Last year, Jacobin published The ABCs of Socialism, designed to answer the most common and most important questions about the history and practice of socialist ideas.

To coincide with our second printing of the book, Jacobin recently hosted a series of talks with ABCs contributors. You can buy a copy of the book for $5 here.

Here is an edited transcript of Adaner Usmani’s remarks on whether human nature really exists and whether it is compatible with a socialist society. You can also listen to a podcast of his talk here.