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Blog Capitalism Climate Crisis Politics

NinaIllingworth August 28, 2023August 27, 2023 Alexander Cooley, analysis, banking, billionaires, blog, CA4, capitalism, class war, Climate Crisis, Cory Doctorow, dark money, Finance, John Heathershaw, kleptocracy, lobby groups, money laundering, MP6, Nina-Bytes, oligarchy, philanthropy, pig empire, Pluralistic, Politics, Propaganda, public relations, Ricard Soares de Oliveira, Second Gilded Age, SuperPAC, think tanks, transnational, TUSN

Nina-Bytes: Bagmen for the Transnational Oligarchy

Nina highlights the open structures of power the uber rich use to control our society in broad daylight with the help of a Cory Doctorow article about bagmen.

Analysis Fascism Politics Social Justice

NinaIllingworth January 16, 2023 analysis, anti-LGBTQ persecution, anti-LGBTQ violence, anti-queer pogrom, anti-trans bills, anti-trans legislation, anti-trans pogrom, AP News, Associated Press, Cathy Renna, dehumanization, demonization, Erin Reed, fascism, fascist project, fascist propaganda, GOP, Hannah Schoenbaum, hate groups, Kansas, Kentucky, latent American transphobia, LGBTQ rights, Media, Missouri, Montana, National LGBTQ Task Force, Nazi Germany, New Hampshire, Nina Illingworth, Nina-Bytes, Oklahoma, pogrom as politics, political apathy, Politics, queer rights, Republican Party, Social Justice, South Carolina, State politics, stochastic terrorism, Tennessee, Texas, the process of genocide, trans rights, US politics, Utah, Virginia

Nina-Bytes: Framea Thrust

New year, same anti-trans pogrom; as GOP-controlled states introduce anti-trans bills after mediocre midterm results, Nina explains why the fascists won’t stop.

Blog Capitalism Politics Theory

NinaIllingworth December 9, 2022 Alexis de Tocqueville, anticapitalism, blog, CA4, can't separate liberalism from capitalism, capitalism, civics, Civil Rights, class war, contradictions of capitalism, Democracy, Democracy in America, democratic rights, Freedom, human rights, ideology, liberal ideology, liberalism, liberalism is a capitalist ideology, Mini Theory Blog, MP6, neofeudalism, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, political economy, Political Theory, Politics, practice of liberalism, ST2, the Enlightenment, Theory, theory and praxis, wage slavery, why liberalism fails the exploited

Mini-Theory Blog: Practical Realities

What happens when the ideals of liberalism contradict with the reality that it’s subordinate to capital accumulation? There’s no need to ask; you’re living it.

Essays Fascism Politics Rec Reads

NinaIllingworth December 8, 2022December 8, 2022 1964 Civil Rights Act, 303 Creative LLC v Elenis, abolish SCOTUS, American theocracy, Amerikan Musik, Amy Coney Barrett, Andrew Jackson, anti-trans pogrom, Brett Kavanaugh, christian fundamentalism, Christian nationalism, Civil Rights, Clarence Thomas, colonialism, Common Dreams, Counterpunch, cultural genocide, decolonization, Democrats, Essays, expand SCOTUS, FA1, fascism, GOP, GOP is a fascist party, Haaland v Brackeen, independent state legislature doctrine, Indigenous Rights, Indigenous Sovereignty, JA5, Joe Manchin, John Roberts, judicial fascism, Justice, Kyrsten Sinema, law, Moore v Harper, MP6, Neil Gorsuch, Nina Illingworth, Paul Starr, Politics, Pork Reich, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, religious Right, Republican Party, Samuel Alito, SCOTUS, Stanley Cohen, Supreme Court, The American Prospect, Thom Hartmann, US Congress, US Judiciary branch, US politics, voting rights, Weimar America, white nationalism, white supremacy

Recommended Reading: Bench Warfare

As a fascist SCOTUS hears cases that will destroy US democratic life Nina lays bare the cynical inversion of principles that are leading us into the Pork Reich.

