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Get access to The Backroom Exclusive episodes on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/OneDime⁠ In this episode of 1Dime Radio, I am joined by Ben Burgis, author of "Give Them An Argument: Logic for the Left" and "Canceling Comedians While the World Burns: A Critique Of The Contemporary Left. We talk about the lessons of the left should learn from the 2024 election and the past decade, the right-left distinction, and Ben's experience going on The Joe Rogan Podcast. In The Backroom (on Patreon), Ben and I talk about Bluesky, the capitalist power dynamics of Cancel Culture, and the "Suicide of the left." Become a Patron at Patreon.com/OneDime if you haven't already done so! Timestamps: 00:00 Bluesky & Cancel Culture (The Backroom Teaser) 02:32 The Blue Sky Platform Debate 04:11 The U.S. Election Was a Wakeup Call 14:25 Ben's Appearance on Joe Rogan Podcast 23:08 The Left-Right Distinction 28:52: "Low Information Voters 37:51 Trump's Appeal 42:56 Policy Differences, Immigration, and more 56:43 Cultural Wars and Moral Panics 01:16:04 The Ultra-Left to Capitalist Pipeline 01:21:33 The Backroom Teaser Check out Ben Burgis on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BenBurgisGTAA Follow Ben on X:https://x.com/BenBurgis Follow me on X: https://x.com/1DimeOfficial Read Articles Faster with Speechify: https://share.speechify.com/mzrxH5D Outro Music by Karl Casey Be sure to give 1Dime Radio a 5 Star Rating if you enjoy the show!

Daniel Tutt joins us again for a deep dive on Mark Fisher's classic essay "Exiting the Vampire's Castle" (heavily featured in Ben Burgis's book "Canceling Comedians While the World Burns: A Critique of the Contemporary Left"). Before that, Ben and the crew talk about NYU's bizarre reeducation program for student Palestine protesters. In the postgame for patrons, Matthew Whalan joins us to watch the last part of Cenk Uygur and Dave Smith's debate on Israel, Palestine & Iran with Batya Ungar-Sargon & Dennis Prager.Read Fisher's essay:https://opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/exiting-vampire-castle/Buy Ben's book:https://redemmas.org/titles/34877-canceling-comedians-while-the-world-burns-a-critique-of-the-contemporary-left/Buy Daniel's book:https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/740015/how-to-read-like-a-parasite-by-daniel-tutt/Buy tickets to the livestream of the event in DC:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/clr-james-and-the-struggle-for-socialism-in-america-livestream-tickets-920347773967Follow Daniel on Twitter: @DanielTuttFollow Matthew on Twitter: @VernonWhalanFollow 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

