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

Blog Fascism Patreon Police State Politics

NinaIllingworth September 23, 2019November 5, 2022 "both sides" nonsense, 2020 Democratic Party Nomination Contest, activism, Andy Ngo, Andy Ngo provides kill lists for Atomwaffen, antifa, antifascism, antifascist action, Arun Gupta, Bernie Sanders, blog, Chuds, class war, concentration camps, corporate media, Democratic Party, DHS, direct action, DoJ, Donald Trump, FA1, Fantastic Lies, far right violence, fascism, fascism for profit, fascist free speech rallies are not about free speech, fascist street gangs, ICE, Jacobin, Justice, liberal media, manufacturing consent, Media, media narratives, militias, MP6, National Low Income Housing Coalition, New York Times, NIMBYism, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, Patreon, Patreon Blog, Patriot Prayer, Police, police state, Politics, Portland, private prisons, Proud Boys, right wing violence, Stephen Miller, The Skinny, War on California, white nationalism, white nationalist immigration policy

The Skinny: Fascism, Tyranny and the Smear Machine

In this edition of The Skinny on Patreon, we look at why normalizing fascism and othering leftism is a recipe for a reactionary nightmare.

Censorship Site Updates Social Media

NinaIllingworth September 22, 2019November 17, 2022 Anarcho Nina Writes Chat, banned, Can't You Read, censorship, comments section, Contact Page, Discord Chat, Facebook, Mastodon, Media Matters, Nina Illingworth, Patreon, Patreon Blog, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Site Updates, social media, The Skinny, Twitter

Site Updates: New Discord Chat, Social Media and The Skinny

A brief look at where I’ve been, where I’m writing and our new Discord Chat page.

media Neoliberalism Patreon Politics War

NinaIllingworth September 21, 2019November 5, 2022 2020 Democratic Party Nomination Contest, 2020 US Election, Ashok Koyi, Bernie Sanders, blog, CA4, centrist, charities, civil service unions, class war, corporate media, Democratic Party, democratic socialism, Donald Trump, Elizabeth Warren, Fantastic Lies, gangsterism, General Motors, Gina Haspel, grassroots organizing, IMF, Imperialism, Iran, Jim Mattis, Joe Biden, labor class, liberalism, M4All, Mad Dog, Media, Medicare for all, Mike Pompeo, MP6, NATO, neoliberalism, NGOs, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, organized labor, Patreon, Patreon Blog, pig empire, PMC, Politics, polling, polls, pollsters, Professional Class, Saudi Arabia, Socialism, The Skinny, Union, universal healthcare, Vox, war, War with Iran, World Bank

The Skinny: Class War & Global Gangsterism on Patreon

The Skinny is back with a look at the ongoing class war, 2020 primary narratives and Trump’s nightmare foreign policy.

Blog Can't You Read Neoliberalism Politics

NinaIllingworth September 21, 2019November 17, 2022 2020 Democratic Party Nomination Contest, 2020 US Election, Andrew Yang, blog, CA4, Can't You Read, Democratic Party, Essays, Facebook, informal writing, MP6, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, Opinion, Politics, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Silicon Valley, Social Justice, UBI, VC Tech Bros

Link: The Trouble With Andy Yang (Facebook)

A short, informal essay about why 2020 Dem Primary candidate Andrew Yang isn’t who he’s pretending to be.

Fascism Patreon Police State Politics

NinaIllingworth September 20, 2019November 5, 2022 1994 crime bill, 2020 Democratic Party Nomination Contest, Amerikan Musik, analysis, Bernie Sanders, Biden worked with segregationists, blog, Buzzfeed, careerism, democratic socialism, Der Stürmer, FA1, Fantastic Lies, fascism, ICE, informal writing, Iraq War, JA5, Joe Biden, Joe Biden is a cracker, Joe Biden voted for the Iraq War, Joe Biden wrote the crime bill, Joe Biden's racist gaffes, Journals, Ken Cuccinelli, Liz Warren, Maurice Mitchell, Media, media normalizes fascism, media protects Biden, MP6, muppet, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, Our Revolution, Patreon, Patreon Blog, PMC, police state, Politics, Professional Class, Racism, Socialism, ST2, The Skinny, WD7, WFP, white supremacy, Working Families Party

The Skinny: September Strain on Patreon

Welcome to The Skinny. Today we’ve got ICE fascist propaganda, Biden’s cracker comments, and the WFP smearing Bernie to justify their betrayal.

