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Naomi Klein

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in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

May 08, 1970

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Naomi Klein is a Canadian author, social activist, and filmmaker known for her political analyses; support of ecofeminism, organized labour, and leftism; and criticism of corporate globalization, fascism, ecofascism and capitalism. As of 2021, she is an associate professor, and professor of climate justice at the University of British Columbia, co-directing a Centre for Climate Justice.
Klein first became known internationally for her alter-globalization book No Logo (1999). The Take (2004), a documentary film about Argentine workers' self-managed factories, written by her and directed by her husband Avi Lewis, further increased her profile. The Shock Doctrine (2007), a critical analysis of the history of neoliberal economics, solidified he ...more

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The Iron Dome is Global and so is the resistance

March 2, 2024
By Naomi Klein

Reprinted from a speech virtually delivered on February 24, 2024 to the And Still We Rise festival in the UK.

When my dear friend Asad Rehman asked me to help close this gathering, his specific instructions were to speak about the political situation today and to do it in a way ‘filled with hope’. A bit of a tall order and I’m not entirely sure I can deli

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Average rating: 4.14 · 142,599 ratings · 12,109 reviews · 81 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism 4.27 avg rating — 47,681 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No Logo 3.88 avg rating — 31,311 ratings — published 2000 — 120 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate 4.15 avg rating — 25,705 ratings — published 2014 — 87 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World 4.26 avg rating — 10,050 ratings — published 2023 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trump’s Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need 4.11 avg rating — 9,808 ratings — published 2017 — 65 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On Fire: The Case for the Green New Deal by Naomi Klein, Rebecca Lowman (Narrator) 4.18 avg rating — 5,914 ratings — published 2019 — 49 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Battle for Paradise: Puerto Rico Takes on the Disaster Capitalists 4.23 avg rating — 2,513 ratings — published 2018 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fences and Windows: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Globalization Debate 3.66 avg rating — 1,310 ratings — published 2000 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Change Everything: The Young Human's Guide to Protecting the Planet and Each Other by Naomi Klein, Rebecca Stefoff (Goodreads Author) (Adapted by) 3.91 avg rating — 744 ratings — published 2021 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hot Money 4.26 avg rating — 534 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Democracy is not just the right to vote, it is the right to live in dignity.”
― Naomi Klein

tags: democracy, politics, voting

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“Extreme violence has a way of preventing us from seeing the interests it serves.”
― Naomi Klein, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

tags: violence, war

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“You actually cannot sell the idea of freedom, democracy, diversity, as if it were a brand attribute and not reality -- not at the same time as you're bombing people, you can't.”
― Naomi Klein

tags: america, freedom, image, impressions, peace, war

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