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

KBS Pod Podcast Politics War

NinaIllingworth March 12, 2022November 5, 2022 Afghanistan, Aleksandr Dugin, all billionaires are oligarchs, anti war, anti-imperialism, apologists, arms sales, Azov Battalion, Charles Minnich, Chris Walker, Chrystia Freeland, Climate Crisis, Current Affairs, defense spending, Duginism, Episode 1B, FA1, fascism, fascist billionaire's invasion, foreign policy, FotB, Friends of the Blog, Group Therapy, homophobia, Imperialism, Iraq War, Joe Biden, KBS, KBS Pod, Kropotkin's Barbershop, murder, nationalism, NATO, neonazi mujahedeen, News, NIDC, Nina Illingworth, no left wing support for fascists, oligarchs, Politics, Russian Orthodox Army, sanctions, Scurvy, tankies, Ukrainian neonazi, Vladimir Putin, Wagner Group, war, war economy, war spending, WD7, white ISIS

Kropotkin’s Barbershop Episode 1.5: Group Therapy

Fresh off declaring Russia wouldn’t invade Ukraine, Nina makes an apology and the KBS crew hashes out the fallout in desperate times for the labor class.

Books Can't You Read Essays Justice War

NinaIllingworth June 4, 2019November 5, 2022 Afghanistan, Baghdad’s Bloody Sunday, Betsy DeVos, Blackwater, Blackwater The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army, Books, Can't You Read, contractor army, crusader, Department of Justice, DoJ, Donald Trump, Erik Prince, Essays, FA1, forever war, genocide, GOP, intelligence contractors, Iraq, Iraq occupation, Islamophobia, Jeremy Scahill, mass murder, mercenaries, military contractors, Nicholas Slatten, Nicholas Slatten pardon, Nina Illingworth, Nisour Square massacre, Offsite Writing, pardoning war criminals to fire up the base, pig empire, Politics, Presidential Pardon, private intelligence, Republican, Reviews, travesty of justice, Trump, Trump coup in Venezuela, Venezuela, War Crimes, WD7

Blackwater and the Slatten Pardon on Can’t You Read

A combination book review and current affairs essay on Can’t You Read that talks about Trump’s pardon power, Erik Prince, and Jeremy Scahill’s “Blackwater.”

Essays Opinion Politics War

NinaIllingworth March 18, 2018November 5, 2022 Afghanistan, Amerikkka, Bloody Gina, Boris Johnson, Central Intelligence Agency, Chuck Schumer, CIA, CIA Democrats, CIA torture site, crusader, Essays, fascism, foreign policy, forever war, France, George Bush, Germany, Gina Haspel, HR McMaster, Iran, Iraq, Islamophobia, Israel, James Mattis, John Bolton, Koch Brothers, KSA, Mad Dog Mattis, Maggy Thatcher, mass murder, Mike Pompeo, National Security Advisor, NATO, neocon, neoliberalism, new cold war, New Forever War, Nina Illingworth, Observations from Outside the Death Star, OODS, Opinion, Pentagon, pig empire, Politics, regime change, Rex Tillerson, Russia, Russiagate, Salisbury spy poisoning, Syria, Tehran, The Pig Empire, The Shock Doctrine, Theresa May, Tony Blair, Torture, Trump, UK, Uncle Scam, US client states, US led coalition, US State Department, USA, Vichy Democrats, Vladimir Putin, war, warmonger, WD7, World War Three, WW3, Yemen

