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

Picture of a wealthy capitalist it top hat and tails, dancing romantically with a skeletal soldier holding a reaper's scythe.

Books Capitalism Quotes Theory

NinaIllingworth August 29, 2023 2008 Financial Crisis, antifascism, Book Blog, Books, CA4, capitalism, Climate Crisis, David Graeber, Debt, FA1, fascism, genocide, geohell, History, mutual aid, neoliberalism, oligarchy, Propaganda, Quickshot Quotations, Quotes, revolution, Socialism, solidarity, ST2, The War on Sharing, Theory

Quickshot Quotation: Debt and Rebirth

Building off a Graeber quote from Debt, Nina briefly touches on the war on sharing, the idea killing machine, and why we discuss alternatives to capitalism.

Canada Journals media Neoliberalism

NinaIllingworth June 1, 2021November 5, 2022 2008 Financial Crisis, a nation of renters, anti-labor propaganda, banking, CA4, Canada, Canadian housing bubble, capitalism, capitalist, CBC, class war, FA1, Facebook Journals, Fantastic Lies, Finance, homelessness, housing activists, housing crisis, housing is a human right, informal writing, interest rates, investor class, Journals, Mao was right, Marxism, Media, mortgage rates, mortgages, MP6, neofeudalism, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, Opinion, pandemic, pandemic profiteering, parasitic capitalism, people over profits, priced out, Propaganda, public broadcasting, rent control, rentier class, rigged economy, Socialism, ST2, the extraction of rents, the propaganda model, the ruling classes, two tiers of access

Journal: CBC, the Housing Bubble, and Class War Propaganda

A short and informal journal about the casual way Canadian media sells pro-capitalist propaganda and policies as being good for labor class people.

Media Madness News socialism Videos

NinaIllingworth January 11, 2021November 17, 2022 2008 Financial Crisis, anti Prager U, anticapitalism, beating Prager U, blog, CA4, capitalism, class, Dennis Prager, Dennis Prager is a fascist, Economics, extreme poverty, film sessions, how to attack right wing propaganda, left wing Youtube, Marxism, Marxist economics, Media, Media Madness, neofeudalism, neoliberalism, New York Times, News, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, poverty, PragerU, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Richard Wolff, right wing propaganda, Socialism, ST2, The Gravel Institute, Video, Youtube

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.

Essays Fascism media Politics Theory

NinaIllingworth September 28, 2020November 5, 2022 2008 Financial Crisis, 2016 US Election, Alt Right, Amerikan Musik, conspiracy theory, David Renton, Deep Dives, Essays, FA1, Fantastic Lies, fascism, for profit medial propaganda model, Fox News, Fox News Fear Factory, Hannah Arendt, Harvey Weinstein, How Fascism Works, Hugo Weaving, Inventing Reality, Iraq War, James Clapper, Jason Stanley, Jeff Epstein, Joy Reid, Julius Evola, left wing theory, lie, Lügenpresse, mainstreaming white supremacy, manufacturing consent, Matt Taibbi, Media, Michael Lynch, MP6, MSNBC, neoliberalism, New York Times, News Corp, Noam Chomsky, Owen Jones, pig empire, Political Mind Games, Politics, Poor Democracy, Pork Reich, Rich Media, Robert Paxton, Roy Eidelson, Rupert Murdoch, Russiagate, ST2, The Daily Beast, The Establishment, the New Authoritarians, Theory, Washington Post, white genocide is a nazi conspiracy theory, white nationalism

Theory Discussion: On Media, White Nationalism & Hugo Weaving

An lengthy discussion about why propping up corporate “liberal” media is no antidote to the rise of white nationalism; triggered by reading an interview with Hugo Weaving.

Essays Media Madness Neoliberalism Wall Street

NinaIllingworth May 20, 2019November 5, 2022 2008 Financial Crisis, banks, CA4, derivative trading, Economics, Essays, federally insured gambling, Finance, Fraud, Griftopia, Jamie Dimon, JP Morgan Chase, London Whale scandal, Matt Taibbi, Media Madness, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, OCC, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Offsite Writing, OTC derivative trades, pension funds, stock derivatives, the global economy is a ponzi scheme, Wall Street, Wall Street on Parade

Distant Early Warning on Media Madness

An article about JP Morgan Chase’s 2.2 trillion dollar bespoke betting time bomb and why it could pop at pretty much any time, on Media Madness.

