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

Censorship Essays Patreon Social Media

NinaIllingworth January 5, 2021November 5, 2022 Andy Ngo, anti-Bernie campaign, Bernie Sanders, blue check hierarchy, Bob Mercer, Cambridge Analytica, censorship, CIA, Clinton media list, coordinated harassment, corporate propaganda, Correct the Record, data harvesting, disinformation, Edward Snowden, Essays, FA1, Facebook, Gamergate, Google, Ian Miles Cheong, influence market, Jack Dorsey, Mike Cernovich, MP6, Neera Tanden, neofeudalism, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, online censorship, online marketing, online surveillance, Patreon, Patreon Blog, Pizzagate, Politics, profanity is praxis, Project Mockingbird, Propaganda, ratfucking, Sally Albright, selling user data, Snowden Leaks, social media, spying on users, ST2, swearing, troll armies, trolls, Trump, Twitter, Twitter rules, twitter suspension, unregulated, Wikileaks

On What Twitter Is & Why I’m Fine With Never Coming Back

A link to a new essay on my free Patreon blog that discusses why Twitter’s role in public discourse is frankly pretty sinister, and I don’t miss it one bit.

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.

Patreon Social Justice socialism Theory

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 Fascism media Politics Theory

NinaIllingworth December 18, 2020November 5, 2022 21st century fascism, Aimee Terese, Amerikan Musik, Angela Nagle, anticommunism, Caitlin Johnstone, contrarian left, crypto fascism, distortions, Donald Trump, Downmarket Mussolini, Essays, FA1, fake populism, Fantastic Lies, fascism, gaslighting, Glenn Greenwald, GOP, GOP is fascist, Hitler, independent media, Jason Stanley, Jim Crow fascism, Joe Biden, Josh Hawley, Lee Fang, left right alliance, left wing theory, liberalism empowers fascism, lie, Marxism, Marxist analysis, Masha Gessen, Matt Stoller, Matt Taibbi, Media, Mike Tracey, MP6, Mussolini, neoliberalism, Noam Chomsky, Op-Ed, Palmer Raids, Palooka Joe, Politics, reactionary thought, Red Scare podcast, Republican Party, right wing populism, Ron Paul libertarians, skeptics, social media, ST2, Stupidpol, the Red Scare, Theory, Timothy Snyder, Trump Coup, Trump is a fascist, Trump isn't Hitler but so what?, Trumpism is fascism, woke neoliberalism, Zaid Jilani

‘The Devil You Know? A Response to Recent Revisionist History From the Contrarian “Left”

An op-ed aggressively refuting the contrarian faux-left position that calling Trump a fascist is some sort of liberal psyop designed to distract the left.

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.

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…

Can't You Read Essays Fascism Politics

NinaIllingworth December 9, 2020November 17, 2022 ALEC, Alex Kotch, American Legislative Exchange Council, Amerikan Musik, analysis, articles that feature other articles, AstroTurf, billionaire fascists, blog, Bob Mercer, CA4, Can't You Read, capitalism, Chuds, Climate Crisis, CMD, Conspiracy Facts, Covid 19, dark money, DeVos, DeVos Network, ecofascism, Essays, FA1, fascism, fascist propaganda, free market propaganda, Koch, Koch network, libertarianism, lockdown protests, militias, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, Politics, post-Trump fascism, post-Trump politics, Propaganda, reactionary thought, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, ST2, think tanks, Trump, Trumpism, Trumpism is fascism, US politics, Wall Street, white supremacy

American Fascism and Networks of Power on Can’t You Read

A link to a short essay on Can’t You Read about why fascism will survive Trump; includes a recommended reading article showing fascist power networks in action during the Covid-19 anti-lockdown protests.

Essays Fascism Politics socialism Videos

NinaIllingworth December 1, 2020November 17, 2022 activism, analysis, Ben Shapiro, blog, Briahna Joy Gray, Buckley Jr was a fraud, Cambridge, capitalism, Cody Johnston, Essays, Facebook, fascism, Gravel Institute, James Baldwin, Lambert Strether, Leon Trotsky, link dump, Marxism, Marxist analysis, Michael Parenti, Naked Capitalism, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, Patreon, Politics, posts I hate making, Racism, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Rudolf Rocker, Social Justice, Socialism, Some More News, Thank You note, The Gravel Institute, Video, whiteness, Yves Smith, Zephyr Teachout

November Small Ball Update

A (now redundant) roundup of all of Nina’s smaller posts in October and November; including Facebook Journal and Can’t You Read links we’ve never shared until now on ninaillingworth.com.

Blog Can't You Read Fascism Memes Politics

NinaIllingworth November 24, 2020November 17, 2022 America is having a stupid coup, Amerikan Musik, analysis, blog, Can't You Read, chicken coup, coup, dark money, Donald Trump, Essays, FA1, fallout, fascism, GOP is fascist, Indi Samarajiva, info graphics, Meme, MP6, News, Offsite Writing, Politics, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Srik Lanka, ST2, stupid coup, Trumpism, US politics, why the chicken coup isn't over

Opening Pandora’s Box on Can’t You Read (Link)

With Trump’s coup seemingly ground to a halt, it’s time to celebrate the end of the fascist moment – isn’t it? Not so fast says analyst Nina Illingworth. By combining some brief observations on the seemingly-doomed Trumpist “chicken coup,” and a link to a vitally important article by Indi Samarajiva about why even a failed reactionary coup is a disaster for a society that calls itself a democracy, our intrepid author debunks the still quite dangerous idea that we’ve survived the Swine Emperor and everything is going to go back to normal soon.

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.

Can't You Read Climate Crisis Essays Fascism

NinaIllingworth October 5, 2020November 5, 2022 Amerikan Musik, anticapitalism, antifascism, CA4, Can't You Read, capitalism, carbon emissions, CC3, class war, class warfare, climate, climate change, climate change is driving fascism, Climate Crisis, climate genocide, climate justice, doomsday bunkers, ecofascism, environment, Essays, Eugenics, extractivism, extractivism will kill us all, fascism, fossil fuel industry, fossil fuels, genocide, hyperlinks, informal writing, Journals, left wing theory, Leftist Theory, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, oil, oligarchy, Politics, Propaganda, rigged oligarchy, salon discussion, social control, ST2, The Pig Empire, The West, Theory

Link: On the Rule of Capital, Climate Crisis & the Rise of Fascism in the Pig Empire

Link to a new salon discussion style essay by Nina Illingworth on the connection between the absolute rule of capital, impending climate catastrophe and the rise of fascism across much of the Pig Empire; presented on her Journal/Image Blog at Can’t You Read.