And now for something completely different:

Nick welcomes Trevor Strunk of the incomparable No Cartridge Podcast to come on and discuss a simple question: why are all video games about cops, and why do we love to be virtual cops?

After you listen, catch Trevor's work at https://www.no-cartridge.net/

Twitter: @nocartridge

"Howdy stranger; it sure has been a hot half-minute, hasn't it?

Join me for a thirty-eight minute solo podcast as I discuss where the heck I've been, why I didn't invite Nick to record this episode, and why there is no way in hell's half-acre Joe Biden actually intends to end the War in Afghanistan. We've got propaganda, pro-regime spin, and the first recorded instance of a pinko podcaster logging off; this week on Nina Bloc."

Please note: at some point in the second half of this episode, I said that Joe Biden allowed America to buy weapons from Saudi Arabia again; obviously what I meant is that Biden had allowed the U.S. to sell weapons to Saudi Arabia again. Unfortunately by the time I caught the error, the episode had already been fully compiled.

Fresh off a grueling 24 hour turn around, Nick and Nina are back in the lab to break down the fascist riot in D.C. and the disintegration of Downmarket Mussolini's chicken coup. What happened and who is to blame? Season's (verbal) beatings are on tap for Trump, the chuds, the GOP, the media, Big Tech, the Democratic Party and even the contrarian online "left" as our podcasting duo demonstrate there's always room for I Told You Sos... and Jell-O.

Looking to escape the 24-hour tire fire that is the end of the Trump presidency; our podcasting pontificators take a look at how liberal propagandists and the Clinton Administration approached propaganda to sell their version of the war on terror. Makes a great pair with Season 1 Episode 10: Millions of Lives Are at Stake where we look at neoconservative war on terror propaganda.

*note: we recorded this episode literally on the night of Jan 5th, right before Trump unleashed a fascist riot on capital hill; we went back to the lab for a new episode about that immediately so watch for it by Sunday.

After trawling the depths of Pig Empire history to understand the root causes of fascism in capitalist, western “democratic” societies, our dynamic podcasting duo take a look at the modern era and till the fertile soil of Islamophobia and reactionary American politics to ask a simple but important question – would the American fascism movement we know as Trumpism today, have happened even if Trump had never been born? Spoiler? The answer is "yes.”

Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right by Jane Mayer:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27833494-dark-money

Alt-America: The Rise of the Radical Right in the Age of Trump by David Neiwert:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41099426-alt-america

The New Authoritarians: Convergence on the Right by David Renton:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50806653-the-new-authoritarians

Right Moves: The Conservative Think Tank in American Political Culture Since 1945 by Jason Stahl:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37688636-right-moves

American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War On America by Chris Hedges:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/544310.American_Fascists

Surveillance Valley: The Rise of the Military-Digital Complex by Yasha Levine:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34220713-surveillance-valley

Permanent Record by Edward Snowden:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51801330-permanent-record

Law and (the Fascist) Order:

https://ninaillingworth.blogspot.com/2020/09/article-analysis-law-and-fascist-order.html

Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib by Seymour Hersh:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/78612.Chain_of_Command

The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America by Greg Grandin:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46039512-the-end-of-the-myth

The Culture of Terrorism by Noam Chomsky:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/979381.The_Culture_of_Terrorism

Amerikan Musik: Fascism Ascendant in the USA:

https://www.ninaillingworth.com/amerikan-musik-fascism-ascendant-in-the-usa/

On Media, White Nationalism & Hugo Weaving:

https://www.ninaillingworth.com/2020/09/28/theory-discussion-on-media-white-nationalism-hugo-weaving/

Fascism, White Nationalism and American Values:

https://ninaillingworth.blogspot.com/2020/09/Fascist%20and%20American%20Values.html

We’re back with episode three in our now five part series about fascism, and the No Fugazi crew is finally ready to step into the heart of darkness and unpack the high fascist era in Europe. If there were fascist movements in nearly every Pig Empire country on earth, why did some countries fall to fascism and others didn’t? What’s the difference between Adolf Hitler and Oswald Mosley? Why did right wing democratic leaders keep handing unelected fascists power in Europe? What’s the more relevant factor in the development of European fascism – the treaty of Versailles or their prior embrace of social Darwinism? Can we go one episode without talking about colonialism? Find out on Season Two, Episode Four of the No Fugazi Podcast – Bullets, Bones and Blinders.

