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

Neoliberalism News Police State Social Media

NinaIllingworth October 13, 2021November 17, 2022 ACAB, Amerikan Musik, anarcho capitalism is fascism, AnarchoNinaWrites, anti protest laws, antifascism, billionaire, black bloc, blog, CA4, capitalism is killing us, CC3, Cerise Castle, Chris Hedges, class war, climate catastrophe, Climate Crisis, cops aren't workers, corruption, David Graeber, David Shor, Defund the Police, Democratic Party, Donald Trump, Eve Ewing, FA1, Facebook, Fantastic Lies, fascism, fascist conspiracy cult, George Floyd, George Floyd Protests, GOP, Greta Thunberg, ICIJ, In the Aggregate, inequity, Jeremy Schwartz, LASD Gangs, leaks, left wing theory, Leon Trotsky, liberal media, Mastodon, Matthew Yglesias, Media, Media Madness, MP6, neofeudalism, neoliberalism, new Gilded Age, News, NIDC, Nina Illingworth, Occupy Wall Street, offshore tax havens, Pandora Papers, Police, police state, police unions, Politics, pundits, QAnon, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, SheReadsNews, social media, ST2, Stop the Steal, the 1%, the class war never ended, The Gravel Institute, Theory, Trumpism, Twitter, Vanessa Nakate, Ward Churchill, wealth gap, white supremacy

In the Aggregate: A Neofeudalist Dystopia

In the Aggregate is back, and we’re on a mad dash through the palaces of reaction, violence and wealth; recapping Nina’s social media analysis in October.

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.

Fascism Media Madness News Police State

NinaIllingworth September 30, 2021November 17, 2022 Adam Johnson, Adolph Reed, Aja Romano, Amanda Gailey, American fascism, Amerikan Musik, analysis, Andrew Ross, Christina Cauterucci, Copaganda, Daily Dot, David Graeber, FA1, Fantastic Lies, far right, fascism, George Monbiot, In the Aggregate, Jacobin, Jason Stanley, John Knefel, Lauren Gill, leftism, long covid, Luke Savage, Marin Scarlett, Matt Cohen, Media, Media Madness, Mikael Thalen, Mother Jones, MP6, new writing, News, Nina Illingworth, nonsite, Novara Media, Offsite Writing, Police, police state, Politics, Propaganda, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Scott Hechinger, Seeing Red, Shane Little, Slate, The American Prospect, The Column, The Guardian, The Intercept, Theory, Twitter, Vox, Woke, Youtube

In The Aggregate: Reactions on Media Madness

I’m taking a snapshot of Pig Empire reaction by examining some essays and articles from around the left(ish) wing internet; on Media Madness.

Canada Journals media Neoliberalism

NinaIllingworth June 1, 2021November 5, 2022 2008 Financial Crisis, a nation of renters, anti-labor propaganda, banking, CA4, Canada, Canadian housing bubble, capitalism, capitalist, CBC, class war, FA1, Facebook Journals, Fantastic Lies, Finance, homelessness, housing activists, housing crisis, housing is a human right, informal writing, interest rates, investor class, Journals, Mao was right, Marxism, Media, mortgage rates, mortgages, MP6, neofeudalism, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, Opinion, pandemic, pandemic profiteering, parasitic capitalism, people over profits, priced out, Propaganda, public broadcasting, rent control, rentier class, rigged economy, Socialism, ST2, the extraction of rents, the propaganda model, the ruling classes, two tiers of access

Journal: CBC, the Housing Bubble, and Class War Propaganda

A short and informal journal about the casual way Canadian media sells pro-capitalist propaganda and policies as being good for labor class people.

Can't You Read Fascism media Politics

NinaIllingworth May 31, 2021November 5, 2022 Amerikan Musik, Biden, blog, Can't You Read, conspiracy theory, corporate media, cult, Election Fraud, election rigging, end of the white supermajority, FA1, Fantastic Lies, fascism, fascist coup attempt, fascist creep, fascist uprising, filibuster, GOP, Herrenvolk democracy, informal writing, Jacksonian democracy, January 6th 2021, January 6th coup attempt, Joe Manchin, Journals, LGBTQ rights, Liz Cheney, mainstream media, mass graves, Media, MP6, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, Politics, QAnon, racial hierarchy, racism and capitalism, Republican Party, rigging future elections, ST2, the American right is fascist, the fascist creep, the GOP is fascist, The War on Sharing, this is fascism, trans kids, trans rights, Trump, Trumpism, US Senate, volk, voter suppression, voting rights, WD7, white lash, white supremacy, why fascists use conspiracy theories

The War on Sharing: Pretending Is Not a Strategy

In our newest War On Sharing journal, Nina takes an informal look at the terrifying truth everyone in the ruling establishment knows but won’t say; the fascists are winning.

Media Madness socialism Theory War

NinaIllingworth March 31, 2021November 17, 2022 anti-Indigenous policy, Antony Blinken, Bolivia, Catholic Church, christian fundamentalism, Christian nationalism, CIA, coup, Edward Herman, Essays, Evo Morales, FA1, FAIR, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, Fantastic Lies, fascism, fascist coup, foreign policy, Imperialism, Jacobin, Jeanine Áñez, Jeff Bezos, Joe Biden, Latin America, left wing theory, lie, Luis Arce, Luis Fernando Camacho, MAS, Media, Media Madness, Media Theory, MP6, Nina Illingworth, Noam Chomsky, OAS, Offsite Writing, pig empire, Pig Empire imperialism, practical examples of a propaganda model, Propaganda, propaganda model, propaganda theory, re-writing history, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, regime change, Six Things I Think, Socialism, soft power, ST2, The New Old Forever War, Theory, US backed coups, US imperialism, USA, WaPo editorial board, war, war mongers, Washington Post, WD7

Bolivian Stroke: WaPo’s Imperialist Memory Games on Media Madness

A heavily sourced Media Madness essay about the propaganda model and renewed Pig Empire efforts to undermine the socialist government of Bolivia.