Frank starts the show joined by WABC host Dominic Carter to talk about the recent sentencing in the Crumbley case. They also talk about Billy Dee Williams being okay with blackface. Ben Burgis, a progressive commentator and author of Canceling Comedians While the World Burns: A Critique of the Contemporary Left, joins the program to talk about democratic unrest in the Israel war. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Frank starts the show joined by WABC host Dominic Carter to talk about the recent sentencing in the Crumbley case. They also talk about Billy Dee Williams being okay with blackface. Ben Burgis, a progressive commentator and author of Canceling Comedians While the World Burns: A Critique of the Contemporary Left, joins the program to talk about democratic unrest in the Israel war. Frank discusses conspiracy theories on the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. He also talks with Chris Bledsoe, a UFO experiencer, strong believer in God and the author of the new book UFO of God: The True Story of Chris Bledsoe. They discuss his book and experience with UFOs. Frank starts the third hour talking about the New Testament and the Old Testament. He also announces the listener of the week and his thoughts on the finale of Curb Your Enthusiasm. Frank wraps up the show talking about a trend in ages of mothers giving birth. He is also joined by Noam Laden for News You Can Use. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Frank sits down with Ben Burgis, a progressive commentator and author of Canceling Comedians While the World Burns: A Critique of the Contemporary Left, to talk about democratic unrest in the Israel war. bio: https://benburgistest.wordpress.com/about/  Social media: https://twitter.com/BenBurgis https://t.co/B08wH1aps9?amp=1 https://www.facebook.com/ben.burgis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we get to all live tuition free inside the head of one of the most prominent intellectuals on the left, Ben Burgis. Ben is a Jacobin columnist, an adjunct philosophy professor at Rutgers University, and the host of the YouTube show and podcast Give Them An Argument. He's also the author of several books including Give Them an Argument: Logic for the Left, Canceling Comedians While the World Burns, and Christopher Hitchens: What He Got Right, How He Went Wrong, and Why it Matters. Ben joins Max in a wide ranging discussion from the presidential election and the fracture among liberals and leftists to socialist tendencies and worker cooperatives. Resources Give Them An Argument w/Ben Burgis Jacobin: Ben Burgis Ben Burgis on Twitter Ben Burgis Online Ben Burgis on Substack Christopher Hitchens: What He Got Right, How He Went Wrong, and Why He Still Matters Canceling Comedians While the World Burns: A Critique of the Contemporary Left Myth and Mayhem: A Leftist Critique of Jordan Peterson Give Them an Argument: Logic for the Left -- If you like the pod version of #UNFTR, make sure to check out the video version on YouTube where Max shows his beautiful face! www.youtube.com/@UNFTR Please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Join the Unf*cker-run Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/2051537518349565 Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee® at shop.unftr.com. Subscribe to Unf*cking The Republic® at unftr.com/blog to get the essays these episode are framed around sent to your inbox every week. Check out the UNFTR Pod Love playlist on Spotify: spoti.fi/3yzIlUP. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility. Unf*cking the Republic® is produced by 99 and engineered by Manny Faces Media (mannyfacesmedia.com). Original music is by Tom McGovern (tommcgovern.com) and Hold Fast (holdfastband.com). The show is written and hosted by Max and distributed by 99. Podcast art description: Image of the US Constitution ripped in the middle revealing white text on a blue background that says, "Unf*cking the Republic®."Support the show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/unftrSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Frank first talks about the Airforce lowering its body fat percentage requirement for recruits and is then joined by Sally Hoedel, lifelong Elvis fan, Elvis historian and author of the book “Destined to Die Youg” to talk about how Elvis really died and Lisa Marie Presley death. After, Frank talks about The Little Mermaid live action remake changing it's lyrics to suit modern "sensitivity". Then, Frank talks about the two preschool teachers that are going on trial for failing to report a child pulling another child's pants down. Ben Burgis, author of “Canceling Comedians While the World Burns: A Critique of the Contemporary Left” also joins Frank to talk about national security implications of a document leak. Later, Frank talks about Rachel wanting him to cook dinner once a week, and much more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Frank interviews Ben Burgis, author of “Canceling Comedians While the World Burns: A Critique of the Contemporary Left” about national security implications of a document leak. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On tonight's edition of the Other Side of Midnight: Frank Morano scrubs behind his ears. In the first hour of this program, we are joined by Ben Burgis, author of Canceling Comedians While the World Burns: A Critique of the Contemporary Left to discuss cancel culture in comedy. Later, Bob Wolf, College & Career Skills Readiness Trainer with Hope Skills and Mark Erlenwein, Principal of Staten Island Tech and New York State's 2022 Principal of the Year, stop by to chat about the skills kids aren't learning in schools. We debate the ethics of mandating death row inmates to donate their organs, have a laugh at New York City's new nuclear preparedness PSA, and lambast the game of cornhole. This is an episode of TOSOM for the books! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Frank Morano has a laugh with Ben Burgis, author of Canceling Comedians While the World Burns: A Critique of the Contemporary Left. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Today on the show, I talk with Ben Burgis. Ben is the author of “Canceling Comedians While the World Burns“ and “Give Them An Argument: Logic for the Left.” He has a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Miami and teaches Philosophy at Georgia State University Perimeter College. He writes a column for Jacobin. Ben Burgis: https://benburgis.com/

If you're a regular listener of Lean Out, you know that Tara is pretty concerned about the state of the left. Her guest today has concerns of his own. Ben Burgis is a philosophy professor, a columnist for Jacobin magazine, and host of the Give Them An Argument podcast. His recent book, Canceling Comedians While the World Burns, is a brilliant critique of the contemporary left. Ben Burgis makes the case for a smarter, funnier, and more strategic left - that's today on Lean Out.

