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

Climate Crisis Essays News Politics

NinaIllingworth June 3, 2017November 17, 2022 A Brief Thought, activism, American environmental movement, American liberals, Barack Obama, bribery, CC3, climate catastrophe, climate catastrophe deniers, climate change, Climate Crisis, climate denial industry, climate science, climate science denier, conspiracy theory, corporate liberal media, Democratic Party, Democrats, Donald Trump, environment, environmental activism, EPA, Essays, extinction event, global warming, GOP, Koch Brothers, liberal inaction, liberals in the West, mainstream Democrats, mainstream media, Media, melting icebergs, Meme, News, Nina Illingworth, ocean acidification, Opinion, Paris Climate Agreement, Politics, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Republican, rising sea levels, Russiagate, science, Science march, scientists, Scott Pruitt, Six Things I Think, Tax March, Trump Administration, Trump cancels Paris Agreement

A Brief Thought: The Accidental Gardener

Nina takes a brief look at why Trump may have (unwittingly) just done the American environmental movement the biggest favor of his short & disastrous presidency.

Essays Memes News Social Justice

NinaIllingworth May 15, 2017November 17, 2022 2016 Election, A Brief Thought, activism, Alec Baldwin, Alt Center, Alt Right, anti-gay bigotry, Bigotry, center-left, cold war, comedy, conspiracy theory, Democratic Party, dignity, Donald Trump, Donny Tiny Hands, Essays, fascism, gay issues, gay jokes, gay men, gay voters, Hillary Clinton, homophobia, homophobia is not art, Hypocrisy, insults, insults are not humor, JA5, LGBT, LGBT issues, LGBT voters, liberal media, liberalism, mainstream liberals, mainstream media, Media, Melissa McCarthy, Meme, MP6, nationalism, Nazi, neoliberalism, News, Nina Illingworth, Opinion, parody, poor taste, Protest, Racism, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, respect, Russiagate, Russophobia, Saturday Night Live, Sean Spicer, self colonization, sexism, Six Things I Think, SNL, Social Justice, Stephen Colbert, swine emperor, the rightward shif of the Democratic Party, Third Way, white nationalist, xenophobia

A Brief Thought: Homophobic Humor & the American Liberal Crisis of Conscience

After watching Alec Baldwin’s Trump kiss Melissa McCarthy’s Sean Spicer on SNL, Nina has had just about enough establishment liberal homophobia to last a lifetime.

Blog Memes News Politics

NinaIllingworth May 7, 2017November 17, 2022 2016 US Election, A Brief Thought, abortion rights, activism, American Taliban, Amerikan Musik, blog, buying elections, buying political influence, campaign donations, Christian conservatives, Church of Scientology, churchs, Citizen's United, contraceptives, dark money, death of Democracy, discrimination against LGBT people, Donald Trump, executive orders, FA1, fascism, Fascism Ascendant in the USA, fundamentalism, fundamentalist, fundies, Glenn Beck, GOP, IRS, JA5, Johnson Amendment, LGBTQ rights, Meme, money in politics, mosques, MP6, News, Nina Illingworth, Op-Ed, Opinion, political action committees, political activism, Politics, ratfucking, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, religious conservatives, religious liberties, religious liberty executive order, religious Right, Republican, Roger Stone, seperation of Church and State, Six Things I Think, Social Justice, SuperPAC, Ted Cruz, temples, Trump, Wicked Game

A Brief Thought: Citizens United in Religious Liberty

In the roil of American politics last week, something incredibly important and terrifying happened and almost nobody in the mainstream media seems to care…

Activism Info Meme of the Week Politics TADMZ

NinaIllingworth April 26, 2017November 5, 2022 activism, anti government, bribes, Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, CA4, CC3, Donald Trump, Environmental Protection Agency, environmental regulations, environmentalism, EPA, Evil Mutant, FA1, FOIA, fossil fuels, fox in the henhouse, good for capitalism, goon, GOP, industrialists, Info Meme of the Week, Koch Brothers, lobbyist, oil & gas industry, Oklahoma Attorney General, perjury, Politics, pollution, Pruitt, Scott Pruitt, Senate confirmation hearings, TADMZ, Tales from the American DMZ, Trump, Trump Administration, Trump Cabinet, Trump's Evil Mutants, wealthy donors

Info Meme of the Week: Brotherhood of Evil Mutants Pt Sixteen – Scott Pruitt

After taking some time off to chase other stories, Nina is back with another look at one of Trump’s key Brotherhood of Evil Mutants goons; new EPA head Scott Pruitt

Fascism Memes News Politics

NinaIllingworth April 11, 2017November 17, 2022 2016 Election, A Brief Thought, access, activism, Amerikan Musik, anti-poverty, ballot stuffing, corporate donations, corporate money, corporate money controls politics, Crime Bill, Crosscheck, dark money, dead people voting, discrimination, FA1, fascism, Fascism Ascendant in the USA, gerrymandering, GOP, Hypocrisy, JA5, lie, Meme, money in politics, MP6, myths, News, Nina Illingworth, non-citizen voting, Op-Ed, oppression, political access, Politics, Racist Hypocrisy Party, rascism, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Republican, Republican lies, rhetoric, rigged democracy, rigged political process, scaremongering, shameless, Six Things I Think, the voter fraud myth, tough on crime laws, Trump, Trump's false voter fraud claims, voter fraud, Voter ID laws, voter purges, voter suppression, voting rights, Voting Rights Act, wealthy elites

A Brief Thought: GOP Voter Suppression Hypocrisy

Turning away from foreign policy and the drums of war long enough to catch her breath, Nina takes a quick timeout to examine the latest iteration of GOP voting rights hypocrisy.

