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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.

Books FotB socialism Theory Walker

NinaIllingworth October 20, 2021November 5, 2022 a better way to live, anarchism, anarchist literature, anarchist theory, anti-Indigenous bigotry, anticapitalism, antifascism, Book Blog, book review, Bookish Bits, Books, capitalism, Charles Darwin, Chris Walker, class analysis, class war, cooperation, Darwinism, David Graeber, direct democracy, evolution, fascism, FotB, Friends of the Blog, Herbert Spence, JA5, Karl Marx, Kropotkin, labor class analysis, labor class reading, left wing theory, Lewis Henry Morgan, Malthusian violence, mutual aid, Mutual Aid: A Factor Of Evolution, peasant politics, Petr Kropotkin, Racism, religion, Social Darwinism, Socialism, ST2, Theory, Thomas Huxley, Twin Rabbit, Walker, working together

Evolving Together: Why You Should Read Kropotkin’s Mutual Aid by Chris Walker

Today we welcome back Chris Walker, whose book review encourages us to explore reading leftist theory as an evolution; with an assist from Petr Kropotkin.

Books Can't You Read Fascism Reviews War

NinaIllingworth October 18, 2021November 5, 2022 9/11, Afghanistan War, Amerikan Musik, antifascism, Barack Obama, Bill Barr, Black Lives Matter, Book Blog, book review, Bookish Bits, Books, CA4, Can't You Read, Civil Rights, colonialism, Democracy, Dick Cheney, Donald Trump, FA1, fascism, forever war, George W Bush, GOP, Imperialism, Iraq War, Islamophobia, January 6th coup attempt, Michael Reinoehl, National Security State, nativism, neoliberalism breeds fascism, New Forever War, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, Patriot Act, police state, Racism, reign of terror, Republican, Reviews, Richard Spencer, Security Industrial Complex, Spencer Ackerman, ST2, Tom Cotton, Trumpism, Trumpism is fascism, war, War on Terror, WD7, white supremacy

Barbarism Starts at Home on Can’t You Read

Nina reviews Spencer Ackerman’s “Reign of Terror” and finds a good book, that could have been so much more. Check out the new Bookish Bits on Can’t You Read.

Blog Books Can't You Read Fascism Reviews

NinaIllingworth April 18, 2021November 17, 2022 American Civil War, American history, anti-brown racism, anti-Mexican racism, Book Blog, book review, Books, Can't You Read, colonialism, crackers, Donald Trump, ecofascism, exploitation, FA1, fascism, Frederick Jackson Turner, genocide, Greg Grandin, History, immigration, Imperialism, JA5, Jim Crow, Latin America, manifest destiny, Mass incarceration, Migrant Rights, migrants, Monroe Doctrine, MP6, nativism, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, police state, Politics, Racism, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Reviews, settler colonialism, slavery, ST2, the American Revolution, the border, the border wall, The End of the Myth, the Frontier Myth, the Frontier Thesis, the New Forever War, the thirteen colonies, the War On Terror, Trump's wall, Trumpism, WD7, white supremacy, whiteness

Book Blog: The End of the Myth by Greg Grandin

Book Blog featuring a review & analysis of Greg Grandin’s “The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America” on Can’t You Read.

Books Can't You Read Politics socialism

NinaIllingworth April 7, 2020November 5, 2022 Amber Frost, anarchism, book review, Books, books about leftist stuff, Brendan James, Can't You Read, Chapo Trap House, Chomsky, comedy, Felix Biederman, Funny, introduction to leftism, labor theory, Left Wing Books, left wing theory, Marx, Marxism, Matt Christman, millennial issues, MP6, Naomi Klein, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, Politics, Reviews, socialism for slackers, ST2, the Chapo Guide to Revolution, The Library, US foreign policy as a start up, Virgil Texas, Will Menaker, Zinn

Link: Baby Steps up the Ramparts (The Chapo Guide to Revolution Review)

A link to my latest book review where we’re taking a look at the surprisingly rewarding book from celebrity podcasters Chapo Trap House, the Chapo Guide to Revolution.

