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"When the revolution is for everyone, everyone will be for the revolution"

Books News Site Updates

NinaIllingworth February 28, 2018November 5, 2022 Alex Haley, Amie Parnes, Andrew Roberts, Arthur Herman, Assata Shakur, Bill Yenne, Bob Woodward, Books, Books & Film, Brian Moynahan, C. W. Mills, C.L.R. James, Chris Patten, Christopher Tomlins, Cornel West, D. Kinney, Donna Brazile, Edward W. Said, Elinor Burkett, Gary Webb, Herman, Hillary Clinton, Howard Zinn, Hunter S Thompson, Isaac Deutscher, J. E. Stiglitz, James P. Carse, Jane Mayer, Jared Diamond, Jeremy Scahill, Jonathan Allen, Karl Marx, Leon Trotsky, Luke Bergmann, Malcolm X, Mark Twain, Matt Taibbi, Naomi Klein, Noam Chomsky, Preston, R.K. Wittman, Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Reviews, Richard Brookhiser, Schiller, Site Updates, Søren Kierkegaard, ST2, T. Coates, The Library, Upton Sinclair, V.I. Lenin, William L. Shirer

Site Update – The Library

Rebuilding my lost book collection, one by one.

Essays Fascism Memes News War

NinaIllingworth January 22, 2018November 17, 2022 2016 Turkish attempted coup, Afrin, Andrei Karlov, Ankara, assassination, authoritarianism, Bashar al-Assad, CIA, culture war, dictator, divided Turkey, Donald Trump, Egypt, Erdogan, Essays, European Union, FA1, fascism, Fethulla Gulen, finger tip grip dictatorship, foreign policy, forever war, fundamentalist, gas pipelines, Imperialism, Iran, Iran Qatar gas field, ISIS, Islamic Republic of Iran, Israel, kicked out of NATO, Kurdish militias, Kurdistan Workers party, Kurds, Meme, Middle East, Nasser, NATO, new cold war, New Forever War, News, Nina Illingworth, Observations from Outside the Death Star, OODS, Opinion, pig empire, PKK, playing both sides, political purges, President Erdogan, President Trump, Qatar, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Russia, Russian Turkish relations, Sadat, Saudi Arabia, shifting alliances, Six Things I Think, Syria, Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey, Turkey's war on terror, US client states, US-Turkish relations, USA, USSR, Vladimir Putin, war, War on Terror, WD7, would be dictator, YPG

New Forever War: Turkey, Tayyip & Playing Both Sides Against the Middle

As the New Cold, Old Forever War in the Middle East between the US, Russia and their various client stats inches closer to reality, it’s time to stop and take a look at a longtime NATO power sending off confusing signals to the West; Turkey and its president Recept Tayyip Erdoğan.

Essays media Memes News War

NinaIllingworth January 17, 2018November 5, 2022 Afghanistan War, arms sales, babies in incubators, Bana is propaganda, Barack Obama, Blackwater, bribery, CA4, cable news, Canada, Citizen's United, CNN, Deep Dives, Deregulation, Desert Storm, Dick Cheney, Dwight Eisenhower, Essays, Fantastic Lies, Fear and Droning, foreign policy, forever war, France, genocide, George Bush, Germany, GHW Bush, Giant Russia Theory, Gulf of Tonkin incident, Halliburton, IMF, Imperialism, Invasion of Libya, Iran, Iraq, Iraq War, Israel, jingoism, KSA Iran proxy war, LBJ, Libya, Living Room War, Lyndon Johnson, manufacturing consent, media consolidation, Meme, mercenaries, Military Industrial Complex, MP6, Nancy Pelosi, national security complex, NATO, NATO war with Russia, NBC News, neocolonialism, neoliberal war machine, neoliberalism, News, Nina Illingworth, NSA domestic surveillance, Observations from Outside the Death Star, OODS, Pentagon, perpetual war machine, Persian Gulf War, pig empire, political class, pro-war lobby, Propaganda, proxy war in Yemen, public and private partnerships, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Russia, Russiagate, Saudi Arabia, self censorship, Smedley Butler, ST2, Syria, the endless war show, the New Cold War, the New McCarthyism, the US economy depends on war, the White Helmets are propaganda, UK, US backed Saudi war crimes in Yemen, US corporate media, US military, US Russia Proxy War, USA, Vietnam War, Vladimir Putin, Walter Cronkite, war, War as Entertainment model, war economy, war for profit, war on drugs, War on Terror, war time censorship, WD7, western banks, western imperial powers, White House, worshiping the free market, Yemen

