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

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NinaIllingworth April 11, 2021November 17, 2022 Alex Shephard, American colonialism, American Prospect, AP News, Aviva Chomsky, Baltimore Sun, Biden's Central America policy, Branko Marcetic, CA4, Central America, colonialism, concentration camps, Daniel Denvir, Donald Trump, Edward Herman, FA1, family separation policy, fascism, foreign policy, Greg Grandin, immigration, Imperialism, jails for kids, Joe Biden, John Washington, Jonathan Lemire, Josh Boak, Jude Joffe-Block, Latin American, manufacturing consent, Marcia Brown, Media, Mehdi Hasan, Mexico, Michael Parenti, Migrant Rights, migrants, Monroe Doctrine, MP6, MSNBC, nativism, neoliberalism, New Forever War, Noam Chomsky, Nomaan Merchant, PBS, pig empire, police state, Politics, prison industrial complex, pro-business Central America policy, Propaganda, propaganda model, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Robert Reich, Six Things I Think, Social Justice, soft power, ST2, Stephen Miller, the border, The Intercept, The Nation, The New Republic, the wall, Theory, war, WD7, white nationalism, white nationalist immigration policy

Six Things I Think: A Bipartisan Propaganda Frontier

An extremely granular look at the how the propaganda model predicts the mind-warping media discussion around the so called “migrant crisis at the border.”

Media Madness News Social Justice Videos

NinaIllingworth April 3, 2021November 5, 2022 African Americans, American racism, anticapitalism, capitalism, capitalism is racism, Charles Mills, class and race, colonialism, critical race theory, Du Bois, Emerican Johnson, FA1, film sessions, identity politics, intersectionality, JA5, left wing theory, left wing Youtube, Marxist analysis, Media Madness, MP6, News, Nina Illingworth, NonCompete, Offsite Writing, Peggy McIntosh, power dynamics, racialization, Racism, Reviews, Robin DiAngelo, Sara Ahmed, settler colonialism, social hierarchies, Social Justice, Sociology, ST2, systemic analysis, Theory, Tom Nicholas, Video, What The Theory, white as default, white supremacy, white supremacy and capitalism are a pair, whiteness, whiteness is invisible to many white people

Film Sessions: Digging Up Roots on Media Madness

Our Film Sessions feature is back; Nina looks at the concept of “whiteness” with a little help from What the Theory’s Tom Nicholas, over on Media Madness.

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NinaIllingworth March 31, 2021November 17, 2022 anti-Indigenous policy, Antony Blinken, Bolivia, Catholic Church, christian fundamentalism, Christian nationalism, CIA, coup, Edward Herman, Essays, Evo Morales, FA1, FAIR, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, Fantastic Lies, fascism, fascist coup, foreign policy, Imperialism, Jacobin, Jeanine Áñez, Jeff Bezos, Joe Biden, Latin America, left wing theory, lie, Luis Arce, Luis Fernando Camacho, MAS, Media, Media Madness, Media Theory, MP6, Nina Illingworth, Noam Chomsky, OAS, Offsite Writing, pig empire, Pig Empire imperialism, practical examples of a propaganda model, Propaganda, propaganda model, propaganda theory, re-writing history, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, regime change, Six Things I Think, Socialism, soft power, ST2, The New Old Forever War, Theory, US backed coups, US imperialism, USA, WaPo editorial board, war, war mongers, Washington Post, WD7

Bolivian Stroke: WaPo’s Imperialist Memory Games on Media Madness

A heavily sourced Media Madness essay about the propaganda model and renewed Pig Empire efforts to undermine the socialist government of Bolivia.

Essays Neoliberalism Politics socialism

NinaIllingworth March 14, 2021November 5, 2022 $15 minimum wage, Afghanistan War, Andrew Perez, anti war, anti-labor, anti-racism, anti-war protests, anticapitalism, antifascism, Arizona, Arizona Democrats, austerity, Bernie Sanders, Biden White House, Blue Dog Caucus, CA4, CC3, class war, Climate Crisis, coronavirus, coronavirus relief package, corruption, Covid 19, culture war, David Sirota, Democratic Party, democratic socialism, DSA, Economics, electoralism, Essays, Fight for $15, filibuster, forever war, gone Washington, GOP, Green Party, Iraq War, Jacobin, Joe Biden, Joe Manchin, Kyrsten Sinema, left right alliance, left wing theory, let them eat cake, liberalism, Marxism, minimum wage, Mitch McConnell, MP6, neoliberalism, Paula Swearengin, Political Theory, Politics, populism, Progressive, progressive movement, progressive politics, Ralph Nader, reformers, reformism, Republican Party, Senate politics, Socialism, ST2, the Daily Poster, Theory, Thumbs Down, Tucker Carlson, Tulsi Gabbard, US Federal Minimum Wage, US Senate

Fool Me Twice: Kyrsten Sinema and the Poverty of Progressive Politics

A deeply sourced essay about progressive politics, acts of betrayal, and the need for an explicitly anti-capitalist mass movement in the Pig Empire.

Can't You Read Journals Police State Theory

NinaIllingworth March 9, 2021November 5, 2022 American left, analysis, anticapitalism, austerity, blog, CA4, Can't You Read, capitalism, capitalism is a cult, class analysis, class war, COINTELPRO, counter insurgency, counter intelligence, democratic socialism, FA1, fascism, fascism and the police work together, growing left, info graphics, informal writing, Journals, left wing theory, Marxism, Marxist analysis, Marxist historiographic analysis, mass surveillance, Meme, Michael Parenti, MP6, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, Opinion, personal, police harassment, police state, reaction, reactionaries, reactionary violence, Socialism, ST2, state sponsored repression, stress, systemic analysis, that's why we call them reactionaries, the war against the left, The War on Sharing, Theory

The War on Sharing: Thunderheads

Nina breaks ground a new journal feature that combines Marxist socio-political and historical analysis with emo ravings about a society largely ignorant of capitalism’s purpose.