Blog Fascism Politics Theory

NinaIllingworth November 17, 2022November 17, 2022 American Volk, antifascism, antisemitism, blog, conspiracy theories, Donald Trump, electoral politics, eliminationism, FA1, false sense of security, fascism, fascism isn't over, fascist fantasy, GOP, Great Replacement Theory, hatemongering, How Fascism Works, LGBTQ rights, liberal complacency, Media, Mini Theory Blog, MP6, narrative, Nina Illingworth, Politics, projection, Propaganda, Republican Party, Ron DeSantis, ST2, stop fascism, Theory, trans rights, Trumpism, US Midterm Elections, US politics, victim complex

Mini-Theory Blog: A Premature Funeral for Fascism

Presuming that middling election results will make fascists stop doing fascist politics, proves our establishment doesn’t understand how fascism works at all.

Blog Capitalism Climate Crisis Politics

NinaIllingworth November 16, 2022 Abdul El-Sayed, anticapitalism, antifascism, Biden Administration, Big Oil, blog, CA4, capitalism, capitalist realism, climate apocalypse, Climate Crisis, climate genocide, climate science denial, Covid 19, dark money, Democratic Party, ecofascism, Eugenics, FA1, fascism, fascist conspiracy theories, for profit healthcare, fossil fuel industry, free market fundamentalism, genocide, GOP, Great Replacement Theory, green jobs, Jacobin, medical debt, medical insurance industry, money in politics, MP6, neofeudalism, Nina Illingworth, Nina-Bytes, pandemic, Politics, Republicans, Ricardo Gomez, Socialism, ST2, the GOP is fascist, The New Republic, Theory, Trumpism, US Midterm Elections, US politics

Nina-Bytes: Things Left Unsaid

You can learn a lot by listening to what American politicians talk about during elections; but sometimes, what they won’t talk about reveals a whole lot more.

Blog Fascism Politics Rec Reads

NinaIllingworth November 15, 2022November 17, 2022 anti-trans legislation, anti-trans pogrom, antifascism, antifascist united front, blog, Chase Strangio, Chris Rufo, Donald Trump, eliminationism, FA1, fascism, fascist propaganda, GOP, Greg Abbot, LGBTQ rights, liberal transphobia, Matt Walsh, MP6, Nina Illingworth, Politics, protect trans kids, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Republican Party, Ron DeSantis, Social Justice, solidarity, ST2, trans rights, transphobia, transphobia in media, Truthout, US midterms, US politics

Recommended Reading: Claxon Call

While a liberal establishment that feels comfortable policing trans bodies exhales, fascists that did get reelected are pushing ahead with an anti-trans pogrom.

Blog Capitalism Climate Crisis Politics

NinaIllingworth November 14, 2022November 15, 2022 anticapitalism, blog, Brad Plumer, CA4, capitalism, carbon capture, CC3, Climate Crisis, climate genocide, climate justice, climate science denial, COP26, COP27, dark money, ecofascism, genocide, greenwashing, Greta Thunberg, Joe Biden, lobbyist, misinformation, MP6, National Climate Assessment, net zero, New York Times, Nina Illingworth, Nina-Bytes, Oil and Gas Lobby, Politics, Propaganda, Raymond Zhong, trees, UN Climate Change Conference

Nina-Bytes: Impact Statement

In Nina-Bytes we’re looking at yet another US government report that demonstrates our leaders are trying to kill us for capitalism in the face of climate crisis

Blog Climate Crisis Politics Theory

NinaIllingworth November 11, 2022November 11, 2022 activism, anticapitalism, antifascism, antifascist organizing, antifascist united front, blog, CC3, Climate Crisis, Democratic Party, FA1, fascism, fascist creep, Gen Z, global warming, GOP, instagram, left wing theory, liberals, millennial issues, Mini Theory Blog, MP6, NIDC, Nina Illingworth, organizing, Politics, Pork Reich, Republicans, ST2, stopping climate crisis, Theory, US Midterm Elections, US politics

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.

Blog Fascism Politics Rec Reads

NinaIllingworth November 10, 2022November 17, 2022 antifascism, blog, Civil Rights, Democracy, Democratic Party, democratic rights, FA1, fascism, gerrymandering, GOP, House of Representatives, Mark Stern, Media, MP6, Nina Illingworth, Politics, protect voting rights, racialized voter suppression, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Republican Party, rigged election, SCOTUS, SCOTUS coup, Slate, US Midterm Elections, voting rights, Voting Rights Act, VRA

Recommended Reading: Spoils of Culture War

Nina shares and analyzes one of the few insightful post-midterm election articles in mainstream media to ask, “wait why did the GOP take the House exactly?”

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.

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