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Books Can't You Read Capitalism Quotes

NinaIllingworth November 20, 2019April 20, 2025 2008 Financial Crisis, blog, book review, Books, CA4, Can't You Read, capitalism, class warfare, Democratic Party, labor, MP6, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, Politics, Quickshot Quotations, Quotes, Rendezvous with Oblivion, Thomas Frank

Books: Rendezvous with Oblivion by Thomas Frank

A book review of Thomas Frank’s Rendezvous with Oblivion and a short discussion about the wreckage of neoliberalism in modern American society.

Blog Can't You Read Politics Russiagate War

NinaIllingworth November 1, 2019April 15, 2025 1st Trump impeachment, Amerikan Musik, Bircher nonsense, Birchers, blog, Can't You Read, conspiracy theory, conspiracy thinking, corporate media, Crime, Donald Trump, fascism, foreign policy, forever war, illegal, impeachable offenses, Imperialism, influence trading, Joe Biden, liberal establishment, liberal media, Mitch McConnell, MP6, Nancy Pelosi, NATO, neoliberalism, new cold war, New Forever War, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, pig empire, Politics, Propaganda, Russia, Russiagate, Russiagate made Trump stronger, spin, the GOP is a fascist party, Trump did it, Trump impeachment, Trump strong armed Ukraine, Ukraine, US Congress, US imperialism, US politics, US Senate, war

Can’t You Read: Russiagate and the 1st Trump Impeachment

An October 2019 Can’t You Read blog post about why the liberal establishment’s ongoing Russiagate conspiracy makes it harder to defeat swine emperor Trump.

Can't You Read media Neoliberalism Politics

NinaIllingworth October 24, 2019April 15, 2025 2020 Democratic Party Nomination Contest, bad predictions, Bernie Sanders, blog, building a narrative, Can't You Read, class war, corporate candidate, corporate media, Democratic Party, Joe Biden, liberalism, manufacturing consent, Media, Michigan, Michigan primary was rigged, money in politics, MP6, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, Obama, Offsite Writing, Palooka Joe, Politics, polls, Propaganda, Super Tuesday, they cheated Bernie again, Voltron strategy

Blog: Manufacturing A Primary Narrative

A short blog analyzing the media’s false narrative about Joe Biden that turned out to be right, and also wrong, once the primaries started. It’s complicated.

Blog Can't You Read media Politics War

NinaIllingworth October 11, 2019April 14, 2025 anarcho socialist militias, anti-imperialism, Assad, blog, Can't You Read, CIA, crocodile tears, Donald Trump, forever war, imperial policy, Imperialism, Kurdish People, liberal interventionism, liberals don't care about the Kurds, manufacturing consent, Media, MENA, Middle East, Military Industrial Complex, New Forever War, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, oil, Peoples’ Protection Units, pig empire, Politics, regime change, Rojova, Syria, Tayyip Erdogan, Trump is an imperialist too, Trump isn't leaving Syria, Turkey, war, WD7, YPG, YPJ

Can’t You Read: Saving Kurdistan Means Staying In Syria Forever

A Can’t You Read blog post about why leaving Syria means abandoning the YPG even if that’s not a popular decision on the left.

Books Can't You Read Essays War

NinaIllingworth October 3, 2019April 14, 2025 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, 2019April 14, 2025 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.

Books Can't You Read media Police State

NinaIllingworth September 30, 2019April 14, 2025 a culture of falsehood, a propaganda system, all news is fake news, blog, Books, Can't You Read, class war, corporate media, corporate propaganda, culture war, deep state, Edward Snowden, FA1, Fake News, Fantastic Lies, for profit media, JA5, leaks, manufacturing consent, Mass Surveillance program, Media, MP6, National Security State, Nina Illingworth, NSA, Offsite Writing, Pentagon, Permanent Record, police state, Propaganda, Snowden Leaks, spying on everyone, the Panopticon, the real deep state, War on Whistleblowers, whistleblowers, why people believe fake news

Blog: the Panopticon, Public Trust, and “Fake News”

A medium length blog post exploring why government lies about mass surveillance have had unintended consequences in the fight against “fake news.”

Can't You Read Climate Crisis Media Madness

NinaIllingworth September 29, 2019April 14, 2025 blog, CA4, Can't You Read, carbon emissions, CC3, climate catastrophe is a plot to kill us all, Climate Crisis, climate science denial, coffin ship Earth, conspiracy, culture war, DesmogUK, Fantastic Lies, fossil fuel industry, fossil fuels, global warming, Greta Thunberg, Greta visits the UN, Koch Brothers, Koch network, Kochtopus, lie, manufacturing consent, Media, Media Madness, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, oil companies, oil company propaganda, out of time, Politics, profits over people, right wing media, smear campaigns, smears, think tanks, United Nations, Wall Street

Greta is not the Problem: Climate Crisis and the Culture War

Two blog posts about what the media furor over Greta Thunberg’s visit to the UN means and why rich people aren’t listening to her.

Blog Can't You Read Neoliberalism Politics

NinaIllingworth September 21, 2019November 17, 2022 2020 Democratic Party Nomination Contest, 2020 US Election, Andrew Yang, blog, CA4, Can't You Read, Democratic Party, Essays, Facebook, informal writing, MP6, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, Opinion, Politics, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Silicon Valley, Social Justice, UBI, VC Tech Bros

Link: The Trouble With Andy Yang (Facebook)

A short, informal essay about why 2020 Dem Primary candidate Andrew Yang isn’t who he’s pretending to be.

Books Can't You Read Essays Justice War

NinaIllingworth June 4, 2019April 13, 2025 Afghanistan, Baghdad’s Bloody Sunday, Betsy DeVos, Blackwater, Blackwater The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army, Books, Can't You Read, contractor army, crusader, Department of Justice, DoJ, Donald Trump, Erik Prince, Essays, FA1, forever war, genocide, GOP, intelligence contractors, Iraq, Iraq occupation, Islamophobia, Jeremy Scahill, mass murder, mercenaries, military contractors, Nicholas Slatten, Nicholas Slatten pardon, Nina Illingworth, Nisour Square massacre, Offsite Writing, pardoning war criminals to fire up the base, pig empire, Politics, Presidential Pardon, private intelligence, Republican, Reviews, travesty of justice, Trump, Trump coup in Venezuela, Venezuela, War Crimes, WD7

Blackwater and the Slatten Pardon on Can’t You Read

A combination book review and current affairs essay on Can’t You Read that talks about Trump’s pardon power, Erik Prince, and Jeremy Scahill’s “Blackwater.”

Books Can't You Read Politics socialism

NinaIllingworth May 11, 2019April 13, 2025 2016 US Election, 2020 Dem Primary Season, 2020 Democratic Party Nomination Contest, 2020 US Election, bad predictions, Bernie Sanders, Books, Can't You Read, class war, democratic socialism, Donald Trump, Essays, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, labor class, Listen Liberal, Listen Liberal Or, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, Politics, Socialism, Thomas Frank, What Ever Happened to the Party of the People

Listen Liberal & a (Bad) 2020 Dem Primary Prediction

An offsite essay about Thomas Frank’s Listen Liberal and why I thought Bernie would win in 2020.