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Naomi Klein is a Canadian author, social activist, and filmmaker known for her political analyses, support of ecofeminism and organized labour, and criticism of corporate globalization, fascism, and capitalism.
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culture · Canadian author and activist (born 1970) · journalist · screenwriter · writer · documentary filmmaker · sociologist · economist · climate activist · activist · also Naomi Klein, Klein
Born 8 May 1970 · Q236606
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No, that is not the alternative The alternative was treating like a normal news story, and not a trial by media - one that was so clearly turbocharged by Arday’s ethnic and social background and the growing resentment in the establishment in the UK of having more black people in high places
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“the very fact that the CEO of Exxon Mobil is now the secretary of state would be the central scandal. Here we have a situation where there is so much else to concern us it is barely a footnote.”
“No, that is not the alternative The alternative was treating like a normal news story, and not a trial by media - one that was so clearly turbocharged by Arday’s ethnic and social background and the growing resentment in the establishment in the UK of having more black people in high places”
“🧵“These attacks strengthened our conviction as journalists that the vests, helmets and press insignia we wear while doing our work have turned us into targets for Israeli forces’ aircraft, tanks and snipers, instead of serving as protection."”
“Key takeaway from my interview w/ David Adler from Progressive International: Because Trump has been so inept and buffoonish about so much, we risk missing that when it comes to flipping Latin America to the Mafioso hard right, his admin has been chillingly effective, in country after country. 1/2”
“Very important and harrowing read about our world on fire.”
“So NYT reports that Third Way will spend $15-million to discredit democratic socialism ahead of the presidential elections. “Their fear: Dr. El-Sayed was paving a path for a progressive to seize the party’s presidential nomination in 2028 — and then go on to lose the general election.” Except...”
“I couldn’t be prouder of the movement we’ve built in mid-Michigan. Thank you, Ambassador Bridget Brink and Matt Maasdam, for your years of public service and all your hard work on the campaign trail. While tonight we celebrate, there’s still much more work ahead.”
“TONIGHT: I’m joining Abdul El-Sayed, Will Lawrence, Donavan McKinney, and a coalition of progressive voices for a live-streamed game night and fundraiser ahead of Michigan’s critical Tuesday primary. Join us at 6:30 p.m. ET for a final push to help these campaigns win. BattleForMichigan.com”
“We messed up! During a segment earlier this week about the risks of artificial intelligence, we shared a quote purportedly by author Naomi Klein that was itself AI-generated. She joined us on today's program to discuss the viral spread of the words falsely attributed to her.”
“🚨BREAKING: A group of 25 states is suing the Trump administration, accusing federal officials of leveraging billions of dollars in federal disaster grant funding in an attempt to coerce states into implementing the president’s anti-voting agenda. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...”
The Guardian: The rise of end times fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor
Klein actively participated in New York canvassing for Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani
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The Guardian: Naomi Klein: ‘So many of my ideas get lost’
The Guardian: Naomi Klein: ‘Nobody’s perfect – but that’s not an excuse for doing nothing’
The Guardian: VV Ganeshananthan and Naomi Klein win Women’s prizes for fiction and nonfiction
The Guardian: I hope Naomi Klein’s words spur calls for a Gaza ceasefire and justice for Palestinians | Brief letters
Held near Senator Chuck Schumer's residence, Klein spoke about the contemporary meaning of Passover and its relation to the war
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Doppelganger won Klein the inaugural Women's Prize for Non-Fiction
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The Guardian: Naomi Klein on wellness culture: ‘We really are alive on the knife’s edge’
The Guardian: ‘Steve Bannon is watching us closely’: Naomi Klein on populists, conspiracists and real-world activism
The Guardian: Naomi Klein’s doppelganger – podcast
The Guardian: Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein review – across the great divide
The Guardian: On my radar: Naomi Klein’s cultural highlights
The Guardian: Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein review – a case of mistaken identity
In the context of the Gaza war, she wrote:For Zionist believers (I'm not one of them), Jew-hatred is the central rationale for why Israel must exist as a nuclear-armed fortress
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Klein took up the UBC Professorship in Climate Justice, joining the University of British Columbia's Department of Geography
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Along with other public figures, Klein signed a letter supporting Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn describing him as "a beacon of hope in the struggle against emergent far-right nationalism, xenophobia and racism in muc
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Published “Review of Particle Physics” in Physical Review D — cited 5,730 times.
Career landmark: Gloria Steinem Endowed Chair in Media, Culture and Feminist Studies (2018–2021).
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Mark Milke lambasted Klein as a "useful idiot" who overlooked the authoritarian media control and many human rights abuses of the Chávez regime, and journalist James Kirchick criticized Klein, among other prominent Cháve
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Awarded Sydney Peace Prize (2016).
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Following the election of Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States, Klein called for an international campaign to impose economic sanctions on the United States if his administration refused to abide by th
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Klein was awarded the Sydney Peace Prize for her activism on climate justice
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Published “Sex differences in immune responses” in Nature Reviews Immunology — cited 5,746 times.
The book and its accompanying film (released in 2015) would be about "how the climate crisis can spur economic and political transformation
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Awarded American Book Awards (2015).
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Awarded Izzy Award (2015).
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Published “Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC” in Physics Letters B — cited 6,801 times.
Published “Observation of a new boson at a mass of 125 GeV with the CMS experiment at the LHC” in Physics Letters B — cited 6,664 times.
