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

Essays Fascism Police State Politics

NinaIllingworth August 25, 2020November 5, 2022 1994 crime bill, 1st amendment rights, against the left, Amerikan Musik, anarchists, Andrew Jackson, anticommunism, antifa, antifascists, Black Lives Matter, CA4, CC3, Charlie Dent, Cold War Pig Empire fascism, conspiracy theory, cult, DoJ, Donald Trump, Downmarket Mussolini, Essays, FA1, fascism, fascists, First They Came, George Orwell, Homeland Security, informal writing, JA5, Joe Biden, Journals, Kamala Harris, Kamala Harris is a cop, liberals prefer fascism to sharing, Martin Niemöller, Mass incarceration, MP6, murderpigs, neoliberal police state, neoliberalism, neonazi, Never Trump Republicans, Newspeak, Nina Illingworth, Opinion, panopticon, police state, police violence, Politics, QAnon, reactionaries, rigged election, right wing nutjob, Settle for Biden, ST2, the 2020 presidential election is rigged, The Assassination Of Patrice Lumumba, tough on crime, Trump and Nixon Law and Order campaign, Trump is a Nazi, Trump will do a fascist coup, Trumpism is fascism, Vichy Democrats, Weimar Dems, Weimar Republic, white nationalism, white supremacists

Thought-Crimes and Appeasement

A medium length journal on what it means for the elite liberal establishment to turn its back on the left and embrace the Trumpian idea that “antifa” are the problem; spoiler, it sure ain’t good.

Essays Neoliberalism Patreon Politics

NinaIllingworth March 24, 2020April 15, 2025 2020 Democratic Party Nomination Contest, against the left, analysis, Article Links, Bernie Sanders, CAP, censorship, coronavirus, corruption, Covid 19, criminality, Deathmatch Primaries, Donald Trump, Election Fraud, Essays, FA1, Facebook, fascism, GOP, informal writing, insider trading, Joe Biden, Journals, Joy Reid, martial law, Mastodon, MP6, MSNBC, Neera Tanden, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, Patreon, Patreon Blog, police state, political analysis, Politics, Pork Reich, Richard Burr, rigged, rigged primaries, social media, The Skinny, Twitter, William Barr

Link: The Skinny – “My Carona & Other Oddities” March 2020

The Skinny is back and we’re talking about killing the poor for profit; rigged Dem Primaries, debate night fallout and coronavirus criminality on my free to read Patreon blog.

media Media Madness Police Politics

NinaIllingworth November 11, 2019April 20, 2025 abolition, Amerikan Musik, Bill Barr, BLM, blog, Chicago, Donald Trump, FA1, fascism, JA5, Media Madness, militarized police, Nina Illingworth, Police, police state, police violence, Politics, Racism, Truthout, white nationalism

Analysis: Trump’s Ignored Police “Surge” Threat

Are Bill Barr and Donald Trump planning on invading Democrat-voting cities with militarized police in the lead up to the 2020 election?

Books Can't You Read Essays Police State

NinaIllingworth October 1, 2019April 14, 2025 1984, Books, Can't You Read, Chelsea Manning, CIA, corporate media, Edward Snowden, Espionage Act, Essays, George Orwell, Jeff Bezos, Julian Assange, Karl Rove, liberal media, manufacturing consent, Marshall McLuhan, mass surveillance, Media, Michael Parenti, Nina Illingworth, NSA, Offsite Writing, Permanent Record, police state, privacy rights, Propaganda, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Reviews, Russia, spying, The Guardian, the medium is the message, US government spying, war on freedom of the press, War on Whistleblowers, Washington Post, whistleblowers, Wikileaks

Link: The Casualties of Cacophony – New Essay

A look at the disappointing change in mainstream attitudes towards Edward Snowden and other whistleblowers who’ve spoken out against the abuses of American intelligence.

Books Can't You Read media Police State

NinaIllingworth September 30, 2019April 14, 2025 a culture of falsehood, a propaganda system, all news is fake news, blog, Books, Can't You Read, class war, corporate media, corporate propaganda, culture war, deep state, Edward Snowden, FA1, Fake News, Fantastic Lies, for profit media, JA5, leaks, manufacturing consent, Mass Surveillance program, Media, MP6, National Security State, Nina Illingworth, NSA, Offsite Writing, Pentagon, Permanent Record, police state, Propaganda, Snowden Leaks, spying on everyone, the Panopticon, the real deep state, War on Whistleblowers, whistleblowers, why people believe fake news

Blog: the Panopticon, Public Trust, and “Fake News”

A medium length blog post exploring why government lies about mass surveillance have had unintended consequences in the fight against “fake news.”

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?

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.