Season 5 Episode 25: After Black Lives Matter (ft. Cedric Johnson)

Cedric Johnson is a professor of African-American studies and political science at the University of Illinois at Chicago and author of, most recently, After Black Lives Matter: Policing and Anti-Capitalist Struggle from Verso Books:https://www.versobooks.com/products/3057-after-black-lives-matterBen Burgis chats with Cedric about his book. Before that, Ben and the GTAA crew talk about Ben's most recent Jacobin article on G.A. Cohen ("The Tragic Failure of the Soviet Experiment Doesn't Mean We Should Reject Socialism") and a previous one on human nature arguments against socialism ("Socialism Can Help Contain Humanity’s Worst Impulses and Encourage Our Best"), watch a video from a recently unlocked debate Ben did last year in the UK with Labour MP Thangam Debbonaire, and take a moment to remember the late great Michael Brooks. Ed Keenan--the musician and DSA-LA activist behind the TMBS Debunk Song--hangs out in the postgame for GTAA patrons and shares some more of his music.Follow 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.com