Participated in a panel discussion about the future of Occupy Wall Street with four other panelists, including Michael Moore, William Greider, and Rinku Sen, in which she stressed the crucial nature of the evolving m
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Attended the demonstration against the Keystone Pipeline outside the White House and was arrested
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“Opis: przemówienie na wiecu protestacyjnym „Occupy Wall Street”, Liberty Plaza, Nowy Jork, 6 października 2011.”
“Opis: mowa o ekonomistach ze szkoły chicagowskiej.”
G-20 Toronto summit protests, condemning police force and brutality
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“Chodzi o coś więcej niż lodowce czy ginące wieloryby. W dobie kryzysu gospodarczego ruch ekologiczny powinien zmusić ludzkość do globalnej przemiany systemu politycznego, gospodarczego i kulturowego.”
“Idee wolnego rynku są z definicji antydemokratyczne i muszą być narzucane społeczeństwom z góry i siłą w momentach, gdy obywatele są zagubieni, bezwolni.”
“Lewica jest doskonała w organizowaniu protestów. E-mailami, esemesami, Internetem potrafi się skrzyknąć na wielkie akcje. Potrafi nawet zebrać ogromne pieniądze na kampanię Obamy. Ale budować instytucji nie umie. Nawet kampania Obamy, angażująca miliony aktywistów, nie zbudowała żadnego społecznego ruchu. Ludzie się na chwilę skrzyknęli, a potem wrócili do domów.”
“Nie mam wątpliwości, że w Argentynie, w Iraku, w Nowym Orleanie świadomie zastosowano stworzoną przez Williamsona strategię modernizacji kryzysowej, która prowadzi do powstania kapitalizmu katastroficznego – zawsze zaczynającego się od jednej katastrofy i nieuchronnie prowadzącego do innej. Może się zacząć od zamachu stanu, a skończyć krachem peso – jak było w Argentynie.”
“Obecny system stworzony został po to, by znajdować coraz to nowe środki i sposoby na sprywatyzowanie dobra wspólnego i czerpać zyski z katastrof. Ten proces toczy się już pełną parą.”
“If there is one thing history teaches us, it's that moments of shock are profoundly volatile. We either lose a whole lot of ground, get fleeced by elites, and pay the price for decades, or we win progressive victories that seemed impossible just a few weeks earlier. This is no time to lose our nerve.”
“Panująca ideologia – według której każdy zdany jest tylko na siebie, ofiary zasłużyły na swój los, a podporządkowywanie sobie natury jest naszym prawem – w czasach, gdy atmosfera będzie się robiła coraz bardziej gorąca, przyprawi nas o zimne dreszcze.”
“Tak przefiltrowujemy nowe informacje, aby nie ucierpiała faworyzowana przez nas wizja dobrego społeczeństwa. Innymi słowy: łatwiej jest zaprzeczać rzeczywistości, niż zakwestionować własny światopogląd.”
“Uniwersytety i intelektualiści nie są już taką siłą społeczną jak kiedyś. Dziedzictwo neoliberalizmu sprawia, że nie ma przestrzeni czy infrastruktury publicznej, w której zmiana mogłaby się stopniowo i spontanicznie dokonać.”
Awarded National Magazine Award (2009).
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The book was awarded the inaugural Warwick Prize for Writing from the University of Warwick in England
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On the occasion of the publication of the Hebrew translation of her book The Shock Doctrine, Klein visited Israel, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip, combining the promotion of her book and the BDS campaign
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Klein was the keynote speaker at the first national conference of the Alliance of Concerned Jewish Canadians (now Independent Jewish Voices)
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Described Venezuela under the Chávez government as a country where "citizens had renewed their faith in the power of democracy to improve their lives", and described Venezuela as a place sheltered by Chávez's policie
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Published “Human gut microbes associated with obesity” in Nature — cited 7,705 times.
Published “Prophylactic Implantation of a Defibrillator in Patients with Myocardial Infarction and Reduced Ejection Fraction” in New England Journal of Medicine — cited 5,808 times.
Awarded National Business Book Award for No Logo (2001).
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Klein published the book No Logo, which for many became a manifesto of the anti-globalization movement
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Returned to the University of Toronto with the intention of finishing her degree; however, she left to pursue an internship in journalism before acquiring the final credits required to complete her degree
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“„Solidarność” w Polsce, w roku 1989 została szantażem zmuszona przez Międzynarodowy Fundusz Walutowy do porzucenia krzewienia również wśród byłych demoludów Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej idei „spółdzielni robotniczych” i przyjęcia radykalnego programu ekonomicznego, którego skutki do dzisiaj odczuwają szczególnie niżej wykwalifikowani pracownicy.”
Published “Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water” in The Journal of Chemical Physics — cited 39,662 times.
Born 1970-05-08.
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Her grandfather, an animator at Disney, was fired after the 1941 strike, and had to switch to working in a shipyard instead
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Her father, Michael Klein (1938-2026), was a physician and a member of Physicians for Social Responsibility who was awarded in the Order of Canada in 2016.
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Key takeaway from my interview w/ David Adler from Progressive International: Because Trump has been so inept and buffoonish about so much, we risk missing that when it comes to flipping Latin America to the Mafioso hard right, his admin has been chillingly effective, in country after country. 1/2
So NYT reports that Third Way will spend $15-million to discredit democratic socialism ahead of the presidential elections. “Their fear: Dr. El-Sayed was paving a path for a progressive to seize the party’s presidential nomination in 2028 — and then go on to lose the general election.” Except...
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