Fear and Droning: Manufacturing Consent for War as a Public-Private Partnership

After finally finishing a protracted move, I’m back with a thorough study of the US perpetual war machine and why the elite class in western democracies are always manufacturing consent for conflict

Memes News Russiagate War

NinaIllingworth January 5, 2018January 5, 2021 anti tank weapons, Benjamin Netanyahu, bribery, conspiracy theory, corporate media, Democrats, Donald Trump, Donny Tiny Hands, Flynn, foreign policy, FSB, Giant Russia Theory, Iran, Israel, James Mattis, Jared Kushner, KGB, liberals, mainstream media, Manafort, Manchurian Candidate, Mattis almost started a war with Iran in February, McCarthyism, neoliberal, new cold war, News, no communications, no-fly zone, Observations from Outside the Death Star, obstruction of justice, OODS, Op-Ed, President Trump, Putin, quid pro quo, Rex Tillerson, Russia, Russiagate, Russiagate grifters, Russian jets, Russian sanction relief, Russian sanctions, Saudi Arabia, skies over Syria, Syria, the New McCarthyism, The Simple Truth, Trump, Trump is a crook, Trump is a fascist, Trump is a neocon, Trump is a rascist, Ukraine, US, US jets, US Russian relations, US State Department, Vladimir Putin, war, war with Russia

The Simple Truth: No Puppet

Despite being in the middle of a move, I took a night off to talk about what recent foreign policy developments in Ukraine, Iran & Syria do for the Trump is Putin’s puppet theory in the Russiagate scandal – hint, it’s not pretty.

Blog Memes News War

NinaIllingworth January 2, 2018November 5, 2022 $700B Defense Budget, 9/11 attacks in NYC, A Brief Thought, Afghanistan, American exceptionalism, American Muslims, anti-Muslim bigotry, arms sales, bankers love war, blog, Bush, capitalism, casualties, CIA, Civil Liberties, corporations love war, drone warfare, elites love war, endless war, endless war on terror, environmental catastrophe, FA1, fascism, FBI, Fear and Droning, folly, foreign policy, forever war, Global Trumpism, health care, Iran, Iraq, Islamophobia, madness, Meme, MENA, Middle East, militarized police, Military Industrial Complex, millions dead, MP6, Muslims, NATO, News, Nina Illingworth, nobody was fired for the Iraq War, North Africa, Obama, Observations from Outside the Death Star, OODS, Op-Ed, Patriot Act, Pentagon, pig empire, police state, Politics, PTSD, Russia, social safety net, Surveillance State, terrorism, terrorist, trillion dollar wars, Trump, US arms sales, US drone assassination program, USA, veterans, war, War on Terror, war on the environment, waste, WD7, wounded

Fear & Droning: A War on Everyone, Including Ourselves

My internet conked out on New Years Even and it was either write about something I knew from memory, or read a book written by Hillary Clinton; so let’s talk about the endless US war on everyone, including ourselves.