On episode 123, we welcome philosopher Ben Burgis to discuss the intellectual development of the late Christopher Hitchens, his early socialist ideals, the different versions of socialism and why Stalinist communism is sometimes considered to be state capitalism, Hitchens' criticisms of the Clintons and Mother Teresa, Hitchens' hopelessness about fostering widespread socialism and what he may have thought about the popularity of current grassroots movements, the false dichotomy of capitalism vs communism and social democracy as a more humane alternative, and why Hitch hated Donald Trump. Ben Burgis is a columnist for Jacobin Magazine, an adjunct philosophy professor at Rutgers University, an online instructor at the School for Social and Cultural Change, and the host of the podcast and YouTube show “Give Them An Argument.” He's the author of several books including “Canceling Comedians While the World Burns: A Critique of the Contemporary Left” and his newest book, “Christopher Hitchens: What He Got Right, How He Went Wrong, and Why He Still Matters.”  | Ben Burgis | ► Website | https://benburgis.com/ ► Twitter | https://twitter.com/BenBurgis ► Patreon | https://www.patreon.com/benburgis ► Podcast Link (GTAA) | https://www.youtube.com/c/BenBurgisGTAA/videos?view=57 Where you can find us: | Seize The Moment Podcast | ► Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/SeizeTheMoment ► Twitter | https://twitter.com/seize_podcast  ► Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/seizethemoment ► TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@seizethemomentpodcast ► Patreon | https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32208666

Ben Burgis is a columnist for Jacobin Magazine, an adjunct philosophy professor at Morehouse College, and the host of the podcast and YouTube show “Give Them An Argument.” He's the author of several books including “Christopher Hitchens: What He Got Right, How He Went Wrong, and Why He Still Matters” and “Canceling Comedians While the World Burns: A Critique of the Contemporary Left.”

Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepakistanexperience Ben Burgis, author, podcaster, and philosophy instructor comes on to discuss why the left is fixated on ideas of moralism, individual responsibility and identity, and suffers from defeatism. We get into a deep dive discussion on performativeness, identity politics, cancel culture and the nationalization of social media. Is Joe Rogan a far right podcaster? Was Dave Chappelle's special transphobic? Who will win the oppression olympics? Would Ben Burgis kill a baby Jordan Peterson? Find out this and more on this week's episode of The Pakistan Experience. Ben Burgis is philosophy instructor at Georgia State University Perimeter College, a columnist for Jacobin Magazine and Arc Digital Media, and the co-host of the Dead Pundits Society. He also does a regular segment on The Michael Brooks Show called "the Debunk." Ben is also the author of "Give Them an Argument: Logic for the Left" and "Canceling Comedians While the World Burns: A Critique Of The Contemporary Left" Chapters: 0:00 Cancelling Comedians while the world burns 7:19 Joe Rogan and the collapse of mainstream media 22:00 "Bernie Bros" as a stick to beat Bernie with 26:00 Defeatism in The Left 35:30 Dave Chappelle, The Closer and Transphobia 53:00 Oppression Olympics and the politics of Victimhood 1:05:00 Identity Politics and the vision of a consolidated left 1:22:00 Jordan Peterson and the right making heroes out of idiots 1:35:00 Should social media be nationalized? 1:48:00 US Imperialism and what Leftist politicians can do 2:02:00 Michael Brooks Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepakistanexperience And Please stay in touch: https://twitter.com/ThePakistanExp1 https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperience https://instagram.com/thepakistanexpeperience The podcast is hosted by comedian and writer, Shehzad Ghias Shaikh. Shehzad is a Fulbright scholar with a Masters in Theatre from Brooklyn College. He is also one of the foremost Stand-up comedians in Pakistan and frequently writes for numerous publications. He can be found on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Tinder. Instagram.com/shehzadghiasshaikh Facebook.com/Shehzadghias/ Twitter.com/shehzad89

