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…
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Offsite Writing
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.
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Film Sessions: The Wellspring and the Current with Some More News
A December 2020 Film Session featuring Some More News about why America has always been intimate with the fascist backlash against racial and social progress.
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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.
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Film Sessions: Baldwin Vs. Buckley Debate “Pin Drop” Speech
A November 2020 Film Sessions mini-essay that talks about Baldwin vs Buckley and the tragedy of American amnesia in the struggle for racial justice.
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A Whole Jamil of Beans on Media Madness
Biden’s rolling out his cabinet, the media is tossing out bullsh*t and Rahm Emanuel might be on his way back into government over the strong objections of Rolling Stone senior writer Jamil Smith; not that Biden gives a damn of course, since the machine bought Smith’s soul a long time ago.
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Film Sessions: Deconstructing Ben Shapiro on Some More News
In this late November 2020 edition of Film Sessions, we join Cody Johnston of Some More News as he takes down Ben Shapiro’s fake facts, logic, and reason.
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Book Blog: Blackshirts and Reds by Michael Parenti
A longer Book Blog talking about why you should read Michael Parenti’s Blackshirts and Reds (or really any book he has written) over on Can’t You Read.
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No Forward Progress on Can’t You Read (Link)
“The Trump coup is a flop, twitchy contrarians are trying to convince you it was never fascism in the first place and a significant portion of America is about to take its eyes off the rise of a violent, reactionary fascist movement spreading across the entire Pig Empire. That’s a huge mistake according to our intrepid analyst.
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Rupar Loses the Plot on Media Madness (Link)
“Now that we’re sailing into a new-old era of American politics, Nina revives one of her old blogging Features with a new, time-saving twist. Mendacious media minions can run, but then can’t hide from “Great Moments in Media Muppetry” on our Media Madness Blog; today’s first feature contestant? Vox’s professional TV-watcher, Aaron Rupar.
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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.
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