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

Climate Crisis Neoliberalism Theory War

NinaIllingworth March 8, 2018November 5, 2022 austerity, bribery, bribes, CA4, Chicago School, climate catastrophe, Climate Crisis, Corporatism, elites, endless war, Essays, FA1, globalization, government, horror, Imperialism, informal writing, Journals, machine, Middle East, Milton Friedman, money in politics, neofeudalism, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, Op-Ed, personal, psychological torture, Rants, rich people mean you harm, skeptics, ST2, the Watchmen, Theory, Thompson, update, war, wildlife, writer, writer's block, writing

The Hammering In My Head

A short essay channeling Thompson to talk about why rich people are absolutely trying to kill you for literally pennies on the share.

Blog Essays media Politics Theory

NinaIllingworth February 1, 2018November 5, 2022 American Civil War, blog, civil war, conservative, corporate media, Democrats, Essays, FA1, Facebook, Fantastic Lies, fascism, Fox News, GOP, informal writing, Jonathan Chait, Journals, liberals, Media, MP6, MSNBC, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, Opinion, Politics, Rachel Maddow, Republican, Sean Hannity, ST2, Theory, Tom Friedman, tribalism

Facebook Journal: Two Truths

An informal essay from early 2018 about fascism, neoliberalism, tribalism and media falsehoods.

Essays Fascism Memes News War

NinaIllingworth January 22, 2018November 17, 2022 2016 Turkish attempted coup, Afrin, Andrei Karlov, Ankara, assassination, authoritarianism, Bashar al-Assad, CIA, culture war, dictator, divided Turkey, Donald Trump, Egypt, Erdogan, Essays, European Union, FA1, fascism, Fethulla Gulen, finger tip grip dictatorship, foreign policy, forever war, fundamentalist, gas pipelines, Imperialism, Iran, Iran Qatar gas field, ISIS, Islamic Republic of Iran, Israel, kicked out of NATO, Kurdish militias, Kurdistan Workers party, Kurds, Meme, Middle East, Nasser, NATO, new cold war, New Forever War, News, Nina Illingworth, Observations from Outside the Death Star, OODS, Opinion, pig empire, PKK, playing both sides, political purges, President Erdogan, President Trump, Qatar, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Russia, Russian Turkish relations, Sadat, Saudi Arabia, shifting alliances, Six Things I Think, Syria, Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey, Turkey's war on terror, US client states, US-Turkish relations, USA, USSR, Vladimir Putin, war, War on Terror, WD7, would be dictator, YPG

New Forever War: Turkey, Tayyip & Playing Both Sides Against the Middle

As the New Cold, Old Forever War in the Middle East between the US, Russia and their various client stats inches closer to reality, it’s time to stop and take a look at a longtime NATO power sending off confusing signals to the West; Turkey and its president Recept Tayyip Erdoğan.

Essays media Memes News War

NinaIllingworth January 17, 2018November 5, 2022 Afghanistan War, arms sales, babies in incubators, Bana is propaganda, Barack Obama, Blackwater, bribery, CA4, cable news, Canada, Citizen's United, CNN, Deep Dives, Deregulation, Desert Storm, Dick Cheney, Dwight Eisenhower, Essays, Fantastic Lies, Fear and Droning, foreign policy, forever war, France, genocide, George Bush, Germany, GHW Bush, Giant Russia Theory, Gulf of Tonkin incident, Halliburton, IMF, Imperialism, Invasion of Libya, Iran, Iraq, Iraq War, Israel, jingoism, KSA Iran proxy war, LBJ, Libya, Living Room War, Lyndon Johnson, manufacturing consent, media consolidation, Meme, mercenaries, Military Industrial Complex, MP6, Nancy Pelosi, national security complex, NATO, NATO war with Russia, NBC News, neocolonialism, neoliberal war machine, neoliberalism, News, Nina Illingworth, NSA domestic surveillance, Observations from Outside the Death Star, OODS, Pentagon, perpetual war machine, Persian Gulf War, pig empire, political class, pro-war lobby, Propaganda, proxy war in Yemen, public and private partnerships, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Russia, Russiagate, Saudi Arabia, self censorship, Smedley Butler, ST2, Syria, the endless war show, the New Cold War, the New McCarthyism, the US economy depends on war, the White Helmets are propaganda, UK, US backed Saudi war crimes in Yemen, US corporate media, US military, US Russia Proxy War, USA, Vietnam War, Vladimir Putin, Walter Cronkite, war, War as Entertainment model, war economy, war for profit, war on drugs, War on Terror, war time censorship, WD7, western banks, western imperial powers, White House, worshiping the free market, Yemen

