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

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.

Fascism Media Madness Theory Videos

NinaIllingworth October 5, 2021April 22, 2025 Alt Right, Amerikan Musik, antifascism, Enrique Tarrio, FA1, far right, fascism, film sessions, gangs, Gavin McInnes, genocide, GOP, JA5, KKK, left wing Youtube, Leon Thomas, Media Madness, MP6, neonazi group, Nina Illingworth, online extremists, Picture Show, Politics, Propaganda, Proud Boys, Racism, Renegade Cut, Republican, sexism, Silvershirts, Social Justice, ST2, Theory, Trump, Video, western chauvinism, white nationalism, white supremacy, Youtube

Film Sessions: Crypto-Fascism and a Modern “Shirt Group” on Media Madness

In this edition of Film Sessions we’re looking at Renegade Cut’s study of the Proud Boys to understand how crypto-fascist propaganda works.

media Neoliberalism Police State Theory

NinaIllingworth April 11, 2021November 17, 2022 Alex Shephard, American colonialism, American Prospect, AP News, Aviva Chomsky, Baltimore Sun, Biden's Central America policy, Branko Marcetic, CA4, Central America, colonialism, concentration camps, Daniel Denvir, Donald Trump, Edward Herman, FA1, family separation policy, fascism, foreign policy, Greg Grandin, immigration, Imperialism, jails for kids, Joe Biden, John Washington, Jonathan Lemire, Josh Boak, Jude Joffe-Block, Latin American, manufacturing consent, Marcia Brown, Media, Mehdi Hasan, Mexico, Michael Parenti, Migrant Rights, migrants, Monroe Doctrine, MP6, MSNBC, nativism, neoliberalism, New Forever War, Noam Chomsky, Nomaan Merchant, PBS, pig empire, police state, Politics, prison industrial complex, pro-business Central America policy, Propaganda, propaganda model, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Robert Reich, Six Things I Think, Social Justice, soft power, ST2, Stephen Miller, the border, The Intercept, The Nation, The New Republic, the wall, Theory, war, WD7, white nationalism, white nationalist immigration policy

Six Things I Think: A Bipartisan Propaganda Frontier

An extremely granular look at the how the propaganda model predicts the mind-warping media discussion around the so called “migrant crisis at the border.”

Media Madness socialism Theory War

NinaIllingworth March 31, 2021April 20, 2025 anti-Indigenous policy, Antony Blinken, Bolivia, Catholic Church, christian fundamentalism, Christian nationalism, CIA, coup, Edward Herman, Essays, Evo Morales, FA1, FAIR, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, Fantastic Lies, fascism, fascist coup, foreign policy, Imperialism, Jacobin, Jeanine Áñez, Jeff Bezos, Joe Biden, Latin America, left wing theory, lie, Luis Arce, Luis Fernando Camacho, MAS, Media, Media Madness, Media Theory, MP6, Nina Illingworth, Noam Chomsky, OAS, Offsite Writing, pig empire, Pig Empire imperialism, practical examples of a propaganda model, Propaganda, propaganda model, propaganda theory, re-writing history, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, regime change, Six Things I Think, Socialism, soft power, ST2, The New Old Forever War, Theory, US backed coups, US imperialism, USA, WaPo editorial board, war, war mongers, Washington Post, WD7

Bolivian Stroke: WaPo’s Imperialist Memory Games on Media Madness

A heavily sourced Media Madness essay about the propaganda model and renewed Pig Empire efforts to undermine the socialist government of Bolivia.

Can't You Read Journals Police State Theory

NinaIllingworth March 9, 2021April 20, 2025 American left, analysis, anticapitalism, austerity, blog, CA4, Can't You Read, capitalism, capitalism is a cult, class analysis, class war, COINTELPRO, counter insurgency, counter intelligence, democratic socialism, FA1, fascism, fascism and the police work together, growing left, info graphics, informal writing, Journals, left wing theory, Marxism, Marxist analysis, Marxist historiographic analysis, mass surveillance, Meme, Michael Parenti, MP6, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, Opinion, personal, police harassment, police state, reaction, reactionaries, reactionary violence, Socialism, ST2, state sponsored repression, stress, systemic analysis, that's why we call them reactionaries, the war against the left, The War on Sharing, Theory

The War on Sharing: Thunderheads

Nina breaks ground a new journal feature that combines Marxist socio-political and historical analysis with emo ravings about a society largely ignorant of capitalism’s purpose.

