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

Essays Fascism Politics socialism Videos

NinaIllingworth December 1, 2020November 17, 2022 activism, analysis, Ben Shapiro, blog, Briahna Joy Gray, Buckley Jr was a fraud, Cambridge, capitalism, Cody Johnston, Essays, Facebook, fascism, Gravel Institute, James Baldwin, Lambert Strether, Leon Trotsky, link dump, Marxism, Marxist analysis, Michael Parenti, Naked Capitalism, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, Patreon, Politics, posts I hate making, Racism, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Rudolf Rocker, Social Justice, Socialism, Some More News, Thank You note, The Gravel Institute, Video, whiteness, Yves Smith, Zephyr Teachout

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.

Books Can't You Read Fascism socialism

NinaIllingworth November 26, 2020April 17, 2025 American imperialism, anticapitalism, anticommunism, Blackshirts and Reds, blog, Book Blog, Books, capitalism, capitalism breeds fascism, capitalist triumphalism, classic socialist books, communism, FA1, Fall of Communism, fascism, great Marxist thinkers, History, Imperialism, left wing theory, liberal capitalism, liberalism, Marxism, Marxist analysis, Marxist historical analysis, Michael Parenti, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, Parenti over Chomsky, PDF, Pig Empire History, Politics, rational fascism, Reviews, Socialism, socialist history, ST2, Theory, unipolar power, WD7

Book Blog: Blackshirts and Reds by Michael Parenti

A longer Book Blog talking about why you should read Michael Parenti’s Blackshirts and Reds (or really any book he has written) over on Can’t You Read.

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 Media Madness

NinaIllingworth November 20, 2020April 17, 2025 2024 US Election, American fascism, Amerikan Musik, analysis, Bob Mercer, Breitbart News, CA4, capitalism, capitalism is white supremacy, coup, Crenshaw, dark money, Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr, ecofascism, elite capital, Essays, FA1, fascism, fascism will outlive Trump, fascist billionaires, fascist propaganda, fascist succession crisis, Fox News, Gaetz, GOP, Hawley, Josh Hawley, Luke O'Neil, Media, Media Madness, Media Madness blog, MP6, Next Trump, Nina Illingworth, OANN, Offsite Writing, Pork Reich, post election fascism, right wing reactionaries, social media, swine emperor, Tom Cotton, toxic masculinity, Tucker Carlson, US politics, white nationalism, white supremacy

Link: “No Magic Man” on Media Madness

A link to a short essay examining the relationship between masculine authority and fascism, as well as the reasons why the Pork Reich will survive just fine without Trump.

Can't You Read Climate Crisis Essays Fascism

NinaIllingworth October 5, 2020April 13, 2025 Amerikan Musik, anticapitalism, antifascism, CA4, Can't You Read, capitalism, carbon emissions, CC3, class war, class warfare, climate, climate change, climate change is driving fascism, Climate Crisis, climate genocide, climate justice, doomsday bunkers, ecofascism, environment, Essays, Eugenics, extractivism, extractivism will kill us all, fascism, fossil fuel industry, fossil fuels, genocide, hyperlinks, informal writing, Journals, left wing theory, Leftist Theory, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, oil, oligarchy, Politics, Propaganda, rigged oligarchy, salon discussion, social control, ST2, The Pig Empire, The West, Theory

Link: On the Rule of Capital, Climate Crisis & the Rise of Fascism in the Pig Empire

Link to a new salon discussion style essay by Nina Illingworth on the connection between the absolute rule of capital, impending climate catastrophe and the rise of fascism across much of the Pig Empire; presented on her Journal/Image Blog at Can’t You Read.

Can't You Read Fascism Journals Police State

NinaIllingworth September 9, 2020April 16, 2025 Advice, anti left smears, antifa, antifascism, attacks on the left, between a rock and a hard place, Can't You Read, capitalism, class war, Donald Trump, expect rain, FA1, fascism, fascism exists against the left, fascist violence, informal writing, Joe Biden, Journals, liberalism, liberals prefer fascism to sharing, neoliberal authoritarianism, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, Opinion, police state, Pork Reich, resisting immoral authority, Social Justice, ST2, stochastic terrorism, the hammer is coming, the right wants you dead, The War on Sharing, the young left, young leftists

Can’t You Read: Advice to the Young Leftist

A long, very informal journal on Can’t You Read warning young leftists about the war on sharing, and encouraging them to take heart in our darkest hours.