Books Can't You Read Politics Social Justice

NinaIllingworth May 8, 2019November 5, 2022 2020 Election, America is still segregated, American history, anti-racism, blockbusting, book review, Books, Can't You Read, capitalism, colonialism, colorblind racism, covert white supremacy, Donald Trump, Economics, exploitation, FA1, fascism, History, history of racist ideas, Ibram X Kendi, JA5, Joe Biden, neocolonialism, neofeudalism, neoliberalism, NIMBYism, Nina Illingworth, Not In My Back Yard, Offsite Writing, Politics, Racism, racism is profitable for some, racist ideas, Reviews, segregation, Social Justice, ST2, Stamped From the Beginning, the economics of racism, white supremacy

Stamped From the Beginning, NIMBYs & Blockbusting

Links to an offsite review of Kendi’s Stamped From the Beginning, and a discussion about NIMBY liberal racism in the context of the 2020 election.

Books Can't You Read Essays Politics

NinaIllingworth February 9, 2019January 16, 2021 2016 campaign book, 2016 US Presidential Election, 2020 US Election, 25 candidates, anti-Bernie campaign, bad predictions, Bernie Sanders, Bernie vs Biden, Bernie was cheated, book review, Books, Can't You Read, clown car primary, Democratic Party civil war, Democratic Party Nomination, democratic socialism, DNC, Donald Trump, Election Fraud, Essays, fascism, Insane Clown President, Matt Taibbi, Meme, Michigan primary was rigged, Offsite Writing, Politics, rigged, RNC, schism, Socialism, Split the vote, The War Between Us, Trump, Wicked Game

Insane Clown President & Bernie’s Path to the Nomination

A link to an offsite review of Taibbi’s Insane Clown President & Bernie’s 2020 Primary Strategy, on Can’t You Read.

Blog Books Can't You Read Police State

NinaIllingworth January 5, 2019November 5, 2022 ARPANET, blog, book review, Books, Can't You Read, Chelsea Manning, CIA, COINTELPRO, cold war, computers, DARPA, data harvesting, deep state, digital imperialism, Edward Snowden, FA1, FBI, Hoover, Imperialism, informal writing, Internet Freedom movement, Julian Assange, metadata, Military Industrial Complex, military intelligence, National Security State, NatSec, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, NSA, Offsite Writing, online surveillance, panopticon, Pentagon, police state, public private partnerships, Reviews, spying, Surveillance Valley, Surveillance Valley The Secret Military History of the Internet, the internet, the Panopticon, Tor, Vietnam War, War on Terror, WD7, whistleblowers, Wikileaks, Yasha Levine

Digital Imperialism & Yasha Levine’s Surveillance Valley CYR

A link to a book review and short discussion about Yasha Levine’s Surveillance Valley: The Secret Military History of the Internet on Can’t You Read.

Blog Books Can't You Read Neoliberalism

NinaIllingworth December 29, 2018November 5, 2022 2008 Financial Crisis, activism, Alan Greenspan, austerity, Ayn Rand, bailout, banker, blog, book review, Books, CA4, Can't You Read, capitalism, capitalism as religion, casino, corporate welfare, Deregulation, Essays, FEC, Federal Exchange Commission, Foreclosure Crisis, Fraud, free market fundamentalism, Griftopia, hot money, investment banking, laissez faire, Matt Taibbi, Meme, neofeudalism, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, Racism, speculators, the fraud economy, Theory

Blog: Ayn Rand, Alan Greenspan & Matt Taibbi’s Griftopia

A collection of links to my writing about Taibbi’s Griftopia, including an essay about Ayn Rand & Alan Greenspan.

Books Can't You Read Police State Social Justice

NinaIllingworth December 22, 2018November 5, 2022 13th Amendment, blog, book review, Books, Can't You Read, capitalism, capitalism is white supremacy, critical race theory, exploitation, extraction, FA1, informal writing, JA5, Jim Crow, knowing without knowing, Mass incarceration, Michelle Alexander, neofeudalism, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, prison, prison labor, prison labor is slave labor, prisoner, prisoner rights, private prisons, Psychology, racialized incarceration, Racism, Rants, slaver labor, slavery, Social Justice, systemic racism, TADMS, Tales from the American DMZ, The New Jim Crow, white supremacy, whiteness

Blog: New Jim Crow Mini-Review & Commentary (Link)

Link to a short blog post combining a mini-review of The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander with additional commentary about cognitive deceptions.