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Activism Blog Capitalism Labor

NinaIllingworth September 7, 2024 activism, blog, CA4, California, capitalism, Chris Mills Rodrigo, Common Dreams, Door Dash, exploitation, gig economy, gig workers, labor, labor law, labor rights, Labor Wars, Late Stage Capitalism, Lyft, minimum wage, Nina Illingworth, Nina-Bytes, Pinkertons, poverty wages, Proposition 22, rideshare companies, Strike, U.C. Berkeley Labor Center, Uber, Union

Nina-Bytes: Exploitation as a Business Model

A recent study shows gig workers at rideshare companies are making less than minimum wage in the US; to stop it, we need to fight capitalism in the streets.

Blog Capitalism Labor Rec Reads

NinaIllingworth November 14, 2022November 17, 2022 anticapitalism, blog, CA4, capitalism, capitalism will kill us all, capitalist realism, child labor, class war, defensive democracy, defensive voting, Deregulation, exploitation, free market fundamentalism, Great Depression, Josh Fiallo, labor, labor rights, labor theory, late capitalism, neofeudalism, neoliberalism, new Gilded Age, Nina Illingworth, organized labor, Packers Sanitation Services, pig empire, PSSI, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, revolutionary theory, Robber Barons, Second Gilded Age, Socialism, ST2, sweatshops, The Daily Beast, Theory

Recommended Reading: The Good Old Days

In today’s Recommended Reading we’re talking about a horrifying modern child labor case, and what it can tell us about politics in the capitalist Pig Empire.

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.

Essays Media Madness Neoliberalism Videos

NinaIllingworth February 1, 2021November 17, 2022 American politics, analysis, CA4, capitalism, class war, Essays, Fight for $15, film sessions, JT Chapman, labor, labor class, labor is not a commodity, labor rights, left wing theory, left wing Youtube, Marxism, Marxist analysis, Media Madness, minimum wage, neofeudalism, neoliberalism, News, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, owner class, Politics, poverty wages, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Reviews, Second Thought, Six Things I Think, Socialism, ST2, the US minimum wage is a poverty wage, Theory, Video, we are labor class, working class, Youtube

Film Sessions: Minimum Wage Debate Explained by Second Thought

Looking at the secret class war hidden inside the debate around the American minimum wage, with a new video by Second Thought.

Blog Media Madness Neoliberalism Videos

NinaIllingworth January 26, 2021November 5, 2022 blog, CA4, capitalism, class, coronavirus, Economics, economy, film sessions, Gravel Institute, Joe Biden, labor, left wing Youtube, Media Madness, neofeudalism, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, pandemic, Politics, Richard Wolff, Socialism, ST2, Video

Film Sessions: A Cheater’s Week on Media Madness

Our weekly Film Sessions feature is back with two great videos by Richard Wolff; includes economic advice for Biden & why capitalism is theft.

Books Can't You Read Fascism Theory

NinaIllingworth November 21, 2020November 17, 2022 a Marxist analysis of fascism, ACAB, Amerikan Musik, antifascism, blog, Book Blog, Books, books about fascism, capitalism, capitalism breeds fascism, class war, communism, communist writing, Donald Trump, FA1, fascism, Fascism What It Is and How to Fight It, great books, great Marxist thinkers, Hooverism, how to fight fascism, labor, labor class, left wing theory, Leon Trotsky, Leon Trotsky quotes, liberal democracies, Marxism, Marxist Theory, Marxist writing, neoliberal authoritarianism, neoliberalism breeds fascism, PDF, police state, Quickshot Quotations, Quotes, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Socialism, socialist writing, ST2, the fascist moment, Theory, Trotsky quotes, Trumpism

Book Blog “Fascism: What It Is and How To Fight It” by Leon Trotsky

A short Book Blog on Can’t You Read featuring Leon Trotsky quotes, a blurb about Fascism: What It Is and How To Fight It, and a link to read the book.

Books Can't You Read Reviews socialism

NinaIllingworth October 15, 2020November 5, 2022 anarchist literature, anarchist theory, Anarcho-Syndicalism, bigger is not better, blog, Book Blog, Books, bottom up socialism, boycott, CA4, Can't You Read, class war, decentralization, Emma Goldman, General Strike, IWW, labor, labor class, Libcom, libcom dot org, militant unionism, Nicolas Walter, Nina Illingworth, Noam Chomsky, Offsite Writing, other types of socialism, PDF, peasant politics, peasant rule, peasant socialism, radical unionism, read Rocker online, Reviews, Rudolf Rocker, slowdowns, Socialism, ST2, the class war never ended, Theory, Union, unionism

Book Blog: Anarcho-Syndicalism Theory & Practice

A very brief Book Blog on Can’t You Read featuring a recommendation and link to Rudolf Rocker’s “Anarcho-Syndicalism Theory and Practice.”

