Truthdigger of the Week: Naomi Klein

BLANK Sep 21, 2014 The aim of her new book on capitalism and climate change -- to rapidly get large numbers of previously unengaged people to agree that the leading wisdom is the very thing that is preventing humanity from saving itself -- is quixotic and urgent.The aim of her new book on capitalism and climate change—to rapidly get large numbers of previously unengaged people to agree that the leading wisdom is the very thing that is preventing humanity from saving itself—is quixotic and urgent. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Russell Brand: Capitalists and Corrupt Media Profit From Denying Climate Change

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Sep 20, 2014 The "Trews" host challenges his viewers to question who benefits from the denial of global warming and invites everyone to join one of 2,000 climate change marches occurring all over the globe Sunday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

One Way or Another, Everything Changes

BLANK Sep 18, 2014 From the author of "The Shock Doctrine," here is the introduction to Naomi Klein's new book, "This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate." Dig deeper ( 50 Min. Read )

Naomi Klein on the Link Between Climate Change and Capitalism

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Nov 19, 2012 In an appearance on "Moyers & Company" over the weekend, Naomi Klein told Bill Moyers that the recent devastation left by Superstorm Sandy could be the catalyst for economic and political change in this country. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Gated Intellectuals, Fortress America, and the Politics of Occupy

By Henry A. Giroux, Truthout Mar 21, 2012 A group of right-wing extremists would have the American public believe it is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of a market society. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

Naomi Klein on Riots and Resistance

Staff / Truthdig Aug 17, 2011 Britain's riots were not political, we are assured, and looting is simply un-British, but "Shock Doctrine" author Naomi Klein takes a different view: From Iraq to Argentina, when corrupt elites pass the bill to the struggling masses, civil unrest is to be expected. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Naomi Klein on Climate Change, Union Busting

Staff / Truthdig Mar 12, 2011 This is one instance in which we would hope that Naomi Klein wouldn't get it right, but as the "Shock Doctrine" author explains in this "Democracy Now!" interview, certain current events (ahem, Gov Scott Walker) point to a troubling trend taking hold in the US . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Naomi Klein: Building an Independent Left

Staff / Truthdig Sep 15, 2010 The "Shock Doctrine" author tells Laura Flanders, "We have to build that independent left. It has to be so strong and so radical and so militant and so powerful that it becomes irresistible." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Larry’s List: End-of-the-Oughts Edition

Staff / Truthdig Jan 1, 2010 It's been kind of a lousy decade, but things are looking up. An Indian minister says TV works as birth control, coffee might not kill you, and there's plenty more where that came from. Today's list after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Naomi Klein to Danes: Ease Off the Controls in ‘Hopenhagen’

Staff / Truthdig Dec 15, 2009 So, author-activist Naomi Klein has spent the last few days in Copenhagen, taking in the developments -- and appreciating streamlined and functional Scandinavian design -- at the climate summit, but she has a message for her Danish hosts: Cool it on the whole control freak thing, or the "Hopenhagen" conference isn't going to be a success. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Israel Should Pay Attention to a Man of Justice

Robert Fisk / Truthdig Oct 1, 2009 Israeli investigations of the Gaza war, its government officials announced, were "a thousand times" fairer than the Goldstone investigation—a preposterous claim, given Israel's constant inability to conduct fair inquiries of its own—and that his mission "gave legitimacy to the Hamas terrorist organization."I met Judge Richard Goldstone at The Hague at the height of the Bosnian war, a small, dapper man whose belief in the righteousness of justice shone through his every word. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Artists and Activists Protest Tel Aviv Program at Toronto Film Fest

Staff / Truthdig Sep 5, 2009 The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has a way of popping up in any number of seemingly unrelated arenas across the world, such as the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival, where a planned Tel Aviv-themed program has spurred several entertainers, including Jane Fonda, Danny Glover and David Byrne, as well as writers and filmmakers, to sign a letter of protest that's shaking things up with just days to go before the fest begins. All of the 10 films in City to City, a new program at the festival, will focus on the Israeli city. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )