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Blog Capitalism Climate Crisis Politics

NinaIllingworth November 16, 2022 Abdul El-Sayed, anticapitalism, antifascism, Biden Administration, Big Oil, blog, CA4, capitalism, capitalist realism, climate apocalypse, Climate Crisis, climate genocide, climate science denial, Covid 19, dark money, Democratic Party, ecofascism, Eugenics, FA1, fascism, fascist conspiracy theories, for profit healthcare, fossil fuel industry, free market fundamentalism, genocide, GOP, Great Replacement Theory, green jobs, Jacobin, medical debt, medical insurance industry, money in politics, MP6, neofeudalism, Nina Illingworth, Nina-Bytes, pandemic, Politics, Republicans, Ricardo Gomez, Socialism, ST2, the GOP is fascist, The New Republic, Theory, Trumpism, US Midterm Elections, US politics

Nina-Bytes: Things Left Unsaid

You can learn a lot by listening to what American politicians talk about during elections; but sometimes, what they won’t talk about reveals a whole lot more.

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

Labor Social Justice Social Media socialism

NinaIllingworth April 4, 2022November 5, 2022 ALU, Amazon, Amazon union, anticapitalism, Bernie Sanders, blog, Brett Wilkins, CA4, Can't You Read, child labor, Chris Smalls, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Act, Clarence Darrow, class war, Common Dreams, democratic socialism, George Floyd Protests, instagram, Jacobin, Jeff Bezos, labor, labor class organizing, labor organization, labor rights, Media Madness, minimum wage, Nina Illingworth, Nina-Bytes, organizing a revolution, organizing against captalism, Pinko Postcard, police violence, Quickshot Quotations, revolution, right to organize, Shuvu Bhattarai, Social Justice, social media, Socialism, ST2, Starbucks union, Starbucks Workers United, the Mini-Skinny, TMS, Tumblr, union busting, Wagner Act

TMS: Organizing to Win the Impossible Fight

Fresh off the most stunning labor victory in a generation, Nina takes a look at why the fight against corporate power can help us win a revolution.

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.

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.

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.

Essays News Patreon Social Media

NinaIllingworth September 26, 2019November 17, 2022 2020 Dem Primary Season, analysis, antifascism, Arun Gupta, Bernie 2020, blog, blogging, Can't You Read, climate catastrophe, Donald Trump, Essays, Facebook, foreign policy, ICE, Jacobin, Joe Biden, labor class, left wing politics, liberals, manufacturing consent, Mastodon, Media, MP6, News, nobody trust the media, Odds and Ends, Offsite Writing, Opinion, Patreon, Patreon Blog, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Six Things I Think, social media, Socialism, The Skinny, Twitter, US politics, voting theory, war on the homeless, Working Families Party

Odds and Ends: A Skinny Week and Malcolm Tucker Goes to War

A link to all my offsite pieces in an extremely busy week of blogging on Patreon and Can’t You Read.

Blog Fascism Patreon Police State Politics

NinaIllingworth September 23, 2019November 5, 2022 "both sides" nonsense, 2020 Democratic Party Nomination Contest, activism, Andy Ngo, Andy Ngo provides kill lists for Atomwaffen, antifa, antifascism, antifascist action, Arun Gupta, Bernie Sanders, blog, Chuds, class war, concentration camps, corporate media, Democratic Party, DHS, direct action, DoJ, Donald Trump, FA1, Fantastic Lies, far right violence, fascism, fascism for profit, fascist free speech rallies are not about free speech, fascist street gangs, ICE, Jacobin, Justice, liberal media, manufacturing consent, Media, media narratives, militias, MP6, National Low Income Housing Coalition, New York Times, NIMBYism, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, Patreon, Patreon Blog, Patriot Prayer, Police, police state, Politics, Portland, private prisons, Proud Boys, right wing violence, Stephen Miller, The Skinny, War on California, white nationalism, white nationalist immigration policy

The Skinny: Fascism, Tyranny and the Smear Machine

In this edition of The Skinny on Patreon, we look at why normalizing fascism and othering leftism is a recipe for a reactionary nightmare.

Blog Humor Social Media Take Downs

NinaIllingworth June 15, 2016December 30, 2020 @SmoothKobra, anti-blackness, AstroTurf, blog, blogger, Correct the Record, David Brock, drone, hack, harassment, Hillary Clinton, identity politics, Jacobin, Lee Fang, liar, liberal arts students, liberals, Marcus Johnson, Medium, Meme, message crafting, neoliberal, neoliberal identity politics, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, Oberlin College, online harassment, Peter Daou, privilege, Racism, racist, Sady Doyle, shill, smear job, Smooth Kobra, social media, The Intercept, Twitter, Wall of Shame, weaponized identity politics, Weird Twitter

The Adventures of Smooth Kobra

Nina finds herself on an unsavory adventure observing the most fetid parts of neoliberal twitter – with guest star Marcus “SmoothKobra” Johnson.

media News Politics socialism

NinaIllingworth April 10, 2016November 17, 2022 2016, April 11th, banking, Brookings Institution, capitalism, Civil Rights, Clifford G Gaddy, Corey Robin, corruption, Democratic Party, discrimination, Elizabeth Warren, Giant Russia Theory, GOP, Helaine Olen, Hillary Clinton, Huffington Post, Jacobin, Media, MP6, News, Nina Illingworth, Politics, Politicus USA, progressive issues, Racism, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, religious liberty law, Russiagate, SEC, Six Things I Think, Slate, Socialism, TADMZ, Tales from the American DMZ, Tom Pappalardo, Young People

Recommended Reading – April 11th, 2016

A quick trip around the internet to check out the articles about socialism, corruption and media you should be reading – this week, Clinton Email Scandal, Russian ties to Panama Papers and the horrible toll of Mississippi’s religious liberty law comes into focus.

media Neoliberalism News War

NinaIllingworth March 31, 2016November 17, 2022 austerity, Bernie Sanders, capitalism, Charles P. Pierce, Counterpunch, democratic socialism, Economics, Esquire, Huffington Post, Imperialism, Jacobin, John Gray, Laphams Quarterly, March 31st 2016, Media, MP6, neoliberalism, News, Nina Illingworth, Observations from Outside the Death Star, OODS, Philosophy, Politics, ponzi scheme, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Richard Eskow, Rodrigo Nunes, Six Things I Think, TADMZ, Tales from the American DMZ, Wall Street, war

Recommended Reading – March 31st, 2016

A collection of links compiled to promote reason, objectivity, truth and compassion in an online world so desperately short of these qualities. Check out Recommended Reading March 31st, 2016 for links to the very best in online progressive reading today from around the internet. This edition of Recommended Reading also includes a brief introduction by Nina Illingworth.