The Pig Empire Prepares For War

It’s been a very, very bad week if you’re rooting for peace…

Essays Politics Russiagate War

NinaIllingworth January 4, 2018November 5, 2022 2009 Green Movement, Afghanistan, ally, America's Forever Wars, anti-war movement, Benjamin Netanyahu, bipartisan support, bombing, Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, client state, cold war, DC political establishment, Democrats, Donald Trump, doves, drone strikes, economic inequity, Empire, Essays, foreign policy, forever war, George W Bush, Giant Russia Theory, give peace a chance, Grand Ayatollah Al Khamenei, Hassan Rouhani, Imperialism, Iran, Iran Protests, Iran Russia alliance, Iranian Protests, Iraq, Islamic Republic, Israel, Ivanka Trump, John Bolton, John McCain, Kim Jong Un, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Lindsey Graham, Mad Dog Mattis, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, manufacturing consent, McCarthyism, Middle East, Mike Flynn, Mike Pence, Mike Pompeo, MSB, Nancy Pelosi, national security doctrine, NATO, neoconservative, neoliberal, new cold war, Nikki Haley, Observations from Outside the Death Star, oil, OODS, Pakistan, peace, Persian Gulf, Politics, President Obama, President Trump, Principlist, Putin, Qassem Soleimani, Quds Force, red-baiting, regime change, Republican, Rex Tillerson, Ronald Reagan, Russia, Russiagate, Russiagate Foreign Policy and the Coming Forever War, Russian allies, sanctions, Sand Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, Soleimani, swine emperor Trump, Taliban, Tehran, terrorism, the New McCarthyism, Trump, Trump Administration, Turkey, UN sanctions, US allies, US client states, US imperialism, US Iran Nuclear deal, US political establishment, US Russian relations, US sanctions, war, war hawks, War on Terror, War with Iran, WD7, western imperialism, working class protest in Iran, World War Three

Bipartisan Support: Russiagate, Foreign Policy & the Coming Forever War – Part Two

As news comes out of Iran faster than I can write about it, we take a look at mounting evidence of a coming storm and proof that regime change in Iran is a bipartisan issue for the bloodthirsty US political establishment

Blog Memes News War

NinaIllingworth January 2, 2018November 5, 2022 $700B Defense Budget, 9/11 attacks in NYC, A Brief Thought, Afghanistan, American exceptionalism, American Muslims, anti-Muslim bigotry, arms sales, bankers love war, blog, Bush, capitalism, casualties, CIA, Civil Liberties, corporations love war, drone warfare, elites love war, endless war, endless war on terror, environmental catastrophe, FA1, fascism, FBI, Fear and Droning, folly, foreign policy, forever war, Global Trumpism, health care, Iran, Iraq, Islamophobia, madness, Meme, MENA, Middle East, militarized police, Military Industrial Complex, millions dead, MP6, Muslims, NATO, News, Nina Illingworth, nobody was fired for the Iraq War, North Africa, Obama, Observations from Outside the Death Star, OODS, Op-Ed, Patriot Act, Pentagon, pig empire, police state, Politics, PTSD, Russia, social safety net, Surveillance State, terrorism, terrorist, trillion dollar wars, Trump, US arms sales, US drone assassination program, USA, veterans, war, War on Terror, war on the environment, waste, WD7, wounded

Fear & Droning: A War on Everyone, Including Ourselves

My internet conked out on New Years Even and it was either write about something I knew from memory, or read a book written by Hillary Clinton; so let’s talk about the endless US war on everyone, including ourselves.

Essays Memes News Russiagate War

NinaIllingworth December 31, 2017November 17, 2022 A Brief Thought, Afghanistan, ally, America's Forever Wars, anti-Muslim bigotry, arms sales, Benjamin Netanyahu, Bigotry, bombing, Canada, China, client state, cold war, crushing dissent, DC political establishment, Democrats, Donald Trump, doves, drone strikes, Empire, Essays, fascism, foreign policy, forever war, genocide, genocide in Yemen, George W Bush, Giant Russia Theory, Hezbollah, Hillary Clinton, Imperialism, Iran, Iraq, Israel, John Kerry, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Libya, Mad Dog Mattis, McCarthyism, Meme, Middle East, Mike Flynn, Mike Pence, Mike Pompeo, MSB, NATO, natural gas, neoconservative, neoliberal, new cold war, News, Nikki Haley, Nina Illingworth, Observations from Outside the Death Star, oil, OODS, Pakistan, Persian Gulf, pig empire, pipeline wars, Politics, President Obama, President Trump, public opinion polls, Putin, Qatar, Racism, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, red-baiting, Republican, Rex Tillerson, Russia, Russiagate, Russiagate Foreign Policy and the Coming Forever War, Russian allies, Saudi Arabia, Six Things I Think, Steve Bannon, swine emperor Trump, Syria, Syrian pipeline, terrorism, the New McCarthyism, Trump, Trump Administration, Turkey, UK, Ukraine, US allies, US backed atrocities in Yemen, US client states, US imperialism, US Military Industrial Compex, US political establishment, US Russian relations, war, war hawks, War on Terror, War with Iran, WD7, Wesley Clark, western imperialism, white nationalism, William Jennings Bryan, World War Three, Yemen

