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Analysis Blog Fascism Theory

NinaIllingworth August 4, 2024August 4, 2024 American fascism, Amerikan Musik, analysis, antifascism, blog, Christian Zionism, CUFI, FA1, fascism, GOP, Mini Theory Blog, Moms for Liberty, MP6, Nazi Germany, Nina Illingworth, Opus Dei, Politics, Project 2025, Propaganda, Proud Boys, Silicon Valley, Tech-authoritarians, the Heritage Foundation, Theory, Triumph of the Will, Trump, Umberto Eco

Fascism: A Patchwork Mockery of Movement Politics

Despite propaganda to the contrary fascist movements are neither unified in rhetoric, nor uniform in appearance; what binds them is violent reactionary hatred.

Blog Fascism media Politics

NinaIllingworth July 19, 2024July 19, 2024 American fascism, Amerikan Musik, antifascism, blog, class war, Donald Trump, ethnic cleansing, FA1, fascism, genocide, GOP, mass deportataions, Mastodon, Media, Mini Theory Blog, MP6, nativism, Nazi Germany, Nina Illingworth, political violence, Politics, Republican National Convention, Republican Party, RNC, Trump, Trumpism, Weimar America

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.

Essays Fascism Rec Reads Social Justice

NinaIllingworth December 5, 2022December 5, 2022 American fascism, Amerikan Musik, analysis, Andrew Anglin, Andy Ngo, anti-LGBTQ violence, anti-trans pogrom, anti-trans propaganda, antifascism, antisemitism, Chad Loder, Crimethinc, Daily Stormer, eliminationism, Elon Musk, Essays, FA1, far right, far right online extremism, fascism, hate speech, James Lindsay, Jordan Peterson, Kanye West, Media, Micah Lee, MP6, neonazi, Nikki McCann Ramirez, Nina Illingworth, online fascism, Pork Reich, Propaganda, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Robert Mackey, Roger Stone, Rolling Stone, Ron DeSantis, Social Justice, social media, The Intercept, Twitter, Weimar America, white supremacy, Ye

Recommended Reading: Trip Line

In today’s Recommended Reading, Nina circles back to talk about why pretending Musk isn’t turning Twitter into a fascist paradise is a form of collaboration.

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.

Fascism Field Notes Journals Social Justice

Scurvy October 30, 2022November 5, 2022 Adam Tooze, Akela Lacy, American fascism, Andy Rowell, anti-trans pogrom, anticapitalism, anticommunism, antifascism, Augusto Pinochet, Big Oil, CA4, capitalism, Capitalist Propaganda, CC3, Chevron, Climate Crisis, climate justice, climate science denial, cold war, conspiracy theory, corporate media, critical race theory, David Olusoga, FA1, fascism, fascist propaganda, German Fascism, Godwin's Law Is Suspended, GOP, Hannah Arendt, Hitler, independent media, JA5, January 6th, Jason Stanley, Jean-paul Sartre, Jim Crow, Journal, Justice, Larry Krasner, legal fascism, Media, Mike Worth, MP6, Nazi Germany, Nazi Party, Nina Illingworth, Nina-Bytes, Origins Of Totalitarianism, Paul Von Hindenburg, pig empire, Post-truth Society, progressive prosecutors, Propaganda, Quickshot Quotations, Quotes, Republican Party, Sam Knight, SCOTUS, ST2, stochastic terrorism, The Big Lie, The Intercept, The Kaisers Holocaust, The Wages of Destruction, The War on Sharing, Third Reich, Trumpism, TWoS, Umberto Eco, Understanding Fascism, US Midterm Elections, US politics, Wall Street, World War II

Field Notes: It Is Happening Again

It’s the weekend and our host Scurvy is back with Field Notes; all the best of Nina Illingworth’s anticapitalist social media writing from around the web.

Fascism KBS Pod Podcast Politics

NinaIllingworth March 17, 2022November 5, 2022 Ambassador Bridge blockade, American fascism, Amerikan Musik, anti-CRT, anti-trans legislation, AstroTurf, attacks on LGBTQ people, Canadian Fascism, Canadian January 6th, Canadian QAnon, Charles Minnich, Chris Walker, conspiracy theory, Coutts blockade, critical race theory, CRT, culture war, dark money, Diagalon, Don't Say Gay Bill, education, FA1, fake trucker convoy, far right, fascism, fascist occupation in Canada, fascist propaganda, fascist state, First They Came, Florida, FotB, Freedom Convoy, Friends of the Blog, gender affirming therapy, GOP, Greg Abbott, health care, JA5, KBS, KBS Pod, Ken Paxton, militia groups, NIDC, Nina Illingworth, Ottawa occupation, Pat King, Podcast, Politics, Pork Reich, Propaganda, QAnon, rise of Nazi Germany, Scurvy, SoundCloud, ST2, systemic racism, Texas, the fascist creep, the fascist international, the Nazis, trans care, trans rights, transgender, Trucker protest, war on sharing, white genocide conspiracy theory

Kropotkin’s Barbershop Episode 2: Overdrive

As reactionaries dismantle everyday democracy it’s important to remember that someone is paying for all this; check out KBS Episode 2 Overdrive to find out who.