It's Casual Friday! Sam and Emma host Ben Burgis, columnist at Jacobin, host of Give Them An Argument With Ben Burgis, and author of Canceling Comedians While the World Burns: A Critique of the Contemporary Left, to cover the top stories of the week. Ben, Sam, and Emma start off with a discussion on the developments in Afghanistan as the Taliban sweeps through, taking up control as the US evacuates, before they jump back to the decisions that led us there. They walk through the original choice to invade Afghanistan, rather than work with a Taliban surrender and find ways to diplomatically get their hands on Osama Bin Laden, only to pull resources out and move towards Iraq within a year and a half, keeping Afghanistan on the border of disarray for well over a decade until we let it fall back into Taliban hands. Sam and Ben look into the unlikelihood of US leaders learning from the failures of military intervention, before they move onto discussions of what Republicans have constituted as “authoritarian” and how that has changed over the last two decades, largely as a function of what party is implementing the policies. Starting with the post-9/11 Bush-era policy, and working through reactions to Obama's handling of Ebola, Sam, Ben, and Emma explore how Republicans have sponsored countless invasive policies only to draw the line at one life-or-death vaccine. After discussing the importance of both recognizing and implementing legitimate coercion in the face of the pandemic, they wrap up the interview by touching on the developments on the infrastructure and reconciliation bills, and the state of progressive leverage heading into the final votes. Sam and Emma round out the first half with updates on the Delta variant, as Fl, OR, AR, MS, and LA all reach record hospitalizations, while MTG and Republicans continue to tout misinformation and Americans are forced out of hospitals. And in the Fun Half: Sam drums up some beef with old colleagues Tom Scharpling and Jon Benjamin, Louie Gohmert pours one out for the birds (but the “one” is “fossil fuels” and “for the birds” is “on the birds”), and Emma trashes on radio as Sam defends the medium made for his face. Next, the crew admires Bar Rescue's Jon Taffer's willingness to focus on Bars, and let other people worry about his employees well being, as he and Laura Ingraham promote treating our workforce like dogs while the pandemic ramps up. The show gets two Joshes (from MD and PA, respectively) to give updates on the state of their states, and the latter inquires about the potential of fiction authors coming onto the show. They also discuss factors that promote new variants and get some high-level important ideas, plus, your calls and IMs! Become a member at JoinTheMajorityReport.com Subscribe to the AMQuickie newsletter here. Join the Majority Report Discord! http://majoritydiscord.com/ Get all your MR merch at our store https://shop.majorityreportradio.com/ (Merch issues and concerns can be addressed here: majorityreportstore@mirrorimage.com) You can now watch the livestream on Twitch Check out today's sponsor: sunsetlakecbd is a majority employee owned farm in Vermont, producing 100% pesticide free CBD products. Great company, great product and fans of the show! Use code Leftisbest and get 20% off at http://www.sunsetlakecbd.com. And now Sunset Lake CBD has donated $2500 to the Nurses strike fund, and we encourage MR listeners to help if they can. Here's a link to where folks can donate: https://forms.massnurses.org/we-stand-with-st-vincents-nurses/ Support the St. Vincent Nurses today as they continue to strike for a fair contract! https://action.massnurses.org/we-stand-with-st-vincents-nurses/ Subscribe to Discourse Blog, a newsletter and website for progressive essays and related fun partly run by AM Quickie writer Jack Crosbie. https://discourseblog.com/ Subscribe to AM Quickie writer Corey Pein's podcast News from Nowhere, at https://www.patreon.com/newsfromnowhere Check out The Letterhack's upcoming Kickstarter project for his new graphic novel! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/milagrocomic/milagro-heroe-de-las-calles Check out Matt Binder's YouTube channel! Check out The Nomiki Show live at 3 pm ET on YouTube at patreon.com/thenomikishow Check out Matt's podcast, Literary Hangover, at Patreon.com/LiteraryHangover, or on iTunes. Check out Jamie's podcast, The Antifada, at patreon.com/theantifada, on iTunes, or at twitch.tv/theantifada (streaming every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 7pm ET!) Follow the Majority Report crew on Twitter: @SamSeder @EmmaVigeland @MattBinder @MattLech @BF1nn @BradKAlsop Help Aamon Hawk Buy A Super Computer!

Ben Burgis returns to the show to talk about his new book _Canceling Comedians While the World Burns_ with Jacob & I. We get into the pathologies of powerlessness, better ways to handle online disagreement, and more. Check out Ben's show "Give Them An Argument" here: https://www.youtube.com/user/benburgis1 - Help us make the show! http://www.patreon.com/givingthemic - Find us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/givingthemic - Questions/comments/suggestions for great local Korean food: givingthemic@gmail.com - http://facebook.com/givingthemic/ - - Main theme by The Mysterious Breakfast'r Cereal on SoundCloud @chiptheme - - All items trademarked and copyright their respective owners. Please don't sue. Please don't sue. Please don't sue.