Essays Memes News Russiagate War

NinaIllingworth December 31, 2017November 17, 2022 A Brief Thought, Afghanistan, ally, America's Forever Wars, anti-Muslim bigotry, arms sales, Benjamin Netanyahu, Bigotry, bombing, Canada, China, client state, cold war, crushing dissent, DC political establishment, Democrats, Donald Trump, doves, drone strikes, Empire, Essays, fascism, foreign policy, forever war, genocide, genocide in Yemen, George W Bush, Giant Russia Theory, Hezbollah, Hillary Clinton, Imperialism, Iran, Iraq, Israel, John Kerry, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Libya, Mad Dog Mattis, McCarthyism, Meme, Middle East, Mike Flynn, Mike Pence, Mike Pompeo, MSB, NATO, natural gas, neoconservative, neoliberal, new cold war, News, Nikki Haley, Nina Illingworth, Observations from Outside the Death Star, oil, OODS, Pakistan, Persian Gulf, pig empire, pipeline wars, Politics, President Obama, President Trump, public opinion polls, Putin, Qatar, Racism, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, red-baiting, Republican, Rex Tillerson, Russia, Russiagate, Russiagate Foreign Policy and the Coming Forever War, Russian allies, Saudi Arabia, Six Things I Think, Steve Bannon, swine emperor Trump, Syria, Syrian pipeline, terrorism, the New McCarthyism, Trump, Trump Administration, Turkey, UK, Ukraine, US allies, US backed atrocities in Yemen, US client states, US imperialism, US Military Industrial Compex, US political establishment, US Russian relations, war, war hawks, War on Terror, War with Iran, WD7, Wesley Clark, western imperialism, white nationalism, William Jennings Bryan, World War Three, Yemen

Gimme Shelter: Russiagate, Foreign Policy & the Coming Forever War – Part One

After a holiday break, I’m back with a detailed and heavily-sourced look at what I think is the coming US “forever war” in the Middle East

Blog Neoliberalism News Politics

NinaIllingworth December 18, 2017November 17, 2022 80 percent oppose repealing net neutrality, activism, Ajit Pai, Alt Right, anti free speech, anti-democratic, austerity, blocking, Brendan Carr, bribery, CA4, censorship, Citizen's United, Comcast, compromised, fake comments, FCC, FCC regulations, FCC repeals net neutrality, GOP, hijacked, ignored comments, indentity theft, informal writing, internet for the rich, Internet Service Providers, ISPs, Jessica Rosenworcel, lawsuit, lie, Meme, Michael O’Rielly, Mignon Clyburn, money in politics, monopoly, neoliberalism, Net Neutrality, nightmare scenario, Nina Illingworth, non elected officials, NY Attorney General, online censorship, Op-Ed, Politics, public comment period, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Republican, robbery, scam, Six Things I Think, spambots, taking from the poor to give to monopoloy ISPs, The Simple Truth, throttling, Title II, US politics, Verizon, wealthy elites

The Simple Truth: The FCC & ISPs Are Attacking Free Speech Online

I’m back with a quick but informative look at the FCC’s recent 3-2, heinously anti-democratic decision to repeal Tittle II protection for Net Neutrality and what you can do about it

Essays Fascism News Police State

NinaIllingworth December 7, 2017November 5, 2022 1st amendment rights, activism, American fascism, Amerikan Musik, anarchists, antifa, antifascism, antifascists, Bigotry, black bloc, black bloc tactics, Black Lives Matter, Bryan Adelmeyer, chilling effect, Christopher Wray, Civil Liberties, COINTELPRO, conspiracy, conspiracy theory, conspiracy to riot, corporate media, criminializing protest, Department of Justice, DoJ, Domestic Terrorism, Donald Trump, entrapment, Essays, FA1, Fake News, fascism, FBI, FBI Director Wray, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Ferguson protests, freedom of assembly, government, helping fascists, House Homeland Security Committee, ideology, inauguration protests, independent journalists, J20, J20 protests, JA5, James OKeefe, January 20th Inauguration Day protest, Jeff Sessions, Jennifer Kerkhoff, Jim Crow, journalists, Justice, mainstream media, Media, Meme, Metropolitan DC police, MP6, neonazi, News, Nina Illingworth, nurses, persecuting the left, Police, police state, police violence, President Trump, Project Veritas, Propaganda, Protest, protest fights, Racism, right wing extremist, right wing propagandist, riot, Rizwan Quershi, Robert Mercer, Social Justice, ST2, TADMZ, Tales from the American DMZ, vandalism, War on Terror, white nationalism, white nationalist White House, Wray

TADMZ: Police State of Denial

A look at two clear signs that the US government is aligning itself with right wing reactionaries and against left wing protestors while corporate media shows tepid interest at best.

