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Essays Fascism media Politics Theory

NinaIllingworth December 18, 2020November 5, 2022 21st century fascism, Aimee Terese, Amerikan Musik, Angela Nagle, anticommunism, Caitlin Johnstone, contrarian left, crypto fascism, distortions, Donald Trump, Downmarket Mussolini, Essays, FA1, fake populism, Fantastic Lies, fascism, gaslighting, Glenn Greenwald, GOP, GOP is fascist, Hitler, independent media, Jason Stanley, Jim Crow fascism, Joe Biden, Josh Hawley, Lee Fang, left right alliance, left wing theory, liberalism empowers fascism, lie, Marxism, Marxist analysis, Masha Gessen, Matt Stoller, Matt Taibbi, Media, Mike Tracey, MP6, Mussolini, neoliberalism, Noam Chomsky, Op-Ed, Palmer Raids, Palooka Joe, Politics, reactionary thought, Red Scare podcast, Republican Party, right wing populism, Ron Paul libertarians, skeptics, social media, ST2, Stupidpol, the Red Scare, Theory, Timothy Snyder, Trump Coup, Trump is a fascist, Trump isn't Hitler but so what?, Trumpism is fascism, woke neoliberalism, Zaid Jilani

‘The Devil You Know? A Response to Recent Revisionist History From the Contrarian “Left”

An op-ed aggressively refuting the contrarian faux-left position that calling Trump a fascist is some sort of liberal psyop designed to distract the left.

Essays media Patreon socialism Theory

NinaIllingworth December 15, 2020April 17, 2025 $15 minimum wage, 2024 US Election, Adolph Reed Jr, Alex Jones, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, anti war, anti-establishment right, anti-globalization, antifa, AOC, Bernie Sanders, Bidenism, Black Lives Matter, CA4, class reductionism, class theory, class warfare, climate catastrophe, Covid 19, Covid eugenics, Democratic Party, Essays, informal writing, intersectionality, Jimmy Dore, Joe Biden, labor class, left wing organizing, left wing theory, leftism, Mea Culpas, Media, Medicare for all, neoliberalism, Occupy Wall Street, Offsite Writing, online drama, online left, Opinion, Patreon, Patreon Blog, pig empire, police violence, Politics, populism, progressive caucus, social media, Socialism, the Sanders left, Theory, Tulsi Gabbard, Twitter, universal healthcare, Wall Street corruption, Youtube

Essay: On Mea Culpas, the Populist Alliance & the Young American Left (Link)

A link to a (free to read) Patreon Blog essay that looks at online Twitter drama, declaring war on Bidenist neoliberalism and why anti-identity politics populism is cancer for the left.

Essays Fascism Rants Rec Reads

NinaIllingworth December 14, 2020November 17, 2022 a fascism primer, a Marxist analysis of fascism, Alt Right, anticommunism, Benito Mussolini, Blackshirts and Reds, Bolsonaro, Books, class, class war, colonialism, contrarian left, David Olusoga, definition of fascism, Donald Trump, Essays, Eternal Fascism, FA1, fascism, fascist politics, Frantz Fanon, Glenn Greenwald has no idea what fascism is, Glenn Greenwald is a not left wing, How Fascism Works, JA5, Jason Stanley, Jim Crow, keyboard warrior, left wing theory, Leon Trotsky, Marxism, Masha Gessen, Media, Michael Parenti, Modi, mythic past, nativism, News, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, online right, Politics, Racism, Rants, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Robert Paxton, Social Darwinism, ST2, The Anatomy of Fascism, Theory, Timothy Snyder, trolls, Trumpism is fascism, Umberto Eco, Ur Fascism, volk, What is Fascism, white nationalism

How to (Make a Troll) Disappear Completely: A Primer on Americanized Fascism

“Well how do *you* define fascism then?” Put your mouth guard in princess because I’m done playing around…

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.

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.

Essays Fascism media Politics Theory

NinaIllingworth September 28, 2020November 5, 2022 2008 Financial Crisis, 2016 US Election, Alt Right, Amerikan Musik, conspiracy theory, David Renton, Deep Dives, Essays, FA1, Fantastic Lies, fascism, for profit medial propaganda model, Fox News, Fox News Fear Factory, Hannah Arendt, Harvey Weinstein, How Fascism Works, Hugo Weaving, Inventing Reality, Iraq War, James Clapper, Jason Stanley, Jeff Epstein, Joy Reid, Julius Evola, left wing theory, lie, Lügenpresse, mainstreaming white supremacy, manufacturing consent, Matt Taibbi, Media, Michael Lynch, MP6, MSNBC, neoliberalism, New York Times, News Corp, Noam Chomsky, Owen Jones, pig empire, Political Mind Games, Politics, Poor Democracy, Pork Reich, Rich Media, Robert Paxton, Roy Eidelson, Rupert Murdoch, Russiagate, ST2, The Daily Beast, The Establishment, the New Authoritarians, Theory, Washington Post, white genocide is a nazi conspiracy theory, white nationalism

Theory Discussion: On Media, White Nationalism & Hugo Weaving

An lengthy discussion about why propping up corporate “liberal” media is no antidote to the rise of white nationalism; triggered by reading an interview with Hugo Weaving.

Essays Fascism Journals Politics

NinaIllingworth August 19, 2020November 5, 2022 Adolf Hitler, Amerikan Musik, antifascism, Benito Mussolini, But He's Not Hitler, cold war, Donald Trump, Essays, Eternal Fascism, FA1, Facebook, Facebook Journals, fascism, Fascist Italy, genocide, Hannah Arendt, Homework, informal writing, Jim Crow, Journals, left wing theory, manifest destiny, Monroe Doctrine, MP6, Nazi Germany, Nazi State, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, On the Origins of Totalitarianism, scholars who study fascism, slavery, Syngman Rhee, Theory, Trump is a fascist, Umberto Eco, Ur Fascism, War on Terror, World War II

Link: “But He’s Not Hitler” Facebook Journal

A link to an essay length journal about why Americans don’t recognize fascism and offering up an essay but Umberto Eco to help them do so more effectively.

Books Can't You Read Politics socialism

NinaIllingworth April 7, 2020April 16, 2025 Amber Frost, anarchism, book review, Books, books about leftist stuff, Brendan James, Can't You Read, Chapo Trap House, Chomsky, comedy, Felix Biederman, Funny, introduction to leftism, labor theory, Left Wing Books, left wing theory, Marx, Marxism, Matt Christman, millennial issues, MP6, Naomi Klein, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, Politics, Reviews, socialism for slackers, ST2, the Chapo Guide to Revolution, The Library, US foreign policy as a start up, Virgil Texas, Will Menaker, Zinn

Link: Baby Steps up the Ramparts (The Chapo Guide to Revolution Review)

A link to my latest book review where we’re taking a look at the surprisingly rewarding book from celebrity podcasters Chapo Trap House, the Chapo Guide to Revolution.

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 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.