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

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.

Essays Neoliberalism Patreon Theory

NinaIllingworth November 14, 2019April 15, 2025 Affordable Care Act, Amazon, anticapitalism, austerity, Ayn Rand, Big Tech, bribery, CA4, colonialism, corporate power, corruption, debt slavery, domestic policy, Economics, Essays, extractivism, Ferguson, financialization, left wing theory, lexicon, medical insurance, Medicare for all, monopoly power, neofeudalism, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, Obamacare, Offsite Writing, panopticon, Patreon, Patreon Blog, pig empire, policing for profit, private surveillance, privatization, Propaganda, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, rents, social safety nets, special economic zones, ST2, subsidies, taxation, Theory, Theory Discussion, Uber, Wall Street bailout, Walmart

Link: Theory Discussion A Working Definition of Neofeudalism – New Essay

As dystopian as neoliberal capitalism is, adding coercion and corporate recapture to the mix has created a new form of anti-labor extractivism: neofeudalism.

Books Neoliberalism Social Justice War

NinaIllingworth November 7, 2019November 17, 2022 Allen Dulles, Books, CA4, CC3, CIA, Corporate Fascism, Corporatism, David Talbot, deep state, democratic socialism, elite rule, FA1, fascism, foreign policy, forever war, Ibram X Kendi, Imperialism, Inventing Reality, Left Wing Books, market fundamentalism, Marxism, Media, media bias, Michael Parenti, Milton Friedman, Naomi Klein, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, Noam Chomsky, permanent war economy, Politics, power, Racism, racist ideas, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Reviews, Social Justice, Socialism, ST2, Stamped From the Beginning, The Devil's Chessboard, the economics of racism, The Library, the propaganda model, The Shock Doctrine, Trump Doctrine, Understanding Power, war, WD7

The Library: the First Five

A look at five reasonably mainstream books from The Library that you can read to get a much better grasp on how our world actually works.

Neoliberalism Patreon Politics Theory

NinaIllingworth October 28, 2019April 15, 2025 2020 Democratic Party Nomination Contest, Amerikan Musik, antifascism, Bernie Sanders, Bircher nonsense, blog, Brooks Brothers Riot, CA4, class war, confronting fascism, democratic socialism, Donald Trump, Elizabeth Warren, fascism, history of liberalism, how liberalism works, labor class, left wing theory, liberalism, Liz Warren is a muppet, Matt Gaetz, MP6, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, Patreon, Patreon Blog, PMC, political history, Political Theory, Politics, Professional Class, professional managerial class, Socialism, technocratic incrementalism, technocrats, The Skinny, Theory, Trump impeachment, US politics, why liberals lose, working class

The Skinny: a Liberal Lexicon

A collection of informal journal writing; this time we’re talking about liberalism and the American political imagination.

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.

media Patreon Politics socialism

NinaIllingworth September 28, 2019April 14, 2025 2020 Democratic Party Nomination Contest, Bernie Sanders, bourgeoisie, CA4, class, class warfare, democratic socialism, Fantastic Lies, Harvard conspiracy, Joe Biden, labor class, Left Wing Media, letters, liberals, Liz Warren, manager class, Media, Medicare for all, MP6, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, open letter, Patreon, Patreon Blog, PMC, Politics, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, rich people, sans culottes, Socialism, ST2

Link: An Open Letter to the American Left and in Particular, the Bourgeoisie “Left Wing” Media

Some thoughts on “Left Wing” American media and class tensions in the 2020 Democratic Party nomination contest.

media Neoliberalism Patreon Politics War

NinaIllingworth September 21, 2019April 13, 2025 2020 Democratic Party Nomination Contest, 2020 US Election, Ashok Koyi, Bernie Sanders, blog, CA4, centrist, charities, civil service unions, class war, corporate media, Democratic Party, democratic socialism, Donald Trump, Elizabeth Warren, Fantastic Lies, gangsterism, General Motors, Gina Haspel, grassroots organizing, IMF, Imperialism, Iran, Jim Mattis, Joe Biden, labor class, liberalism, M4All, Mad Dog, Media, Medicare for all, Mike Pompeo, MP6, NATO, neoliberalism, NGOs, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, organized labor, Patreon, Patreon Blog, pig empire, PMC, Politics, polling, polls, pollsters, Professional Class, Saudi Arabia, Socialism, The Skinny, Union, universal healthcare, Vox, war, War with Iran, World Bank

The Skinny: Class War & Global Gangsterism on Patreon

The Skinny is back with a look at the ongoing class war, 2020 primary narratives and Trump’s nightmare foreign policy.

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 Essays media Neoliberalism

NinaIllingworth May 31, 2019November 5, 2022 anticommunism, antifascism, austerity, Books, CA4, Canada, capitalism, Chris Hedges, Citizen's United, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, class war, climate catastrophe, COINTELPRO, cold war, corruption, Deep Dives, democratic rights, Essays, FA1, fascism, FBI, Glenn Greenwald, Greece, Ibram X Kendi, inverted totalitarianism, Jane Mayer, Jim Crow, lobbying, Margin Notes, mass surveillance, Media, Michelle Alexander, Naomi Klein, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, Noam Chomsky, Owen Jones, plutocrats, quotations, Quotes, Red Scare, Socialism, ST2, Stamped From the Beginning, the Palmer Raids, UK, Wages of Rebellion, War on Terror, Yanis Varoufakis

Margin Notes: Wages of Rebellion and the Inversion Perversion in the Pig Empire

A deep look at the way the underlying logic behind our rights and freedoms are inverted to help the wealthy few at the expense of the many – featuring a quotation from “Wages of Rebellion” by Chris Hedges.

Essays Media Madness Neoliberalism Wall Street

NinaIllingworth May 20, 2019April 13, 2025 2008 Financial Crisis, banks, CA4, derivative trading, Economics, Essays, federally insured gambling, Finance, Fraud, Griftopia, Jamie Dimon, JP Morgan Chase, London Whale scandal, Matt Taibbi, Media Madness, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, OCC, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Offsite Writing, OTC derivative trades, pension funds, stock derivatives, the global economy is a ponzi scheme, Wall Street, Wall Street on Parade

Distant Early Warning on Media Madness

An article about JP Morgan Chase’s 2.2 trillion dollar bespoke betting time bomb and why it could pop at pretty much any time, on Media Madness.

Blog Media Madness Politics Take Downs

NinaIllingworth May 9, 2019April 13, 2025 2020 Democratic Party Nomination Contest, Bernie Sanders, blog, bribery, CA4, carbon, CC3, climate catastrophe, Climate Crisis, coal, democratic socialism, Fantastic Lies, fossil fuels, Harvard, Harvard Law, informal writing, Larry Tribe is on the take, Larry Tribe should shut up, Laurence Tribe, liberal establishment, liberals, lobbying is legalized bribery, lobbyist, Media, Media Madness, money in politics, MP6, neoliberalism, New Green Deal, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, oligarchy, Peabody, Peabody Energy Corp, phony, Politics, Propaganda, propaganda campaigns, smearing Bernie, smears, social media, Socialism, Take Downs, Twitter, US politics, What's Really Troubling Larry Tribe, who is the phony now Larry

“What’s Really Troubling Larry Tribe?” on Media Madness

A short blog post on Media Madness about why Larry Tribe should keep Bernie Sanders’ name out of his coal-encrusted pie hole.