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

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.

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.

Essays Fascism Justice Politics

NinaIllingworth October 18, 2019November 5, 2022 Amerikan Musik, Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton, checks and balances, constitutional law, Constitutional originalism, Deep Dives, despotism, dictatorship, Donald Trump, Essays, FA1, fascism, Federalist Society, Fox News, GOP, James Madison, John Yoo, Justice, law, lawless state, Mitch McConnell, MP6, Nancy Pelosi, obstruction, Op-Ed, Opinion, Politics, Republican, Richard Nixon, Senate, the GOP is obstructionist, Torture Memos, Trump impeachment, turtle boy, war criminal, WD7

Screw Yoo: the Turtle, the War Criminal and the Mutant who would be King

Nina takes a look at the terrifying logic behind the new-old strain of Republican excuses for a lawless president in “Screw Yoo: the Turtle, the War Criminal and the Mutant who would be King.”

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.

Blog Fascism media Patreon War

NinaIllingworth October 8, 2019April 14, 2025 Al-Qaeda, America does not care about human rights, Amerikan Musik, Assad, blog, CIA, CIA promises, DNA, end the forever wars, Erdogan, false balance, false equivalence, Fantastic Lies, fascism, fascist Gargamel, forever war, GOP, GOP is a fascist party, immigration, Imperialism, informal writing, Iraq, ISIS, James Clapper, Kurdistan, Kurds, liberalism enables fascism, Libya, manufacturing consent, Media, MENA, Middle East, military planning, military propaganda, Moderate Syrian Rebels, nativism, NATO, New Forever War, Nina Illingworth, no war in Syria, Offsite Writing, Patreon, Pentagon, pig empire, Propaganda, Racism, regime change, Republican, Sand Vietnam, SDF, September 11th, spin, Stephen Miller, Sunni radicals, Syria, Syrian Democratic Forces, terrorism, The Carter Doctrine, The Guardian, the Mujahideen, the Pig Empire funds terrorism, The Skinny, the War on Migrants, Trump, Turkey, US imperialism, US sponsored terrorism, Vietnam War, war, WD7

The Skinny: Spin Doctrine

An October 2019 edition of The Skinny in which Nina discusses how narrative framing twists the issues in the minds of the public in all the wrong directions.

Blog Climate Crisis Patreon Politics War

NinaIllingworth September 27, 2019April 14, 2025 abuse of power, blog, bribery, CC3, climate catastrophe, Climate Crisis, corporate media, dark money, dark money behind climate science denial, Democratic Party, far right propaganda, fascism, foreign policy, Giant Russia Theory, GOP, Greta Thunberg, informal writing, intimidation, Koch Brothers, Koch network, liberals, MP6, nativism, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, Nixonian, Offsite Writing, Patreon, Patreon Blog, pig empire, Politics, Propaganda, Republican Party, Russiagate, The Skinny, Ukraine, Wall Street, war

The Skinny: Impeachment Politics, Targeting and Anti-Climate Flak

A link to my informal journal writing where we discuss why I’m not Josh Marshall, why Democrat’s will blow impeachment, and why dark money right wing groups are behind attempts to discredit Greta Thunberg.

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.

Blog Fascism Patreon Police State Politics

NinaIllingworth September 23, 2019April 13, 2025 "both sides" nonsense, 2020 Democratic Party Nomination Contest, activism, Andy Ngo, Andy Ngo provides kill lists for Atomwaffen, antifa, antifascism, antifascist action, Arun Gupta, Bernie Sanders, blog, Chuds, class war, concentration camps, corporate media, Democratic Party, DHS, direct action, DoJ, Donald Trump, FA1, Fantastic Lies, far right violence, fascism, fascism for profit, fascist free speech rallies are not about free speech, fascist street gangs, ICE, Jacobin, Justice, liberal media, manufacturing consent, Media, media narratives, militias, MP6, National Low Income Housing Coalition, New York Times, NIMBYism, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, Patreon, Patreon Blog, Patriot Prayer, Police, police state, Politics, Portland, private prisons, Proud Boys, right wing violence, Stephen Miller, The Skinny, War on California, white nationalism, white nationalist immigration policy

The Skinny: Fascism, Tyranny and the Smear Machine

In this edition of The Skinny on Patreon, we look at why normalizing fascism and othering leftism is a recipe for a reactionary nightmare.

Fascism Patreon Police State Politics

NinaIllingworth September 20, 2019April 13, 2025 1994 crime bill, 2020 Democratic Party Nomination Contest, Amerikan Musik, analysis, Bernie Sanders, Biden worked with segregationists, blog, Buzzfeed, careerism, democratic socialism, Der Stürmer, FA1, Fantastic Lies, fascism, ICE, informal writing, Iraq War, JA5, Joe Biden, Joe Biden is a cracker, Joe Biden voted for the Iraq War, Joe Biden wrote the crime bill, Joe Biden's racist gaffes, Journals, Ken Cuccinelli, Liz Warren, Maurice Mitchell, Media, media normalizes fascism, media protects Biden, MP6, muppet, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, Our Revolution, Patreon, Patreon Blog, PMC, police state, Politics, Professional Class, Racism, Socialism, ST2, The Skinny, WD7, WFP, white supremacy, Working Families Party

The Skinny: September Strain on Patreon

Welcome to The Skinny. Today we’ve got ICE fascist propaganda, Biden’s cracker comments, and the WFP smearing Bernie to justify their betrayal.

Blog Fascism Media Madness Police State

NinaIllingworth September 19, 2019April 13, 2025 American Gestapo, Amerikan Musik, analysis, blog, concentration camps, Donald Trump, Essays, FA1, fascism, Gestapo, ICE, Media Madness, Media Madness blog, MP6, News, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, Police, police state, police violence, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Republican, Stephen Miller, Trump Administration, US politics

Link: Screamsheets America Gestapo Edition (Media Madness)

A brief look at how 4 recent articles about ICE connect together and why the media isn’t doing enough to fight the rise of Americanized fascism from Media Madness.

Essays Fascism Police State Politics

NinaIllingworth June 27, 2019November 5, 2022 activism, Adolf Hitler, Alt Right, Amerikan Musik, Andrew Jackson, Armenian Genocide, Border Patrol, concentration camps, Confederate President, Dachau, dehumanization, DHS, Donald Trump, Essays, ethnic cleansing, FA1, Family Raid, fascism, genocidal intent, genocide, GOP, Haaretz, Herero and Nama genocide, ICE, JA5, Kristallnacht house raids, Little Eichmanns, mass deportataions, migrants, Nazi Germany, neonazi, never again, Nina Illingworth, Obama, Police, police state, Politics, Pork Reich, process of genocide, revanchism, Six Things I Think, Social Justice, Stephen Miller, Summer Camp, TADMZ, Tales from the American DMZ, The Holocaust, Trail of Tears, WD7, white nationalism, white supremacy

Summer Camp

Yes, they’re concentration camps – but have you even stopped for a moment to think about what that actually means?