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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.

Books Fascism Reviews Theory

NinaIllingworth November 21, 2022November 21, 2022 American fascism, Amerikan Musik, antifascism, antifascist theory, book review, Bookish Bits, Books, Brazil, capitalism births fascism, capitalist ideology, capitalist realism, contemporary fascism, Cultural Marxism, Democracy, Donald Trump, eliminationism, FA1, fascism, Fascist Italy, fascist politics, faux democracy, Hannah Arendt, history of fascism, Hitler, How Fascism Works, India, Jair Bolsonaro, Jason Stanley, Joe Biden, Leon Trotsky, liberal antifascism, liberal democracies, Mussolini, Narendra Modi, Nazi Germany, neo fascism, Nina Illingworth, Pork Reich, Propaganda, reactionary thought, Reviews, semi fascism, ST2, Theodor Adorno, Theory, Umberto Eco, United States, Weimar America

Bookish Bits: Birdwatching With Liberal Antifascism

In this week’s Bookish Bits, Nina gets around to reviewing a delightful, but still extremely frustrating mainstream liberal analysis of modern fascist politics.

Books Fascism Politics Reviews

NinaIllingworth November 10, 2022 Amerikan Musik, Andy Campbell, antifa, antifascism, Book Blog, Bookish Bits, Books, chicken coup, corporate media, crowdfunded fascism, dark money, Donald Trump, Enrique Tarrio, FA1, fascism, fascism and antifascism are NOT the same, fascist psyop, fascist street gangs, Gavin McInnes, GOP, January 6th, January 6th coup attempt, Media, Mike Nordean, MP6, Nina Illingworth, political violence, Politics, Pork Reich, Portland, Proud Boys, Proud of Our Boy, Republicans, Reviews, right wing terrorism, Roger Stone, ST2, Theory, Trumpism, We Are Proud Boys

Bookish Bits: Proud of Our Boy

Nina reviews “We Are Proud Boys” by Andy Campbell and finds it to be a refreshing change from mainstream “both-sides” coverage of fascist political violence.

Books FotB socialism Theory Walker

NinaIllingworth October 20, 2021November 5, 2022 a better way to live, anarchism, anarchist literature, anarchist theory, anti-Indigenous bigotry, anticapitalism, antifascism, Book Blog, book review, Bookish Bits, Books, capitalism, Charles Darwin, Chris Walker, class analysis, class war, cooperation, Darwinism, David Graeber, direct democracy, evolution, fascism, FotB, Friends of the Blog, Herbert Spence, JA5, Karl Marx, Kropotkin, labor class analysis, labor class reading, left wing theory, Lewis Henry Morgan, Malthusian violence, mutual aid, Mutual Aid: A Factor Of Evolution, peasant politics, Petr Kropotkin, Racism, religion, Social Darwinism, Socialism, ST2, Theory, Thomas Huxley, Twin Rabbit, Walker, working together

Evolving Together: Why You Should Read Kropotkin’s Mutual Aid by Chris Walker

Today we welcome back Chris Walker, whose book review encourages us to explore reading leftist theory as an evolution; with an assist from Petr Kropotkin.

Books Can't You Read Fascism Reviews War

NinaIllingworth October 18, 2021November 5, 2022 9/11, Afghanistan War, Amerikan Musik, antifascism, Barack Obama, Bill Barr, Black Lives Matter, Book Blog, book review, Bookish Bits, Books, CA4, Can't You Read, Civil Rights, colonialism, Democracy, Dick Cheney, Donald Trump, FA1, fascism, forever war, George W Bush, GOP, Imperialism, Iraq War, Islamophobia, January 6th coup attempt, Michael Reinoehl, National Security State, nativism, neoliberalism breeds fascism, New Forever War, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, Patriot Act, police state, Racism, reign of terror, Republican, Reviews, Richard Spencer, Security Industrial Complex, Spencer Ackerman, ST2, Tom Cotton, Trumpism, Trumpism is fascism, war, War on Terror, WD7, white supremacy

Barbarism Starts at Home on Can’t You Read

Nina reviews Spencer Ackerman’s “Reign of Terror” and finds a good book, that could have been so much more. Check out the new Bookish Bits on Can’t You Read.

