In The Aggregate: Reactions on Media Madness
I’m taking a snapshot of Pig Empire reaction by examining some essays and articles from around the left(ish) wing internet; on Media Madness.
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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.
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Film Sessions: Cancel Culture Fear of the Mob by Tom Nicholas
In this week’s Film Session we’re exploring the class and power issues behind the bogus “cancel culture debate” with What the Theory’s Tom Nicholas over on Media Madness.
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Film Sessions: Minimum Wage Debate Explained by Second Thought
Looking at the secret class war hidden inside the debate around the American minimum wage, with a new video by Second Thought.
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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.
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American Fascism and Networks of Power on Can’t You Read
A link to a short essay on Can’t You Read about why fascism will survive Trump; includes a recommended reading article showing fascist power networks in action during the Covid-19 anti-lockdown protests.
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November Small Ball Update
A (now redundant) roundup of all of Nina’s smaller posts in October and November; including Facebook Journal and Can’t You Read links we’ve never shared until now on ninaillingworth.com.
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A Whole Jamil of Beans on Media Madness
Biden’s rolling out his cabinet, the media is tossing out bullsh*t and Rahm Emanuel might be on his way back into government over the strong objections of Rolling Stone senior writer Jamil Smith; not that Biden gives a damn of course, since the machine bought Smith’s soul a long time ago.
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No Forward Progress on Can’t You Read (Link)
“The Trump coup is a flop, twitchy contrarians are trying to convince you it was never fascism in the first place and a significant portion of America is about to take its eyes off the rise of a violent, reactionary fascist movement spreading across the entire Pig Empire. That’s a huge mistake according to our intrepid analyst.
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Rupar Loses the Plot on Media Madness (Link)
“Now that we’re sailing into a new-old era of American politics, Nina revives one of her old blogging Features with a new, time-saving twist. Mendacious media minions can run, but then can’t hide from “Great Moments in Media Muppetry” on our Media Madness Blog; today’s first feature contestant? Vox’s professional TV-watcher, Aaron Rupar.
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Opening Pandora’s Box on Can’t You Read (Link)
With Trump’s coup seemingly ground to a halt, it’s time to celebrate the end of the fascist moment – isn’t it? Not so fast says analyst Nina Illingworth. By combining some brief observations on the seemingly-doomed Trumpist “chicken coup,” and a link to a vitally important article by Indi Samarajiva about why even a failed reactionary coup is a disaster for a society that calls itself a democracy, our intrepid author debunks the still quite dangerous idea that we’ve survived the Swine Emperor and everything is going to go back to normal soon.
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