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Essays Neoliberalism Patreon Theory

NinaIllingworth November 14, 2019November 17, 2022 Affordable Care Act, Amazon, anticapitalism, austerity, Ayn Rand, Big Tech, bribery, CA4, colonialism, corporate power, corruption, debt slavery, domestic policy, Economics, Essays, extractivism, Ferguson, financialization, left wing theory, lexicon, medical insurance, Medicare for all, monopoly power, neofeudalism, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, Obamacare, Offsite Writing, panopticon, Patreon, Patreon Blog, pig empire, policing for profit, private surveillance, privatization, Propaganda, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, rents, social safety nets, special economic zones, ST2, subsidies, taxation, Theory, Theory Discussion, Uber, Wall Street bailout, Walmart

Link: Theory Discussion A Working Definition of Neofeudalism – New Essay

As dystopian as neoliberal capitalism is, adding coercion and corporate recapture to the mix has created a new form of anti-labor extractivism: neofeudalism.

Books Neoliberalism Social Justice War

NinaIllingworth November 7, 2019November 17, 2022 Allen Dulles, Books, CA4, CC3, CIA, Corporate Fascism, Corporatism, David Talbot, deep state, democratic socialism, elite rule, FA1, fascism, foreign policy, forever war, Ibram X Kendi, Imperialism, Inventing Reality, Left Wing Books, market fundamentalism, Marxism, Media, media bias, Michael Parenti, Milton Friedman, Naomi Klein, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, Noam Chomsky, permanent war economy, Politics, power, Racism, racist ideas, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Reviews, Social Justice, Socialism, ST2, Stamped From the Beginning, The Devil's Chessboard, the economics of racism, The Library, the propaganda model, The Shock Doctrine, Trump Doctrine, Understanding Power, war, WD7

The Library: the First Five

A look at five reasonably mainstream books from The Library that you can read to get a much better grasp on how our world actually works.

Blog Can't You Read Politics Russiagate War

NinaIllingworth November 1, 2019November 5, 2022 1st Trump impeachment, Amerikan Musik, Bircher nonsense, Birchers, blog, Can't You Read, conspiracy theory, conspiracy thinking, corporate media, Crime, Donald Trump, fascism, foreign policy, forever war, illegal, impeachable offenses, Imperialism, influence trading, Joe Biden, liberal establishment, liberal media, Mitch McConnell, MP6, Nancy Pelosi, NATO, neoliberalism, new cold war, New Forever War, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, pig empire, Politics, Propaganda, Russia, Russiagate, Russiagate made Trump stronger, spin, the GOP is a fascist party, Trump did it, Trump impeachment, Trump strong armed Ukraine, Ukraine, US Congress, US imperialism, US politics, US Senate, war

Can’t You Read: Russiagate and the 1st Trump Impeachment

An October 2019 Can’t You Read blog post about why the liberal establishment’s ongoing Russiagate conspiracy makes it harder to defeat swine emperor Trump.

Blog Patreon Politics Social Media War

NinaIllingworth October 31, 2019November 17, 2022 American fascism, anti war, Anti-climate conspiracy, Bernie Blackout, Bernie Sanders, blog, capitalism, climate catastrophe, CNN, Democratic Party, Donald Trump, Edward Snowden, Essays, FA1, fascism, faux left, fixed, foreign policy, Gaetz Gang, GOP stunt, Greta Thunberg, Hillary Clinton, Imperialism, Joe Biden, layman history of liberalism, Liz Warren, McCarthyism, media bias against Sanders, MP6, Odds and Ends, Opinion, Patreon, Patreon Blog, Permanent Record, pig empire, Politics, polling, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Republicans are fascist sympathizers, Russiagate, social media, Squad endoresments, swing voters are an excuse, Trump impeachment, Trump is guilty, Tulsi Gabbard, Ukraine Call Scandal, war, war in Syria, Warren native status lie, Warren Technocrat, WD7, western support of terrorism

Odds and Ends: Thick Skinnys and Malcolm on the Margins

A collection of links to all of my recent Skinny social media essays and Can’t You Read blog posts previously unshared on this site.

Essays media Patreon Politics socialism

NinaIllingworth October 30, 2019November 17, 2022 2020 Democratic Party Nomination Contest, 2020 US Election, Bernie 2020, Bernie Blackout, Bernie is Back, Bernie Sanders, bogus polls, class war, corporate media, Democratic Party, democratic socialism, Essays, Fantastic Lies, Joe Biden, liberal media, likely voters, Liz Warren, Media, MP6, narrative, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, Patreon, Patreon Blog, political media, Politics, polling, Queens Rally, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, ruling class, Socialism

Link: On Bernie Sanders, Polling and Perception – New Essay

A link to my latest essay on Patreon in which I look at the reasons Bernie Sanders is going to drastically outperform the polls in the 2020 Democratic Party nomination contest.