Topics: Michael Brooks; Jeff Bezos wants Civility; Ro Khana; Bill Kristol; Brett Kavanaugh; Josh Hawley; Charlie Kirk; Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick; Fascism and Theocracy Guests With Time Code: (2:30) David does The News (1:14:12) "I'm On My Way" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel (1:16:03) "I'm Traveling Light" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel (1:21:03) Mike Rowe, Emmy award winning comedy writer, digs through his mom's basement. Mike's book is "It's A Funny Thing: How the Professional Comedy Business Made Me Fat & Bald" purchase it here: https://www.amazon.com/Its-Funny-Thin... (1:38:22) Michael Brooks: Professor Ben Burgis, author of "Cancelling Comedians While The World Burns" remembers Michael Brooks. Michael Brooks' book is "Against the Web: A Cosmopolitan Answer to the New Right" Purchase it here: https://www.amazon.com/Against-Web-Co... Michael's recent column in Jacobin: https://jacobinmag.com/2021/07/michae... Professor Ben Burgis's book is "Canceling Comedians While the World Burns: A Critique Of The Contemporary Left" Buy it here: https://www.amazon.com/Canceling-Come... (2:04:16) "Ain't No Cane On The Brazos" performed by The Covid Players who are Lance Jeffries, Tom Webber, John Hayes and Kathlene Ashe (2:09:19) Dr. Philip Herschenfeld, Freudian psychoanalyst, Ethan Herschenfeld, comedian whose latest special "Thug, Thug Jew" is now streaming on YouTube (2:37:47) Henry Hakamaki talks with Sakshi Aravind about Ecology and Climate Politics, as well as a bit of indigenous law sprinkled in (3:09:29) Dan Frankenberger's Community Billboard (3:21:44) The Rev. Barry W. Lynn, Americans United for Separation of Church and State (4:44:35) The Professors and Mary Anne: Professor Mary Anne Cummings, Professor Ann Li, Professor Ian Faloona and Professor Jonathan Bick (5:45:06) Emil Guillermo, PETA Podcast and columnist for the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (6:20:03) Professor Harvey J. Kaye, FDR on Democracy and Alan Minsky, executive director of the Progressive Democrats of America We livestream on YouTube every Monday and Thursday starting at 5:00 PM Eastern and go until 11:00 PM. Please join us! Take us wherever you go by subscribing to this show as a podcast!

In the past few years, "canceling" someone from prominent platforms or careers has become an increasingly controversial topic in today's cultural and political circles. A comedian or other public figures says, Tweets or does offensive things and a public backlash, often fueled by politically progressive social media, ensues. It's destroyed careers. It's targeted people by mistake. How does cancel culture effect movement building projects on the left? Is it a form of leftist self-sabotage, misplaced priorities or a legit means of speaking truth to power? We talk about all of it with Ben Burgis, author of the new book "Canceling Comedians While the World Burns." We dive deep into the "cancel culture" wars on the left. But, also get into how it's practiced by the right with attempts to "cancel" everything from Critical Race Theory to opponents of Israel, and use it to further the left-right culture war. Plus, we discuss the biggest cancellation EVER- Trump canceled from Twitter! Ben Burgis is a philosophy professor and the author of Give Them An Argument: Logic for the Left and “Canceling Comedians While the World Burns.” He is host of the podcast Give Them An Argument. Read more// Ben Burgis: We Can't Cancel Ourselves Into a Better World (https://bit.ly/3gxzCfk) NY Times: Teen Vogue Editor Resigns After Fury Over Racist Tweets (https://nyti.ms/3cNNyzA) Canceling Comedians While the World Burns: A Critique of the Contemporary Left (https://bit.ly/2TLrVJq) Give Them An Argument: https://www.youtube.com/user/benburgis1 Noam Chomsky on Identity Politics and "Wokeness" (https://bit.ly/3wSowXS) Follow us on any of these social media channels// Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GreenRedPodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastGreenRed Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/greenredpodcast YouTube: https://bit.ly/GreenAndRedOnYouTube Please follow us on Medium! (https://medium.com/green-and-red-media). Donate to Green and Red Podcast// Become a recurring donor at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast Or make a one time donation here: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR This is a Green and Red Podcast production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). “Green and Red Blues" by Moody. Editing by Isaac.