Blog Books Can't You Read Fascism Reviews

NinaIllingworth April 18, 2021November 17, 2022 American Civil War, American history, anti-brown racism, anti-Mexican racism, Book Blog, book review, Books, Can't You Read, colonialism, crackers, Donald Trump, ecofascism, exploitation, FA1, fascism, Frederick Jackson Turner, genocide, Greg Grandin, History, immigration, Imperialism, JA5, Jim Crow, Latin America, manifest destiny, Mass incarceration, Migrant Rights, migrants, Monroe Doctrine, MP6, nativism, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, police state, Politics, Racism, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Reviews, settler colonialism, slavery, ST2, the American Revolution, the border, the border wall, The End of the Myth, the Frontier Myth, the Frontier Thesis, the New Forever War, the thirteen colonies, the War On Terror, Trump's wall, Trumpism, WD7, white supremacy, whiteness

Book Blog: The End of the Myth by Greg Grandin

Book Blog featuring a review & analysis of Greg Grandin’s “The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America” on Can’t You Read.

Books Can't You Read Fascism socialism

NinaIllingworth November 26, 2020November 5, 2022 American imperialism, anticapitalism, anticommunism, Blackshirts and Reds, blog, Book Blog, Books, capitalism, capitalism breeds fascism, capitalist triumphalism, classic socialist books, communism, FA1, Fall of Communism, fascism, great Marxist thinkers, History, Imperialism, left wing theory, liberal capitalism, liberalism, Marxism, Marxist analysis, Marxist historical analysis, Michael Parenti, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, Parenti over Chomsky, PDF, Pig Empire History, Politics, rational fascism, Reviews, Socialism, socialist history, ST2, Theory, unipolar power, WD7

Book Blog: Blackshirts and Reds by Michael Parenti

A longer Book Blog talking about why you should read Michael Parenti’s Blackshirts and Reds (or really any book he has written) over on Can’t You Read.

Books Can't You Read Fascism Theory

NinaIllingworth November 21, 2020November 17, 2022 a Marxist analysis of fascism, ACAB, Amerikan Musik, antifascism, blog, Book Blog, Books, books about fascism, capitalism, capitalism breeds fascism, class war, communism, communist writing, Donald Trump, FA1, fascism, Fascism What It Is and How to Fight It, great books, great Marxist thinkers, Hooverism, how to fight fascism, labor, labor class, left wing theory, Leon Trotsky, Leon Trotsky quotes, liberal democracies, Marxism, Marxist Theory, Marxist writing, neoliberal authoritarianism, neoliberalism breeds fascism, PDF, police state, Quickshot Quotations, Quotes, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Socialism, socialist writing, ST2, the fascist moment, Theory, Trotsky quotes, Trumpism

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.

Books Can't You Read Reviews socialism

NinaIllingworth October 15, 2020November 5, 2022 anarchist literature, anarchist theory, Anarcho-Syndicalism, bigger is not better, blog, Book Blog, Books, bottom up socialism, boycott, CA4, Can't You Read, class war, decentralization, Emma Goldman, General Strike, IWW, labor, labor class, Libcom, libcom dot org, militant unionism, Nicolas Walter, Nina Illingworth, Noam Chomsky, Offsite Writing, other types of socialism, PDF, peasant politics, peasant rule, peasant socialism, radical unionism, read Rocker online, Reviews, Rudolf Rocker, slowdowns, Socialism, ST2, the class war never ended, Theory, Union, unionism

Book Blog: Anarcho-Syndicalism Theory & Practice

A very brief Book Blog on Can’t You Read featuring a recommendation and link to Rudolf Rocker’s “Anarcho-Syndicalism Theory and Practice.”

Books Can't You Read Politics socialism

NinaIllingworth April 7, 2020November 5, 2022 Amber Frost, anarchism, book review, Books, books about leftist stuff, Brendan James, Can't You Read, Chapo Trap House, Chomsky, comedy, Felix Biederman, Funny, introduction to leftism, labor theory, Left Wing Books, left wing theory, Marx, Marxism, Matt Christman, millennial issues, MP6, Naomi Klein, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, Politics, Reviews, socialism for slackers, ST2, the Chapo Guide to Revolution, The Library, US foreign policy as a start up, Virgil Texas, Will Menaker, Zinn

Link: Baby Steps up the Ramparts (The Chapo Guide to Revolution Review)

A link to my latest book review where we’re taking a look at the surprisingly rewarding book from celebrity podcasters Chapo Trap House, the Chapo Guide to Revolution.

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.

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