Ben Nelson
banner
bennelson.bsky.social
Ben Nelson
@bennelson.bsky.social
Just another guy hoping to learn more, spread smiles, and change the world. Proud Ball State University alumnus.










#FightBack
Pinned
Without solid data, discussions about class and class consciousness are often just guesswork. Empirical Marxist studies of class structure and class consciousness are invaluable for a robust socialist politics, and we need more of it. jacobin.com/2024/03/marx...
We Need a Revival of Marxist Class Analysis
Without solid data, discussions about class and class consciousness are often just guesswork. Empirical Marxist studies of class structure and class consciousness are invaluable for a robust socialist...
jacobin.com
Cover-Up? New HBO Film Examines 2010 Immigrant Death Under Trump's Current Border Commissioner www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V0b...
Cover-Up? New HBO Film Examines 2010 Immigrant Death Under Trump's Current Border Commissioner
YouTube video by Democracy Now!
www.youtube.com
December 30, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Jailed U.K. Palestine Action Activists Continue Hunger Strike Despite Health Risks www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBQC...
Jailed U.K. Palestine Action Activists Continue Hunger Strike Despite Health Risks
YouTube video by Democracy Now!
www.youtube.com
December 30, 2025 at 5:09 AM
What's Behind Trump's Christmas Strikes on Nigeria? Anti-Christian Genocide or Appeasing MAGA Base? www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVf1...
What's Behind Trump's Christmas Strikes on Nigeria? Anti-Christian Genocide or Appeasing MAGA Base?
YouTube video by Democracy Now!
www.youtube.com
December 30, 2025 at 5:08 AM
BREAKING Top Epstein Reporter SPIED ON By Trump! Groyper OUTED As Gay; Trump BOMBS Nigerian Village! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksx6...
BREAKING Top Epstein Reporter SPIED ON By Trump! Groyper OUTED As Gay; Trump BOMBS Nigerian Village!
YouTube video by Secular Talk
www.youtube.com
December 30, 2025 at 5:06 AM
The Legalization Of Corruption www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTWq...
The Legalization Of Corruption
YouTube video by The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder
www.youtube.com
December 30, 2025 at 5:05 AM
The Immigrant Rebuild Of New Orleans Post-Katrina www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFgM...
The Immigrant Rebuild Of New Orleans Post-Katrina | Sarah Fouts | TMR
YouTube video by The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder
www.youtube.com
December 30, 2025 at 5:04 AM
How This Union Won Big After Starting From Scratch www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zild...
How This Union Won Big After Starting From Scratch | Simeon Benit, Leila Espinosa | TMR
YouTube video by The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder
www.youtube.com
December 30, 2025 at 5:03 AM
It's ALL Bad...
YouTube video by The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder
www.youtube.com
December 30, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Billionaires Are Silencing Critics By Buying Media www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8WE...
Evil Billionaires Are Buying Media And Silencing Critics
YouTube video by The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder
www.youtube.com
December 30, 2025 at 5:00 AM
How Pro-Israel Media Dehumanizes Palestinians www.youtube.com/watch?v=EopT...
How Pro-Israel Media Dehumanizes Palestinians
YouTube video by The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder
www.youtube.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:59 AM
He said the thing again www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUxk...
He said the thing again...
YouTube video by HasanAbi
www.youtube.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:56 AM
RIGHT WING PROPAGANDA MACHINE AT WORK HERE www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0zL...
RIGHT WING PROPAGANDA MACHINE AT WORK HERE
YouTube video by HasanAbi
www.youtube.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:55 AM
CRAZIEST POLITICAL MOMENTS OF 2025 www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wlJ...
CRAZIEST POLITICAL MOMENTS OF 2025
YouTube video by HasanAbi
www.youtube.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Why Right-Wing 'Thought Leaders' Think it’s “Gay” to Have Sex with Women www.youtube.com/watch?v=knPg...
Why Right-Wing 'Thought Leaders' Think it’s “Gay” to Have Sex with Women
YouTube video by The Humanist Report
www.youtube.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:52 AM
The 2026 Senate Map If Trump Is Still THIS Unpopular www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZrO...
Trump Is Dragging the GOP Toward a 2026 BLOODBATH
YouTube video by Let's Talk Elections
www.youtube.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Republicans ABANDON Virginia Senate Race Fearing LANDSLIDE Loss www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPgV...
Republicans ABANDON Virginia Senate Race Fearing LANDSLIDE Loss
YouTube video by Let's Talk Elections
www.youtube.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Bari Weiss CENSORS 60 Minutes CECOT story www.youtube.com/watch?v=AENu...
Bari Weiss CENSORS 60 Minutes CECOT story
YouTube video by The Serf Times
www.youtube.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:47 AM
The producers of “Kid Nation” expected chaos when they dropped 40 children in the desert. What they got was cooperation—until adults intervened. www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-los...
Lost Lessons from America’s Wildest Reality TV Show
The producers of “Kid Nation” expected chaos when they dropped 40 children in the desert. What they got was cooperation—until adults intervened.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 30, 2025 at 4:45 AM
A new study shows that socialist plans to take over the privately owned power utility in New York’s Hudson Valley would lower rates for users and improve its long-term health. Public ownership of power companies is better for everyone but the rich. jacobin.com/2025/12/huds...
Keeping Power Utilities in Corporate Hands Doesn’t Make Sense
A new study shows that socialist plans to take over the privately owned power utility in New York’s Hudson Valley would lower rates for users and improve its long-term health. Public ownership of powe...
jacobin.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Health care spending now represents about 18% of the US economy, meaning that roughly one out of every five dollars spent goes toward health care costs — more than what Americans spend on groceries or housing. The spending is driving massive medical debt. jacobin.com/2025/12/heal...
The Health Care Crisis Is Gobbling Up the Economy
Health care spending now represents about 18% of the US economy, meaning that roughly one out of every five dollars spent goes toward health care costs — more than what Americans spend on groceries or...
jacobin.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Mitt Romney recently published a New York Times op-ed arguing for higher taxes on the rich. When he was in a position to actually sculpt the GOP platform and the tax policy of the US, Romney was an ardent supporter of cutting taxes for the wealthy. HYPOCRITE MUCH!? jacobin.com/2025/12/romn...
Now That He Has No Power, Mitt Romney Says “Tax the Rich”
Mitt Romney recently published a New York Times op-ed arguing for higher taxes on the rich. When he was in a position to actually sculpt the GOP platform and the tax policy of the US, Romney was an ar...
jacobin.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Donald Trump’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration wants to exclude “inherently risky professions,” including those in sports and entertainment, from basic workplace safety protections. The rollback could affect hundreds of thousands of workers. jacobin.com/2025/12/trum...
OSHA Wants to Cancel Protections for “Inherently Risky” Work
Donald Trump’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration wants to exclude “inherently risky professions,” including those in sports and entertainment, from basic workplace safety protections. The ...
jacobin.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Critics of the American sewer socialists often point to racist statements made by their leading light, Wisconsin’s Victor Berger. A close examination of his writings shows that those views changed dramatically over time. jacobin.com/2025/12/berg...
When the Sewer Socialists Struggled for Racial Equality
Critics of the American sewer socialists often point to racist statements made by their leading light, Wisconsin’s Victor Berger. A close examination of his writings shows that those views changed dra...
jacobin.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Dem Candidate Faceplants With Terrible Medicare-For-All Response www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FYf...
Dem Candidate Faceplants With Terrible Medicare-For-All Response
YouTube video by The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder
www.youtube.com
December 29, 2025 at 5:30 AM