Self-explanatory! Enjoy. Lotsa links below about Ben's work and the stuff discussed in this interview. We'll be back with a new K+J episode soon. If you like what you hear, please consider becoming a Patron by heading over to https://patreon.com/blockedandreported (https://patreon.com/blockedandreported) . -Ben's latest book, Canceling Comedians While the World Burns: A Critique Of The Contemporary Left: https://www.amazon.com/Canceling-Comedians-While-World-Burns/dp/1789045479 (https://www.amazon.com/Canceling-Comedians-While-World-Burns/dp/1789045479) -Twitter: https://twitter.com/BenBurgis (https://twitter.com/BenBurgis) -YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCByZMNYpHFEetI0s3deYH2g (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCByZMNYpHFEetI0s3deYH2g) -Bernie Sanders’ unreasonably Vermontian demands: https://nypost.com/2021/05/27/book-reveals-bernies-hotel-demands-king-size-beds-and-60-degree-rooms/ (https://nypost.com/2021/05/27/book-reveals-bernies-hotel-demands-king-size-beds-and-60-degree-rooms/) -Bernie Sanders criticized for ‘touting’ Rogan clip: https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/24/politics/bernie-sanders-joe-rogan-endorsement/index.html (https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/24/politics/bernie-sanders-joe-rogan-endorsement/index.html) -Ben Burgis and Michael Brooks on why Rogan’s endorsement was good: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/01/its-good-that-joe-rogan-endorsed-bernie-now-we-have-to-organize (https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/01/its-good-that-joe-rogan-endorsed-bernie-now-we-have-to-organize) -Tom Cotton column: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/03/opinion/tom-cotton-protests-military.html (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/03/opinion/tom-cotton-protests-military.html) -National Guard deployment to Kenosha: https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/national-guard-ends-deployment-to-kenosha/article_61a44f06-43cd-5db8-992f-23f1bcbb5188.html (https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/national-guard-ends-deployment-to-kenosha/article_61a44f06-43cd-5db8-992f-23f1bcbb5188.html) -$1-2b in damage from the George Floyd riots: https://www.axios.com/riots-cost-property-damage-276c9bcc-a455-4067-b06a-66f9db4cea9c.html (https://www.axios.com/riots-cost-property-damage-276c9bcc-a455-4067-b06a-66f9db4cea9c.html) -attacks on federal courthouse in Portland: https://ktvz.com/news/crime-courts/2020/07/24/fires-set-inside-portland-federal-courthouse-fence-18-arrested-on-federal-charges/ (https://ktvz.com/news/crime-courts/2020/07/24/fires-set-inside-portland-federal-courthouse-fence-18-arrested-on-federal-charges/) -Matt Taibbi’s book Hate Inc.: Why Today’s Media Makes Us Despise One Another: https://www.amazon.com/Hate-Inc-Todays-Despise-Another/dp/1949017257 (https://www.amazon.com/Hate-Inc-Todays-Despise-Another/dp/1949017257) -Ben Burgis/Jacobin Bestner article on ‘insurrection’: https://jacobinmag.com/2021/01/trump-capitol-riot-fascist-coup-attempt?fbclid=IwAR1CVU3AKhMhXufL6OfwDiu_UEIFcghIZ0osMlS-uFST8rmdT7dQ9w69vVU (https://jacobinmag.com/2021/01/trump-capitol-riot-fascist-coup-attempt?fbclid=IwAR1CVU3AKhMhXufL6OfwDiu_UEIFcghIZ0osMlS-uFST8rmdT7dQ9w69vVU) -2019 DSA convention ‘highlights’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHRxu3XrsHg&ab_channel=Mitchollow (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHRxu3XrsHg&ab_channel=Mitchollow) -JFC, tankies: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=tankie (https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=tankie)