Essays media News Russiagate

NinaIllingworth January 29, 2019November 17, 2022 17 Intelligence Agencies lie, 2008 Financial Crisis, Abby Martin, Alternet, Anthony Scaramucci, anti-Russian propaganda, AP, Associated Press, Attack on Pearl Harbor, austerity, Axios, Bill Clinton, Brexit, Brian Stetler, broken bombshell, Carol Lee, Chuck Grassley, CIA, CIA mop up man, CNN, corporate media, cyberattack, debunking, debunking Russiagate, Democratic Party, Department of Justice, dissent, DNC email hack, DoJ, Donald Trump, Donations, donors, Doug Johnson Hatlem, edits and corrections, Edward Herman, Erik Wemple, Essays, Ewen MacAskill, Fantastic Lies, fascism, FBI, Ferguson protests, foreign policy, Giant Russia Theory, Glenn Greenwald, GOP, hacking, Henry Kissinger, Hillary Clinton, hit piece, Impeach Trump, Iran, Iraq war lies, James Clapper, James Comey, Jason Zinoman, John Brennan, John Pilger, Ken Dilanian, kompromat, Lee Camp, liberal mainstream media, Libya, Manchurian Candidate, manufacturing consent, Mark Ames, Marshall McLuhan, Matt Taibbi, McCarthyism, Media, Megyn Kelly, Michael Parenti, Mueller investigation, Naked Capitalism, Natalia Veselnitskaya, NBC, NBC News, new cold war, new McCarthyism, New York Times, News, Nina Illingworth, Noam Chomsky, obstruction of justice, Occupy Wall Street, ODNI, ONDI report, OODS, Paul Manafort, Politics, proxy war, Putin, Rajeev Syal, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Redacted Tonight, regime change, retractions, RNC, Robert Mueller, Ronald Reagan, Russia, Russia Today, Russiagate, Russiagate grifters, Russian allies, Russian bots, Russian Hacking, Russian trolls, shady, Six Things I Think, skepticism, swine emperor Trump, Talking Points Memo, The Guardian, The Intercept, Trump, Trump Tower meeting, Trump-Russia, Truthdig, Twitter, UK, UK intelligence, US backed coups, US media, US politics, US sanctions against Russia, Vladimir Putin, walk backs, Washington Post, Wikileaks, WMD lies

Insidiocracy: Russiagate, Corporate Media & Losing My Religion – Part Three

Part three of a five part series looking at mainstream corporate media retractions, walk backs, and debunked articles about Russia and reflections on my own personal experiences with the objectively surreal “Russiagate” saga.

Blog Books Can't You Read Neoliberalism

NinaIllingworth December 29, 2018November 5, 2022 2008 Financial Crisis, activism, Alan Greenspan, austerity, Ayn Rand, bailout, banker, blog, book review, Books, CA4, Can't You Read, capitalism, capitalism as religion, casino, corporate welfare, Deregulation, Essays, FEC, Federal Exchange Commission, Foreclosure Crisis, Fraud, free market fundamentalism, Griftopia, hot money, investment banking, laissez faire, Matt Taibbi, Meme, neofeudalism, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, Racism, speculators, the fraud economy, Theory

Blog: Ayn Rand, Alan Greenspan & Matt Taibbi’s Griftopia

A collection of links to my writing about Taibbi’s Griftopia, including an essay about Ayn Rand & Alan Greenspan.

Blog Memes Neoliberalism News Politics

NinaIllingworth July 13, 2017November 17, 2022 2008 Financial Crisis, A Brief Thought, adult in the room, AHCA, American Health Care Act, Amerikan Musik, austerity, Ayn Rand, banker, billionaire government, Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, CA4, Capitol Hill, center rich, center-left, centrist media, corporate media, corruption, Democrats, Deregulation, Econ, Economic Advisor, Economics, economy, elites, establishment media, Fantastic Lies, fascism, Fascism Ascendant in the USA, Gary Cohn, Gary Cohn can't save you, Goldman Sachs, GOP, government by the rich for the rich, gutting Dodd Frank, Hank Paulson, hyper capitalism, investment banker, Ivanka Trump, Jamie Dimon, Jared Kushner, Joash Barro is a weenie, Mad Dog Mattis, mainstream media, Meme, Mike Pence, moral center, MP6, National Economic Council, NEC, neofeudalism, neoliberalism, Never Trump, News, Nina Illingworth, Op-Ed, Opinion, Paul Ryan, plutocracy, Politics, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, rich people don't give a fuck about you, Six Things I Think, Steven Mnuchin, tax cuts, the Goldman Sachs Presidency, the one percent, the Vampire Squid, Trump, Trump Administration, Trump Budget, US politics, Wall Street, Wall Street Banks, wealthy elites

ABT: Gary Cohn & the Mainstream Media Myth of the Adult in the Room

Gary Cohn is no savior; he knows precisely what Trump means to do to America and he clearly supports it – so why does mainstream media keep pretending he can moderate Trump?

Fascism Memes News Politics

NinaIllingworth December 1, 2016November 17, 2022 2008 Financial Crisis, ageism, Anti-Populist, anti-regulation, anti-tax, bailout, Batman v Superman, billionaires club, Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, CA4, Christopher Flowers, corporate welfare, Dodd-Frank, drain the swamp, Dune Capital Management, Econ, economy, FA1, fascism, FDIC, Federal Deposite Insurance Comission, Finance, foreclosing on minorities, foreclosures, George Soros, Goldman Sachs, GOP, harsh, hedge fund manager, hedge funds, hollywood, illegal, IndyMac, inequitable, Info Meme of the Week, John Paulson, liar, Madoff Ponzi scheme, Media, Meme, Michael Dell, Mnuchin, mogul, mortgage crisis, mortgages, MP6, News, Nina Illingworth, Nomination, OneWest, opprobrious, Politics, predatory lending, Racism, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Republican, repugnant, repulsive, shocking, Six Things I Think, Steven Mnuchin, Suicide Squad, TADMZ, Tales from the American DMZ, tax breaks for the rich, tax breaks for Wall Street, Taxpayer bailouts, The Foreclosure King, The Forrest Gump of the Financial Crisis, The Worst of Wall Street, Trump, Trump Tax Debacle, Trump Transition, Trump's Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, unconscionable, US Treasury Secretary, Vampire Squid, vexatious, Wall Street

Info Meme of the Week: Brotherhood of Evil Mutants Pt Seven – Steven Mnuchin

Nina continues her loon by loon look at corrupt swamp creatures Trump invites into his cabinet; next up The Foreclosure King, Steven Mnuchin.