Fear and Droning: Manufacturing Consent for War as a Public-Private Partnership

After finally finishing a protracted move, I’m back with a thorough study of the US perpetual war machine and why the elite class in western democracies are always manufacturing consent for conflict

Essays Politics Russiagate War

NinaIllingworth January 4, 2018November 5, 2022 2009 Green Movement, Afghanistan, ally, America's Forever Wars, anti-war movement, Benjamin Netanyahu, bipartisan support, bombing, Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, client state, cold war, DC political establishment, Democrats, Donald Trump, doves, drone strikes, economic inequity, Empire, Essays, foreign policy, forever war, George W Bush, Giant Russia Theory, give peace a chance, Grand Ayatollah Al Khamenei, Hassan Rouhani, Imperialism, Iran, Iran Protests, Iran Russia alliance, Iranian Protests, Iraq, Islamic Republic, Israel, Ivanka Trump, John Bolton, John McCain, Kim Jong Un, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Lindsey Graham, Mad Dog Mattis, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, manufacturing consent, McCarthyism, Middle East, Mike Flynn, Mike Pence, Mike Pompeo, MSB, Nancy Pelosi, national security doctrine, NATO, neoconservative, neoliberal, new cold war, Nikki Haley, Observations from Outside the Death Star, oil, OODS, Pakistan, peace, Persian Gulf, Politics, President Obama, President Trump, Principlist, Putin, Qassem Soleimani, Quds Force, red-baiting, regime change, Republican, Rex Tillerson, Ronald Reagan, Russia, Russiagate, Russiagate Foreign Policy and the Coming Forever War, Russian allies, sanctions, Sand Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, Soleimani, swine emperor Trump, Taliban, Tehran, terrorism, the New McCarthyism, Trump, Trump Administration, Turkey, UN sanctions, US allies, US client states, US imperialism, US Iran Nuclear deal, US political establishment, US Russian relations, US sanctions, war, war hawks, War on Terror, War with Iran, WD7, western imperialism, working class protest in Iran, World War Three

Bipartisan Support: Russiagate, Foreign Policy & the Coming Forever War – Part Two

As news comes out of Iran faster than I can write about it, we take a look at mounting evidence of a coming storm and proof that regime change in Iran is a bipartisan issue for the bloodthirsty US political establishment

Essays Memes News Russiagate War

NinaIllingworth December 31, 2017November 17, 2022 A Brief Thought, Afghanistan, ally, America's Forever Wars, anti-Muslim bigotry, arms sales, Benjamin Netanyahu, Bigotry, bombing, Canada, China, client state, cold war, crushing dissent, DC political establishment, Democrats, Donald Trump, doves, drone strikes, Empire, Essays, fascism, foreign policy, forever war, genocide, genocide in Yemen, George W Bush, Giant Russia Theory, Hezbollah, Hillary Clinton, Imperialism, Iran, Iraq, Israel, John Kerry, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Libya, Mad Dog Mattis, McCarthyism, Meme, Middle East, Mike Flynn, Mike Pence, Mike Pompeo, MSB, NATO, natural gas, neoconservative, neoliberal, new cold war, News, Nikki Haley, Nina Illingworth, Observations from Outside the Death Star, oil, OODS, Pakistan, Persian Gulf, pig empire, pipeline wars, Politics, President Obama, President Trump, public opinion polls, Putin, Qatar, Racism, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, red-baiting, Republican, Rex Tillerson, Russia, Russiagate, Russiagate Foreign Policy and the Coming Forever War, Russian allies, Saudi Arabia, Six Things I Think, Steve Bannon, swine emperor Trump, Syria, Syrian pipeline, terrorism, the New McCarthyism, Trump, Trump Administration, Turkey, UK, Ukraine, US allies, US backed atrocities in Yemen, US client states, US imperialism, US Military Industrial Compex, US political establishment, US Russian relations, war, war hawks, War on Terror, War with Iran, WD7, Wesley Clark, western imperialism, white nationalism, William Jennings Bryan, World War Three, Yemen

