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

A modern picture of a man in a business suit, walking past a flattering stone mural of Mussolini and the fascist Italian army, during World War II.

Capitalism Fascism News Rec Reads

NinaIllingworth August 26, 2023 AIM, Amazon, American Identity Movement, Bailey Ross, Boogaloo movement, CA4, capitalism, corporate power, DeVos Family, FA1, Facebook, fascism, fascist militias, Jason Wilson, Judd Legum, Mark Zuckerberg, MP6, News, Orlando Magic, Popular Information, Rebecca Crosby, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Shopify, SuperPAC, Tesnim Zekeria, Tess Owen, The Guardian, Vice News

Recommended Reading: Corporations, Fascism, and Profit

Examining three mundane stories in our media, Nina talks about why, contrary to public rhetoric, corporate power is happy to help fascists for money.

Essays Fascism Politics Rec Reads

NinaIllingworth December 8, 2022December 8, 2022 1964 Civil Rights Act, 303 Creative LLC v Elenis, abolish SCOTUS, American theocracy, Amerikan Musik, Amy Coney Barrett, Andrew Jackson, anti-trans pogrom, Brett Kavanaugh, christian fundamentalism, Christian nationalism, Civil Rights, Clarence Thomas, colonialism, Common Dreams, Counterpunch, cultural genocide, decolonization, Democrats, Essays, expand SCOTUS, FA1, fascism, GOP, GOP is a fascist party, Haaland v Brackeen, independent state legislature doctrine, Indigenous Rights, Indigenous Sovereignty, JA5, Joe Manchin, John Roberts, judicial fascism, Justice, Kyrsten Sinema, law, Moore v Harper, MP6, Neil Gorsuch, Nina Illingworth, Paul Starr, Politics, Pork Reich, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, religious Right, Republican Party, Samuel Alito, SCOTUS, Stanley Cohen, Supreme Court, The American Prospect, Thom Hartmann, US Congress, US Judiciary branch, US politics, voting rights, Weimar America, white nationalism, white supremacy

Recommended Reading: Bench Warfare

As a fascist SCOTUS hears cases that will destroy US democratic life Nina lays bare the cynical inversion of principles that are leading us into the Pork Reich.

Essays Fascism Rec Reads Social Justice

NinaIllingworth December 5, 2022December 5, 2022 American fascism, Amerikan Musik, analysis, Andrew Anglin, Andy Ngo, anti-LGBTQ violence, anti-trans pogrom, anti-trans propaganda, antifascism, antisemitism, Chad Loder, Crimethinc, Daily Stormer, eliminationism, Elon Musk, Essays, FA1, far right, far right online extremism, fascism, hate speech, James Lindsay, Jordan Peterson, Kanye West, Media, Micah Lee, MP6, neonazi, Nikki McCann Ramirez, Nina Illingworth, online fascism, Pork Reich, Propaganda, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Robert Mackey, Roger Stone, Rolling Stone, Ron DeSantis, Social Justice, social media, The Intercept, Twitter, Weimar America, white supremacy, Ye

Recommended Reading: Trip Line

In today’s Recommended Reading, Nina circles back to talk about why pretending Musk isn’t turning Twitter into a fascist paradise is a form of collaboration.

Analysis Capitalism Pandemic Rec Reads

NinaIllingworth November 23, 2022 analysis, anticapitalism, capitalism, Capitalist Propaganda, Captain Trips, class war, conspiracy theories, coronavirus, Covid 19, Covid 19 primer, Covid and capitalism, COVID disinformation, Covid eugenics, Covid is not over, culture war, doctors, epidemiology, genocide, Global Pandemic, homicidal capitalism, Jessica Wildfire, killing people for profit, labor rights, Media, medical science, neofeudalism, Nina Illingworth, OK Doomer, pandemic, Politics, QAnon, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, US politics, virus denial as politics

Recommended Reading: Graveside Gaslighting

In today’s Recommended Reading, Nina catches up with the coronavirus by sharing an ominous and informative article from OK Doomer’s Jessica Wildfire.

Analysis Climate Crisis media Rec Reads

NinaIllingworth November 17, 2022November 18, 2022 activism, analysis, anticapitalism, Big Oil, blog, Brett Wilkins, CA4, capitalism, Capitalist Propaganda, CC3, Climate Action Network, climate catastrophe, Climate Crisis, climate genocide, climate racism, climate theatre, Common Dreams, COP27, Daniel Rodriguez, developing world, fighting climate change, fossil fuels, Fridays for Future, genocide, George Monbiot, Greta Thunberg, Harjeet Singh, Ian Brown, John Vidal, Keep It In the Ground, Letters to the Editor, lobbyist, Luisa Nebauer, Malthusianism, Media, MP6, Nina Illingworth, overpopulation, Politics, Propaganda, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Socialism, The Guardian, Theory, United Nations Climate Change Conference

Recommended Reading: Mass Response

Using two recent media examples, lets talk about hope and the growing body of evidence that everyday people know capitalism is the driver of climate crisis.

Blog Fascism Politics Rec Reads

NinaIllingworth November 15, 2022November 17, 2022 anti-trans legislation, anti-trans pogrom, antifascism, antifascist united front, blog, Chase Strangio, Chris Rufo, Donald Trump, eliminationism, FA1, fascism, fascist propaganda, GOP, Greg Abbot, LGBTQ rights, liberal transphobia, Matt Walsh, MP6, Nina Illingworth, Politics, protect trans kids, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Republican Party, Ron DeSantis, Social Justice, solidarity, ST2, trans rights, transphobia, transphobia in media, Truthout, US midterms, US politics

Recommended Reading: Claxon Call

While a liberal establishment that feels comfortable policing trans bodies exhales, fascists that did get reelected are pushing ahead with an anti-trans pogrom.