Special hat tip to soundcloud user anarcho-bolshevik for sending us this link:

https://leftypedia.org/wiki/Rhetoric:The_Nazis_Were_Leftists

Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism by Michael Parenti:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/404273.Blackshirts_and_Reds

War is a Racket by Smedley Butler:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/198259.War_is_a_Racket

What America Taught the Nazis:

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/11/what-america-taught-the-nazis/540630/

How the Nazis Used Jim Crow Laws as the Model for Their Race Laws:

https://billmoyers.com/story/hitler-america-nazi-race-law/

The Horrifying American Roots of Nazi Eugenics:

https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/1796

IBM and the Holocaust by Edwin Black:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48838.IBM_and_the_Holocaust?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=i4ZH4K0nav&rank=1

Social Darwinism:

https://www.history.com/topics/early-20th-century-us/social-darwinism

Fascism: What It Is and How to Fight It by Leon Trotsky:

www.goodreads.com/book/show/184373.Fascism

The Kaiser's Holocaust: Germany's Forgotten Genocide and the Colonial Roots of Nazism by David Olusoga, Casper W. Erichsen:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8250985-the-kaiser-s-holocaust

The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy by Adam Tooze::

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3079193-the-wages-of-destruction

Ur-Fascism (Eternal Fascism) by Umberto Eco:

www.nybooks.com/articles/1995/06/22/ur-fascism/

Amerikan Musik: Fascism Ascendant in the USA:

https://www.ninaillingworth.com/amerikan-musik-fascism-ascendant-in-the-usa/

Fascism, White Nationalism and American Values:

https://ninaillingworth.blogspot.com/2020/09/Fascist%20and%20American%20Values.html

What to Know About the Origins of Fascism’s Brutal Ideology:

https://time.com/5556242/what-is-fascism/

“The road to fascist Europe takes a slight detour to the colonies in this latest episode of the No Fugazi Podcast, Wicked Brew. In last week’s episode, we talked about what fascism means to the fascist; today our pontificating duo of pinko podcasters are back to talk about what fascism means to the liberal democratic order and its capitalist architects. Is fascism a right wing populist revolution, or is it a capitalist counter-revolution? What can colonialism teach us about fascism, and more importantly what did it teach the reactionary bourgeoisie about human rights, enlightenment values and democratic norms? Find out the answers to these questions by joining Nick and Nina for part two of a four part (and counting) look at the very essence of fascism across time, space and class.”

Interested in supporting No Fugazi financially? Check us out on Patreon:

www.patreon.com/nofugazipodcast

The brutal friendship between colonialism and fascism: some thoughts from Aimé Césaire on systematic racism:

https://medium.com/@malorynye/the-brutal-friendship-between-colonialism-and-fascism-some-thoughts-from-aim%C3%A9-c%C3%A9saire-on-9224e90550b5

Fascism! The Socialist Answer:

https://www.marxists.org/archive/murphy-jt/1935/x01/fascism.htm

Richard Wolff: “Fascism is an economic system that sustains capitalism”

(Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpqwDo_2xck

“Does Capitalism Invariably Breed Fascism?”

https://www.truthdig.com/articles/does-capitalism-invariably-breed-fascism/

Capitalism, Climate Crisis & the Rise of Fascism in the Pig Empire:

https://canchewread.tumblr.com/post/631174269626417152/politics-fascism-and-climate-crisis