Blog Fascism Media Madness Police State

NinaIllingworth September 19, 2019November 17, 2022 American Gestapo, Amerikan Musik, analysis, blog, concentration camps, Donald Trump, Essays, FA1, fascism, Gestapo, ICE, Media Madness, Media Madness blog, MP6, News, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, Police, police state, police violence, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Republican, Stephen Miller, Trump Administration, US politics

Link: Screamsheets America Gestapo Edition (Media Madness)

A brief look at how 4 recent articles about ICE connect together and why the media isn’t doing enough to fight the rise of Americanized fascism from Media Madness.

Essays Personal Social Media

NinaIllingworth September 18, 2019November 17, 2022 censorship, Essays, News, Offsite Writing, Patreon Blog, personal, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, social media, update, writing

Link: The Trouble With Tricks (Patreon Blog)

Link to an offsite essay about my recent struggles with writing and my plan to get back on the horse.

Books Essays News Site Updates

NinaIllingworth July 1, 2019January 16, 2021 Books, Can't You Read, Essays, Facebook, June Summary, Media Madness, News, Nina Illingworth, Odds and Ends, Offsite Writing, Patreon Blog, Quote of the Week, Site Updates, update, writing

Odds and Ends: June 2019

A collection of my offsite writing from June, 2019 and some site update notes.

Essays Fascism Police State Politics

NinaIllingworth June 27, 2019November 5, 2022 activism, Adolf Hitler, Alt Right, Amerikan Musik, Andrew Jackson, Armenian Genocide, Border Patrol, concentration camps, Confederate President, Dachau, dehumanization, DHS, Donald Trump, Essays, ethnic cleansing, FA1, Family Raid, fascism, genocidal intent, genocide, GOP, Haaretz, Herero and Nama genocide, ICE, JA5, Kristallnacht house raids, Little Eichmanns, mass deportataions, migrants, Nazi Germany, neonazi, never again, Nina Illingworth, Obama, Police, police state, Politics, Pork Reich, process of genocide, revanchism, Six Things I Think, Social Justice, Stephen Miller, Summer Camp, TADMZ, Tales from the American DMZ, The Holocaust, Trail of Tears, WD7, white nationalism, white supremacy

Summer Camp

Yes, they’re concentration camps – but have you even stopped for a moment to think about what that actually means?

Essays Fascism Police State Politics

NinaIllingworth June 23, 2019November 17, 2022 Amerikan Musik, baby cages, baby jails, CBP, concentration camps, deportations, DHS, Donald Trump, Eoin Higgins, Essays, ethnic cleansing, FA1, Family Raid, Fantastic Lies, fascism, Gestapo police, GOP, ICE, ICE Family Op, immigration, JA5, Media, MP6, nazi sympathizers, Nina Illingworth, Parsing the Pork Reich's Family Raid Pause, police state, Politics, reactionary, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Republican, revanchist, road to genocide, Six Things I Think, Stephen Miller, TADMZ, Tales from the American DMZ, the cruelty is the point, undocumented migrants, white nationalism, white supremacy

Parsing the Pork Reich’s Family Raid Pause

A short essay examining a Common Dreams article by Eoin Higgins and the seemingly mystifying Trump ICE “Family Raid” saga.

Essays Fascism Patreon socialism

NinaIllingworth June 20, 2019November 5, 2022 a history of fascism in America, American Bund, American history, American left, Amerikan Musik, anticommunism, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, civility politics, Clintonism, COINTELPRO, cold war, contrarian left, Deep Dives, Democrat fascist enablers, Democratic Socialists, Democrats, Donald Trump, Encampments, Essays, FA1, fake resistance, far right, fascism, FDR, FDR liberals, George Wallace, GOP, J Edgar Hoover, JA5, LBJ, liberalism, liberalism enables fascism, McCarthyism, neoliberal, neoliberalism breeds fascism, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, paleoconservatism, Patreon, Patreon Blog, pig empire, Political Theory, Politics, Pork Reich, radical left, reactionary thought, Reaganism, Republican, Republican Party, rich fascists, Richard Nixon, right wing populism, right wing terrorism, Russiagate, Socialism, the American Tea Party, The Resistance, Theory, Trumpism, Trumpism is fascism, united front against fascism, Volkish populism, War on Terror, WD7, white nationalism

Essay: “Encampments” on my Free Patreon Blog

A deep dive essay about the importance of a united antifascist front even in the face of resistance and neoliberal co-opting operations on my free Patron Blog.