Neoliberalism Patreon Politics Theory

NinaIllingworth October 28, 2019November 5, 2022 2020 Democratic Party Nomination Contest, Amerikan Musik, antifascism, Bernie Sanders, Bircher nonsense, blog, Brooks Brothers Riot, CA4, class war, confronting fascism, democratic socialism, Donald Trump, Elizabeth Warren, fascism, history of liberalism, how liberalism works, labor class, left wing theory, liberalism, Liz Warren is a muppet, Matt Gaetz, MP6, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, Patreon, Patreon Blog, PMC, political history, Political Theory, Politics, Professional Class, professional managerial class, Socialism, technocratic incrementalism, technocrats, The Skinny, Theory, Trump impeachment, US politics, why liberals lose, working class

The Skinny: a Liberal Lexicon

A collection of informal journal writing; this time we’re talking about liberalism and the American political imagination.

Can't You Read media Neoliberalism Politics

NinaIllingworth October 24, 2019November 5, 2022 2020 Democratic Party Nomination Contest, bad predictions, Bernie Sanders, blog, building a narrative, Can't You Read, class war, corporate candidate, corporate media, Democratic Party, Joe Biden, liberalism, manufacturing consent, Media, Michigan, Michigan primary was rigged, money in politics, MP6, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, Obama, Offsite Writing, Palooka Joe, Politics, polls, Propaganda, Super Tuesday, they cheated Bernie again, Voltron strategy

Blog: Manufacturing A Primary Narrative

A short blog analyzing the media’s false narrative about Joe Biden that turned out to be right, and also wrong, once the primaries started. It’s complicated.

media Patreon Politics Russiagate

NinaIllingworth October 23, 2019November 5, 2022 2020 Democratic Party Nomination Contest, anti-Bernie campaign, Ashlee Marie Preston, Bad Grandma, Bernie Sanders, Bigotry, corporate media, corporate media coverage of Bernie Sanders, covering up for Liz Warren, Democratic Party, democratic socialism, Elizabeth Warren, Fantastic Lies, Giant Russia Theory, Hillary Clinton, homophobia, informal writing, Jill Stein, LGBTQ rights, liberals, manufacturing consent, McCarthyism, Media, media bias, MP6, new cold war, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, Patreon, Politics, Racism, Receipts, Russiagate, Russophobia, Sanders surrogates, Social Justice, Susan Sarandon, The Skinny, Vladimir Putin

The Skinny: Receipt Collection

A collection of informal Patreon journals about skullduggery, Russophobia, and corporate media bias in the 2020 Democratic Party Nomination contest.

Essays Fascism Justice Politics

NinaIllingworth October 18, 2019November 5, 2022 Amerikan Musik, Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton, checks and balances, constitutional law, Constitutional originalism, Deep Dives, despotism, dictatorship, Donald Trump, Essays, FA1, fascism, Federalist Society, Fox News, GOP, James Madison, John Yoo, Justice, law, lawless state, Mitch McConnell, MP6, Nancy Pelosi, obstruction, Op-Ed, Opinion, Politics, Republican, Richard Nixon, Senate, the GOP is obstructionist, Torture Memos, Trump impeachment, turtle boy, war criminal, WD7

Screw Yoo: the Turtle, the War Criminal and the Mutant who would be King

Nina takes a look at the terrifying logic behind the new-old strain of Republican excuses for a lawless president in “Screw Yoo: the Turtle, the War Criminal and the Mutant who would be King.”

Fascism Patreon Politics Social Justice

NinaIllingworth October 16, 2019November 5, 2022 1994 crime bill, 2020 Democratic Party Nomination Contest, Anita Hill, AOC, Bernie Sanders, Caliburn International Corp, Comprehensive Health Services Inc, concentration camps, corruption, Democratic Party, democratic socialism, DHS, endorsements, FA1, fascism, General Dynamics Information Technology, GOP, GOP is a fascist party, ICE, ICE guards union, Ilhan Omar, immigration, Iraq War, James Mattis, Jeff Sessions, Joe Biden, John Kelly, Justice, kids in cages, left wing insurgency, migrants, MP6, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, no justice, Offsite Writing, Patreon, Politics, Pork Reich, prison industrial complex, private prisons, Rashida Tlaib, Social Justice, Socialism, the Dem Party civil war, The GEO Group, The Skinny, The Squad, war on drugs, warehousing migrants is big business

The Skinny: And Sometimes You Miss

Link to an October 2019th edition of The Skinny in which Nina nails contractors in the migrant prison game and screws up political predictions.

Blog Can't You Read media Politics War

NinaIllingworth October 11, 2019November 5, 2022 anarcho socialist militias, anti-imperialism, Assad, blog, Can't You Read, CIA, crocodile tears, Donald Trump, forever war, imperial policy, Imperialism, Kurdish People, liberal interventionism, liberals don't care about the Kurds, manufacturing consent, Media, MENA, Middle East, Military Industrial Complex, New Forever War, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, oil, Peoples’ Protection Units, pig empire, Politics, regime change, Rojova, Syria, Tayyip Erdogan, Trump is an imperialist too, Trump isn't leaving Syria, Turkey, war, WD7, YPG, YPJ

Can’t You Read: Saving Kurdistan Means Staying In Syria Forever

A Can’t You Read blog post about why leaving Syria means abandoning the YPG even if that’s not a popular decision on the left.