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

Blog Capitalism Fascism media

NinaIllingworth May 24, 2025May 24, 2025 Alina Habba, blog, Bruce Springsteen, budget, CC3, class war, Climate Crisis, corruption, Delaney Hall, Democratic Party, DHS, Donald Trump, FA1, fascism, Golden Dome, GOP, hasbara, ICE, immigration, Inflation Reduction Act, insider trading, LaMonica McIver, Media, Mike Johnson, MP6, Ms. Rachel, Natasha Leonard, New Jersey, NYTimes, Pam Bondi, Politics, Ras Baraka, reconciliation bill, Republican Party, Ronald Reagan, Star Wars, Tariffs, The Skinny, Trade War, Wall Street

The Skinny: Threats, Fantasies, and Naked Corruption

In a week dominated by class war budget news, an ongoing genocide, and the persecution of Trump’s political opponents, the Skinny had a finger on the pulse.

Blog Climate Crisis Fascism Politics

NinaIllingworth April 23, 2025April 23, 2025 Anti-vax, Apple, Autism, blog, Canada, capitalism, CC3, China, Christian nationalism, Civil Rights, class war, Climate Crisis, conspiracy, corruption, Covid, DOGE, DoJ, Donald Trump, Dr Fauci, Elon Musk, FA1, fascism, Google, healthcare, HHS, ICE, Media, MP6, Nina Illingworth, Pam Bondi, police state, Politics, Purge, RFK Jr, The Skinny, Trade War, trans rights

The Skinny: Stop and Breathe

In this edition of The Skinny we’re talking about climate crisis, Trump’s ideological purges in the Us government, and why RFK Jr is starting to terrify me.

Neoliberalism News Police State Social Media

NinaIllingworth October 13, 2021November 17, 2022 ACAB, Amerikan Musik, anarcho capitalism is fascism, AnarchoNinaWrites, anti protest laws, antifascism, billionaire, black bloc, blog, CA4, capitalism is killing us, CC3, Cerise Castle, Chris Hedges, class war, climate catastrophe, Climate Crisis, cops aren't workers, corruption, David Graeber, David Shor, Defund the Police, Democratic Party, Donald Trump, Eve Ewing, FA1, Facebook, Fantastic Lies, fascism, fascist conspiracy cult, George Floyd, George Floyd Protests, GOP, Greta Thunberg, ICIJ, In the Aggregate, inequity, Jeremy Schwartz, LASD Gangs, leaks, left wing theory, Leon Trotsky, liberal media, Mastodon, Matthew Yglesias, Media, Media Madness, MP6, neofeudalism, neoliberalism, new Gilded Age, News, NIDC, Nina Illingworth, Occupy Wall Street, offshore tax havens, Pandora Papers, Police, police state, police unions, Politics, pundits, QAnon, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, SheReadsNews, social media, ST2, Stop the Steal, the 1%, the class war never ended, The Gravel Institute, Theory, Trumpism, Twitter, Vanessa Nakate, Ward Churchill, wealth gap, white supremacy

In the Aggregate: A Neofeudalist Dystopia

In the Aggregate is back, and we’re on a mad dash through the palaces of reaction, violence and wealth; recapping Nina’s social media analysis in October.

Climate Crisis media Neoliberalism Politics

NinaIllingworth October 8, 2021November 5, 2022 Andy Kroll, API, Ari Berman, Arizona, Biden Agenda, Brett Wilkins, Build Back Better Act, CA4, CC3, CEPP, Charles Koch, Clean Electricity Performance Program, climate catastrophe, Climate Crisis, coal, Common Dreams, corporate donors, corruption, Daniel Boguslaw, Daniel Strauss, dark money, David Sirota, Democratic Party, FA1, Fantastic Lies, filibuster, fossil fuels, Geoff Dembicki, Gizmodo, immigration reform, infrastructure bill, infrastructure spending, Joe Biden, Joe Manchin, Kate Aronoff, Kochtopus, Kyrsten Sinema, legalized bribery, liberal politics, lobby groups, lobbying, lobbyist, Mark Gruenberg, Media, migrants, Molly Taft, money in politics, Mother Jones, MP6, natural gas, neofeudalism, neoliberalism, oligarchy, People's World, plutocracy, Politics, progressive politics, Propaganda, reconciliation bill, Rolling Stone, Ryan Grim, Sara Sirota, Sharon Zhang, Six Things I Think, Super PACS, the Daily Poster, The Intercept, The New Republic, Truthout, US Senate, West Virginia

Six Things I Think: Reconciliation and the Dirty Pair

Nina’s back with an in-depth investigation into a riddle no one outside of the Beltway was struggling to solve. Power, politics and payola collide on NIDC.

