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Analysis Blog Fascism Theory

NinaIllingworth August 4, 2024August 4, 2024 American fascism, Amerikan Musik, analysis, antifascism, blog, Christian Zionism, CUFI, FA1, fascism, GOP, Mini Theory Blog, Moms for Liberty, MP6, Nazi Germany, Nina Illingworth, Opus Dei, Politics, Project 2025, Propaganda, Proud Boys, Silicon Valley, Tech-authoritarians, the Heritage Foundation, Theory, Triumph of the Will, Trump, Umberto Eco

Fascism: A Patchwork Mockery of Movement Politics

Despite propaganda to the contrary fascist movements are neither unified in rhetoric, nor uniform in appearance; what binds them is violent reactionary hatred.

Essays Neoliberalism Politics socialism

NinaIllingworth March 14, 2021November 5, 2022 $15 minimum wage, Afghanistan War, Andrew Perez, anti war, anti-labor, anti-racism, anti-war protests, anticapitalism, antifascism, Arizona, Arizona Democrats, austerity, Bernie Sanders, Biden White House, Blue Dog Caucus, CA4, CC3, class war, Climate Crisis, coronavirus, coronavirus relief package, corruption, Covid 19, culture war, David Sirota, Democratic Party, democratic socialism, DSA, Economics, electoralism, Essays, Fight for $15, filibuster, forever war, gone Washington, GOP, Green Party, Iraq War, Jacobin, Joe Biden, Joe Manchin, Kyrsten Sinema, left right alliance, left wing theory, let them eat cake, liberalism, Marxism, minimum wage, Mitch McConnell, MP6, neoliberalism, Paula Swearengin, Political Theory, Politics, populism, Progressive, progressive movement, progressive politics, Ralph Nader, reformers, reformism, Republican Party, Senate politics, Socialism, ST2, the Daily Poster, Theory, Thumbs Down, Tucker Carlson, Tulsi Gabbard, US Federal Minimum Wage, US Senate

Fool Me Twice: Kyrsten Sinema and the Poverty of Progressive Politics

A deeply sourced essay about progressive politics, acts of betrayal, and the need for an explicitly anti-capitalist mass movement in the Pig Empire.

Can't You Read Social Justice socialism Theory

NinaIllingworth December 24, 2020November 5, 2022 analysis, anti-racism, antifa, Assata Shakur, Bernie Sanders, Black Lives Matter, BLM, Can't You Read, class, class war, coalition building, critical race theory, democratic socialism, Denise DaSilva, diverse coalitions, Dr Martin Luther King Jr, Emma Goldman, Essays, FA1, identity politics, JA5, James Baldwin, labor class, leftism, Malcolm X, marginalized leftists, Michelle Alexander, MLK, MP6, Nell Irvin Painter, neofeudalism, neoliberal identity politics, neoliberal multiculturalism, neoliberalism, non white leftists, Offsite Writing, Op-Ed, Opinion, organizing, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Social Justice, Socialism, ST2, The Black Panthers, the Invention of the White Race, the labor class left, the Sanders left, Theodore Allen, Theory, WD7, weaponized identity politics, WEB Du Bois, whiteness

Essay: On Whiteness, Identity Politics & the Pig Empire Left (Link)

A longer, heavily sourced essay about why vast portions of the labor class left need to get over their reactionary ideas about what identity politics actually means; before history and shifting demographics leave them behind.

Blog Climate Crisis Patreon Politics War

NinaIllingworth September 27, 2019November 5, 2022 abuse of power, blog, bribery, CC3, climate catastrophe, Climate Crisis, corporate media, dark money, dark money behind climate science denial, Democratic Party, far right propaganda, fascism, foreign policy, Giant Russia Theory, GOP, Greta Thunberg, informal writing, intimidation, Koch Brothers, Koch network, liberals, MP6, nativism, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, Nixonian, Offsite Writing, Patreon, Patreon Blog, pig empire, Politics, Propaganda, Republican Party, Russiagate, The Skinny, Ukraine, Wall Street, war

The Skinny: Impeachment Politics, Targeting and Anti-Climate Flak

A link to my informal journal writing where we discuss why I’m not Josh Marshall, why Democrat’s will blow impeachment, and why dark money right wing groups are behind attempts to discredit Greta Thunberg.