Gimme Shelter: Russiagate, Foreign Policy & the Coming Forever War – Part One

After a holiday break, I’m back with a detailed and heavily-sourced look at what I think is the coming US “forever war” in the Middle East

Essays Fascism Police State Social Justice

NinaIllingworth August 30, 2017November 5, 2022 1933, 25 days, above the law, activism, Adolf Hitler, Afghanistan, Al-Qaeda, Alt Right, American aristocracy, Amerikan Musik, anarchism, anti Latino discrimination, anti protest laws, anti terrorism, anti Trump protests, antifa, antifa petition, antifascism, Arizona, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Berkley, Berkley anarchists, Bigotry, Black Lives Matter, bourgeoisie, brownshirts, Bull Conner, CA4, camps, centrism, centrist collaborators, Charlottesville, Civil Liberties, civil war, communism, concentration camps, constitutional crisis, corporate media, corruption, crackdown, criminal incompetence, dead prisoners, Deep Dives, Democrats, Department of Justice, deportation machine, Donald Trump, Dr Cornel West, Dr Martin Luther King Jr, Dreamhost, Dylan Roof, Enabling Act, endless war, Eoin Higgins, Essays, ethnonationalism, FA1, fascism, Fascism Ascendant in the USA, fascist Germany, Federal Court, federal judges, Ferguson, First They Came For the Communists, free speech, freedom of the press, genocide, Gitmo, Guantanamo Bay, hate goblin, Heather Heyer, Herr Donald, Hispanic Americans, ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Imperialism, intimidation, Israel, it can't happen here, J20 Disrupt, JA5, Janet Napolitano, Jeff Sessions, Joe Arpaio, Jon Burge, Justice, KKK, Latino, Lee Camp, let them eat sheetcake, liberalism, liberals, longform essays, mainstream liberals, mainstream media, maks, Maricopa County Sheriff, mass surveillance, moderate Republicans, MP6, Murray Snow, Muslim Americans, Nathan J Robinson, Nazi, nazi apologists, Nazi Germany, nazi terrorism, neonazi, never again, Nina Illingworth, NoDAPL, Obama, Op-Ed, Opinion, overt fascism, Palestine, panopticon, Patriot Act, patriotism, pinko activists, police state, political enemies, political persecution, Politics, Pork Reich, PR campaign lies, puppy murder, race war, Racism, racketeering, Reichstag Fire, Reichstag Fire Act, reign of terror, repression, Republican, right wing media, right wing reactionaries, right wing violence, Robert Dear, Robert E Morin, Robert Mueller, Rudolf Hoss, Russiagate, sanctioned murder, Sheriff Joe, smear, Social Justice, ST2, Steven Segal, stop and frisk, swine emperor Trump, swing heil, Tent City, the end of things, the tyranny of evil men, Trump Phoenix Rally, United States, US Constitution, US establishment, US Judiciary branch, US political class, violations, Virginia, war machine, warning, White House, white nationalism, white supremacy

Antifa, Arpaio and Donald Trump’s All-American Reichstag Fire

Examining the growing evidence that we’re living through Donald Trump’s All-American Reichstag Fire.

