Stories by Naomi Klein
Naomi Klein's latest book is The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism.
Neither Clinton nor Obama has a real plan to end the occupation of Iraq, but they could be forced to change position.
Posted on Apr 1, 2008
The Mexican government appears poised for another wave of repression.
Posted on Dec 23, 2007
The shameless exploitation of poor New Orleans residents to privatize public infrastructure is being enforced by violence and tasers.
Posted on Dec 22, 2007
In the world of venture capitalism, there has been a race going on between greens on the one hand and guns and garrisons on the other -- and the guns are winning.
Posted on Dec 3, 2007
The jolts of global economics blast people out of the picture.
Posted on Nov 22, 2007
Recent events in Latin America show how societies can recover from extreme capitalism and become less vulnerable to externally provoked political shocks.
Posted on Nov 14, 2007
With disaster services being privatized, the rich are buying their way out of catastrophe.
Posted on Nov 3, 2007
Finance journalists have attacked my book, but I remain devoted to their papers. After all, they supplied the facts I used.
Posted on Oct 25, 2007
The Blackwater scandal could have provided an opportunity to question the wisdom of turning state security into a for-profit activity -- but not in today's Washington.
Posted on Oct 23, 2007
Greenspan's new autobiography sheds light on what motivates hard-right political leaders to apply brutal economic shock therapy.
Posted on Sep 29, 2007
This excerpt from Naomi Klein's controversial new book, "The Shock Doctrine," explains how the U.S. set about to destroy the Iraqi national psyche and then push through a disastrous privatization of its economy.
Posted on Sep 14, 2007
Political protesters are now being videotaped under the guise of ensuring their legal right to be seen and heard. What happens when surveillance is billed as the new participatory democracy?
Posted on Aug 28, 2007
Why, in the midst of so much volatility, is the Israeli economy booming? They've engineered a "homeland security" economy that they've tested out on the people of Gaza.
Posted on Jun 19, 2007
The Iraq War has set off one of the largest oil booms in history -- and the race to mine the tar sands of Alberta will result in environmental disaster.
Posted on Jun 1, 2007
Let's not repeat the absurd narrative that Wolfowitz's indiscretions have ruined an otherwise laudable antipoverty organization.
Posted on Apr 28, 2007
The jury selection for the trial of a Canadian press baron accused of looting shareholder earnings reveals popular discontent with the corporate elite.
Posted on Mar 30, 2007
America has deliberately driven hundreds, perhaps thousands, of prisoners insane. Now it is being held to account in a Miami court.
Posted on Feb 26, 2007
Developers angling for New Orleans contracts dream of a new, whiter city in the hurricane's wake.
Posted on Sep 27, 2005
The words of one of the alleged July 21 bombers in London reveal that the war on Iraq is exactly the opposite of what Bush predicted -- and exactly what progressives feared.
Posted on Aug 15, 2005
Torture's true purpose is to terrorize. It may not work as an interrogation tool, but as an intimidation tactic, its success is clear.
Posted on May 14, 2005
We need to offer a detailed and responsible exit strategy in order to draw the majority of Americans who oppose the war into the anti-war movement.
Posted on May 10, 2005
A government devoted to perpetual pre-emptive deconstruction now has a standing office of perpetual pre-emptive reconstruction.
Posted on Apr 18, 2005
The problem is not that Iraqis have lost faith in the democracy for which they risked their lives on Jan. 30 – it's that the electoral system imposed on them by Washington is profoundly undemocratic.
Posted on Mar 11, 2005
Near-sighted election observers think the Iraqi people have finally sent America those long-awaited flowers and candies, when Iraq's voters just gave them the (purple) finger.
Posted on Feb 11, 2005
The election appears to have ushered in an orgy of impunity for the administration's – and soldiers' – actions in Iraq. Is Kerry to blame?
Posted on Nov 29, 2004
Fallujans are going to vote, goddammit, even if they all have to die first.
Posted on Nov 10, 2004
Bush's special envoy is asking countries to forgive Iraq's debts even as he tries to recover $27 billion from Iraq on behalf of the Carlyle Group.
Posted on Oct 13, 2004
There is only one chance for Americans to express their wholehearted rejection of the ongoing war on Iraq: in the streets outside the Republican National Convention.
Posted on Aug 27, 2004
The Bush administration's talk of moral clarity falls dumb before the grief of those who have lost children in Iraq.
Posted on Jul 9, 2004
George Bush's "war on terror" has created a tool kit for any mini-empire looking to get rid of its opposition.
Posted on Sep 3, 2003
It turns out that the lives of some US citizens are valued more than others. Nothing demonstrates this more starkly than the opposing responses to Rachel Corrie and Jessica Lynch.
Posted on May 27, 2003
Todd Gitlin's "Letters to a Young Activist" passes, patronizingly, negative lessons full of useless bitterness, says this reviewer. PLUS:
Port Huron Statement vet Dick Flacks reviews two new books on "participatory democracy."Posted on Apr 25, 2003
The American blueprint for Iraq goes far beyond rebuilding infrastructure, envisioning a fully privatized and foreign-owned country.
Posted on Apr 15, 2003
The Pentagon is busy trying to persuade Iraqis not to cooperate with their own government. It's time American citizens did the same.
Posted on Mar 3, 2003
The left needs to get serious about tackling anti-Semitism. Otherwise, the rise of hatred against Jews will only makes the likes of Ariel Sharon more powerful.
Posted on May 2, 2002
When the White House decided it was time to address the rising tides of anti-Americanism around the world, it hired one of Madison Avenue's top brand managers.
Posted on Mar 13, 2002
Do the public floggings at the World Economic Forum represent true progress? No, true progress can be found in a small city in Brazil.
Posted on Feb 13, 2002
Anti-corporate protesters who once aimed at powerful symbols of capitalism -- like the World Trade Center -- have found themselves in a transformed landscape.
Posted on Oct 10, 2001
Collateral damage is the jargon used to describe the unintended consequences of war. Now is the time to focus on this damage -- in its relation to the U.S.'s conduct during the Cold and Persian Gulf wars.
Posted on Sep 18, 2001
War is most emphatically not a game, but until September 11, most Americans treated it like it was. Perhaps Tuesday's attacks finally ended the era of the video game war.
Posted on Sep 13, 2001
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