Climate Crisis Essays News Politics

NinaIllingworth May 24, 2019November 17, 2022 Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, Alt Right, anti-climate science, AOC, Bernie Sanders, Beto ORourke, big business, border militias, Bush, capitalism, CC3, Chuck Schumer, climate change, Climate Chaos, Climate Crisis, Corporate Fascism, Democratic Party, Democratic Socialists, Deregulation, DNC, Donald Trump, Donations, DSA, ecofascism, Economics, EPA, Essays, FA1, fascism, fossil fuels, fracking, GOP, Joe Biden, Koch Brothers, libertarians, Mercer family, MP6, Nancy Pelosi, Naomi Klein, neofeudalism, neoliberalism, neonazi, News, Nina Illingworth, Obama, Palooka Joe, Pinkertons, plutocrats, Politics, reactionary, Reagan, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Republican, right wing paramilitaries, Scott Pruitt, Silicon Valley, Six Things I Think, Stephen Miller, Tea Party, Tech Bros, the Green New Deal, Tom Perez, white nationalism

Six Things I Think: Tomb-World Politics Edition

Climate Catastrophe is unquestionably the single most important issue of our era; which is why it’s now become a full time culture war battleground in America.

Blog Patreon Politics socialism

NinaIllingworth December 30, 2018November 5, 2022 2020 Dem Primary Season, 2020 Democratic Party Nomination Contest, 2020 US Election, antifascism, Bernie Sanders, Beto ORourke, blog, corporate media, Democrat Machine, Democratic Party, DNC, Donald Trump, Horse Race coverage, how I cover politics, Media, MP6, neoliberal machine, neoliberalism, Offsite Writing, Patreon, Patreon Blog, Politics, rigged, Socialism, stolen primaries

Blog: Thunderdome 2020 & How I Write About Politics (Link)

A link to a short essay on Patreon that outlines the way I cover politics; on the off chance we keep having elections even as the world burns.

Books about Politics & Fascism

A list of books I own that are about the origins of fascism and the depredations of right wing,

Essays Memes Neoliberalism News

NinaIllingworth April 30, 2017November 17, 2022 $400K speech, 2007-08 Financial Crisis, 700 billion dollar bailout, A Brief Thought, African Americans, Amanda Marcotte, bailout, Barack Obama, Bernie Sanders, Bill Clinton, bribery, CA4, Cantor Fitzgerald, corporate media, corporate utopia, counter productive, Democratic Party, Democrats, Econ, economy, Elizabeth Warren, Essays, establishment democrats, establishment media, Fantastic Lies, financial industry, first African American president, first Black president, George Bush, harmful distortions, Hillary Clinton, insulting, Jimmy Carter, Justice, legacy, liberal media, Marcus Johnson, Media, Meme, MP6, neoliberal identity politics, neoliberal media, neoliberalism, News, Nina Illingworth, Obama hagiography, Obama legacy, Opinion, Politics, POTUS, President Obama, quid pro quo, racial bias, rascism, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Ronald Reagan, Six Things I Think, Smooth Kobra, speaking fees, Trevor Noah, Wall Street, Wall Street bailout, weaponized identity politics, willful ignorant

A Brief Thought: Obama, Wall Street & Weaponized Identity Politics

What’s good for the goose, is good for the gander – Nina addresses more staggering mendacity around government corruption; this time on the Democrat side.

Blog Fascism Justice Politics

NinaIllingworth October 20, 2024October 20, 2024 Ableism, American theocracy, Amerikan Musik, anti-trans pogrom, Biden, blog, disability rights, eliminationism, Eugenics, fascism, fascist agenda, Federal Court, GOP, HHS, Justice, Ken Paxton, lawsuit, LGBTQ rights, long covid, Mia Ives-Rublee, moral panic, Mother Jones, Nina Illingworth, Nina-Bytes, Patriarchy, Politics, Propaganda, Sarah Szilagy, Texas, trans rights

Nina-Bytes: A Gateway to Eliminationism

Nina looks at why fascist lawmakers using anti-trans arguments to go after disability rights is a predictable but ominous sign for Pig Empire society.

Activism Fascism Police State Rec Reads

NinaIllingworth September 9, 2024 activism, blog, Campus Encampments, Carrie Zaremba:, colonialism, Democracy Now, FA1, fascism, free speech, Gaza, genocide, Homeland Security Campus, Israel, Jim Banks, Mondoweiss, Nina Illingworth, Northwestern University, Palestinians, Police, police state, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, settler colonialism, Steven Thrasher, student protests, Zionism

Recommended Reading: Campus Police States

After preparing all summer for war, American universities are now set to unleash the militarized Homeland Security Campus on student protestors this fall.

Analysis Fascism Politics Rec Reads

NinaIllingworth September 2, 2024September 1, 2024 2024 US Election, Amerikan Musik, analysis, AP3, Carole Cadwalladr, coup, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, FA1, fascism, GOP, insurrection, January 6th, Joshua Kaplan, judicial coup, Kenny Bruno, militias, MP6, Nina Illingworth, Politics, ProPublica, Proud Boys, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, riots, SCOTUS, social media, The Guardian, Truthout, Twitter, UK riots

Recommended Reading: Daylight Ambush

Given the available evidence, it’s probably not a question of will Trump try a second coup if he loses the 2024 election, but what form will that coup take?

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