Nina Power is an English writer and philosopher. She was involved in a lawsuit against artist Luke Turner, which was dismissed in 2023.

Biography

Power is both editor and translator (with Alberto Toscano) of

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's ''On Beckett''. Some of the publications she regularly contributes to are ''

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''. She previously regularly contributed to ''

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'' and ''

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''. In 2019, Power and Daniel Miller (a writer and editor at

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magazine IM-1776) sued artist Luke Turner for defamation over a series of tweets by Turner. Power and Miller argued the tweets suggested they were both antisemitic. Turner said he was "in terror of the volume and virulence of online abuse directed towards him" from the controversy. Almost £30,000 was raised through a crowdfunder to support Power and Miller's legal action, titled "Targeted, harassed and falsely labelled a fascist". Turner countersued for harassment. At trial, it emerged that Power had been writing anonymously for a far-right blog, Parallax Optics, and had shared far-right conspiracy theories with Miller including the idea that black people and white people are different alien races. The judge dismissed the claims of both parties in November 2023, and ordered Power and Miller to pay 80% of all Turner's court costs, with a first instalment of £250,000 due within a fortnight. Following this, Miller and Power were each declared bankrupt in 2024. Power was a senior editor of and columnist for the online magazine ''

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'' until her resignation in July 2024.

Political views

In May 2023, Power spoke at the National Conservatism Conference in London on the topic "After the Individual." Some of her works have argued for a "return to old values and virtues", especially as a response to a claimed masculinity crisis.

Books

Authored books *'' One Dimensional Woman'' (Winchester: Zero Books, 2009) *''Platforms'' (Morbid Books, 2020) * ''What Do Men Want?'' (UK: Penguin, 2021)

Film appearances

* '' Marx Reloaded'',

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, April 2011.

References

External links

Power's profile
at

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newspaper website
Power's profile
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