Gimme Shelter: Russiagate, Foreign Policy & the Coming Forever War – Part One

After a holiday break, I’m back with a detailed and heavily-sourced look at what I think is the coming US “forever war” in the Middle East

Essays Politics Social Justice Take Downs

NinaIllingworth December 13, 2017November 17, 2022 2005 Access Hollywood Tape, abusive relationships, activism, Al Franken, Amerikan Musik, assault, beauty pageant accusers, beauty pageants, believe women, Billy Bush, bloviating billionaire, Bridget Sullivan, Cassandra Searles, Cathy Heller, child molester, child rape, child sexual assault, Congressional Investigation, Congressional Sexual Harassment Scandal, Conyers, corrupt elites, creepy, creepy comments towards young girls, Deep Dives, Democratic Party, Donald Trump, Epstein Little Black Book, Essays, FA1, fascism, fondling, forced kissing, grab them by the pussy, groping, harassment, Howard Stern, Howard Stern Show, Ivanka Trump, JA5, Jeffrey Epstein, Jessica Drake, Jessica Kirkland, Jessica Leeds, Jill Harth, Karena Virginia, Kristen Anderson, lawyers, Lisa Boyne, Lolita Express, Mariah Billado, Me Too movement, Melinda McGillivray, Meme, misogyny, MP6, Natasha Stoynoff, News, Nina Illingworth, Ninni Laaksonen, Opinion, Orgy Island, pedophile, Politics, powerful abusers, President of the United States, President Trump, Rachel Crooks, raise them to breathe fire, rape, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Republican Party, Roy Moore, Samantha Holvey, Senate Investigation, Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment, sexual violence, Six Things I Think, Social Justice, special counsel, spokesmen, Summer Zervos, Take Downs, Tasha Dixon, Temple Taggart, The Simple Truth, Trump IS Pizzagate, Trump must resign, White House, women

The Darkness of Donald: Trump is a Sex Abuser

I finally get around to a Deep Dive examination of the history of sexual abuse allegations against Donald Trump; strap in tightly folks, this one gets *extremely* dark & very, very icky.

Essays Fascism News Police State

NinaIllingworth December 7, 2017November 5, 2022 1st amendment rights, activism, American fascism, Amerikan Musik, anarchists, antifa, antifascism, antifascists, Bigotry, black bloc, black bloc tactics, Black Lives Matter, Bryan Adelmeyer, chilling effect, Christopher Wray, Civil Liberties, COINTELPRO, conspiracy, conspiracy theory, conspiracy to riot, corporate media, criminializing protest, Department of Justice, DoJ, Domestic Terrorism, Donald Trump, entrapment, Essays, FA1, Fake News, fascism, FBI, FBI Director Wray, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Ferguson protests, freedom of assembly, government, helping fascists, House Homeland Security Committee, ideology, inauguration protests, independent journalists, J20, J20 protests, JA5, James OKeefe, January 20th Inauguration Day protest, Jeff Sessions, Jennifer Kerkhoff, Jim Crow, journalists, Justice, mainstream media, Media, Meme, Metropolitan DC police, MP6, neonazi, News, Nina Illingworth, nurses, persecuting the left, Police, police state, police violence, President Trump, Project Veritas, Propaganda, Protest, protest fights, Racism, right wing extremist, right wing propagandist, riot, Rizwan Quershi, Robert Mercer, Social Justice, ST2, TADMZ, Tales from the American DMZ, vandalism, War on Terror, white nationalism, white nationalist White House, Wray

TADMZ: Police State of Denial

A look at two clear signs that the US government is aligning itself with right wing reactionaries and against left wing protestors while corporate media shows tepid interest at best.