Why the Establishment Won’t Stop the Fascist Creep (1st excerpt):

https://www.patreon.com/posts/30797884

The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism: The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy, and Capitalism in 17th Century North America and the Caribbean by Gerald Horne:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34793746-the-apocalypse-of-settler-colonialism

The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/66933.The_Wretched_of_the_Earth

Fascism: What It Is and How to Fight It by Leon Trotsky:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/184373.Fascism

The Invention of the White Race: Racial Oppression and Social Control / The Origin of Racial Oppression in Anglo-America by Theodore Allen:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12552598-the-invention-of-the-white-race

The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Donald Trump by Cory Robin:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34625062-the-reactionary-mind

The Kaiser's Holocaust: Germany's Forgotten Genocide and the Colonial Roots of Nazism by David Olusoga, Casper W. Erichsen:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8250985-the-kaiser-s-holocaust

"Arguably the biggest problem with living in a time of rising fascism is figuring out how to define and most importantly identify fascist movements when fascists, and fascist leaders aren't exactly known for their honesty - especially when it comes to answering the question, "hey buddy, are you guys fascists?" In this episode, our intrepid hosts Nick and Nina hash out a back-of-the-napkin identification method by looking at the lowest common denominator "beliefs" found in virtually all fascist movements, in the broadest possible sense. Encompassing the work of historians, scholars and psychologists, the No Fugazi crew takes a deep dive into what we've jokingly taken to calling, the Crass Psychology of Fascism."

Interested in supporting No Fugazi financially? Check us out on Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/nofugazipodcast

Links:

Essays & Collections:

Ur-Fascism (Eternal Fascism) by Umberto Eco:

https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1995/06/22/ur-fascism/

Amerikan Musik: Fascism Ascendant in the USA:

https://www.ninaillingworth.com/amerikan-musik-fascism-ascendant-in-the-usa/

Yale Professor Jason Stanley Identifies 3 Essential Features of Fascism:

https://www.openculture.com/2018/10/yale-professor-jason-stanley-identifies-three-essential-features-of-fascism.html

Umberto Eco Makes a List of the 14 Common Features of Fascism:

http://www.openculture.com/2016/11/umberto-eco-makes-a-list-of-the-14-common-features-of-fascism.html

On Media, White Nationalism & Hugo Weaving:

https://www.ninaillingworth.com/2020/09/28/theory-discussion-on-media-white-nationalism-hugo-weaving/

Fascism, White Nationalism and American Values:

https://ninaillingworth.blogspot.com/2020/09/Fascist%20and%20American%20Values.html

What to Know About the Origins of Fascism’s Brutal Ideology:

https://time.com/5556242/what-is-fascism/

Books:

The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22474.The_Origins_of_Totalitarianism

The Kaiser's Holocaust: Germany's Forgotten Genocide and the Colonial Roots of Nazism by David Olusoga, Casper W. Erichsen:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8250985-the-kaiser-s-holocaust

The Anatomy of Fascism by Robert Paxton:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/188378.The_Anatomy_of_Fascism

How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them by Jason Stanley:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52623405-how-fascism-works

The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy by Adam Tooze:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3079193-the-wages-of-destruction

IBM and the Holocaust by Edwin Black:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48838.IBM_and_the_Holocaust

Alt-America: The Rise of the Radical Right in the Age of Trump by David Neiwert:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41099426-alt-america

The New Authoritarians: Convergence on the Right by David Renton:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43173625-the-new-authoritarians

The Mass Psychology of Fascism by Wilhelm Reich:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/781662.The_Mass_Psychology_of_Fascism

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany by William Shirer:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10805619-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-third-reich

We're back and starting off season two with a literal bang. Nick and Nina discuss the growing network of alliances on both sides of the Libyan Civil War, as well as the rapidly escalating unrest in Belarus. By examining whether the US is still capable of the UN's goal of "collective security," we question whether these conflicts might ignite the next "Big One" between great powers across the globe.

