numerous benefits ranging from patron-exclusive postgames every Monday night to our undying love and gratitude for helping us keep this thing going:patreon.com/benburgisRead the weekly philosophy Substack:benburgis.substack.comVisit benburgis.com

Tibor Rutar is the author of a book called "Capitalism for Realists: Virtues and Vices of the Modern Economy" in which he argues that the best system is a moderate, social democratic form of capitalism. In making that case, he heavily relies on "economic freedom" rankings. In the book, Rutar criticizes an article Ben Burgis wrote for Jacobin arguing that such rankings are worthless and tell us nothing:https://jacobin.com/2021/10/economic-freedom-rankings-frasier-institute-peter-leeson-socialism-capitalismRutar also wrote an article for Areo magazine called "Marxism: The Idea that Refuses to Die":https://areomagazine.com/2023/06/27/marxism-the-idea-that-refuses-to-die/....which Ben wrote about in last Sunday's Substack essay, "Why I"m Still a Marxist: A Response to Tibor Rutar":https://benburgis.substack.com/p/tibor-rutars-flawed-critique-of-marxIn this episode, they finally sit down to. talk out the differences in their worldviews! Before that, Ben and the crew play a new Billy Bragg song (responding to "Rich Men North of Richmond"), and play a bit of Ben's recent appearance on the Left Reckoning postgame where he talked to Matt Lech and David Griscom about Marxism. In the postgame for GTAA patrons, they preview an in-person debate that Ben is going to be doing in-person in Los Angeles and watch a bubbly conservative pundit who seems to be deeply confused about how, as a conservative, she's supposed to feel about the French Revolution.Check out Tibor's book:https://www.routledge.com/Capitalism-for-Realists-Virtues-and-Vices-of-the-Modern-Economy/Rutar/p/book/9781032305929Follow Ben on Twitter: @BenBurgisFollow GTAA on Twitter: @Gtaa_ShowBecome a GTAA Patron and receive numerous benefits ranging from patron-exclusive postgames every Monday night to our undying love and gratitude for helping us keep this thing going:patreon.com/benburgisRead the weekly philosophy Substack:benburgis.substack.comVisit benburgis.com