Blog Fascism Memes socialism

NinaIllingworth February 14, 2017November 5, 2022 A Brief Thought, activism, activists, Amerikan Musik, anti-fascist, antifa, blog, Captain America: The First Avenger, collaborator, direct action, dog whistle, Dr Martin Luther King Jr, ethnonationalism, everything Hitler did in Germany was legal, FA1, fascism, Fascism Ascendant in the USA, fight fascism, heart, Illinois Nazis, Justice, liberals, Meme, MLK, neonazi, neonazi punching, News, Nina Illingworth, normies, Op-Ed, personal risk, punch a neonazi for justice, rat, Richard Spencer, Roman salute, shame, shaming activists, snitch, Socialism, ST2, stop snitching, TADMZ, Tales from the American DMZ, the Blues Brothers, the ethics of nazi punching, The Red Skull, Valentines day

A Brief Thought: The Ethics of (neo) Nazi Punching

In today’s Brief Thought, Nina tackles the surprisingly delicate topic of “punching neo-nazis”

Essays media Social Justice socialism Theory

NinaIllingworth January 17, 2017November 5, 2022 1955, 1963, 1968, activism, Alabama, America hero, anti-inequity, anti-injustice, anti-poverty, anticapitalism, arrested 29 times, assasination of MLK, assassinated, Bigotry, Black Lives Matter, Black Pride, BLM, Bloody Sunday, Chicago, Civil Rights, coporatism, corporate media, Dr Martin Luther King Jr, Essays, establishment narrative, GOP, hero, historical revisionism, holiday, housing discrimination, housing laws, I have a Dream, JA5, Letter From a Birmingham Jail, Martin Luther King Day, Martin Luther King Jr, Media, MLK, MLK Day, Montgomery bus boycott, negative peace, Nina Illingworth, non-violent resistance, Op-Ed, Opinion, pacifism, Poor People's Campaign, Racism, Rants, Republican Party, resistance, respectability politics, SCLC, Selma to Montgomery marches, Social Justice, Socialism, ST2, TADMZ, Tales from the American DMZ, the South, Theory, think piece, Vietnam War, voting rights, white supremacy

A Brief Message to My Fellow White People About Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Nina takes a brief look at the ongoing de-radicalization of a great American hero on MLK day

Essays Justice Opinion Politics

NinaIllingworth June 14, 2016November 5, 2022 2016, activism, Afghan American, Al-Qaeda, anti-LGBT violence, AR 15, bisexual, Canada, Clinton, Deep Dives, Democratic Party, Domestic Terrorism, Essays, Florida, Fox News, gay, Gun Control, gun laws, gun lobby, Gun Violence, hate crime, Hezbollah, ISIS, Islam, Islamic extremism, Islamophobia, JA5, Justice, Latino Americans, lesbian, LGBT, mass shooting tracker, Mass Shootings, mental health, military-grade guns, MP6, National Rifle Association, Nina Illingworth, NRA, One Seven Six, Opinion, Orlando Shooting, Politics, public safety, Pulse Nightclub, radical Islam, radicalization, Republican Party, semi-automatic rifles, TADMZ, Tales from the American DMZ, terrorism, trans, Trump, USA, violence

One Seven Six

Nina takes a cold, hard look at the terrifying Pulse Nightclub mass shooting in Orlando and deconstructs the media spin designed to appropriate the violent deaths of almost 50 LGBT Americans for political purposes.

Essays Fascism Neoliberalism Social Justice

NinaIllingworth June 6, 2016November 5, 2022 activism, American fascism, Amerikan Musik, Bigotry, California, Civil Rights, class, classism, Democrats, direct action, Donald Trump, FA1, fascism, Fascism Ascendant in the USA, helping fascism win, Hillary Clinton, Hispanic, indentity politics, Latino, liberals, lie, Mexican Americans, MP6, neoliberal media, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, Op-Ed, pepper spray, Politics, Protesters, Racism, Rants, Social Justice, Socialism, TADMZ, Take Downs, Tales from the American DMZ, tone policing, violence

Listen Up You Primitive Screwheads: There Is No Wrong Way to Fight Fascism

Nina has a few, less than kind words for neoliberal media drones clucking about violence against Trump protestors in a new feature on our website – Rants.

Blog Essays Rants Theory

NinaIllingworth April 3, 2016December 30, 2020 A Fork In The Road, Acceptance, activism, Bigotry, blog, Chat, Choices, Community, Entitlement, Essay, Gaming, Harrassment, Inclusiveness, informal writing, Internet, Nerds, Nina Illingworth, Op-Ed, Philosophy, RPGs, Theory, Tolerance, Video Games

A Fork In The Road

An important essay about the precipice nerd culture finds itself at and what we should do about it by Nina Illingworth

Essays Fascism Politics Take Downs

NinaIllingworth April 2, 2016November 5, 2022 2016 Presidential Election, activism, anarchism, Anderson Cooper, antifascism, April Fool, bad predictions, Black Lives Matter, BLM, Chris Matthews, Cleveland, CNN, Contested Convention, Corey Lewandowski, Donald Trump, Essays, FA1, fascism, Gonzo Lite, GOP, Hillary Clinton, hot takes, Jeb Bush, Jen Rubin, John Kasich, July 18th, Michelle Fields, MP6, MSNBC, Nomination, Opinion, Paul Ryan, Political Theory, Politics, Primary, Protest, Republican, Republican National Convention, TADMZ, Take Downs, Tales from the American DMZ, Ted Cruz

April Fool: How Donald Trump Has Thrown Away The GOP Nomination

Nina checks in with an essay about the impending political disintegration of America’s most famous fascist, bloviating billionaire – Donald Trump. Warning, some adult language.

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