A New Climate Movement in Bolivia
[Naomi Klein, The Nation] It was 11 am and Evo Morales had turned a football stadium into a giant classroom marshaling an array of props: paper plates, plastic cups, disposable […]
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Copenhagen: Seattle Grows Up
[Naomi Klein, The Nation] The other day I received a pre-publication copy of The Battle of the Story of the Battle of Seattle, by David Solnit and Rebecca Solnit. It’s […]
Obama’s Bad Influence
[Naomi Klein, The Nation] Of all the explanations for Barack Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize, the one that rang truest came from French President Nicolas Sarkozy. “It sets the seal on […]
Michael Moore: America’s Teacher
[Naomi Klein, The Nation] On September 17, in the midst of the publicity blitz for his cinematic takedown of the capitalist order, Moore talked with Naomi Klein by phone about […]
The Tel Aviv Party Stops Here
[Naomi Klein, The Nation] When I heard the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) was holding a celebratory “spotlight” on Tel Aviv, I felt ashamed of Toronto, the city where I […]
Capitalism, Sarah Palin-Style
[Naomi Klein, The Progressive] We are in a progressive moment, a moment when the ground is shifting beneath our feet, and anything is possible. What we considered unimaginable about what […]
A Lexicon of Disappointment
[Naomi Klein, The Nation] All is not well in Obamafanland. It’s not clear exactly what accounts for the change of mood. Maybe it was the rancid smell emanating from Treasury’s […]
All Of Them Must Go
[Naomi Klein, The Nation] Watching the crowds in Iceland banging pots and pans until their government fell reminded me of a chant popular in anti-capitalist circles back in 2002: “You […]
Israel: Boycott, Divest, Sanction
[Naomi Klein, Morphizm] It’s time. Long past time. The best strategy to end the increasingly bloody occupation is for Israel to become the target of the kind of global movement […]
In Praise of a Rocky Transition
[Naomi Klein, Morphizm] The more details emerge, the clearer it becomes that Washington’s handling of the Wall Street bailout is not merely incompetent. It is borderline criminal. In a moment […]
The Bailout: Bush’s Final Pillage
[Naomi Klein, Morphizm] In the final days of the election, many Republicans seem to have given up the fight for power. But don’t be fooled: that doesn’t mean they are […]
New Orleans Won’t Be Ignored
[Naomi Klein, The Nation] The early results are in: Hurricane Gustav has helped John McCain’s bid for the White House. This is nothing short of incredible. In the combination of […]