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

NinaIllingworth September 1, 2024August 31, 2024 blog, CA4, capitalism, carbon capture, CC3, climate colonialism, Climate Crisis, climate mythology, climate nihilism, climate science, endless growth, extractivism, fossil fuels, James Dyke, mass extinction, net zero, Nina Illingworth, Nina-Bytes, Overshoot Myth, Paris Climate Agreement, Rec Reads, revolution, Robert Watson, The Conversation, Wolfgang Knorr

Nina Bytes: Capitalist Mythology and the Climate

Nina looks at a great longform essay that debunks the climate “overshoot” myth and reveals that the only way to save humanity is to “leave it in the ground.”

Essays Fascism Police State Politics

NinaIllingworth August 25, 2024August 26, 2024 2024 US Election, analysis, asylum seekers, BLM, blog, CA4, capitalism, carceral state, CC3, Climate Crisis, colonialism, Democratic Party, deportations, DNC, Donald Trump, Essays, FA1, fascism, Gaza, genocide, Imperialism, Iran, Israel, JA5, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Migrant Rights, MP6, nationalism, nativism, Nina Illingworth, Overton Window, pogroms, Police, police state, Politics, POTUS, progressive politics, sanctions, Saudi Arabia, trans rights, Uncommitted Movement, WD7

Falling Backwards Into History

While Democrats celebrated the “unity” on offer at the DNC, informed observers who read the 2024 platform saw a party shifting to the right to appease fascism.

Blog Capitalism Fascism Politics

NinaIllingworth August 25, 2024August 26, 2024 billionaires, blog, book bans, CA4, capitalism, Climate Crisis, colonialism, critical race theory, culture war, DEI, education, FA1, fascism, fundamentalism, Gaza, genocide, George Orwell, History, indoctrination, Israel, LGBTQ rights, Nazi Germany, Nina Illingworth, Nina-Bytes, police state, Politics, Propaganda, Racism, reactionaries, student protests, Swing Kids, WD7

Nina-Bytes: Indoctrinating A Dystopian Future

The reactionary war on history is about more than money; it’s about creating a generation of fascists who’ll watch billions die for profit as the world burns.

Analysis Fascism media Politics

NinaIllingworth August 24, 2024August 24, 2024 2024 US Election, analysis, Arthur Milikh, blog, Brad Onishi, Christian nationalism, Claremont Institute, David Azerrad, DoJ, Donald Trump, Douglass Mackey, FA1, fascism, Helen Andrews, Jason Wilson, JD Vance, Media, MP6, Nina Illingworth, Nina-Bytes, Peter Thiel, Politics, Project 2025, Racism, Scott Yenor, The Guardian, Up from Conservatism, white nationalism

Nina-Bytes: The People and Ideas JD Vance Applauds

As more of JD Vance’s odious worldview is exposed to the light of day, it’s time for the media to start calling the GOP VP nominee what he really is: a fascist.

Analysis Blog Capitalism Climate Crisis

NinaIllingworth August 18, 2024 activism, analysis, anticapitalism, Big Oil, blog, CA4, capitalism, carbon emissions, CC3, Climate Crisis, climate denial, death cult, Dystopia, extractivism, fossil fuel industry, fossil fuels, gas, global warming, green energy, habitable planet, mass extinction, News, nihilism, Nina Illingworth, Nina-Bytes, Propaganda, revolution, Selwin Hart, United Nations

Nina-Bytes: Induced Hopelessness

As society battles pervasive climate nihilism, the UN reveals that the fossil fuel industry is behind propaganda designed to convince you it’s too late.

Blog Capitalism Fascism Politics

NinaIllingworth August 18, 2024 affordable housing, blog, budget, CA4, California, capitalism, carceral state, Civil Rights, cruelty, Democratic Party, Dystopia, executive order, FA1, fascism, Gavin Newsom, Grants Pass v Johnson, homeless encampments, homeless sweeps, housing crisis, human rights, Media, MP6, Nina Illingworth, Nina-Bytes, photo op, police state, Politics, SCOTUS, Unhoused

Nina-Bytes: California Über Alles

As the California governor threatens to defund counties that won’t do encampment sweeps, it’s time to call Newsom’s war on unhoused people what it is: fascism.

Blog Climate Crisis Fascism Social Media

NinaIllingworth August 11, 2024August 11, 2024 America PAC, Amerikan Musik, anti-regulation, BBC, blog, CA4, CC3, class war, Climate Crisis, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, FA1, fascism, fascist billionaires, GOP, longtermism, Media, Mini Theory Blog, MP6, neonazi, News, Nina Illingworth, oligarchy, plutocrats, Propaganda, social media, TESCREAL, trans rights, Twitter, UK Politics, UK riots, US politics, X

Matchstick Man in a World on Fire

A recent BBC article asked “what’s Elon Musk’s game?” Unfortunately, the piece didn’t bother answering the question, so Nina is here to do it for them.

Fascism Police State Politics Rec Reads

NinaIllingworth August 10, 2024 abortion rights, anti-LGBTQ persecution, Balaji Srinivasan, CA4, capitalism, Captured States, Christian nationalism, FA1, fascism, GOP, LGBTQ rights, Mark Robinson, MP6, Network State, Nina Illingworth, North Carolina, police state, Politics, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, San Francisco, Tech authoritarianism, The New Republic, Truthout, US politics

How It Happens Here

Trump loving GOP fascists are calling for ethnic cleansing at the Republican National Convention and our media barely mentioned it; this is Weimar America.

Blog Capitalism Climate Crisis media

NinaIllingworth April 2, 2024 Big Oil, blog, Chevron, class war, Climate Crisis, corporate control, corporate propaganda, David Folkenflik, extractivism, fossil fuels, Fox News, Media, media consolidation, Miranda Green, MP6, news desert, Nina-Bytes, NPR, Propaganda, Richmond California, Sinclair, The Richmond Standard

Nina-Bytes: When Chevron Owns Your News

A brief look at The Richmond Standard and what happens when a giant oil company produces the only news website in a California company town.

Activism Blog Fascism Justice

NinaIllingworth September 12, 2023September 17, 2023 activism, Alex Reid Ross, Alissa Azar, Amerikan Musik, Andy Ngo, antifascism, AstroTurf, blog, coup, Donald Trump, Doxing, FA1, fascism, GOP, January 6th, Justice, MP6, News, Nina-Bytes, Patriot Prayer, Portland, Propaganda, Shane Burley, ST2, stochastic terrorism, The War on Sharing, Truthout

Nina-Bytes: Courting Destruction in Fascist America

Nina examines a story by antifascist Shane Burley that proves losing his lawsuit against “Antifa” doesn’t mean Andy Ngo and his fascist allies aren’t winning.