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Nina Illingworth Dot Com

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

Essays News Patreon Social Media

NinaIllingworth September 26, 2019April 13, 2025 2020 Dem Primary Season, analysis, antifascism, Arun Gupta, Bernie 2020, blog, blogging, Can't You Read, climate catastrophe, Donald Trump, Essays, Facebook, foreign policy, ICE, Jacobin, Joe Biden, labor class, left wing politics, liberals, manufacturing consent, Mastodon, Media, MP6, News, nobody trust the media, Odds and Ends, Offsite Writing, Opinion, Patreon, Patreon Blog, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Six Things I Think, social media, Socialism, The Skinny, Twitter, US politics, voting theory, war on the homeless, Working Families Party

Odds and Ends: A Skinny Week and Malcolm Tucker Goes to War

A link to all my offsite pieces in an extremely busy week of blogging on Patreon and Can’t You Read.

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 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.

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.

media Neoliberalism Patreon Politics War

NinaIllingworth September 21, 2019April 13, 2025 2020 Democratic Party Nomination Contest, 2020 US Election, Ashok Koyi, Bernie Sanders, blog, CA4, centrist, charities, civil service unions, class war, corporate media, Democratic Party, democratic socialism, Donald Trump, Elizabeth Warren, Fantastic Lies, gangsterism, General Motors, Gina Haspel, grassroots organizing, IMF, Imperialism, Iran, Jim Mattis, Joe Biden, labor class, liberalism, M4All, Mad Dog, Media, Medicare for all, Mike Pompeo, MP6, NATO, neoliberalism, NGOs, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, organized labor, Patreon, Patreon Blog, pig empire, PMC, Politics, polling, polls, pollsters, Professional Class, Saudi Arabia, Socialism, The Skinny, Union, universal healthcare, Vox, war, War with Iran, World Bank

The Skinny: Class War & Global Gangsterism on Patreon

The Skinny is back with a look at the ongoing class war, 2020 primary narratives and Trump’s nightmare foreign policy.

Blog Can't You Read Neoliberalism Politics

NinaIllingworth September 21, 2019November 17, 2022 2020 Democratic Party Nomination Contest, 2020 US Election, Andrew Yang, blog, CA4, Can't You Read, Democratic Party, Essays, Facebook, informal writing, MP6, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, Opinion, Politics, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Silicon Valley, Social Justice, UBI, VC Tech Bros

Link: The Trouble With Andy Yang (Facebook)

A short, informal essay about why 2020 Dem Primary candidate Andrew Yang isn’t who he’s pretending to be.

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 23, 2019November 17, 2022 Amerikan Musik, baby cages, baby jails, CBP, concentration camps, deportations, DHS, Donald Trump, Eoin Higgins, Essays, ethnic cleansing, FA1, Family Raid, Fantastic Lies, fascism, Gestapo police, GOP, ICE, ICE Family Op, immigration, JA5, Media, MP6, nazi sympathizers, Nina Illingworth, Parsing the Pork Reich's Family Raid Pause, police state, Politics, reactionary, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Republican, revanchist, road to genocide, Six Things I Think, Stephen Miller, TADMZ, Tales from the American DMZ, the cruelty is the point, undocumented migrants, white nationalism, white supremacy

Parsing the Pork Reich’s Family Raid Pause

A short essay examining a Common Dreams article by Eoin Higgins and the seemingly mystifying Trump ICE “Family Raid” saga.

Media Madness Police State Social Justice Sports

NinaIllingworth June 17, 2019April 13, 2025 2019 NBA Finals, Alameda County, Alameda County Sherriff's Office, Alan Strickland, America is racist, assault, Barack Obama, Black Lives Matter, Deadspin, Deep Dives, Donald Trump, driving while black, Essays, fascism, Ferguson, Gestapo, Golden State Warriors, Greg Wiener, Gregory Ahern, investigation, investigative analysis, JA5, Justice, Kyle Korver, Masai Ujiri, Mass incarceration, Media Madness, Michael McCann, MP6, NBA, Nina Illingworth, no justice, Oakland, Offsite Writing, Olga Rodriguez, Oracle Arena, Patrick Redford, Player's Tribune, Police, police state, police violence, protests, racial politics, racial profiling, racialized police violence, Racism, racist policing, Ray Kelly, Rob Gillies, Sandra Bland, Sheriff Gregory Ahern, Social Justice, Sports, Toronto Raptors, white supremacy

Cracker Barrel of Bullcrap (on Media Madness)

A deep dive investigation into the racist Alameda County Sherriff’s Office and its attempts to charge Masai Ujiri for being racially profiled and assaulted by a Deputy on live TV.

Fascism media Media Madness Politics

NinaIllingworth June 12, 2019April 13, 2025 Alex Shephard, Amerikan Musik, antifascism, Carter Wrenn, census, conspiracy theory, crackers, Crosscheck, Deep Dives, Democracy, Department of Justice, DoJ, Donald Trump, Edward Herman, Election Fraud, Essays, FA1, Fantastic Lies, fascist judges, gerrymandering, GOP, Hofeller leaks, liberalism, manufacturing consent, McCarthyism, Media, Media Madness, MP6, neoliberalism, new Red Scare, Nina Illingworth, Noam Chomsky, Offsite Writing, opposing fascism, Pork Reich, racialized voter suppression, Racism, Republican, Russiagate, Russiagate hysteria, stacking the judiciary, Supreme Court, The New Republic, Thomas Hofeller, voter suppression, voting rights, white supremacy, Wilbur Ross Jr

Active Measures on Media Madness

A longer essay on Media Madness about GOP racialized voter suppression, elite liberal complicity and the need for a united antifascist front on the left.