Can't You Read Social Justice socialism Theory

NinaIllingworth December 24, 2020April 17, 2025 analysis, anti-racism, antifa, Assata Shakur, Bernie Sanders, Black Lives Matter, BLM, Can't You Read, class, class war, coalition building, critical race theory, democratic socialism, Denise DaSilva, diverse coalitions, Dr Martin Luther King Jr, Emma Goldman, Essays, FA1, identity politics, JA5, James Baldwin, labor class, leftism, Malcolm X, marginalized leftists, Michelle Alexander, MLK, MP6, Nell Irvin Painter, neofeudalism, neoliberal identity politics, neoliberal multiculturalism, neoliberalism, non white leftists, Offsite Writing, Op-Ed, Opinion, organizing, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Social Justice, Socialism, ST2, The Black Panthers, the Invention of the White Race, the labor class left, the Sanders left, Theodore Allen, Theory, WD7, weaponized identity politics, WEB Du Bois, whiteness

Essay: On Whiteness, Identity Politics & the Pig Empire Left (Link)

A longer, heavily sourced essay about why vast portions of the labor class left need to get over their reactionary ideas about what identity politics actually means; before history and shifting demographics leave them behind.

Patreon Social Justice socialism Theory

NinaIllingworth December 20, 2020April 17, 2025 Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, antifa, antifascism, austerity, backlash, Black Lives Matter, Covid 19, Democratic Party, democratic socialism, DSA, Energy and Commerce Committee, Essays, FA1, how to build power, Ilhan Omar, informal writing, Jimmy Dore, lay siege to the government, Medicare for all, Medicare for All floor vote, MP6, neofeudalism, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, organization, organizing, organizing strategy, Patreon, Patreon Blog, Politics, Protest, reactionary, rigged oligarchy, Social Justice, social media, Socialism, ST2, The Squad, Theory, Un-Civil War, uprising, white lash, whiteness

Essay: Organize or Die (Link)

A lengthy informal essay about the importance of organizing a three tiered societal movement around a radical left wing program.

Essays Fascism media Politics Theory

NinaIllingworth December 18, 2020November 5, 2022 21st century fascism, Aimee Terese, Amerikan Musik, Angela Nagle, anticommunism, Caitlin Johnstone, contrarian left, crypto fascism, distortions, Donald Trump, Downmarket Mussolini, Essays, FA1, fake populism, Fantastic Lies, fascism, gaslighting, Glenn Greenwald, GOP, GOP is fascist, Hitler, independent media, Jason Stanley, Jim Crow fascism, Joe Biden, Josh Hawley, Lee Fang, left right alliance, left wing theory, liberalism empowers fascism, lie, Marxism, Marxist analysis, Masha Gessen, Matt Stoller, Matt Taibbi, Media, Mike Tracey, MP6, Mussolini, neoliberalism, Noam Chomsky, Op-Ed, Palmer Raids, Palooka Joe, Politics, reactionary thought, Red Scare podcast, Republican Party, right wing populism, Ron Paul libertarians, skeptics, social media, ST2, Stupidpol, the Red Scare, Theory, Timothy Snyder, Trump Coup, Trump is a fascist, Trump isn't Hitler but so what?, Trumpism is fascism, woke neoliberalism, Zaid Jilani

‘The Devil You Know? A Response to Recent Revisionist History From the Contrarian “Left”

An op-ed aggressively refuting the contrarian faux-left position that calling Trump a fascist is some sort of liberal psyop designed to distract the left.

Essays media Patreon socialism Theory

NinaIllingworth December 15, 2020April 17, 2025 $15 minimum wage, 2024 US Election, Adolph Reed Jr, Alex Jones, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, anti war, anti-establishment right, anti-globalization, antifa, AOC, Bernie Sanders, Bidenism, Black Lives Matter, CA4, class reductionism, class theory, class warfare, climate catastrophe, Covid 19, Covid eugenics, Democratic Party, Essays, informal writing, intersectionality, Jimmy Dore, Joe Biden, labor class, left wing organizing, left wing theory, leftism, Mea Culpas, Media, Medicare for all, neoliberalism, Occupy Wall Street, Offsite Writing, online drama, online left, Opinion, Patreon, Patreon Blog, pig empire, police violence, Politics, populism, progressive caucus, social media, Socialism, the Sanders left, Theory, Tulsi Gabbard, Twitter, universal healthcare, Wall Street corruption, Youtube

Essay: On Mea Culpas, the Populist Alliance & the Young American Left (Link)

A link to a (free to read) Patreon Blog essay that looks at online Twitter drama, declaring war on Bidenist neoliberalism and why anti-identity politics populism is cancer for the left.

Books Can't You Read Fascism Theory

NinaIllingworth November 21, 2020April 17, 2025 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.

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.