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Blog Media Madness Neoliberalism Videos

NinaIllingworth January 26, 2021November 5, 2022 blog, CA4, capitalism, class, coronavirus, Economics, economy, film sessions, Gravel Institute, Joe Biden, labor, left wing Youtube, Media Madness, neofeudalism, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, pandemic, Politics, Richard Wolff, Socialism, ST2, Video

Film Sessions: A Cheater’s Week on Media Madness

Our weekly Film Sessions feature is back with two great videos by Richard Wolff; includes economic advice for Biden & why capitalism is theft.

Media Madness News socialism Videos

NinaIllingworth January 11, 2021November 17, 2022 2008 Financial Crisis, anti Prager U, anticapitalism, beating Prager U, blog, CA4, capitalism, class, Dennis Prager, Dennis Prager is a fascist, Economics, extreme poverty, film sessions, how to attack right wing propaganda, left wing Youtube, Marxism, Marxist economics, Media, Media Madness, neofeudalism, neoliberalism, New York Times, News, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, poverty, PragerU, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Richard Wolff, right wing propaganda, Socialism, ST2, The Gravel Institute, Video, Youtube

Film Sessions: Does Capitalism Really Reduce Poverty (Link)

A new Media Madness blog featuring a short video from the Gravel Institute and Marxist economist (and fan favorite) Richard D. Wolff.

Can't You Read Social Justice socialism Theory

NinaIllingworth December 24, 2020November 5, 2022 analysis, anti-racism, antifa, Assata Shakur, Bernie Sanders, Black Lives Matter, BLM, Can't You Read, class, class war, coalition building, critical race theory, democratic socialism, Denise DaSilva, diverse coalitions, Dr Martin Luther King Jr, Emma Goldman, Essays, FA1, identity politics, JA5, James Baldwin, labor class, leftism, Malcolm X, marginalized leftists, Michelle Alexander, MLK, MP6, Nell Irvin Painter, neofeudalism, neoliberal identity politics, neoliberal multiculturalism, neoliberalism, non white leftists, Offsite Writing, Op-Ed, Opinion, organizing, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Social Justice, Socialism, ST2, The Black Panthers, the Invention of the White Race, the labor class left, the Sanders left, Theodore Allen, Theory, WD7, weaponized identity politics, WEB Du Bois, whiteness

Essay: On Whiteness, Identity Politics & the Pig Empire Left (Link)

A longer, heavily sourced essay about why vast portions of the labor class left need to get over their reactionary ideas about what identity politics actually means; before history and shifting demographics leave them behind.

Essays Fascism Rants Rec Reads

NinaIllingworth December 14, 2020November 17, 2022 a fascism primer, a Marxist analysis of fascism, Alt Right, anticommunism, Benito Mussolini, Blackshirts and Reds, Bolsonaro, Books, class, class war, colonialism, contrarian left, David Olusoga, definition of fascism, Donald Trump, Essays, Eternal Fascism, FA1, fascism, fascist politics, Frantz Fanon, Glenn Greenwald has no idea what fascism is, Glenn Greenwald is a not left wing, How Fascism Works, JA5, Jason Stanley, Jim Crow, keyboard warrior, left wing theory, Leon Trotsky, Marxism, Masha Gessen, Media, Michael Parenti, Modi, mythic past, nativism, News, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, online right, Politics, Racism, Rants, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Robert Paxton, Social Darwinism, ST2, The Anatomy of Fascism, Theory, Timothy Snyder, trolls, Trumpism is fascism, Umberto Eco, Ur Fascism, volk, What is Fascism, white nationalism

How to (Make a Troll) Disappear Completely: A Primer on Americanized Fascism

“Well how do *you* define fascism then?” Put your mouth guard in princess because I’m done playing around…

Essays Fascism Neoliberalism News Politics

NinaIllingworth April 16, 2020November 5, 2022 Andrew Cuomo, Anthony Fauci, austerity, authoritarian, bailout, big business, big business will kill you for profit, CA4, class, class war, coronavirus, coronavirus relief package, corporate takeover, coverage, Covid 19, Donald Trump, Dr Fauci, Essays, essential workers, FA1, fall guy, fascism, grift, health policy, Joe Biden, John Dean, killing grandma for Wall Street, Media, mob boss, neoliberalism, News, Nina Illingworth, Nixon, Politics, Pork Reich, re opening America, Simon Says, Trump Administration, Trump war with Governors, Watergate

On Absolute Power, Nixonian Machinations & Trump’s Fascist Fulminations

A short essay examining two lines of argument emerging from Trump’s most recent unhinged coronavirus press conference and the cat and mouse game he’s playing with Dr. Fauci in order to open up the economy no matter how many people it kills.