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NinaIllingworth February 11, 2021November 5, 2022 American politics, analysis, Bigotry, blog, Cancel Culture, cancel culture isn't real, class war, common sense, criticism isn't censorship, crowd psychology, culture war, FA1, Fantastic Lies, film sessions, grift, Harper's Letter, JA5, JK Rowling, Jordan Peterson, left wing theory, left wing Youtube, Matt Taibbi, Media, Media Madness, MP6, News, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, Politics, Reviews, ST2, Theory, Tom Nicholas, transphobia, Tucker Carlson, Video, What The Theory, Youtube

Film Sessions: Cancel Culture Fear of the Mob by Tom Nicholas

In this week’s Film Session we’re exploring the class and power issues behind the bogus “cancel culture debate” with What the Theory’s Tom Nicholas over on Media Madness.

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.

Can't You Read Social Justice socialism Theory

NinaIllingworth December 24, 2020November 5, 2022 analysis, anti-racism, antifa, Assata Shakur, Bernie Sanders, Black Lives Matter, BLM, Can't You Read, class, class war, coalition building, critical race theory, democratic socialism, Denise DaSilva, diverse coalitions, Dr Martin Luther King Jr, Emma Goldman, Essays, FA1, identity politics, JA5, James Baldwin, labor class, leftism, Malcolm X, marginalized leftists, Michelle Alexander, MLK, MP6, Nell Irvin Painter, neofeudalism, neoliberal identity politics, neoliberal multiculturalism, neoliberalism, non white leftists, Offsite Writing, Op-Ed, Opinion, organizing, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Social Justice, Socialism, ST2, The Black Panthers, the Invention of the White Race, the labor class left, the Sanders left, Theodore Allen, Theory, WD7, weaponized identity politics, WEB Du Bois, whiteness

Essay: On Whiteness, Identity Politics & the Pig Empire Left (Link)

A longer, heavily sourced essay about why vast portions of the labor class left need to get over their reactionary ideas about what identity politics actually means; before history and shifting demographics leave them behind.

Patreon Social Justice socialism Theory

NinaIllingworth December 20, 2020November 5, 2022 Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, antifa, antifascism, austerity, backlash, Black Lives Matter, Covid 19, Democratic Party, democratic socialism, DSA, Energy and Commerce Committee, Essays, FA1, how to build power, Ilhan Omar, informal writing, Jimmy Dore, lay siege to the government, Medicare for all, Medicare for All floor vote, MP6, neofeudalism, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, organization, organizing, organizing strategy, Patreon, Patreon Blog, Politics, Protest, reactionary, rigged oligarchy, Social Justice, social media, Socialism, ST2, The Squad, Theory, Un-Civil War, uprising, white lash, whiteness

Essay: Organize or Die (Link)

A lengthy informal essay about the importance of organizing a three tiered societal movement around a radical left wing program.

Essays Fascism media Politics Theory

NinaIllingworth December 18, 2020November 5, 2022 21st century fascism, Aimee Terese, Amerikan Musik, Angela Nagle, anticommunism, Caitlin Johnstone, contrarian left, crypto fascism, distortions, Donald Trump, Downmarket Mussolini, Essays, FA1, fake populism, Fantastic Lies, fascism, gaslighting, Glenn Greenwald, GOP, GOP is fascist, Hitler, independent media, Jason Stanley, Jim Crow fascism, Joe Biden, Josh Hawley, Lee Fang, left right alliance, left wing theory, liberalism empowers fascism, lie, Marxism, Marxist analysis, Masha Gessen, Matt Stoller, Matt Taibbi, Media, Mike Tracey, MP6, Mussolini, neoliberalism, Noam Chomsky, Op-Ed, Palmer Raids, Palooka Joe, Politics, reactionary thought, Red Scare podcast, Republican Party, right wing populism, Ron Paul libertarians, skeptics, social media, ST2, Stupidpol, the Red Scare, Theory, Timothy Snyder, Trump Coup, Trump is a fascist, Trump isn't Hitler but so what?, Trumpism is fascism, woke neoliberalism, Zaid Jilani

‘The Devil You Know? A Response to Recent Revisionist History From the Contrarian “Left”

An op-ed aggressively refuting the contrarian faux-left position that calling Trump a fascist is some sort of liberal psyop designed to distract the left.

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NinaIllingworth December 15, 2020November 5, 2022 $15 minimum wage, 2024 US Election, Adolph Reed Jr, Alex Jones, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, anti war, anti-establishment right, anti-globalization, antifa, AOC, Bernie Sanders, Bidenism, Black Lives Matter, CA4, class reductionism, class theory, class warfare, climate catastrophe, Covid 19, Covid eugenics, Democratic Party, Essays, informal writing, intersectionality, Jimmy Dore, Joe Biden, labor class, left wing organizing, left wing theory, leftism, Mea Culpas, Media, Medicare for all, neoliberalism, Occupy Wall Street, Offsite Writing, online drama, online left, Opinion, Patreon, Patreon Blog, pig empire, police violence, Politics, populism, progressive caucus, social media, Socialism, the Sanders left, Theory, Tulsi Gabbard, Twitter, universal healthcare, Wall Street corruption, Youtube

Essay: On Mea Culpas, the Populist Alliance & the Young American Left (Link)

A link to a (free to read) Patreon Blog essay that looks at online Twitter drama, declaring war on Bidenist neoliberalism and why anti-identity politics populism is cancer for the left.