Can't You Read Fascism Journals Social Justice

NinaIllingworth September 3, 2020April 16, 2025 activism, against the left, America is a fascist society, American society, anti fascism at the dinner table, antifa, antifascism, beating social Darwinism, Bircherism, blog, Can't You Read, capitalism, conservative politics, debunking fascists, deplatforming fascists, FA1, fascism, GOP, Hooverism, informal writing, Journals, McCarthyism, neoliberal authoritarianism, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, Opinion, opposing fascism in your every day life, Politics, primed for fascism, pushing back on reactionary thought, reactionary thought, Republican, silence is complicity, Social Darwinism, Social Justice, speaking out, ST2, the American right is fascist

Can’t You Read: The Home Front

A longer Can’t You Read journal that examines the vital importance of fighting the fascist creep on the home front; literally.

Essays Fascism Neoliberalism Patreon

NinaIllingworth March 28, 2020April 15, 2025 America is a business already, American history, American independence, assault on Main Street, austerity, bailout, British Empire, CA4, capitalism, chattel slavery, colonialism, coronavirus, coronavirus relief package, corporate takeover, Corporation America, Essays, exterminating Indigenous people, Facebook, fascism, genocide, Journals, King George, Mastodon, Media, neoliberalism, News, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, Ohio River Valley, Patreon, Patreon Blog, Pork Reich, Propaganda, public trust, slavery, small business, social media, the American Revolution, the death of small business, The Skinny, Trump, Twitter, USA

Link: The Skinny – That Austerity Business, March 2020

The March 28th, 2020 edition of The Skinny; collecting three complete social media essays about capitalism, propaganda, and why American is breeding fascism – written by Nina Illingworth.

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.

Blog Patreon Politics Social Media War

NinaIllingworth October 31, 2019November 17, 2022 American fascism, anti war, Anti-climate conspiracy, Bernie Blackout, Bernie Sanders, blog, capitalism, climate catastrophe, CNN, Democratic Party, Donald Trump, Edward Snowden, Essays, FA1, fascism, faux left, fixed, foreign policy, Gaetz Gang, GOP stunt, Greta Thunberg, Hillary Clinton, Imperialism, Joe Biden, layman history of liberalism, Liz Warren, McCarthyism, media bias against Sanders, MP6, Odds and Ends, Opinion, Patreon, Patreon Blog, Permanent Record, pig empire, Politics, polling, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Republicans are fascist sympathizers, Russiagate, social media, Squad endoresments, swing voters are an excuse, Trump impeachment, Trump is guilty, Tulsi Gabbard, Ukraine Call Scandal, war, war in Syria, Warren native status lie, Warren Technocrat, WD7, western support of terrorism

Odds and Ends: Thick Skinnys and Malcolm on the Margins

A collection of links to all of my recent Skinny social media essays and Can’t You Read blog posts previously unshared on this site.

Blog Climate Crisis media Patreon Politics

NinaIllingworth September 24, 2019April 13, 2025 2020 Democratic Party Nomination Contest, Bernie Sanders, billionaire, blog, capitalism, capitalism will kill us all, capitalist media supports capitalist tyranny, CC3, class war, Climate Crisis, corporate media, Democratic Party, democratic socialism, Elizabeth Warren, Fantastic Lies, fossil fuels, informal writing, Joe Biden, Journals, left wing politics, liberalism, manufacturing consent, Media, MP6, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, Patreon, Patreon Blog, petite bourgeoisie, PMC, Politics, polls, public perception, ruling classes, Socialism, the media lies, The Skinny

The Skinny: Vote Pledging, Untrustworthy Media, and the Urgency of Climate Catastrophe

A collection of my informal writing from late September 2019, including vote pledges, declining trust in media, and why the capitalist solution to climate catastrophe is to kill us all.