Self-explanatory! Enjoy. Lotsa links below about Ben's work and the stuff discussed in this interview. We'll be back with a new K+J episode soon.-latest book, Canceling Comedians While the World Burns: A Critique Of The Contemporary Left: https://www.amazon.com/Canceling-Comedians-While-World-Burns/dp/1789045479-Twitter: https://twitter.com/BenBurgis-YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCByZMNYpHFEetI0s3deYH2g-Bernie Sanders’ unreasonably Vermontian demands: https://nypost.com/2021/05/27/book-reveals-bernies-hotel-demands-king-size-beds-and-60-degree-rooms/-Bernie Sanders criticized for ‘touting’ Rogan clip: https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/24/politics/bernie-sanders-joe-rogan-endorsement/index.html-Ben Burgis and Michael Brooks on why Rogan’s endorsement was good: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/01/its-good-that-joe-rogan-endorsed-bernie-now-we-have-to-organize-Tom Cotton column: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/03/opinion/tom-cotton-protests-military.html-National Guard deployment to Kenosha:https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/national-guard-ends-deployment-to-kenosha/article_61a44f06-43cd-5db8-992f-23f1bcbb5188.html-$1-2b in damage from the George Floyd riots:https://www.axios.com/riots-cost-property-damage-276c9bcc-a455-4067-b06a-66f9db4cea9c.html-attacks on federal courthouse in Portland:https://ktvz.com/news/crime-courts/2020/07/24/fires-set-inside-portland-federal-courthouse-fence-18-arrested-on-federal-charges/-Matt Taibbi’s book Hate Inc.: Why Today’s Media Makes Us Despise One Another:https://www.amazon.com/Hate-Inc-Todays-Despise-Another/dp/1949017257-Ben Burgis/Jacobin Bestner article on ‘insurrection’:https://jacobinmag.com/2021/01/trump-capitol-riot-fascist-coup-attempt?fbclid=IwAR1CVU3AKhMhXufL6OfwDiu_UEIFcghIZ0osMlS-uFST8rmdT7dQ9w69vVU-2019 DSA convention ‘highlights’:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHRxu3XrsHg&ab_channel=Mitchollow-JFC, tankies: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=tankie  This is a public episode. Get access to private episodes at www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Sam and Emma host Ben Dixon of the Benjamin Dixon Show to talk about the top stories of the week and shifting tides of leftist activist authority in U.S. politics, then Ben Burgis, author of Canceling Comedians While the World Burns, joins to discuss his critique of the current American left. Ben Dixon explores how the greater activist sway in U.S. politics has totally changed the discourse around Israel’s apartheid regime, helping shift the Biden administration’s stance on ceasefire and ensuring that Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib can’t be isolated by the Democratic party for speaking out, before moving onto the blatant Republican obstruction of January Sixth commission and how that could undermine centrist dems’ consistent excuses on bipartisan support. Then, the ladder Ben gives us an argument on how Cancel Culture™ is holding back the left by undermining solidarity and reinforcing carceral logics, and what can be done in terms of breaking up social media to help, before he and Sam explore the greater progression of the left from its niche in the early aughts to the today’s constant performances of social activism. And in the Fun Half: Louie Gohmert warns all of the many Bernie or Bust Billionaires of the gulags and lack of managerial duties in their future, Sam and Emma are forced to double-check Kevin McCarthy’s vax stats, and Chris Doocy incredulously lists off oddly incorrect COVID statistics. Then, Sam and Emma explore the Squad’s vote on the capitol police budget, plus, your calls and IMs!   Become a member at JoinTheMajorityReport.com Join the Majority Report Discord! http://majoritydiscord.com/ Get all your MR merch at our store https://shop.majorityreportradio.com/ (Merch issues and concerns can be addressed here: majorityreportstore@mirrorimage.com) The AM Quickie is now on YouTube Subscribe to the AM Quickie at https://fans.fm/amquickie Make the AMQ part of your Alexa Flash Briefing too! You can now watch the livestream on Twitch Check out today's sponsors: sunsetlakecbd is a majority employee owned farm in Vermont, producing 100% pesticide free CBD products. Great company, great product and fans of the show! Use code Leftisbest and get 20% off at http://www.sunsetlakecbd.com. And now Sunset Lake CBD has donated $2500 to the Nurses strike fund, and we encourage MR listeners to help if they can. Here's a link to where folks can donate: https://bit.ly/STVincentNurses Hello Fresh offers you fresh, pre-measured ingredients and mouthwatering seasonal recipes delivered right to your door. Go to HelloFresh.com/majority12 and use code majority12 for 12 free meals, including free shipping! Quip has new gum is actually good for your oral health, and it comes with a dispenser that’ll remind you of the one-click candy you loved as a kid. quip Gum can help prevent cavities and freshen breath when chewed for 20 minutes after eating. It’s sugar-free, and has tooth-friendly xylitol with zero calories. If you go to getquip.com/majority right now, you can get a free plastic dispenser with any refill plan. Subscribe to Discourse Blog, a newsletter and website for progressive essays and related fun partly run by AM Quickie writer Jack Crosbie. https://discourseblog.com/ Subscribe to AM Quickie writer Corey Pein’s podcast News from Nowhere, at https://www.patreon.com/newsfromnowhere Check out Matt Binder's YouTube channel! Check out The Nomiki Show live at 3 pm ET on YouTube at patreon.com/thenomikishow Check out Matt’s podcast, Literary Hangover, at Patreon.com/LiteraryHangover, or on iTunes. Check out Jamie’s podcast, The Antifada, at patreon.com/theantifada, on iTunes, or at twitch.tv/theantifada (streaming every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 7pm ET!) Follow the Majority Report crew on Twitter: @SamSeder @EmmaVigeland @MattLech @BF1nn  

Ben's new book, Canceling Comedians While the World Burns ... Joe Rogan, Louis CK, and the online left's moralistic overreactions ... A material analysis of how Twitter distorts political movements ... Stalin nostalgia, guillotine gifs, and other performative radicalness ... Critiquing left rhetoric on criminal justice ... Aryeh: Cancel culture is neoliberal ... Ben: The left has made itself vulnerable to false accusations ... A socialist assessment of Biden's first 100 days ...