Essays media Politics Russiagate

NinaIllingworth December 3, 2017November 5, 2022 2016 US Presidential Election, American fascism, Bill Clinton, Black Lives Matter, bribery, Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, CIA, Clinton campaign, collusion, Crowdstrike, Deep Dives, Democrats, DNC, DNI report, Donald Trump, Essays, ethics, Exxon, FA1, Facebook, Fantastic Lies, fascism, FBI, FSB, gaslighting, Giant Russia Theory, GOP, grifter, Hillary Clinton, human rights abuses, influence trading, James Comey, Jeff Sessions, Julian Assange, KGB, Kremlingate, lie, Loretta Lynch, lying to the FBI, Manchurian Candidate, manufacturing consent, McCarthyism, Media, Mike Brown, MP6, neofeudalism, neoliberal, neoliberal fever dream, neoliberal media, new McCarthyism, obstruction of justice, piss tape, Podesta Emails, Pokemon Go, Politics, President Trump, Propaganda, Putin controls Trump theory, quid pro quo, Republican, Robert Mueller, Russia, Russia Hacked the Election theory, Russiagate, Russian Hackers, Russian propaganda, Russian sanction relief, Russian sanctions, Russian trolls, Russophobia, swine emperor Trump, talking head, tampering, The Resistance, treason, Trump Administration, Trump humpers, Trump Russia Scandal, US Intelligence, US propaganda, Vladimir Putin, warmonger, Wikileaks

Russiagate, Swine Emperor Trump And Me

After months of carefully explaining my politics every time I wrote about Russiagate, I finally sat down to explain my position in essay form.

Blog Site Updates War

NinaIllingworth December 1, 2017November 5, 2022 American forever wars, American intervention, blog, Britain, Canada, capitalism and war, China, CIA, colonialism, Essays, Five Eyes, forever war, global conflict, Imperialism, informal writing, introduction to the Forever War, Latin America, Meme, MENA, Middle East, NATO, neocolonialism, new cold war, New Forever War, new page, News, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, Pentagon, pig empire, regime change, Russia, Site Updates, splash page, U.S. Imperialism, United States of America, war, war is a business, WD7, western empire, world wars

Introduction to the New (Old) Forever War

A short blog post about America’s perpetual quest for conflict, that introduces our newly updated Pig Empire imperialism page – The New (Old) Forever War.

Essays Neoliberalism News Theory

NinaIllingworth November 29, 2017November 17, 2022 600M dollar CIA contract, A Brief Thought, abuse, Amazon, Amazon vs the World, anti-labor, anticapitalism, austerity, bidding, Black Friday, bribery, brutal work culture, business, CA4, capitalism, carnivore, Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, class warfare, corporate welfare, could computing, dancing monkeys, death of Democracy, Democracy, Econ, Economics, elites, Essays, exploitation, feudalism, Foxconn, free money, fuck Jeff Bezos, government for elites by elites, graft, Jeff Bezos, Koch Bros, labor, labor law, labor rights, legalized bribery, libertarian, low wages, market share, Meme, money in politics, monopoly, National Razor Now, neofeudalism, neoliberalism, new Gilded Age, News, Nina Illingworth, oligarchy, on the take, online retail, Op-Ed, Politics, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, retail, rich people, right to work, ripping off the tax payer, scam, Six Things I Think, Socialism, special economic zone, ST2, tax credits, tech bro, tech industry, Theory, Washington Post, workers rights

A Brief Thought: An Empire of One

I’m back with a look at the growing power of Amazon founder and Washington Post CEO Jeff Bezos; being the richest man on earth has it’s advantages but is catering to corporate elites killing US Democracy? In a word, yes.