The Best Truthdig Arts & Culture Stories of 2019

Truthdig Dec 26, 2019 Highlights include a unique take on "Joker," a powerful review of the 58th Venice Biennale and a probing interview with Errol Morris. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Geena Davis Puts a Sexist Hollywood on Notice

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Aug 9, 2019 In "This Changes Everything," Davis and peers like Kimberly Peirce, Meryl Streep and Taraji P. Henson zoom in on their industry's gender gap. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Climate Denial Will Kill Us

Paul Street / Truthdig Jan 10, 2018 It’s not too late to avert environmental catastrophe, but we must act fast or risk human extinction. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Naomi Klein: Expect ‘First Shocks of Trump’s Disaster Capitalism’

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Jan 25, 2017 The writer uses the Hurricane Katrina catastrophe to suggest the upcoming economic, security and weather calamities that Donald Trump and Mike Pence could both cause and exploit. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Naomi Klein: Radical Solutions the Proper Response to ‘Unyielding Science-Based Deadline’ (Video)

By Common Dreams staff May 12, 2016 Climate crisis, argues the author and activist, "might just be the catalyst we need to knit together the great many powerful movements bound together by the inherent worth and value of all people." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

VIDEO: Naomi Klein: We Can Have Climate Salvation and Economic Justice

Staff / Truthdig Oct 5, 2015 Activist Naomi Klein talks with “Democracy Now!” about the Leap Manifesto, a plan to transition away from fossil fuels to a 100 percent clean economy by the middle of the century. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

VIDEO: Naomi Klein and Avi Lewis Discuss Their New Film, ‘This Changes Everything’

Staff / Truthdig Oct 2, 2015 Inspired by journalist Naomi Klein’s best-selling book, "This Changes Everything," a new documentary of the same name re-imagines the vast challenge of climate change. The film, which opens Friday, profiles communities on the front lines of the climate justice movement—from Montana’s Powder River Basin to the Alberta tar sands, from the coast of South India to Beijing and beyond. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Where Naomi Klein Falls Short on Capitalism and Climate Change

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 1, 2015 In a review of Naomi Klein's new book, economist and fellow Canadian Sam Gindin criticizes the author for implying that the climate problem can be solved with gentler forms of capitalism. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Naomi Klein Talks Capitalism and Climate Change With Russell Brand

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Oct 30, 2014 The author of "This Changes Everything" stops by the "Trews" set to talk to Russell Brand about how the "brutal, dominance-based capitalist system" in place in the West is screwing us all. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Stephen Colbert’s Priceless Interview With Naomi Klein on Capitalism and Climate Change

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Sep 24, 2014 Even when the "Colbert Report" host calls Naomi Klein a "class traitor," the journalist laughs it off and gives a stellar explanation of what needs to be done if we want to keep the planet from becoming unrecognizable due to climate change. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

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 )