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

NinaIllingworth June 5, 2025June 5, 2025 Aaron Krolik, AI, Amerikan Musik, analysis, CA4, capitalism, Civil Rights, class war, DHS, dissent, Donald Trump, FA1, fascism, free speech, ICE, JA5, mass deportations, mass surveillance, MP6, Nina Illingworth, NYTimes, oligarchy, Palantir, panopticon, Peter Thiel, Police, police state, Politics, privacy rights, Project Esther, Sheera Frenkel, Snowden Leaks, terrorism

One Eye To See Them All

As every move Trump makes builds towards a war against the broader left news leaks that Thiel-backed firm Palantir is supercharging the Pork Reich’s panopticon.

Blog News Police State Politics

NinaIllingworth May 31, 2025May 31, 2025 anti-trans pogrom, austerity, blog, border wall, Brandon Johnson, budget, CA4, capitalism, CC3, Chicago, Civil Rights, class war, Climate Crisis, CRA, DHS, Donald Trump, FA1, fascism, Gaza, genocide, Gestapo, GOP, ICE, immigration, Israel, JA5, Justice, Justice Department, Marco Rubio, migrants, Mike Johnson, MP6, News, Nina Illingworth, oligarchy, police state, Politics, Racism, reconciliation bill, The Skinny, trans rights, US Senate, US State Department, WD7, white nationalism

The Skinny: Banality of Evil in Trump’s America

In this week’s Skinny we track the casual erosion of civil rights and egalitarian society as Trump’s fascist regime marches towards a dictatorship of fools.

Blog Capitalism Fascism Politics

NinaIllingworth May 22, 2025May 23, 2025 austerity, authoritarianism, Big Beautiful Bill, blog, budget, CA4, capitalism, Christian nationalism, class war, courts, dictatorship, Donald Trump, El Salvador, FA1, fascism, GOP, Justice, labor class, law, Mike Johnson, MP6, Nina Illingworth, Nina-Bytes, oligarchy, Politics, reconciliation bill, Republican Party, Robert Reich, SCOTUS, US Congress, US Constitution

Nina-Bytes: Reconciliation and a US Enabling Act

Under the cover of darkness House Republicans slipped a provision into their budget bill that would, at least temporarily, allow Donald Trump to be a dictator.

Austerity Blog Capitalism Politics

NinaIllingworth May 13, 2025May 20, 2025 austerity, Big Beautiful Bill, budget, CA4, capitalism, CBO, class war, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, GOP, healthcare, labor class, looting, means testing, Medicaid, Mike Johnson, MP6, murder, Nina Illingworth, Nina-Bytes, oligarchy, Politics, poverty, reconciliation bill, Republican Party, SNAP, social programs, theft, US Congress, US Senate, work requirements

Nina-Bytes: Theft, Murder, and the GOP Reconciliation Budget

The GOP is giving rich people hundreds of billions of dollars in tax breaks and they want to pay for it by slashing healthcare and starving poor people.

Capitalism Climate Crisis Fascism Police State

NinaIllingworth May 12, 2025 blog, CA4, capitalism, CC3, CFR, Civil Rights, class war, Climate Crisis, climate nihilism, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, End Times Fascism, extractivism, FA1, fascism, fossil fuels, genocide, global warming, immigration, Imperialism, Kate Aronoff, MP6, Naomi Klein, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, Nina-Bytes, oligarchy, Police, police state, Politics, The New Republic

Nina-Bytes: Fascism and Climate Imperialism

As the Trump regime’s climate nihilism takes hold, the rest of the ruling establishment is admitting the future they see is climate imperialism and genocide.

Analysis Blog Capitalism Fascism

NinaIllingworth April 8, 2025May 4, 2025 Adam Harris, Amerikan Musik, Big Law, Big Tech, blog, CA4, capitalism, Christian nationalism, class war, collaborators, corporations, Covid, DEI, Diversity, Donald Trump, FA1, fascism, George Floyd Protests, labor, Nina Illingworth, Nina-Bytes, oligarchy, pandemic, Paramount, Racism, The Guardian, University of Michigan, Victoria's Secret, Walmart, white nationalism

Nina-Bytes: Corporate USA Collaborates for Cash

In an environment of collaboration, cowardice, and greed, we must never forget that corporate America surrendered to Trump’s fascism willingly.

Capitalism Fascism Police State Theory

NinaIllingworth March 13, 2025April 27, 2025 Amerikan Musik, billionaires, blog, capitalism, Christian nationalism, Civil Rights, class war, Climate Crisis, collaborators, Democratic Party, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, extractivism, FA1, fascism, GOP, JA5, liberalism, Mini Theory Blog, MP6, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, oligarchy, police state, Politics, SCOTUS, Socialism, ST2, Theory, white supremacy

Theory Blog: There’s No Going Back to “Normal”

There is no way to defeat fascism that doesn’t involve repudiating the free market fundamentalist order that built the police state he’s using against us now.

Capitalism Fascism Police State Theory

NinaIllingworth March 12, 2025April 27, 2025 abolition, Amerikan Musik, Big Tech, billionaires, CA4, capitalism, Christian nationalism, Curtis Yarvin, Donald Trump, donor class, Elon Musk, FA1, fascism, genocide, Gestapo, GOP, ICE, JA5, longtermism, Marc Andreessen, Mini Theory Blog, Network States, Nina Illingworth, oligarchy, Peter Thiel, police state, private prisons, Republican Party, ST2, Theory

Theory Blog: Fascism For Profit

Discussing the material and ideological reasons why rich people and much of the American establishment are willing to collaborate with the fascist Trump regime.

Blog Climate Crisis Fascism Social Media

NinaIllingworth August 11, 2024August 11, 2024 America PAC, Amerikan Musik, anti-regulation, BBC, blog, CA4, CC3, class war, Climate Crisis, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, FA1, fascism, fascist billionaires, GOP, longtermism, Media, Mini Theory Blog, MP6, neonazi, News, Nina Illingworth, oligarchy, plutocrats, Propaganda, social media, TESCREAL, trans rights, Twitter, UK Politics, UK riots, US politics, X

Matchstick Man in a World on Fire

A recent BBC article asked “what’s Elon Musk’s game?” Unfortunately, the piece didn’t bother answering the question, so Nina is here to do it for them.

Blog Capitalism Climate Crisis media

NinaIllingworth August 3, 2024 Anti-Capitalism, Billionaire Tax, blog, Brazil, CA4, capitalism, CC3, class war, Climate Crisis, extractivism, fossil fuels, George Monbiot, mass extinction, Media, News, Nina Illingworth, Nina-Bytes, oligarchy, revolution, The Guardian, wealth tax

Nina-Bytes: No Half Measures

Once again George Monbiot is making the argument against oligarchy and climate crisis; it’s just a shame he won’t be honest about the solution to these problems

Picture of a wealthy capitalist it top hat and tails, dancing romantically with a skeletal soldier holding a reaper's scythe.

Books Capitalism Quotes Theory

NinaIllingworth August 29, 2023 2008 Financial Crisis, antifascism, Book Blog, Books, CA4, capitalism, Climate Crisis, David Graeber, Debt, FA1, fascism, genocide, geohell, History, mutual aid, neoliberalism, oligarchy, Propaganda, Quickshot Quotations, Quotes, revolution, Socialism, solidarity, ST2, The War on Sharing, Theory

Quickshot Quotation: Debt and Rebirth

Building off a Graeber quote from Debt, Nina briefly touches on the war on sharing, the idea killing machine, and why we discuss alternatives to capitalism.

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