Neoliberalism Patreon Politics Social Justice

NinaIllingworth April 6, 2020November 5, 2022 2020 Democratic Party Nomination Contest, Andrew Cuomo, anti establishment, Bernie Sanders, CA4, class, class and race, class war, class warfare, coronavirus, coronavirus relief package, corporate takeover, Corporation America, Covid eugenics, Demolition Man economy, Econ, economic segregation, Essays, illegitimate, Iowa Democratic Party, JA5, Joe Biden, Joe Biden Drop Out. Democratic Party, labor, labor class, neoliberalism, News, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, organizing around class, Patreon, Patreon Journal, Politics, revolution, rigged, service industry, Social Justice, social media, ST2, The Skinny, whiteness

Link: The Skinny – Crisis And Class War, April 2020

Link to Nina’s latest collection of social media essays. In this edition: economic segregation, the importance of organizing around class and why the 2020 Dem Party nomination contest is already illegitimate.

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NinaIllingworth September 28, 2019November 17, 2022 2020 Democratic Party Nomination Contest, Bernie Sanders, bourgeoisie, CA4, class, class warfare, democratic socialism, Fantastic Lies, Harvard conspiracy, Joe Biden, labor class, Left Wing Media, letters, liberals, Liz Warren, manager class, Media, Medicare for all, MP6, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, open letter, Patreon, Patreon Blog, PMC, Politics, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, rich people, sans culottes, Socialism, ST2

Link: An Open Letter to the American Left and in Particular, the Bourgeoisie “Left Wing” Media

Some thoughts on “Left Wing” American media and class tensions in the 2020 Democratic Party nomination contest.

Essays media Patreon Theory

NinaIllingworth May 29, 2019November 5, 2022 1996 Telecom Act, American history, cable news, class, class war, corporate media, Debunking the Myth of a Forgotten American Free Press, Essays, Fantastic Lies, for profit media, forever war, History, Iraq War, Jeff Bezos, Joe Hill, journalism, Julian Assange, left wing theory, Media, media lied us into war, media lies to you for power, media myths, Media Theory, Michael Parenti, MP6, mythmaking, narrative, Nina Illingworth, Occupy Wall Street, Offsite Writing, Patreon, Propaganda, rich people own the media, ST2, The Post, The Post is a narrative building movie, Theory, Vietnam War, war, Watergate, Wikileaks, WMDs, yellow journalism

The Myth of a Forgotten American Free Press

A short Patreon essay about why corporate media-created narratives about their own role in checking the powerful are bunk.

Neoliberalism Patreon socialism Theory

NinaIllingworth May 4, 2019November 5, 2022 anarchism, antifascism, bosses, bourgeoisie, bourgeoisie values, CA4, capitalism, casino lottery, class, class in America, class politics, class theory, class war, definition of class, Essays, exploitation, extraction, global capitalism, labor, labor class, left wing theory, Leftist Theory, living conditions, manager class, Marxism, Marxist Theory, middle class, modern class, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, no war but class war, Occupy Wall Street, Offsite Writing, overseer class, Patreon, Patreon Blog, petite bourgeoisie, pig empire, PMC, Politics, poverty, Professional Class, ruling classes, slavery, Socialism, ST2, the class war never ended, the owner class, Theory, wage slavery, you are probably not middle class

A Functional Class Framework for Modern Western Leftists

A Patreon Blog essay that updates the terminology of class warfare and explains why you probably aren’t middle class if you’re reading this.

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 Opinion Personal Theory

NinaIllingworth March 31, 2016November 5, 2022 banking, blog, CA4, capitalism, class, class war, corruption, Democracy, Emperor Has No Clothes, Essay, Free Society, Freedom, History, informal writing, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, Op-Ed, Opinion, personal, Philosophy, Progressive, Psychology, Public Debt, religion, servitude, Shouting Into A Hurricane, Socialism, ST2, theft, Theory, totalitarianism, war

Shouting Into A Hurricane

A short essay about the power of one, single person and very big ideas by Nina Illingworth.