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

Activism Blog Fascism Justice

NinaIllingworth September 12, 2023September 17, 2023 activism, Alex Reid Ross, Alissa Azar, Amerikan Musik, Andy Ngo, antifascism, AstroTurf, blog, coup, Donald Trump, Doxing, FA1, fascism, GOP, January 6th, Justice, MP6, News, Nina-Bytes, Patriot Prayer, Portland, Propaganda, Shane Burley, ST2, stochastic terrorism, The War on Sharing, Truthout

Nina-Bytes: Courting Destruction in Fascist America

Nina examines a story by antifascist Shane Burley that proves losing his lawsuit against “Antifa” doesn’t mean Andy Ngo and his fascist allies aren’t winning.

Fascism KBS Pod Podcast Politics

NinaIllingworth March 17, 2022November 5, 2022 Ambassador Bridge blockade, American fascism, Amerikan Musik, anti-CRT, anti-trans legislation, AstroTurf, attacks on LGBTQ people, Canadian Fascism, Canadian January 6th, Canadian QAnon, Charles Minnich, Chris Walker, conspiracy theory, Coutts blockade, critical race theory, CRT, culture war, dark money, Diagalon, Don't Say Gay Bill, education, FA1, fake trucker convoy, far right, fascism, fascist occupation in Canada, fascist propaganda, fascist state, First They Came, Florida, FotB, Freedom Convoy, Friends of the Blog, gender affirming therapy, GOP, Greg Abbott, health care, JA5, KBS, KBS Pod, Ken Paxton, militia groups, NIDC, Nina Illingworth, Ottawa occupation, Pat King, Podcast, Politics, Pork Reich, Propaganda, QAnon, rise of Nazi Germany, Scurvy, SoundCloud, ST2, systemic racism, Texas, the fascist creep, the fascist international, the Nazis, trans care, trans rights, transgender, Trucker protest, war on sharing, white genocide conspiracy theory

Kropotkin’s Barbershop Episode 2: Overdrive

As reactionaries dismantle everyday democracy it’s important to remember that someone is paying for all this; check out KBS Episode 2 Overdrive to find out who.

Personal Podcast Site Updates Social Media

NinaIllingworth March 9, 2022November 5, 2022 anti war, anti-imperialism, antifascism, ASNinaWrites on Twitter, AstroTurf, Azov Battalion, back injury, Canadian QAnon, Discord, Duginism, FA1, Facebook, fake trucker protest, fascism, fascist occupation, invasions are not anti-war, KBS, KBS Pod, Kropotkin's Barbershop, Mastodon, militias, NATO, neonazi, NIDC, Nina Bloc, Nina Illingworth, Ottawa occupation, personal, Podcast, producerism, QAnon, Russia, Russian invasion of Ukraine, sick of tankie bullshit, Site Updates, social media, The Library, Trucker protest, Twitter, Ukraine, Upcoming, update, Vladdy Putin, Wagner Group, WD7

Update: Crackback Edition

An update about why I’ve been away, what I think of “anti-imperialism” and “class war” that helps billionaire fascists, and what I’m planning next.

Can't You Read Censorship Essays Social Media

NinaIllingworth January 18, 2021November 5, 2022 Amerikan Musik, anti lockdown protests, AstroTurf, Biden supermajority, Big Tech, CA4, Can't You Read, capitalism, censorship, chicken coup, chud insurrection, chud riot, Democrats, Democrats control US Senate, DeVos Family, Domestic Terrorism, Donald Trump, Essays, FA1, Facebook, fascism, fascist coup attempt, free speech, Georgia Special Election, GOP, Internet, Jack Dorsey, January 6th 2021, Joe Biden, Mark Zuckerberg, MP6, neofeudalism, neoliberal authoritarianism, neoliberal censorship, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, no new Patriot Act, Offsite Writing, Politics, profit motive, Republican, right wing terrorism, Section 230, social media, spreading fascist ideology on Twitter, Trump incited an insurrection, Trump social media suspensions, Trump's Twitter should have been suspended years ago, Twitter

The Trump Suspensions, Big Tech and Section 230 on Can’t You Read

A link to an essay on Can’t You Read discussing Big Tech, Trump’s social media suspensions, and Biden’s threats to repeal Section 230.

Can't You Read Essays Fascism Politics

NinaIllingworth December 9, 2020November 17, 2022 ALEC, Alex Kotch, American Legislative Exchange Council, Amerikan Musik, analysis, articles that feature other articles, AstroTurf, billionaire fascists, blog, Bob Mercer, CA4, Can't You Read, capitalism, Chuds, Climate Crisis, CMD, Conspiracy Facts, Covid 19, dark money, DeVos, DeVos Network, ecofascism, Essays, FA1, fascism, fascist propaganda, free market propaganda, Koch, Koch network, libertarianism, lockdown protests, militias, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, Politics, post-Trump fascism, post-Trump politics, Propaganda, reactionary thought, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, ST2, think tanks, Trump, Trumpism, Trumpism is fascism, US politics, Wall Street, white supremacy

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.

Blog Can't You Read Fascism Politics

NinaIllingworth November 25, 2020November 17, 2022 2020 US Election, Amerikan Musik, analysis, AstroTurf, billionaire fascist tech bros, blog, Bob Mercer, CA4, Can't You Read, chicken coup, civil war, class war, Climate Crisis, coup, FA1, fall of Trump, fascism, fascist billionaires, How Fascism Works, MP6, Nina Illingworth, Noah Berlatsky, Offsite Writing, Pacific Standard, Pacific Standard Magazine, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Republican Party, revanchism, social unrest, ST2, the GOP is fascist, Trump, US politics, us versus them thinking, War Against the Left, white nationalism

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.

Essays Fascism News Opinion Politics

NinaIllingworth October 4, 2020November 5, 2022 2020 US Election, American fascism will outlive Trump, Amerikan Musik, anarchism, AstroTurf, Bill Barr, billionaire fascists, Boogaloo movement, Captain Trips, climate catastrophe, conspiracy, coronavirus, Covid 19, Covid Lockdown Protests, dark money, death cult, ecofascism, Essays, FA1, fascism, fascist donor networks, GOP, GOP is fascist, ICE, Joe Biden, Josh Hawley, Kamala Harris, legal coup, Mike Pence, militias, Mistah Kurtz He Dead, MP6, nativism, News, Opinion, Politics, Proud Boys, QAnon, Republican Party, SCOTUS coup, Second American Civil War, SuperPAC, Tea Party, Three Percenter militia, Tom Cotton, Trump, Tucker Carlson, Twelfth Amendment, white nationalism

What if the Swine Emperor Croaks Tho?

A short essay about what swine emperor Trump’s coronavirus diagnosis might mean for the 2020 election, and American fascism going forward after the election.

Blog Humor Social Media Take Downs

NinaIllingworth June 15, 2016December 30, 2020 @SmoothKobra, anti-blackness, AstroTurf, blog, blogger, Correct the Record, David Brock, drone, hack, harassment, Hillary Clinton, identity politics, Jacobin, Lee Fang, liar, liberal arts students, liberals, Marcus Johnson, Medium, Meme, message crafting, neoliberal, neoliberal identity politics, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, Oberlin College, online harassment, Peter Daou, privilege, Racism, racist, Sady Doyle, shill, smear job, Smooth Kobra, social media, The Intercept, Twitter, Wall of Shame, weaponized identity politics, Weird Twitter

The Adventures of Smooth Kobra

Nina finds herself on an unsavory adventure observing the most fetid parts of neoliberal twitter – with guest star Marcus “SmoothKobra” Johnson.