Neoliberalism Patreon Politics Social Justice

NinaIllingworth April 6, 2020November 5, 2022 2020 Democratic Party Nomination Contest, Andrew Cuomo, anti establishment, Bernie Sanders, CA4, class, class and race, class war, class warfare, coronavirus, coronavirus relief package, corporate takeover, Corporation America, Covid eugenics, Demolition Man economy, Econ, economic segregation, Essays, illegitimate, Iowa Democratic Party, JA5, Joe Biden, Joe Biden Drop Out. Democratic Party, labor, labor class, neoliberalism, News, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, organizing around class, Patreon, Patreon Journal, Politics, revolution, rigged, service industry, Social Justice, social media, ST2, The Skinny, whiteness

Link: The Skinny – Crisis And Class War, April 2020

Link to Nina’s latest collection of social media essays. In this edition: economic segregation, the importance of organizing around class and why the 2020 Dem Party nomination contest is already illegitimate.

Neoliberalism Patreon socialism Theory

NinaIllingworth May 4, 2019November 5, 2022 anarchism, antifascism, bosses, bourgeoisie, bourgeoisie values, CA4, capitalism, casino lottery, class, class in America, class politics, class theory, class war, definition of class, Essays, exploitation, extraction, global capitalism, labor, labor class, left wing theory, Leftist Theory, living conditions, manager class, Marxism, Marxist Theory, middle class, modern class, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, no war but class war, Occupy Wall Street, Offsite Writing, overseer class, Patreon, Patreon Blog, petite bourgeoisie, pig empire, PMC, Politics, poverty, Professional Class, ruling classes, slavery, Socialism, ST2, the class war never ended, the owner class, Theory, wage slavery, you are probably not middle class

A Functional Class Framework for Modern Western Leftists

A Patreon Blog essay that updates the terminology of class warfare and explains why you probably aren’t middle class if you’re reading this.

Essays Neoliberalism News Theory

NinaIllingworth November 29, 2017November 17, 2022 600M dollar CIA contract, A Brief Thought, abuse, Amazon, Amazon vs the World, anti-labor, anticapitalism, austerity, bidding, Black Friday, bribery, brutal work culture, business, CA4, capitalism, carnivore, Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, class warfare, corporate welfare, could computing, dancing monkeys, death of Democracy, Democracy, Econ, Economics, elites, Essays, exploitation, feudalism, Foxconn, free money, fuck Jeff Bezos, government for elites by elites, graft, Jeff Bezos, Koch Bros, labor, labor law, labor rights, legalized bribery, libertarian, low wages, market share, Meme, money in politics, monopoly, National Razor Now, neofeudalism, neoliberalism, new Gilded Age, News, Nina Illingworth, oligarchy, on the take, online retail, Op-Ed, Politics, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, retail, rich people, right to work, ripping off the tax payer, scam, Six Things I Think, Socialism, special economic zone, ST2, tax credits, tech bro, tech industry, Theory, Washington Post, workers rights

A Brief Thought: An Empire of One

I’m back with a look at the growing power of Amazon founder and Washington Post CEO Jeff Bezos; being the richest man on earth has it’s advantages but is catering to corporate elites killing US Democracy? In a word, yes.

Essays Neoliberalism Police State Videos

NinaIllingworth September 30, 2016November 5, 2022 "rotten apples", 9/11, Amerikan Musik, anti-war movement, automation, Baltimore, Bilderberg Group, Bush Administration, C.G.P. Grey, capitalism, CIA, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, climate catastrophy, collective bargaining, conflict, conspiracy theorist, control, corporate control, corporate taxes, corporations, Crime, crusade, dark future, Deep Dives, deep state, Democracy, domestic policy, doomsayer, Dystopia, Econ, economic collapse, Economics, elites, endless war, Essays, fascism, Fascism Ascendant in the USA, FBI, Ferguson, feudalism, financial crime, financial crisis, First Crusade, foreign policy, G20 Riots, guaranteed income, human rights violations, Humans Need Not Apply, inequity, Iraq War, It's (Almost) All Economics, jobs, labor, labor power, Libya Invasion, longform writing, Manga Carta, Mass Surveillance program, Military Industrial Complex, mind power, money in politics, muscle power, neofeudalism, neoliberalism, new fascism, Nina Illingworth, NSA, Obama administration, Op-Ed, Opinion, organized labor, people power, Police, police militarization, police state, police violence, policing for profit, political class, Pope Urban II, predicting the future, profiteering, Propaganda, protests, racial profiling, Racism, racist cops, riot, Robocop, robot, Russia, Russia vs NATO & USA, saber rattling, sea level rise, shortages, slave patrols, slavery, social engineering, social theory, Socialism, spies, ST2, student loans, TADMZ, Tales from the American DMZ, tanks, tax the wealthy, taxation, The West, the western World, the work day, Thinkpiece, Torture Program, UBI, unemployable, unemployable labor, unemployment, Universal Basic Income, US & the West, US State Department, V for Vendetta, Video, Vietnam War, Vietnam War Protests, violence, war, war on drugs, War on Terror, war with Russia, WD7, wealthy elites, women's suffrage, work, WTO Riots, WWI, WWII

Tales from the American DMZ: It’s (Almost) All Economics

Nina takes a terrifying look at the potential relationship between police militarization, global war and the coming automation crisis