Blog media Memes News War

NinaIllingworth April 14, 2017November 17, 2022 A Brief Thought, Afghanistan, blog, Bush, client state, corporate media, forever war, Imperialism, ISIS, mainstream media, massive ordinance air blast, Media, Meme, MOAB, mother of all bombs, never ending war, News, Nina Illingworth, Obama, Observations from Outside the Death Star, OODS, Op-Ed, Pentagon, pig empire, poverty, pro-war media, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Six Things I Think, slaughter, thermobaric weapons, Trump, US imperialist media, US intervention, US military, war, War in Afghanistan, War on Terror, WD7, Weapon of Mass Destruction, Weapons of Mass Distraction, WMDs

A Brief Thought: Weapons of Mass Distraction

In the ongoing lead up to the next American war, Nina stops to take a look at news from the war we’ve already forgotten: Afghanistan.

Blog Memes Neoliberalism Politics

NinaIllingworth January 24, 2017November 5, 2022 Afghanistan, blog, CIA, dead Iraqi kids, dead Iraqis, dead kids, dead people, Democratic Party, demonstrators, drone, Evil, FA1, Former US Secretary of State, Gloria Steinem, horrible person, Imperialism, Iraq War, John Kerry, liberals, Meme, MP6, neoliberalism, News, Nina Illingworth, not good enough, partisan, performative bullshit, Politics, protests, Rants, resistance, selfies, struggle, TADMZ, Tales from the American DMZ, The Resistance, US Secretary of State, war criminal, WD7, Women's March

Why Mainstream Liberal “Resistance” is Bullshit In One Image

Nina pops by for a very quick look at what’s wrong with mainstream liberal “resistance” in 2017.

Memes News Politics War

NinaIllingworth November 23, 2016November 17, 2022 Afghanistan, Al-Jazeera America, Amerikan Musik, anti-Iran rhetoric, anti-Muslim bigotry, anti-Muslim rhetoric, Bigotry, Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, bullshit, CIA torture program, Colin Powell, Donald Trump, Evil Mutant, FA1, fascism, Fascism Ascendant in the USA, Flynn Facts, forever war, hawk, Heavy dot com, human rights, Imperialism, Info Meme of the Week, Islam, Islamophobia, Lt General Michael Flynn, Media, Meme, Mike Flynn, Military, MP6, murdering terrorists families, Muslims, National Security Advisor, nationalism, neocon, News, Nina Illingworth, nutcase, nutty, NYTimes, Observations from Outside the Death Star, OODS, pig empire, Politics, pro-torture, Racism, radical Islam, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, retired general, Right Wing, Six Things I Think, Syria, the Empire, Trump, Trump Administration, Trump Cabinet, Trump Transition, Trump's Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, unhinged, US military, war, War on Terror, warhawk, WD7

Info Meme of the Week: Brotherhood of Evil Mutants Pt One – Mike Flynn

Nina dives into the “Brotherhood of Evil Mutants” – a pack of rejected neocons, racists and bigots President-elect Donald Trump has now invited into the US Government; first up retired Lt General Mike Flynn.

Memes Neoliberalism News Politics War

NinaIllingworth October 30, 2016November 17, 2022 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, 7 nations in 6 years, 7 wars in 6 years, A New Beginning, Afghanistan, arms sales, Barack Obama, bombs, drone, drone assassinations, drone strikes, forever war, George Bush, IMotW, Imperialism, Info Meme of the Week, Iraq, Libya, Meme, Middle East, Military Industrial Complex, neoliberalism, News, Nina Illingworth, Nobel Peace Price, Nobel Peace Prize, Obama administration, Observations from Outside the Death Star, OODS, Pakistan, pig empire, Politics, President O-Bomb-A, President Obama, Qatar, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, record arms sales, Saudi Arabia, Six Things I Think, Somalia, Syria, US aggression, US imperialism, war, WD7, weapons contractors, Yemen

Info Meme of the Week: President Oh-Bomb-A

Nina takes a quick look at the Obama legacy liberals & the media would rather ignore.