Blog Capitalism Labor Rec Reads

NinaIllingworth November 14, 2022November 17, 2022 anticapitalism, blog, CA4, capitalism, capitalism will kill us all, capitalist realism, child labor, class war, defensive democracy, defensive voting, Deregulation, exploitation, free market fundamentalism, Great Depression, Josh Fiallo, labor, labor rights, labor theory, late capitalism, neofeudalism, neoliberalism, new Gilded Age, Nina Illingworth, organized labor, Packers Sanitation Services, pig empire, PSSI, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, revolutionary theory, Robber Barons, Second Gilded Age, Socialism, ST2, sweatshops, The Daily Beast, Theory

Recommended Reading: The Good Old Days

In today’s Recommended Reading we’re talking about a horrifying modern child labor case, and what it can tell us about politics in the capitalist Pig Empire.

Blog Fascism Politics Rec Reads

NinaIllingworth November 10, 2022November 17, 2022 antifascism, blog, Civil Rights, Democracy, Democratic Party, democratic rights, FA1, fascism, gerrymandering, GOP, House of Representatives, Mark Stern, Media, MP6, Nina Illingworth, Politics, protect voting rights, racialized voter suppression, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Republican Party, rigged election, SCOTUS, SCOTUS coup, Slate, US Midterm Elections, voting rights, Voting Rights Act, VRA

Recommended Reading: Spoils of Culture War

Nina shares and analyzes one of the few insightful post-midterm election articles in mainstream media to ask, “wait why did the GOP take the House exactly?”

Blog Fascism Politics Rec Reads

NinaIllingworth November 7, 2022November 17, 2022 Amerikan Musik, anti-trans pogrom, antifascism, antisemitism, blog, Chuck Idelson, Civil Rights, conspiracy theories, Crime, Democratic Party, democratic rights, Donald Trump, FA1, fascism, GOP, Great Replacement Theory, homophobia, Jim Crow fascism, Justice, Media, MP6, National Nurses United, Nina Illingworth, NNU, police state, political violence, Politics, Pork Reich, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Republicans, SCOTUS, Social Justice, stochastic terrorism, The Big Lie, trans rights, Trumpism, US midterms, voter intimidation, voter suppression, Voting, warning, Weimar America, white nationalist

Recommended Reading: Stakes on the Ground

In today’s Recommended Reading we debunk GOP-friendly political gaslighting about American fascism; the threat is real and everybody knows it.

Neoliberalism News Police State Social Media

NinaIllingworth October 13, 2021November 17, 2022 ACAB, Amerikan Musik, anarcho capitalism is fascism, AnarchoNinaWrites, anti protest laws, antifascism, billionaire, black bloc, blog, CA4, capitalism is killing us, CC3, Cerise Castle, Chris Hedges, class war, climate catastrophe, Climate Crisis, cops aren't workers, corruption, David Graeber, David Shor, Defund the Police, Democratic Party, Donald Trump, Eve Ewing, FA1, Facebook, Fantastic Lies, fascism, fascist conspiracy cult, George Floyd, George Floyd Protests, GOP, Greta Thunberg, ICIJ, In the Aggregate, inequity, Jeremy Schwartz, LASD Gangs, leaks, left wing theory, Leon Trotsky, liberal media, Mastodon, Matthew Yglesias, Media, Media Madness, MP6, neofeudalism, neoliberalism, new Gilded Age, News, NIDC, Nina Illingworth, Occupy Wall Street, offshore tax havens, Pandora Papers, Police, police state, police unions, Politics, pundits, QAnon, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, SheReadsNews, social media, ST2, Stop the Steal, the 1%, the class war never ended, The Gravel Institute, Theory, Trumpism, Twitter, Vanessa Nakate, Ward Churchill, wealth gap, white supremacy

In the Aggregate: A Neofeudalist Dystopia

In the Aggregate is back, and we’re on a mad dash through the palaces of reaction, violence and wealth; recapping Nina’s social media analysis in October.

Fascism Media Madness News Police State

NinaIllingworth September 30, 2021November 17, 2022 Adam Johnson, Adolph Reed, Aja Romano, Amanda Gailey, American fascism, Amerikan Musik, analysis, Andrew Ross, Christina Cauterucci, Copaganda, Daily Dot, David Graeber, FA1, Fantastic Lies, far right, fascism, George Monbiot, In the Aggregate, Jacobin, Jason Stanley, John Knefel, Lauren Gill, leftism, long covid, Luke Savage, Marin Scarlett, Matt Cohen, Media, Media Madness, Mikael Thalen, Mother Jones, MP6, new writing, News, Nina Illingworth, nonsite, Novara Media, Offsite Writing, Police, police state, Politics, Propaganda, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Scott Hechinger, Seeing Red, Shane Little, Slate, The American Prospect, The Column, The Guardian, The Intercept, Theory, Twitter, Vox, Woke, Youtube

In The Aggregate: Reactions on Media Madness

I’m taking a snapshot of Pig Empire reaction by examining some essays and articles from around the left(ish) wing internet; on Media Madness.

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