Ben's new book, Canceling Comedians While the World Burns ... Joe Rogan, Louis CK, and the online left's moralistic overreactions ... A material analysis of how Twitter distorts political movements ... Stalin nostalgia, guillotine gifs, and other performative radicalness ... Critiquing left rhetoric on criminal justice ... Aryeh: Cancel culture is neoliberal ... Ben: The left has made itself vulnerable to false accusations ... A socialist assessment of Biden's first 100 days ...

YouTube star Ben Burgis has a new book, Canceling Comedians While the World Burns, a critique of leftwing cancel culture from the left. Burgis argues the left needs to change its focus if it wants to win. But what can people from all political persuasions learn from this book? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"Canceling Comedians While the World Burns: A Critique of the Contemporary Left" is officially out now! In these clips from the online book launch, Ana Kasparian, Nando Vila, Ryan Lake, Daniel Bessner, and David Griscom stop by to chat--and to talk about the book. Ben reads a short extract from it at the end. If you (ahem) want to pick up a copy yourself, it's available at all the usual book places but here's a link to order it from the worker-owned bookstore Red Emmas:https://redemmas.org/titles/34877-canceling-comedians-while-the-world-burns--a-critique-of-the-contemporary-leftTo watch the full book launch: https://youtu.be/bgHwwWySfro​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 a bonus episode every Thursday, access to the Discord server, a “Sopranos” Recap Bonus Episode every month with Mike Recine, Nando Vila, and Wosny Lambre, a monthly Discord Movie Night, and "Discord Office Hours" (regularly scheduled group voice chats).Follow Ben on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BenBurgis​Like, subscribe, and get notifications on Ben’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/BenBurgisGTAA​Visit benburgis.com

Support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning to access the weekly postgame show and more bonus content.First, David and Matt discuss Kamala Harris scolding Guatemala.Ben Burgis (@BenBurgis) joins David and Matt to discuss his new book, "Canceling Comedians While the World Burns: A Critique Of The Contemporary Left," censoriousness as an unhelpful strategy.The Left Reckoning artwork was made by Grant ErtlThe music was composed and performed by Christoph Bruhn

Every Saturday at 1 PM ET, Ana Kasparian and Nando Vila broadcast live from the Jacobin YouTube channel. Weekends features free-flowing and humorous commentary on current events and political strategy. This is the podcast version of the show from April 24, 2021, with Jen Pan filling in for Ana. Jacobin columnist Ben Burgis joins us to explain how and why cancel culture is eroding the left. We also discuss Biden’s plans to tax the rich, the end of the Castro era in Cuba, and the problem with the idea of a monolithic “Asian American community.” Burgis is a philosophy professor and regular contributor to Jacobin. He is host of the podcast Give Them An Argument. Ben Burgis's latest book, Canceling Comedians While the World Burns, is out now:https://www.johnhuntpublishing.com/ze... Subscribe to Jacobin for just $10: https://jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?cod... Join the Verso book club: https://www.versobooks.com/bookclub Music provided by Zonkey: https://linktr.ee/zonkey Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jacobinmag

We’re back from a brief hiatus with Ben Burgis, Jacobin columinst and author of the forthcoming book Canceling Comedians While the World Burns: A Critique Of The Contemporary Left, we talk about how the fractured state of the American left that for a brief, glorious time had been more or less all pulling in the same direction during Bernie Sanders’s two presidential campaigns. Since Bernie’s endorsement of Biden, factionalism and infighting have once again resumed their rightful places as any leftist’s preferred pastime, so how does the US left and their international allies move forward in a productive way to actually go about doing what we all want: building social movements and working class power? There aren’t any easy answers to this question but we have a great conversation about it.We also take a few minutes to pay tribute to friend of the show Prince Philip, tragically taken too soon, who is now in heaven doing the Wakanda salute with RBG, Philip Seymour Hoffman and others.—Drop us a line at theinsurgentspod@gmail.com.You can also listen to the Insurgents on iTunes HERE.On Spotify HERE.On Google Podcasts HERE.And all other links are HERE.If you’d like to become a premium subscriber and gain access to premium episodes as well as our private Discord server, you can do so here: This is a public episode. Get access to private episodes at theinsurgents.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode we talk with Ben Burgis. Ben is a philosophy instructor at Georgia State University Perimeter College, a Jacobin columnist, and the host of the “Give Them An Argument” podcast and YouTube show. He is also the author of Give Them an Argument: Logic for the Left and the forthcoming Canceling Comedians While the World Burns: A Critique of the Contemporary Left. https://benburgis.com // https://www.patreon.com/benburgis // https://twitter.com/GTAA_Show // GTAA YouTube channel: #LeftisBest #CosmopolitanSocialism #Labor --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/growing-down/message