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Analysis Fascism media Social Justice

NinaIllingworth November 22, 2022 Amerikan Musik, analysis, anti-trans legislation, anti-trans pogrom, Anya Zoledziowski, Club Q, Club Q shooting, Colorado GOP, Colorado Springs, Domestic Terrorism, eliminationism, FA1, fascism, fascist politics, fascist terrorism, GOP, homophobia, Lauren Boebert, LGBTQ rights, liberal transphobia, mainstream transphobia, mass shooting, Media, Melissa Gira Grant, MP6, New York Times, Nina Illingworth, Nina-Bytes, Politics, Republicans, Social Justice, stochastic terrorism, the GOP is a fascist party, The New Republic, trans rights, transphobia, transphobia in media, Vice News, Weimar America

Nina-Bytes: Call and Response

Today we’re using two recent articles to analyze the obvious connection between fascist anti-LGBTQ rhetoric in US politics and reactionary stochastic terrorism.

Books Fascism Reviews Theory

NinaIllingworth November 21, 2022November 21, 2022 American fascism, Amerikan Musik, antifascism, antifascist theory, book review, Bookish Bits, Books, Brazil, capitalism births fascism, capitalist ideology, capitalist realism, contemporary fascism, Cultural Marxism, Democracy, Donald Trump, eliminationism, FA1, fascism, Fascist Italy, fascist politics, faux democracy, Hannah Arendt, history of fascism, Hitler, How Fascism Works, India, Jair Bolsonaro, Jason Stanley, Joe Biden, Leon Trotsky, liberal antifascism, liberal democracies, Mussolini, Narendra Modi, Nazi Germany, neo fascism, Nina Illingworth, Pork Reich, Propaganda, reactionary thought, Reviews, semi fascism, ST2, Theodor Adorno, Theory, Umberto Eco, United States, Weimar America

Bookish Bits: Birdwatching With Liberal Antifascism

In this week’s Bookish Bits, Nina gets around to reviewing a delightful, but still extremely frustrating mainstream liberal analysis of modern fascist politics.

Blog Fascism Social Justice Theory

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Mini-Theory Blog: Intended Purpose

Nina dispenses with the nonsensical idea that fascist politicians don’t mean to incite stochastic terrorism against the marginalized people they demonize.

Fascism FotB Social Justice Videos

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Scurvy’s Selection: “The Unending Lies of Matt Walsh”

Our stalwart site admin Scurvy is back with his hot Selection this week; an epic four hour dissection of Matt Walsh’s transphobic propaganda by Jessie Gender!

Analysis Climate Crisis media Rec Reads

NinaIllingworth November 17, 2022November 18, 2022 activism, analysis, anticapitalism, Big Oil, blog, Brett Wilkins, CA4, capitalism, Capitalist Propaganda, CC3, Climate Action Network, climate catastrophe, Climate Crisis, climate genocide, climate racism, climate theatre, Common Dreams, COP27, Daniel Rodriguez, developing world, fighting climate change, fossil fuels, Fridays for Future, genocide, George Monbiot, Greta Thunberg, Harjeet Singh, Ian Brown, John Vidal, Keep It In the Ground, Letters to the Editor, lobbyist, Luisa Nebauer, Malthusianism, Media, MP6, Nina Illingworth, overpopulation, Politics, Propaganda, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Socialism, The Guardian, Theory, United Nations Climate Change Conference

Recommended Reading: Mass Response

Using two recent media examples, lets talk about hope and the growing body of evidence that everyday people know capitalism is the driver of climate crisis.

Blog Fascism Politics Theory

NinaIllingworth November 17, 2022November 17, 2022 American Volk, antifascism, antisemitism, blog, conspiracy theories, Donald Trump, electoral politics, eliminationism, FA1, false sense of security, fascism, fascism isn't over, fascist fantasy, GOP, Great Replacement Theory, hatemongering, How Fascism Works, LGBTQ rights, liberal complacency, Media, Mini Theory Blog, MP6, narrative, Nina Illingworth, Politics, projection, Propaganda, Republican Party, Ron DeSantis, ST2, stop fascism, Theory, trans rights, Trumpism, US Midterm Elections, US politics, victim complex

Mini-Theory Blog: A Premature Funeral for Fascism

Presuming that middling election results will make fascists stop doing fascist politics, proves our establishment doesn’t understand how fascism works at all.

Blog Capitalism Climate Crisis Politics

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Nina-Bytes: Things Left Unsaid

You can learn a lot by listening to what American politicians talk about during elections; but sometimes, what they won’t talk about reveals a whole lot more.

Blog Fascism Social Justice Theory

NinaIllingworth November 16, 2022November 16, 2022 anarchism, anarchist theory, antifascism, become ungovernable, blog, Civil Rights, collaborators, Democracy, FA1, fascism, instagram, left wing theory, legal fascism, Little Eichmanns, Mini Theory Blog, NIDC, Nina Illingworth, oligarchy, police state, Politics, resist fascism, rigged oligarchy, SCOTUS, Social Justice, social media, Socialism, ST2, Theory, top down fascism, US Midterm Elections, US politics

Mini-Theory Blog: Primary Front

Today’s Instagram Mini-Theory Blog features a few words on why democracy can lose at the ballot box, but that’s not where fascism wins.

Decolonization FotB Podcast Social Justice

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Scurvy’s Selection: Media Indigena Podcast

Scurvy is back again with a hot new left-leaning podcast to share; this week we’re working towards decolonization with Rick Harp’s Media Indigena Podcast.

Blog Fascism Politics Rec Reads

NinaIllingworth November 15, 2022November 17, 2022 anti-trans legislation, anti-trans pogrom, antifascism, antifascist united front, blog, Chase Strangio, Chris Rufo, Donald Trump, eliminationism, FA1, fascism, fascist propaganda, GOP, Greg Abbot, LGBTQ rights, liberal transphobia, Matt Walsh, MP6, Nina Illingworth, Politics, protect trans kids, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Republican Party, Ron DeSantis, Social Justice, solidarity, ST2, trans rights, transphobia, transphobia in media, Truthout, US midterms, US politics

Recommended Reading: Claxon Call

While a liberal establishment that feels comfortable policing trans bodies exhales, fascists that did get reelected are pushing ahead with an anti-trans pogrom.

Blog Fascism media Theory

NinaIllingworth November 15, 2022November 15, 2022 Amerikan Musik, anti-trans pogrom, blog, CA4, corporate media, dark money, Democratic Party, Don't Say Gay Bill, Donald Trump, FA1, fascism, Florida, GOP, instagram, Media, Mini Theory Blog, money in politics, monopoly media, Nina Illingworth, Politics, Pork Reich, propaganda model, reactionary thought, red trickle midterm, Republican Party, Ron DeSantis, ST2, Theory, Trumpen-Waffen, Trumpism, US Midterm Elections, US politics

Mini-Theory Blog: Reactionary Genesis

In today’s Mini Theory Blog, we’re talking about why an election isn’t the end of American fascism so long as the media helps it regenerate and thrive.