Blog media Media Madness News Videos

NinaIllingworth February 11, 2021November 5, 2022 American politics, analysis, Bigotry, blog, Cancel Culture, cancel culture isn't real, class war, common sense, criticism isn't censorship, crowd psychology, culture war, FA1, Fantastic Lies, film sessions, grift, Harper's Letter, JA5, JK Rowling, Jordan Peterson, left wing theory, left wing Youtube, Matt Taibbi, Media, Media Madness, MP6, News, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, Politics, Reviews, ST2, Theory, Tom Nicholas, transphobia, Tucker Carlson, Video, What The Theory, Youtube

Film Sessions: Cancel Culture Fear of the Mob by Tom Nicholas

In this week’s Film Session we’re exploring the class and power issues behind the bogus “cancel culture debate” with What the Theory’s Tom Nicholas over on Media Madness.

Fascism media News socialism Videos

NinaIllingworth February 6, 2021August 17, 2023 Adolph Reed Jr, Aimee Terese, American Gestapo, Amerikan Musik, Ammon Bundy, Andy Ngo, Angela Nagle, antifa, antifascism, AOC, beating Hitler, Bernie Sanders, Beth Lynch, Boogaloo Boys, Boogaloo means civil war, Boogaloo movement, Caitlin Johnstone, Chris Rock, Class Notes, class reductionism, class-washing, Counterpunch, crypto fascism, crypto reactionaries, crypto-libertarians, David Graeber, Deep Dives, DHS, Donald Trump, Eli Valley, Eric London, FA1, Fantastic Lies, fascism, fascist recruiting, Fenix Ammunition, Fred Hampton, Freikorps, Glenn Greenwald, Hillary Clinton, JA5, Jerry White, Jimmy Dore, Josh Hawley, Katie Halper, Lee Fang, left right alliance, left-washing, libertarians, Magnus Panvidya, Magnus Panvidya is Zakkari Clark, Malcolm X, Marcus Garvey, Martin Niemöller, Matt Binder, Matt Stoller, Matt Taibbi, Maya Angelou, Media, Medicare for all, Michigan militia, Mike Cernovich, Mike Tracey, militias, MP6, Nagle Caucus, Nazi Germany, News, nihilism, Nina Illingworth, NOI, playing stupid, Progressive Army, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Red Scare podcast, right wing populism, Rittenhouse drills, Ron Paul, Sam Seder, Six Things I Think, Socialism, ST2, Stalin, Stupidpol, Sturmabteilung, The Jimmy Dore Show, the Majority Report, the Young Patriots, Thought Slime, Tulsi Gabbard, Video, Word Socialist Web Site, WSWS, Youtube, Zaid Jilani, Zakkari Clark

Six Things I Think: The Enemy of My Enemy Is Still a Fascist, Actually

An extremely detailed Deep Dive post explaining why Boogaloos are fascists, Jimmy Dore is no leftist, and online pinkos have a crypto-reactionary infuencer problem.

Blog media Media Madness Reviews Videos

NinaIllingworth December 22, 2020November 5, 2022 asylum seekers, BBC, blog, by the rich for the richer, capitalism, colonialism, corporate media, cultural studies, demonizing migrants, Edward Herman, Fantastic Lies, far right, film sessions, for profit media, forever war, hate groups, immigration, manufacturing consent, Marxist analysis, Media, media analysis, media bias, Media Madness, migrant caravan, migrant crisis, Migrant Rights, MP6, nationalism, nationalism leads to fascism, nativism, Newsnight, Nina Illingworth, Noam Chomsky, Offsite Writing, pig empire, Propaganda, pushing hate, Racism, refugees, Reviews, right wing fearmongering, selling hate for clicks, Sociology, ST2, Stuart Hall, the propaganda model, Tom Nicholas, Video, What The Theory, white supremacy, whiteness

Film Sessions: the Myth of a Free Press on Media Madness

A December 2020 Film Sessions post about Tom Nicholas’s excellent video “The Myth of a Free Press” that leans more towards the review side of the equation.

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 Fascism media Politics Theory

NinaIllingworth September 28, 2020November 5, 2022 2008 Financial Crisis, 2016 US Election, Alt Right, Amerikan Musik, conspiracy theory, David Renton, Deep Dives, Essays, FA1, Fantastic Lies, fascism, for profit medial propaganda model, Fox News, Fox News Fear Factory, Hannah Arendt, Harvey Weinstein, How Fascism Works, Hugo Weaving, Inventing Reality, Iraq War, James Clapper, Jason Stanley, Jeff Epstein, Joy Reid, Julius Evola, left wing theory, lie, Lügenpresse, mainstreaming white supremacy, manufacturing consent, Matt Taibbi, Media, Michael Lynch, MP6, MSNBC, neoliberalism, New York Times, News Corp, Noam Chomsky, Owen Jones, pig empire, Political Mind Games, Politics, Poor Democracy, Pork Reich, Rich Media, Robert Paxton, Roy Eidelson, Rupert Murdoch, Russiagate, ST2, The Daily Beast, The Establishment, the New Authoritarians, Theory, Washington Post, white genocide is a nazi conspiracy theory, white nationalism

Theory Discussion: On Media, White Nationalism & Hugo Weaving

An lengthy discussion about why propping up corporate “liberal” media is no antidote to the rise of white nationalism; triggered by reading an interview with Hugo Weaving.

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