Essays Neoliberalism News Theory

NinaIllingworth November 29, 2017November 17, 2022 600M dollar CIA contract, A Brief Thought, abuse, Amazon, Amazon vs the World, anti-labor, anticapitalism, austerity, bidding, Black Friday, bribery, brutal work culture, business, CA4, capitalism, carnivore, Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, class warfare, corporate welfare, could computing, dancing monkeys, death of Democracy, Democracy, Econ, Economics, elites, Essays, exploitation, feudalism, Foxconn, free money, fuck Jeff Bezos, government for elites by elites, graft, Jeff Bezos, Koch Bros, labor, labor law, labor rights, legalized bribery, libertarian, low wages, market share, Meme, money in politics, monopoly, National Razor Now, neofeudalism, neoliberalism, new Gilded Age, News, Nina Illingworth, oligarchy, on the take, online retail, Op-Ed, Politics, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, retail, rich people, right to work, ripping off the tax payer, scam, Six Things I Think, Socialism, special economic zone, ST2, tax credits, tech bro, tech industry, Theory, Washington Post, workers rights

A Brief Thought: An Empire of One

I’m back with a look at the growing power of Amazon founder and Washington Post CEO Jeff Bezos; being the richest man on earth has it’s advantages but is catering to corporate elites killing US Democracy? In a word, yes.

Blog Memes News Politics Social Justice

NinaIllingworth November 25, 2017November 17, 2022 1995, 22 year cover up, abuse, Al Franken, apologists, believe women, blog, Capitol Hill, complicity, Congress, Congressional Accountability Act, Congressional Sexual Harassment Cover Up Scandal, conspiracy, coverup, Crime, Democrat, Democratic Party, Donald Trump, GOP, government, Harvey Weinstein, Hollywood Sexual Harassment Scandal, House of Representatives, JA5, John Conyers, Justice, Media, Meme, MP6, neoliberalism, News, Nina Illingworth, Op-Ed, Opinion, Politics, protecting abusers, punishing victims, rape culture, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Republican, Republican Party, Roger Stone, Roy Moore, scandal, secret settlment fund, Senate Sexual Harassment Scandal, settlements, Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment, silencing victims, Social Justice, taxpayers, The Simple Truth, transparency, Victims Rights, women's rights

The Simple Truth: The Congressional Sexual Harassment Cover Up Scandal

Nina takes a break from working on essays to take a quick look at a rapidly snowballing scandal the media is not talking about as forcefully as they should be

Memes News Russiagate Social Media

NinaIllingworth September 19, 2017November 17, 2022 2016 US Presidential Election, 2200 Facebook ads, A Brief Thought, blog, botnet, bots, Brock Trolls, Clinton Blame Tour, Clinton Book Tour, Clinton campaign, conspiracy theory, corporate media, Correct the Record, coup, David Brock, Democratic Party, Donald Trump, excuses, Facebook, fascism, Federal Election Commission, fundraising, Giant Russia Theory, Hillary Clinton, Imperialism, info graphics, John Podesta, liberalism empowers fascism, mainstream liberals, mainstream media, Media, media has the right to cover Clinton, Meme, neoliberal coup, neoliberal fever dream, neoliberalism, News, Nina Illingworth, no evidence, Op-Ed, Open Secrets, Politics, President Obama, pro-Clinton media, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, rich people, Robby Mook, Russia, Russiagate, Russian trolls, Six Things I Think, social media, Socialism, swine emperor Trump, The Daily Beast, tiny reach, troll factory, Trump is a fascist, Twitter, US election integrity, US elections, Vladimir Putin, why Clinton lost the election

A Brief Thought: Clinton, Facebook & the Ridiculous Russiagate Redux

After a quasi-relaxing weekend off, I’m back with a look at a topic I sincerely wish we’d never have to talk about again – debunking Russiagate and why Hillary Clinton can’t admit her terrible campaign is the reason she lost the 2016 election.