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Can't You Read Essays Media Madness News

NinaIllingworth December 5, 2019November 17, 2022 Alt America, Alt Right, analysis, antifascism, Bircher nonsense, Can't You Read, conspiracy theory, David Neiwert, Donald Trump, Essays, FA1, fascism, Giant Russia Theory, grifter, Isaac Chotiner, Malcolm Nance, Media Madness, News, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, Politics, Propaganda, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Reviews, right wing violence, Russiagate, Russiagate is a conspiracy theory, takedowns, The New Yorker, Trump

Links: Liberal Anti-Fascism in “Alt-America” and Malcolm Nance’s Russiagate Grift – New Review and Essay

Links to my latest essay (about Malcolm Nance and Russiagate) and my most recent book review (about David Neiwert’s Alt-America.)

media Media Madness Politics Social Justice

NinaIllingworth November 21, 2019November 17, 2022 2020 Democratic Party Nomination Contest, Bernie Sanders, blog, campaigning against Bernie, CIA Pete, corporate media, Democratic Party, Dollar Store Macron, Douglass Plan, Essays, going through the motions, JA5, liberalism, Mayo Pete, Mayor Pete is kinda racist, Media, media bias, Media Madness, MP6, muppet, neoliberalism, not authentic, Pete Buttigieg, Politics, Racism, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Social Justice, South Bend, whiteness

Link: Fear, Loathing and Mayonnaise in the 2020 Democratic Party Nomination Contest

A link to my most recent Media Madness essay examining the mainstream media’s obviously biased coverage in favor of new Bernie-Slayer, Pete Buttigieg.

Blog Media Madness Neoliberalism Take Downs

NinaIllingworth November 15, 2019November 17, 2022 bad ideas, Bernie Sanders, blog, Clintonism, conservative cultural views, constitutional crisis, corruption, culture war, economic justice, Essays, excuses to do racism, Fantastic Lies, GOP, how to flip red states, Jeb Lund, Matthew Yglesias, Media, Media Madness, Medicare for all, MP6, Mr Destructo, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, Politics, Propaganda, pundits, Rants, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Republican, rightward drift of the Democratic Party, rule of law, standards and norms, Take Downs, Triangulation, Trump, Trump impeachment, US Constitution, US Senate, Vox, Yiggy

Matthew Yglesias is a Disingenuous Bootlicker on Media Madness

Let’s just stop for a moment and marvel at what a bloodless, mendacious piece of human pig manure Mathew Yglesias is; on Media Madness.

Essays Neoliberalism Patreon Theory

NinaIllingworth November 14, 2019November 17, 2022 Affordable Care Act, Amazon, anticapitalism, austerity, Ayn Rand, Big Tech, bribery, CA4, colonialism, corporate power, corruption, debt slavery, domestic policy, Economics, Essays, extractivism, Ferguson, financialization, left wing theory, lexicon, medical insurance, Medicare for all, monopoly power, neofeudalism, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, Obamacare, Offsite Writing, panopticon, Patreon, Patreon Blog, pig empire, policing for profit, private surveillance, privatization, Propaganda, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, rents, social safety nets, special economic zones, ST2, subsidies, taxation, Theory, Theory Discussion, Uber, Wall Street bailout, Walmart

Link: Theory Discussion A Working Definition of Neofeudalism – New Essay

As dystopian as neoliberal capitalism is, adding coercion and corporate recapture to the mix has created a new form of anti-labor extractivism: neofeudalism.

Books Neoliberalism Social Justice War

NinaIllingworth November 7, 2019November 17, 2022 Allen Dulles, Books, CA4, CC3, CIA, Corporate Fascism, Corporatism, David Talbot, deep state, democratic socialism, elite rule, FA1, fascism, foreign policy, forever war, Ibram X Kendi, Imperialism, Inventing Reality, Left Wing Books, market fundamentalism, Marxism, Media, media bias, Michael Parenti, Milton Friedman, Naomi Klein, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, Noam Chomsky, permanent war economy, Politics, power, Racism, racist ideas, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Reviews, Social Justice, Socialism, ST2, Stamped From the Beginning, The Devil's Chessboard, the economics of racism, The Library, the propaganda model, The Shock Doctrine, Trump Doctrine, Understanding Power, war, WD7

The Library: the First Five

A look at five reasonably mainstream books from The Library that you can read to get a much better grasp on how our world actually works.

