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

Climate Crisis media Neoliberalism Politics

NinaIllingworth October 8, 2021November 5, 2022 Andy Kroll, API, Ari Berman, Arizona, Biden Agenda, Brett Wilkins, Build Back Better Act, CA4, CC3, CEPP, Charles Koch, Clean Electricity Performance Program, climate catastrophe, Climate Crisis, coal, Common Dreams, corporate donors, corruption, Daniel Boguslaw, Daniel Strauss, dark money, David Sirota, Democratic Party, FA1, Fantastic Lies, filibuster, fossil fuels, Geoff Dembicki, Gizmodo, immigration reform, infrastructure bill, infrastructure spending, Joe Biden, Joe Manchin, Kate Aronoff, Kochtopus, Kyrsten Sinema, legalized bribery, liberal politics, lobby groups, lobbying, lobbyist, Mark Gruenberg, Media, migrants, Molly Taft, money in politics, Mother Jones, MP6, natural gas, neofeudalism, neoliberalism, oligarchy, People's World, plutocracy, Politics, progressive politics, Propaganda, reconciliation bill, Rolling Stone, Ryan Grim, Sara Sirota, Sharon Zhang, Six Things I Think, Super PACS, the Daily Poster, The Intercept, The New Republic, Truthout, US Senate, West Virginia

Six Things I Think: Reconciliation and the Dirty Pair

Nina’s back with an in-depth investigation into a riddle no one outside of the Beltway was struggling to solve. Power, politics and payola collide on NIDC.

Essays Neoliberalism Politics socialism

NinaIllingworth March 14, 2021November 5, 2022 $15 minimum wage, Afghanistan War, Andrew Perez, anti war, anti-labor, anti-racism, anti-war protests, anticapitalism, antifascism, Arizona, Arizona Democrats, austerity, Bernie Sanders, Biden White House, Blue Dog Caucus, CA4, CC3, class war, Climate Crisis, coronavirus, coronavirus relief package, corruption, Covid 19, culture war, David Sirota, Democratic Party, democratic socialism, DSA, Economics, electoralism, Essays, Fight for $15, filibuster, forever war, gone Washington, GOP, Green Party, Iraq War, Jacobin, Joe Biden, Joe Manchin, Kyrsten Sinema, left right alliance, left wing theory, let them eat cake, liberalism, Marxism, minimum wage, Mitch McConnell, MP6, neoliberalism, Paula Swearengin, Political Theory, Politics, populism, Progressive, progressive movement, progressive politics, Ralph Nader, reformers, reformism, Republican Party, Senate politics, Socialism, ST2, the Daily Poster, Theory, Thumbs Down, Tucker Carlson, Tulsi Gabbard, US Federal Minimum Wage, US Senate

Fool Me Twice: Kyrsten Sinema and the Poverty of Progressive Politics

A deeply sourced essay about progressive politics, acts of betrayal, and the need for an explicitly anti-capitalist mass movement in the Pig Empire.

Neoliberalism Patreon Politics War

NinaIllingworth January 23, 2021November 5, 2022 "dog faced pony solider", "you ain't Black", anarchists, antifascists, Antony Blinken, Barack Obama, Bernie Sanders, Biden death primary, Biden inauguration, Black Lives Matter, BLM, blog, Camelot, Captain Trips, Civil Rights movement, class war, coronavirus, Covid 19, Covid checks, DC riots, Defund the Police, Dem Voltron Primary, Democratic Party, far right violence, fascism, fascist coup, foreign policy, forever war, GOP is fascist, hagiography, Imperialism, informal writing, Jim Clyburn, Joe Biden, Joe Biden lies, Journals, Kamala Harris, Mastodon, MIC, Military Industrial Complex, militias, MP6, Nelson Mandela, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, no Camelot, Patreon, Patreon Blog, pig empire, Politics, Propaganda, Protesters, Proud Boys, Republican Party, social media, Strom Thurmond, Tara Reade, The Skinny, unity, Wall Street, war, word games

The Skinny: Biden His Time Edition

A collection of informal journal posts about the new (and yet so uninspiring) Biden era, on my free to read Patreon Blog.

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NinaIllingworth December 20, 2020November 5, 2022 Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, antifa, antifascism, austerity, backlash, Black Lives Matter, Covid 19, Democratic Party, democratic socialism, DSA, Energy and Commerce Committee, Essays, FA1, how to build power, Ilhan Omar, informal writing, Jimmy Dore, lay siege to the government, Medicare for all, Medicare for All floor vote, MP6, neofeudalism, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, organization, organizing, organizing strategy, Patreon, Patreon Blog, Politics, Protest, reactionary, rigged oligarchy, Social Justice, social media, Socialism, ST2, The Squad, Theory, Un-Civil War, uprising, white lash, whiteness

Essay: Organize or Die (Link)

A lengthy informal essay about the importance of organizing a three tiered societal movement around a radical left wing program.