Nina Illingworth is an independent analyst who writes about media, propaganda, politics and class warfare online at ninaillingworth.com and on social media.

Nick Galea is a criminal defense attorney who likes to yell into a mic once in a while.

Links:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_invasion_of_Manchuria

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Italo-Ethiopian_War

https://theconversation.com/kashmiris-are-living-a-long-nightmare-of-indian-colonialism-121925

https://globalnews.ca/news/7279549/netanyahu-uae-israel-annexation/

https://www.dw.com/en/china-blames-us-for-backing-hong-kong-violent-separatists/a-49941205

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-protests-usa/chinese-reports-on-u-s-diplomat-in-hong-kong-have-gone-from-irresponsible-to-dangerous-state-department-idUSKCN1UZ2HK

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/01/china-humiliating-uk-hong-kong-handover-deal

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/02/trump-foreign-policy-impeachment

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44120428

https://mondoweiss.net/2019/11/the-root-cause-of-the-conflict-is-the-israel-lobby/

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/512452-trump-on-recognizing-jerusalem-as-the-capital-of-israel-thats-for-the

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/02/soleimani-trump-iran-iraq-093102

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/01/donald-trump-iran-warn-obama

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/02/gaddafis-prophecy-comes-true-as-foreign-powers-battle-for-libyas-oil

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/01/libya-war-supporting-200104110325735.html

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/08/liby-j08.html

https://fair.org/home/media-nato-regime-change-war-libya-slave-markets/

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2015/07/hillary-libya-nato-qaddafi-obama/

https://jacobinmag.com/2019/10/turkey-syria-war-fascism-rojava-erdogan-isis-kurds

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/erdogan-turkey-kurds-border-syria-war-trump-ethnic-cleansing-a9204581.html

https://jacobinmag.com/2016/11/turkey-kurds-erdogan-armenia-genocide-hdp-pkk

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/07/turkey-illegitimate-haftar-withdraw-key-libya-areas-200722160827376.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53262725

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-belarus-election/battling-protests-lukashenko-says-putin-agreed-to-help-security-of-belarus-idUSKCN25B0E0

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-belarus-election/im-not-a-saint-lukashenko-offers-to-hand-over-power-after-referendum-idUSKCN25D0IJ

https://yasha.substack.com/p/belarus-are-neoliberalism-and-nationalism-1cb

https://jacobinmag.com/2020/08/belarus-strike-election-fraud-lukashenko

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/08/belarus-protests-lukashenko-minsk

https://fair.org/home/denying-the-far-right-role-in-the-ukrainian-revolution/

https://www.ned.org/region/central-and-eastern-europe/belarus-2019/

https://www.vox.com/2015/6/29/8845913/russia-war

Our last episode of Season One takes a look at the use of entertainment media to drum up support for the US armed forces, both through the more passive example of military cheerleading in Marvel movies, and the absolutely insane marriage of W's war in Iraq and the TV show 24. We'll be back soon to tackle current events in Season Two.

To our listeners of the No Fugazi Podcast,

Hey gang, it’s Nina here. This tenth episode of the No Fugazi Podcast was originally recorded in late April at a time when it was largely unclear how the ongoing pandemic/plague-watch was going to affect our lives long term. Unfortunately, almost immediately after we recorded the source material, my life imploded into a series of cascading problems, all complicated by COVID, that eventually touched on my extended family, my pets, my ongoing battle with depression and even my access to the software necessary to edit these episodes. It’s a very long story that I’m hoping to share in more detail with you on an upcoming episode of Nina Bloc, but in light of the fact that this delay between episodes nine and ten is in absolutely no way my co-host Nick Galea’s fault, it didn’t make much sense to include all that personal information in an episode of No Fugazi.

Please forgive me for this wholly unreasonable delay and with any luck, both Nick and I will be back with a new season of No Fugazi in the next week or two.

- Nina Illingworth