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

Essays Fascism Police State Politics

NinaIllingworth June 23, 2019November 17, 2022 Amerikan Musik, baby cages, baby jails, CBP, concentration camps, deportations, DHS, Donald Trump, Eoin Higgins, Essays, ethnic cleansing, FA1, Family Raid, Fantastic Lies, fascism, Gestapo police, GOP, ICE, ICE Family Op, immigration, JA5, Media, MP6, nazi sympathizers, Nina Illingworth, Parsing the Pork Reich's Family Raid Pause, police state, Politics, reactionary, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Republican, revanchist, road to genocide, Six Things I Think, Stephen Miller, TADMZ, Tales from the American DMZ, the cruelty is the point, undocumented migrants, white nationalism, white supremacy

Parsing the Pork Reich’s Family Raid Pause

A short essay examining a Common Dreams article by Eoin Higgins and the seemingly mystifying Trump ICE “Family Raid” saga.

Essays Fascism Patreon socialism

NinaIllingworth June 20, 2019November 5, 2022 a history of fascism in America, American Bund, American history, American left, Amerikan Musik, anticommunism, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, civility politics, Clintonism, COINTELPRO, cold war, contrarian left, Deep Dives, Democrat fascist enablers, Democratic Socialists, Democrats, Donald Trump, Encampments, Essays, FA1, fake resistance, far right, fascism, FDR, FDR liberals, George Wallace, GOP, J Edgar Hoover, JA5, LBJ, liberalism, liberalism enables fascism, McCarthyism, neoliberal, neoliberalism breeds fascism, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, paleoconservatism, Patreon, Patreon Blog, pig empire, Political Theory, Politics, Pork Reich, radical left, reactionary thought, Reaganism, Republican, Republican Party, rich fascists, Richard Nixon, right wing populism, right wing terrorism, Russiagate, Socialism, the American Tea Party, The Resistance, Theory, Trumpism, Trumpism is fascism, united front against fascism, Volkish populism, War on Terror, WD7, white nationalism

Essay: “Encampments” on my Free Patreon Blog

A deep dive essay about the importance of a united antifascist front even in the face of resistance and neoliberal co-opting operations on my free Patron Blog.

Books Can't You Read Essays Justice War

NinaIllingworth June 4, 2019November 5, 2022 Afghanistan, Baghdad’s Bloody Sunday, Betsy DeVos, Blackwater, Blackwater The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army, Books, Can't You Read, contractor army, crusader, Department of Justice, DoJ, Donald Trump, Erik Prince, Essays, FA1, forever war, genocide, GOP, intelligence contractors, Iraq, Iraq occupation, Islamophobia, Jeremy Scahill, mass murder, mercenaries, military contractors, Nicholas Slatten, Nicholas Slatten pardon, Nina Illingworth, Nisour Square massacre, Offsite Writing, pardoning war criminals to fire up the base, pig empire, Politics, Presidential Pardon, private intelligence, Republican, Reviews, travesty of justice, Trump, Trump coup in Venezuela, Venezuela, War Crimes, WD7

Blackwater and the Slatten Pardon on Can’t You Read

A combination book review and current affairs essay on Can’t You Read that talks about Trump’s pardon power, Erik Prince, and Jeremy Scahill’s “Blackwater.”

Climate Crisis Essays News Politics

NinaIllingworth May 24, 2019November 17, 2022 Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, Alt Right, anti-climate science, AOC, Bernie Sanders, Beto ORourke, big business, border militias, Bush, capitalism, CC3, Chuck Schumer, climate change, Climate Chaos, Climate Crisis, Corporate Fascism, Democratic Party, Democratic Socialists, Deregulation, DNC, Donald Trump, Donations, DSA, ecofascism, Economics, EPA, Essays, FA1, fascism, fossil fuels, fracking, GOP, Joe Biden, Koch Brothers, libertarians, Mercer family, MP6, Nancy Pelosi, Naomi Klein, neofeudalism, neoliberalism, neonazi, News, Nina Illingworth, Obama, Palooka Joe, Pinkertons, plutocrats, Politics, reactionary, Reagan, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Republican, right wing paramilitaries, Scott Pruitt, Silicon Valley, Six Things I Think, Stephen Miller, Tea Party, Tech Bros, the Green New Deal, Tom Perez, white nationalism

Six Things I Think: Tomb-World Politics Edition

Climate Catastrophe is unquestionably the single most important issue of our era; which is why it’s now become a full time culture war battleground in America.