Essays media Patreon socialism Theory

NinaIllingworth December 15, 2020November 5, 2022 $15 minimum wage, 2024 US Election, Adolph Reed Jr, Alex Jones, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, anti war, anti-establishment right, anti-globalization, antifa, AOC, Bernie Sanders, Bidenism, Black Lives Matter, CA4, class reductionism, class theory, class warfare, climate catastrophe, Covid 19, Covid eugenics, Democratic Party, Essays, informal writing, intersectionality, Jimmy Dore, Joe Biden, labor class, left wing organizing, left wing theory, leftism, Mea Culpas, Media, Medicare for all, neoliberalism, Occupy Wall Street, Offsite Writing, online drama, online left, Opinion, Patreon, Patreon Blog, pig empire, police violence, Politics, populism, progressive caucus, social media, Socialism, the Sanders left, Theory, Tulsi Gabbard, Twitter, universal healthcare, Wall Street corruption, Youtube

Essay: On Mea Culpas, the Populist Alliance & the Young American Left (Link)

A link to a (free to read) Patreon Blog essay that looks at online Twitter drama, declaring war on Bidenist neoliberalism and why anti-identity politics populism is cancer for the left.

media Media Madness Politics Take Downs

NinaIllingworth November 28, 2020November 5, 2022 analysis, Bernie Sanders, Biden, Biden Cabinet, Biden is a racist, Chicago Police are racist as hell, corporate media, CPD, Democratic Party, flak, GMiMM, Great Moments in Media Muppetry, hippie punching, JA5, Jamil Smith, Joe Biden, lanyards, Laquan McDonald, mainstream liberal media, Media, media criticism, Media Madness, MP6, Offsite Writing, old white men, political endorsements, Politics, propagandist, race, Racism, Rahm Emanuel, Rolling Stone, Social Justice, social media, Take Downs, Twitter, US politics, Wall of Shame

A Whole Jamil of Beans on Media Madness

Biden’s rolling out his cabinet, the media is tossing out bullsh*t and Rahm Emanuel might be on his way back into government over the strong objections of Rolling Stone senior writer Jamil Smith; not that Biden gives a damn of course, since the machine bought Smith’s soul a long time ago.

Blog media Media Madness Take Downs

NinaIllingworth November 25, 2020November 5, 2022 Aaron Rupar, analysis, arms sales, Biden, Biden appointments, Biden Cabinet, blog, blog posts, corporate media, David Dayen, Democratic Party, dunking on lanyards, fake left politics, flak, Imperialism, lanyards, lobbyist, Media, Media Madness, Media Madness blog, media muppets, MP6, Offsite Writing, Politics, propagandist, revolving door, shameless, Take Downs, this guy is a tool, Tony Blinken, US Secretary of State, video monkey, Vox, Wall of Shame, war, WD7, WestExec, what a muppet

Rupar Loses the Plot on Media Madness (Link)

“Now that we’re sailing into a new-old era of American politics, Nina revives one of her old blogging Features with a new, time-saving twist. Mendacious media minions can run, but then can’t hide from “Great Moments in Media Muppetry” on our Media Madness Blog; today’s first feature contestant? Vox’s professional TV-watcher, Aaron Rupar.

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NinaIllingworth November 21, 2019November 17, 2022 2020 Democratic Party Nomination Contest, Bernie Sanders, blog, campaigning against Bernie, CIA Pete, corporate media, Democratic Party, Dollar Store Macron, Douglass Plan, Essays, going through the motions, JA5, liberalism, Mayo Pete, Mayor Pete is kinda racist, Media, media bias, Media Madness, MP6, muppet, neoliberalism, not authentic, Pete Buttigieg, Politics, Racism, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Social Justice, South Bend, whiteness

Link: Fear, Loathing and Mayonnaise in the 2020 Democratic Party Nomination Contest

A link to my most recent Media Madness essay examining the mainstream media’s obviously biased coverage in favor of new Bernie-Slayer, Pete Buttigieg.

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 media Patreon Politics socialism

NinaIllingworth October 30, 2019November 17, 2022 2020 Democratic Party Nomination Contest, 2020 US Election, Bernie 2020, Bernie Blackout, Bernie is Back, Bernie Sanders, bogus polls, class war, corporate media, Democratic Party, democratic socialism, Essays, Fantastic Lies, Joe Biden, liberal media, likely voters, Liz Warren, Media, MP6, narrative, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, Patreon, Patreon Blog, political media, Politics, polling, Queens Rally, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, ruling class, Socialism

Link: On Bernie Sanders, Polling and Perception – New Essay

A link to my latest essay on Patreon in which I look at the reasons Bernie Sanders is going to drastically outperform the polls in the 2020 Democratic Party nomination contest.

Can't You Read media Neoliberalism Politics

NinaIllingworth October 24, 2019November 5, 2022 2020 Democratic Party Nomination Contest, bad predictions, Bernie Sanders, blog, building a narrative, Can't You Read, class war, corporate candidate, corporate media, Democratic Party, Joe Biden, liberalism, manufacturing consent, Media, Michigan, Michigan primary was rigged, money in politics, MP6, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, Obama, Offsite Writing, Palooka Joe, Politics, polls, Propaganda, Super Tuesday, they cheated Bernie again, Voltron strategy

Blog: Manufacturing A Primary Narrative

A short blog analyzing the media’s false narrative about Joe Biden that turned out to be right, and also wrong, once the primaries started. It’s complicated.