Ben Burgis
@BenBurgis
Adjunct philosophy prof, @jacobin columnist, podcaster, probably the only Joe Rogan guest to have taught a class on Capital Vol. 1?
I’m in @MSNBC today, writing about Zohran’s proposal to experiment with a few publicly-owned grocery stores: msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-…
The images from Gaza are unbearable. No, not random clips, whose provenance and accuracy are questionable — but what’s in the professional press. Meanwhile, a thoughtful, conservative Israeli journalist whom I admire told me recently, Yes, the starvation is real. People, often…
Right wingers make them same argument about Zohran and historically was the justification for firings/expulsions of socialists from their jobs and unions
What a wonderful surprise to wake up to—@jondavidchurch, who I was exchanging articles with about this stuff way back in 2019, explaining in a characteristically thoughtful piece that he’s come around to the democratic socialist side of the argument:
"Just ask any antitrust economist. Or any energy economist who knows a thing or two about Enron. Or anyone with a background in finance who remembers the disaster of subprime mortgage markets." @jondavidchurch on his long-standing debate with @BenBurgis
On tonight's show, @BenBurgis chats with Nicholas Vrousalis, author of "Exploitation as Domination: Why Capitalism is Unjust." Before that, Ben does an Opening Argument on the weird arguments of pro-Trump libertarians. All starts at 8 ET! youtube.com/watch?v=DrICk0…
Assuming this is true: what would it mean if a clear majority of Jewish voters, in the most Jewish city in America, in the traditional Jewish party, voted for a candidate who the Jewish establishment orgs told them was antisemitic? Hard to think of a more forceful rejection.
At Hampton Synagogue this morning, Andrew Cuomo said he "didn't debunk" Mamdani enough. Cuomo added that Mamdani got "more than 50 percent" of the Jewish vote. "Those young people, the under-30 people, they are pro-Palestinian, and they don't consider it being anti-Israel."
A lesson from Corbyn is the more you talk about not being antisemitic, the more your opponents will smear you as antisemitic and the more salient the issue will become. Dismissing baseless attacks and pivoting to cost of living concerns seems like the way to go.
🚨 In the last 24 hours, three Palestinian children have died of starvation in Gaza: ▪️ Infant Jawad Al-Anqar (35 days old) died in Gaza City. ▪️ Yahya Al-Najjar, a child from Khan Younis, died at Nasser Hospital. ▪️ Toddler Sanaa Al-Lahham (1.5 years old) died in Deir al-Balah.…
Unbelievable what is happening to humanity!!!!!! Twelve-year-old Mosab Al-Dabbas is clinging to life in Al-Shifa Hospital after an Israeli airstrike on May 7 left him critically wounded. A piece of shrapnel tore through his skull, forcing doctors to remove part of his brain.…
A displaced, starving Palestinian woman: “I haven’t eaten in 5 days. I just want food. I walk a little and feel dizzy — my stomach is empty.”
Imagine if the original abolitionists didn't want to destroy slavery
Anyone who wants to make it easier for Americans to start families should support childcare policies like the ones being proposed by New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani. jacobin.com/2025/07/mamdan…
Gosh, maybe call it literally anything but “family abolition” then.
Family abolition continues that fight, not by destroying families, but by refusing to let the capitalist family be the only place care and futurity can happen. It’s not a rejection of kids. It’s a rejection of a world that treats kids like private property or burdens to bear.
Zohran Mamdani has a raft of policies specifically designed to make life easier for families with young children. How his opponents manage to twist them into the charge that Mamdani hates families is anyone’s guess: jacobin.com/2025/07/mamdan…
The endless haranguing of @ZohranKMamdani over a phrase he never even used is one of the dumbest and most dishonest news fixations I’ve ever seen.