Essays Neoliberalism Politics socialism

NinaIllingworth March 14, 2021November 5, 2022 $15 minimum wage, Afghanistan War, Andrew Perez, anti war, anti-labor, anti-racism, anti-war protests, anticapitalism, antifascism, Arizona, Arizona Democrats, austerity, Bernie Sanders, Biden White House, Blue Dog Caucus, CA4, CC3, class war, Climate Crisis, coronavirus, coronavirus relief package, corruption, Covid 19, culture war, David Sirota, Democratic Party, democratic socialism, DSA, Economics, electoralism, Essays, Fight for $15, filibuster, forever war, gone Washington, GOP, Green Party, Iraq War, Jacobin, Joe Biden, Joe Manchin, Kyrsten Sinema, left right alliance, left wing theory, let them eat cake, liberalism, Marxism, minimum wage, Mitch McConnell, MP6, neoliberalism, Paula Swearengin, Political Theory, Politics, populism, Progressive, progressive movement, progressive politics, Ralph Nader, reformers, reformism, Republican Party, Senate politics, Socialism, ST2, the Daily Poster, Theory, Thumbs Down, Tucker Carlson, Tulsi Gabbard, US Federal Minimum Wage, US Senate

Fool Me Twice: Kyrsten Sinema and the Poverty of Progressive Politics

A deeply sourced essay about progressive politics, acts of betrayal, and the need for an explicitly anti-capitalist mass movement in the Pig Empire.

Justice media Patreon Social Justice Theory

NinaIllingworth March 27, 2020April 15, 2025 a propaganda system, activism, Cheney, Clapper, corporate media, corruption, Crime, criminality, Donald Trump, Essays, George Bush, Hayden, holding power accountable, impeachment, Imperialism, Joe Biden, Justice, left wing theory, lie, mass murderers, Media, MLK, MP6, Nina Illingworth, Obama, Offsite Writing, Panetta, Patreon, Patreon Blog, pig empire, Propaganda, propaganda of amnesia, rigged oligarchy, SCOTUS, Social Justice, ST2, Supreme Court, the propaganda model, Theory, truth speaking, War Crimes, War on Terror, WD7

Link: Theory Discussion – Advocates for Truth

An essay-length Patreon discussion about the difference between wrong and illegal as it pertains to Pig Empire malfeasance, and a note about why we must become advocates for truth.

Essays Neoliberalism Patreon Politics

NinaIllingworth March 24, 2020April 15, 2025 2020 Democratic Party Nomination Contest, against the left, analysis, Article Links, Bernie Sanders, CAP, censorship, coronavirus, corruption, Covid 19, criminality, Deathmatch Primaries, Donald Trump, Election Fraud, Essays, FA1, Facebook, fascism, GOP, informal writing, insider trading, Joe Biden, Journals, Joy Reid, martial law, Mastodon, MP6, MSNBC, Neera Tanden, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, Patreon, Patreon Blog, police state, political analysis, Politics, Pork Reich, Richard Burr, rigged, rigged primaries, social media, The Skinny, Twitter, William Barr

Link: The Skinny – “My Carona & Other Oddities” March 2020

The Skinny is back and we’re talking about killing the poor for profit; rigged Dem Primaries, debate night fallout and coronavirus criminality on my free to read Patreon blog.

Blog Media Madness Neoliberalism Take Downs

NinaIllingworth November 15, 2019April 15, 2025 bad ideas, Bernie Sanders, blog, Clintonism, conservative cultural views, constitutional crisis, corruption, culture war, economic justice, Essays, excuses to do racism, Fantastic Lies, GOP, how to flip red states, Jeb Lund, Matthew Yglesias, Media, Media Madness, Medicare for all, MP6, Mr Destructo, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, Politics, Propaganda, pundits, Rants, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Republican, rightward drift of the Democratic Party, rule of law, standards and norms, Take Downs, Triangulation, Trump, Trump impeachment, US Constitution, US Senate, Vox, Yiggy

Matthew Yglesias is a Disingenuous Bootlicker on Media Madness

Let’s just stop for a moment and marvel at what a bloodless, mendacious piece of human pig manure Mathew Yglesias is; on Media Madness.

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.

Fascism Patreon Politics Social Justice

NinaIllingworth October 16, 2019April 15, 2025 1994 crime bill, 2020 Democratic Party Nomination Contest, Anita Hill, AOC, Bernie Sanders, Caliburn International Corp, Comprehensive Health Services Inc, concentration camps, corruption, Democratic Party, democratic socialism, DHS, endorsements, FA1, fascism, General Dynamics Information Technology, GOP, GOP is a fascist party, ICE, ICE guards union, Ilhan Omar, immigration, Iraq War, James Mattis, Jeff Sessions, Joe Biden, John Kelly, Justice, kids in cages, left wing insurgency, migrants, MP6, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, no justice, Offsite Writing, Patreon, Politics, Pork Reich, prison industrial complex, private prisons, Rashida Tlaib, Social Justice, Socialism, the Dem Party civil war, The GEO Group, The Skinny, The Squad, war on drugs, warehousing migrants is big business

The Skinny: And Sometimes You Miss

Link to an October 2019th edition of The Skinny in which Nina nails contractors in the migrant prison game and screws up political predictions.

Essays Fascism Neoliberalism Politics

NinaIllingworth September 25, 2019November 5, 2022 Amerikan Musik, corruption, Democratic Party, Democrats, Dick Cheney, Downmarket Mussolini, Essays, FA1, fascism, fascist creep, George W Bush, Giant Russia Theory, hubris, Hunter Biden, impeachment, Joe Biden, liberals, MP6, Nancy Pelosi, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, Nixon, Opinion, Pelosi, Politics, rich liberal, Russiagate, Trump, Ukraine, US Constitution

Opinion: Why I Support Impeachment but Fear Incompetent Democrat Hubris

A brief look at why I support Nancy Pelosi’s decision to open an impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump even if I doubt her ability to actually seal the deal.

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