Fascism Media Madness News Police State

NinaIllingworth September 30, 2021November 17, 2022 Adam Johnson, Adolph Reed, Aja Romano, Amanda Gailey, American fascism, Amerikan Musik, analysis, Andrew Ross, Christina Cauterucci, Copaganda, Daily Dot, David Graeber, FA1, Fantastic Lies, far right, fascism, George Monbiot, In the Aggregate, Jacobin, Jason Stanley, John Knefel, Lauren Gill, leftism, long covid, Luke Savage, Marin Scarlett, Matt Cohen, Media, Media Madness, Mikael Thalen, Mother Jones, MP6, new writing, News, Nina Illingworth, nonsite, Novara Media, Offsite Writing, Police, police state, Politics, Propaganda, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Scott Hechinger, Seeing Red, Shane Little, Slate, The American Prospect, The Column, The Guardian, The Intercept, Theory, Twitter, Vox, Woke, Youtube

In The Aggregate: Reactions on Media Madness

I’m taking a snapshot of Pig Empire reaction by examining some essays and articles from around the left(ish) wing internet; on Media Madness.

Essays Fascism media Media Madness

NinaIllingworth November 20, 2020November 5, 2022 2024 US Election, American fascism, Amerikan Musik, analysis, Bob Mercer, Breitbart News, CA4, capitalism, capitalism is white supremacy, coup, Crenshaw, dark money, Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr, ecofascism, elite capital, Essays, FA1, fascism, fascism will outlive Trump, fascist billionaires, fascist propaganda, fascist succession crisis, Fox News, Gaetz, GOP, Hawley, Josh Hawley, Luke O'Neil, Media, Media Madness, Media Madness blog, MP6, Next Trump, Nina Illingworth, OANN, Offsite Writing, Pork Reich, post election fascism, right wing reactionaries, social media, swine emperor, Tom Cotton, toxic masculinity, Tucker Carlson, US politics, white nationalism, white supremacy

Link: “No Magic Man” on Media Madness

A link to a short essay examining the relationship between masculine authority and fascism, as well as the reasons why the Pork Reich will survive just fine without Trump.

Blog Patreon Politics Social Media War

NinaIllingworth October 31, 2019November 17, 2022 American fascism, anti war, Anti-climate conspiracy, Bernie Blackout, Bernie Sanders, blog, capitalism, climate catastrophe, CNN, Democratic Party, Donald Trump, Edward Snowden, Essays, FA1, fascism, faux left, fixed, foreign policy, Gaetz Gang, GOP stunt, Greta Thunberg, Hillary Clinton, Imperialism, Joe Biden, layman history of liberalism, Liz Warren, McCarthyism, media bias against Sanders, MP6, Odds and Ends, Opinion, Patreon, Patreon Blog, Permanent Record, pig empire, Politics, polling, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Republicans are fascist sympathizers, Russiagate, social media, Squad endoresments, swing voters are an excuse, Trump impeachment, Trump is guilty, Tulsi Gabbard, Ukraine Call Scandal, war, war in Syria, Warren native status lie, Warren Technocrat, WD7, western support of terrorism

Odds and Ends: Thick Skinnys and Malcolm on the Margins

A collection of links to all of my recent Skinny social media essays and Can’t You Read blog posts previously unshared on this site.

Essays Fascism Neoliberalism Theory War

NinaIllingworth November 7, 2018November 5, 2022 a new mainfesto for the end of the world, activism, American fascism, Amerikan Musik, anti-imperialism, anticapitalism, Bigotry, capitalism vs the climate, climate catastrophe, climate disaster, Corporatism, Essays, Evil, FA1, fascism, Fascism Ascendant in the USA, global deregulated capitalism, Imperialism, Jair Bolsonaro, Media, Naomi Klein, NATO, neoliberalism, Observations from Outside the Death Star, oligarchy, OODS, Que Se Vayan Todos, rhetoric, ST2, Steve Bannon, TADMZ, Tales from the American DMZ, Theory, they must all go, Trump, Trump Administration, war, western Europe, Western fascism

Praxis of Evil: Words As Weapons

Editor’s Note: I have spent many nights over the past five months ruminating on just how I would explain my

Essays Fascism News Police State

NinaIllingworth December 7, 2017November 5, 2022 1st amendment rights, activism, American fascism, Amerikan Musik, anarchists, antifa, antifascism, antifascists, Bigotry, black bloc, black bloc tactics, Black Lives Matter, Bryan Adelmeyer, chilling effect, Christopher Wray, Civil Liberties, COINTELPRO, conspiracy, conspiracy theory, conspiracy to riot, corporate media, criminializing protest, Department of Justice, DoJ, Domestic Terrorism, Donald Trump, entrapment, Essays, FA1, Fake News, fascism, FBI, FBI Director Wray, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Ferguson protests, freedom of assembly, government, helping fascists, House Homeland Security Committee, ideology, inauguration protests, independent journalists, J20, J20 protests, JA5, James OKeefe, January 20th Inauguration Day protest, Jeff Sessions, Jennifer Kerkhoff, Jim Crow, journalists, Justice, mainstream media, Media, Meme, Metropolitan DC police, MP6, neonazi, News, Nina Illingworth, nurses, persecuting the left, Police, police state, police violence, President Trump, Project Veritas, Propaganda, Protest, protest fights, Racism, right wing extremist, right wing propagandist, riot, Rizwan Quershi, Robert Mercer, Social Justice, ST2, TADMZ, Tales from the American DMZ, vandalism, War on Terror, white nationalism, white nationalist White House, Wray

TADMZ: Police State of Denial

A look at two clear signs that the US government is aligning itself with right wing reactionaries and against left wing protestors while corporate media shows tepid interest at best.

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