Blog media Media Madness Politics

NinaIllingworth May 17, 2019November 5, 2022 2020 Democratic Party Nomination Contest, 538, Bernie Sanders, blog, Comcast, Comcast was in the tank for Biden, corporate media, democratic socialism, Fantastic Lies, Five Thirty Eight, Joe Biden, liberal establishment, liberals, Media, Media Madness, MP6, MSNBC, MSNBC was in the tank for Biden, Nate Silver, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, political propaganda, Politics, Propaganda, rigged, smearing Bernie Sanders, US politics

“Kingmaking II: Confidence Games” on Media Madness

A link to a short blog post about how the media was already rigging the 2020 Dem Primary, just under a year in advance.

Essays Media Madness Neoliberalism Politics

NinaIllingworth May 16, 2019November 5, 2022 2020 Democratic Party Nomination Contest, African Americans, analysis, Barack Obama, Bernie Sanders, Biden is a racist, Biden worked with segregationists, capitalism, CBC, Congressional Black Caucus, democratic socialism, Essays, Fantastic Lies, forecasting, Jim Clyburn, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Kingmaking, liberal establishment, Media, Media Madness, media narratives, money in politics, MP6, neofeudalism, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, Politics, rigged, screwing Bernie, Socialism, South Carolina, the plot to stop Bernie, The War Between Us, voter demographics

Kingmaking on Media Madness

A painfully accurate 2020 Dem nomination forecast that I nevertheless managed to ignore when picking Sanders to win; on Media Madness.

Books Can't You Read Politics socialism

NinaIllingworth May 11, 2019January 22, 2021 2016 US Election, 2020 Dem Primary Season, 2020 Democratic Party Nomination Contest, 2020 US Election, bad predictions, Bernie Sanders, Books, Can't You Read, class war, democratic socialism, Donald Trump, Essays, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, labor class, Listen Liberal, Listen Liberal Or, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, Politics, Socialism, Thomas Frank, What Ever Happened to the Party of the People

Listen Liberal & a (Bad) 2020 Dem Primary Prediction

An offsite essay about Thomas Frank’s Listen Liberal and why I thought Bernie would win in 2020.

Essays Media Madness Politics War

NinaIllingworth May 10, 2019November 5, 2022 ally, Brian Hook, China, Donald Trump, Egypt, enemies, Essays, foreign policy, forever war, geopolitics, human rights, human rights violations, Iran, JA5, Media, Media Madness, Nina Illingworth, North Korea, Observations from Outside the Death Star, Offsite Writing, OODS, pig empire, Politico, Politics, Rex Tillerson, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Social Justice, the Philippines, the Pig Empire doesn't give a damn about human rights, Tom Malinowski, Trump Administration, US politics, US State Department, war, War Crimes, WD7

Human Rights & Pig Empire Imperialism on Media Madness

The US doesn’t really care about human rights; and thanks to Trump muppet Rex Tillerson’s bumbling, we now have proof – read more on Media Madness.

Blog Media Madness Politics Take Downs

NinaIllingworth May 9, 2019November 5, 2022 2020 Democratic Party Nomination Contest, Bernie Sanders, blog, bribery, CA4, carbon, CC3, climate catastrophe, Climate Crisis, coal, democratic socialism, Fantastic Lies, fossil fuels, Harvard, Harvard Law, informal writing, Larry Tribe is on the take, Larry Tribe should shut up, Laurence Tribe, liberal establishment, liberals, lobbying is legalized bribery, lobbyist, Media, Media Madness, money in politics, MP6, neoliberalism, New Green Deal, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, oligarchy, Peabody, Peabody Energy Corp, phony, Politics, Propaganda, propaganda campaigns, smearing Bernie, smears, social media, Socialism, Take Downs, Twitter, US politics, What's Really Troubling Larry Tribe, who is the phony now Larry

“What’s Really Troubling Larry Tribe?” on Media Madness

A short blog post on Media Madness about why Larry Tribe should keep Bernie Sanders’ name out of his coal-encrusted pie hole.

Books Can't You Read Politics Social Justice

NinaIllingworth May 8, 2019November 5, 2022 2020 Election, America is still segregated, American history, anti-racism, blockbusting, book review, Books, Can't You Read, capitalism, colonialism, colorblind racism, covert white supremacy, Donald Trump, Economics, exploitation, FA1, fascism, History, history of racist ideas, Ibram X Kendi, JA5, Joe Biden, neocolonialism, neofeudalism, neoliberalism, NIMBYism, Nina Illingworth, Not In My Back Yard, Offsite Writing, Politics, Racism, racism is profitable for some, racist ideas, Reviews, segregation, Social Justice, ST2, Stamped From the Beginning, the economics of racism, white supremacy

Stamped From the Beginning, NIMBYs & Blockbusting

Links to an offsite review of Kendi’s Stamped From the Beginning, and a discussion about NIMBY liberal racism in the context of the 2020 election.

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.