Mini-Theory Blog: Reactionary Genesis
In today’s Mini Theory Blog, we’re talking about why an election isn’t the end of American fascism so long as the media helps it regenerate and thrive.
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Mini-Theory Blog: The Kids Are Alright
In our Mini-Theory Blog, Nina talks about the secret good news that came out of a US Midterm election season that still saw fascism claw closer to power.
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Field Notes: This is Fine
Our man Scurvy is back, bringing you Nina’s blog writing from around the web and his hot multi-media pick of the week; a new podcast called “The Outlaw Ocean.”
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Field Notes: It Is Happening Again
It’s the weekend and our host Scurvy is back with Field Notes; all the best of Nina Illingworth’s anticapitalist social media writing from around the web.
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Field Notes: Introductions
Field Notes is back and today we’re proud to introduce a new content curator for our weekly social media writing roundup; our own site administrator, Scurvy.
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Some Mini Skinnys and A Minor Course Alteration
A post explaining why I’m changing how we share essay-length blog material; includes links to four such collections from November 2021.
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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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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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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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Link: “No Magic Man” on Media Madness
A link to a short essay examining the relationship between masculine authority and fascism, as well as the reasons why the Pork Reich will survive just fine without Trump.
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