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

Analysis Fascism Politics Rec Reads

NinaIllingworth September 2, 2024September 1, 2024 2024 US Election, Amerikan Musik, analysis, AP3, Carole Cadwalladr, coup, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, FA1, fascism, GOP, insurrection, January 6th, Joshua Kaplan, judicial coup, Kenny Bruno, militias, MP6, Nina Illingworth, Politics, ProPublica, Proud Boys, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, riots, SCOTUS, social media, The Guardian, Truthout, Twitter, UK riots

Recommended Reading: Daylight Ambush

Given the available evidence, it’s probably not a question of will Trump try a second coup if he loses the 2024 election, but what form will that coup take?

Blog Climate Crisis Fascism Social Media

NinaIllingworth August 11, 2024August 11, 2024 America PAC, Amerikan Musik, anti-regulation, BBC, blog, CA4, CC3, class war, Climate Crisis, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, FA1, fascism, fascist billionaires, GOP, longtermism, Media, Mini Theory Blog, MP6, neonazi, News, Nina Illingworth, oligarchy, plutocrats, Propaganda, social media, TESCREAL, trans rights, Twitter, UK Politics, UK riots, US politics, X

Matchstick Man in a World on Fire

A recent BBC article asked “what’s Elon Musk’s game?” Unfortunately, the piece didn’t bother answering the question, so Nina is here to do it for them.

Picture of Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg's smirking heads, posed back to back.

Capitalism media Social Media Theory

NinaIllingworth August 22, 2023August 22, 2023 AI, antifascism, billionaires, CA4, capitalism, Cory Doctorow, Elon Musk, enshitification, Facebook, fascism, free internet, information environment, left wing organizing, left wing theory, LLM, Mark Zuckerberg, Media, Mini Theory Blog, MP6, social media, ST2, Theory, Twitter, walled garden

Mini-Theory Blog: Escaping the Garden

A brief discussion about how leftists online should respond to fascist billionaires attempting to transform the internet into walled gardens and propaganda ops.

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.

Fascism Journals Site Updates Social Media

NinaIllingworth November 28, 2022November 28, 2022 algorithm, algos, Amerikan Musik, AnarchoNinaWrites, Andy Ngo, anti-LGBTQ hate speech, anti-trans pogrom, anticapitalism, antifa, antifascism, beginner guides, capitalism, capitalist fuckery, content serving algorithms, Discord, eliminationism, Elon Musk, FA1, fascism, fascist project, fascist propaganda, hate speech, homophobia, Journals, Kiwi Farms, Media, MP6, Musk Twitter, new user guide, NIDC, Nina Illingworth, onboarding, online fascism, online harassment, Pavlichenko Appreciation Society, Politics, Pork Reich, Site Updates, social media, transphobia, Twitter, Twitter is a fascist website, Twitter is a hate site, Weimar America, Wired

Update: A Regrettable Reconsideration

Elon Musk is actively turning Twitter into a fascist hate website and that obviously means I’m leaving; here’s where you can find me online going forward.

News Site Updates Social Media socialism

NinaIllingworth November 6, 2022November 6, 2022 algorithm, algos, anticapitalism, Big Tech, blogger, Can't You Read, capitalism, censorship, content, content serving algorithms, Elon Musk, Facebook, Free, free market fundamentalism, instagram, Mark Zuckerberg, Mastodon, Media Madness, Meta, Mini Theory Blog, Musk Twitter, News, Nina Illingworth, personal, reactionary capital, Scurvy, Site Update, social media, Socialism, Subscribe, Tech Bros, Theory, Tumblr, Twitter, update, writing schedule

Digital Atomization and the Dark Art of Blogging

An announcement about some changes here on NIDC. Want to know why you’re getting more notifications and the website is a different color? This post has answers.

Fascism Field Notes Social Media socialism

NinaIllingworth October 15, 2022November 5, 2022 anti-imperialism, anticapitalism, antifascism, Article Links, Ben Burgis is a reactionary, billionaire fascists, CA4, Can't You Read, capitalism, CC3, Charles Koch, Climate Crisis, Dark MAGA, Donald Trump, ecofascism, Elon Musk, FA1, Facebook, fascism, fascist coup, fascist judges, fascist street gangs, Field Notes, Fossil Fuel Wars, Geoff Eley, Gramsci, History, In the Aggregate, informal writing, instagram, JA5, Jacobin, Joe Biden, legal coup, longtermism, MAGA Communism, Media Madness, MP6, NATO, neofeudalism, neoliberalism, New Feature announcement, Nina Illingworth, Politics, Proud Boys, Russia, SCOTUS, social media, Socialism, ST2, the Mini-Skinny, Theory, Tom Nicholas, Ukraine, Video, WD7, What The Theory

Field Notes: Long Time Coming

Editor’s note: Field Notes is a weekly roundup of social media writing by Nina Illingworth. Bringing you highlights and links