Blog Patreon Politics Social Media War

NinaIllingworth October 31, 2019November 17, 2022 American fascism, anti war, Anti-climate conspiracy, Bernie Blackout, Bernie Sanders, blog, capitalism, climate catastrophe, CNN, Democratic Party, Donald Trump, Edward Snowden, Essays, FA1, fascism, faux left, fixed, foreign policy, Gaetz Gang, GOP stunt, Greta Thunberg, Hillary Clinton, Imperialism, Joe Biden, layman history of liberalism, Liz Warren, McCarthyism, media bias against Sanders, MP6, Odds and Ends, Opinion, Patreon, Patreon Blog, Permanent Record, pig empire, Politics, polling, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Republicans are fascist sympathizers, Russiagate, social media, Squad endoresments, swing voters are an excuse, Trump impeachment, Trump is guilty, Tulsi Gabbard, Ukraine Call Scandal, war, war in Syria, Warren native status lie, Warren Technocrat, WD7, western support of terrorism

Odds and Ends: Thick Skinnys and Malcolm on the Margins

A collection of links to all of my recent Skinny social media essays and Can’t You Read blog posts previously unshared on this site.

Essays media Patreon Politics socialism

NinaIllingworth October 30, 2019November 17, 2022 2020 Democratic Party Nomination Contest, 2020 US Election, Bernie 2020, Bernie Blackout, Bernie is Back, Bernie Sanders, bogus polls, class war, corporate media, Democratic Party, democratic socialism, Essays, Fantastic Lies, Joe Biden, liberal media, likely voters, Liz Warren, Media, MP6, narrative, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, Patreon, Patreon Blog, political media, Politics, polling, Queens Rally, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, ruling class, Socialism

Link: On Bernie Sanders, Polling and Perception – New Essay

A link to my latest essay on Patreon in which I look at the reasons Bernie Sanders is going to drastically outperform the polls in the 2020 Democratic Party nomination contest.

Books Can't You Read Essays War

NinaIllingworth October 3, 2019November 17, 2022 Allen Dulles, American exceptionalism, Books, Can't You Read, Castro, Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, Contra wars, death squads, Essays, establishment thought, History, history of the CIA, Imperialism, Kennedy, Latin America, Legacy of Ashes, lie, mass surveillance, Media, New York Times, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, pig empire, Propaganda, Reagan's wars, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Reviews, secrets, spies, Tim Weiner, US government, war, WD7

Link: They All Fall Down – New Essay

A link to a short essay on Tim Weiner’s “Legacy of Ashes” and the structural reasons why pro-CIA propaganda is written by seemingly well-meaning critics.

Books Can't You Read Essays Police State

NinaIllingworth October 1, 2019November 17, 2022 1984, Books, Can't You Read, Chelsea Manning, CIA, corporate media, Edward Snowden, Espionage Act, Essays, George Orwell, Jeff Bezos, Julian Assange, Karl Rove, liberal media, manufacturing consent, Marshall McLuhan, mass surveillance, Media, Michael Parenti, Nina Illingworth, NSA, Offsite Writing, Permanent Record, police state, privacy rights, Propaganda, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Reviews, Russia, spying, The Guardian, the medium is the message, US government spying, war on freedom of the press, War on Whistleblowers, Washington Post, whistleblowers, Wikileaks

Link: The Casualties of Cacophony – New Essay

A look at the disappointing change in mainstream attitudes towards Edward Snowden and other whistleblowers who’ve spoken out against the abuses of American intelligence.

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NinaIllingworth September 28, 2019November 17, 2022 2020 Democratic Party Nomination Contest, Bernie Sanders, bourgeoisie, CA4, class, class warfare, democratic socialism, Fantastic Lies, Harvard conspiracy, Joe Biden, labor class, Left Wing Media, letters, liberals, Liz Warren, manager class, Media, Medicare for all, MP6, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, open letter, Patreon, Patreon Blog, PMC, Politics, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, rich people, sans culottes, Socialism, ST2

Link: An Open Letter to the American Left and in Particular, the Bourgeoisie “Left Wing” Media

Some thoughts on “Left Wing” American media and class tensions in the 2020 Democratic Party nomination contest.

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.