Film Sessions: Does Capitalism Really Reduce Poverty (Link)
A new Media Madness blog featuring a short video from the Gravel Institute and Marxist economist (and fan favorite) Richard D. Wolff.
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Film Sessions: What is Neoliberalism (Link)
A link to offsite writing featuring a short essay, a 26-minute instructional video and seventeen links to important articles – all about neoliberalism.
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December Small Ball Update & Content Organization Notes
A collection of links to Nina’s December casual blogging from around the internet.
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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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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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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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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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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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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.
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Link: September “Small Ball” Update
Link to a collection of all my recent left wing, off site writing over on my always free to read Patreon blog.
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Media Madness Blog: Hamstrung
A short but heavily sourced Media Madness blog from September 2020 that looks at the dangers of pushing horseshoe theory in the fascist moment.
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