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On AlterNet: shock doctrine

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "shock doctrine"

Naomi Klein: The Financial Crisis Presents a Huge Opportunity for Change -- We Can't Let Obama Blow It

Naomi Klein: The Financial Crisis Presents a Huge Opportunity for Change -- We Can't Let Obama Blow It

Naomi Klein, AlterNet. June 13, 2009.
There is nothing undemocratic about pushing through a set of radical policies that will actually solve the crisis.

Naomi Klein: The Shock Doctrine Got Shot Down in Canada

Naomi Klein: The Shock Doctrine Got Shot Down in Canada

Kim Elliott, rabble.ca. December 8, 2008.
Canada's Bush-imitating prime minister gets a political smackdown for trying to ram through radical policies.

John Cusack Tackles War Profiteers Today on Meet the Bloggers

John Cusack Tackles War Profiteers Today on Meet the Bloggers

ZP Heller, Meet the Bloggers AlterNet: Video. October 10, 2008.
Today at 1pm ET/10am PT.

Colbert Report: Naomi Klein Warns of Wall Street Shock Doctrine

Colbert Report: Naomi Klein Warns of Wall Street Shock Doctrine

Staff, The Colbert Report AlterNet: PEEK. October 3, 2008.
The disaster capitalism of the Bush-Paulson bailout.

Progressive Shock Doctrine

Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: PEEK. September 30, 2008.
Time for Congressional Democrats to start thinking like democrats again.

Now Is the Time To Resist Wall Street's Shock Doctrine

Now Is the Time To Resist Wall Street's Shock Doctrine

Naomi Klein, Huffington Post AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. September 23, 2008.
We must not let the right use this economic crisis to push through their policy wish list.

Shock and Tasers in New Orleans

Shock and Tasers in New Orleans

Naomi Klein, Huffington Post. December 22, 2007.
The shameless exploitation of poor New Orleans residents to privatize public infrastructure is being enforced by violence and tasers.

Naomi Klein: "Iraq Is the Classic Example of The Shock Doctrine" [VIDEO]

Adam Howard, AlterNet AlterNet: Video. December 2, 2007.
Klien, author of "The Shock Doctrine" joins Keith Olbermann on "Countdown" to discuss the phenomenon of "disaster capitalism" and how it applies to Iraq.

How Naomi Klein's

How Naomi Klein's "Shock Doctrine" Explains The Taser Death of a Polish Man

Cliff Schecter, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. November 22, 2007.
Cliff Schecter: Klein really has put together one of the most dangerous trends gripping our world and our political culture.

Is Reason Magazine Afraid of Naomi Klein's Book?

Is Reason Magazine Afraid of Naomi Klein's Book?

Alexander Zaitchik, The eXile AlterNet: PEEK. November 19, 2007.
Alexander Zaitchik: Klein's book is a serious one, a monster shot across the bow of staunch Friedmanites like the ones at Reason.

Naomi Klein on Post-9/11 Panic: "People So Scared...They Thought Giuliani Was Their Long Lost Daddy" [VIDEO]

Adam Howard, AlterNet: Video. October 15, 2007.
Klein, author of "The Shock Doctrine", talks with Bill Maher about her belief that corporations and politicians who seek a horrific national disaster to advance their idealogical, privatization agenda.

John Cusack Interviews Naomi Klein About "The Shock Doctrine" [VIDEO]

Adam Howard, AlterNet: Video. October 2, 2007.
Cusack to Klein: "What [your] book rightly asks is...shouldn't we make a moral choice that you either make defense policy or you profit from it?"

Alan Greenspan and the Myth of the True Believer

Alan Greenspan and the Myth of the True Believer

Naomi Klein, The Nation. September 29, 2007.
Greenspan's new autobiography sheds light on what motivates hard-right political leaders to apply brutal economic shock therapy.

Can Radical Capitalism Survive the Disasters It Creates?

Can Radical Capitalism Survive the Disasters It Creates?

John Gray, The Guardian. September 22, 2007.
The era of "free market" economic policies forced on societies after disasters happen as detailed in Naomi Klein's book The Shock Doctrine may be on the verge of ending.

Why Can't the U.S. Have the Debate about Naomi Klein's Book That Europe Has?

Why Can't the U.S. Have the Debate about Naomi Klein's Book That Europe Has?

Jan Frel, AlterNet. September 21, 2007.
In Europe and Canada debate is raging about Naomi Klein's new book on disaster capitalism, The Shock Doctrine. This interview with Klein considers why U.S. public debate is unable to ask fundamental questions about our economic system.

America's Deadly Shock Doctrine in Iraq

Naomi Klein, Henry Holt. September 14, 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.