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| − | '''Naomi Klein''' is a [[Canadian]] author, social [[activist]], and [[filmmaker]] known for her political analyses and criticism of [[ | + | '''Naomi Klein''' is a [[Canadian]] author, social [[activist]], and [[filmmaker]] known for her political analyses and criticism of corporate [[globalisation]] and [[capitalism]]. She became known internationally for her alter-globalisation book "''No Logo''" ([[1999]]) and "''The Take''" ([[2004]]), a documentary about [[Argentina]]'s occupied factories (written by her and directed by her husband [[Avi Lewis]]) and especially "''The Shock Doctrine''"" ([[2007]]), a widely acclaimed analysis of the history of [[neoliberal]] economics. Her analyses concentrated on what was above the waterline, and never addressed [[deep political]] matters. In the 2020s she was vociferously challenging those who were questioning the ever shifting {{on}}s about [[COVID-19]]. |
| − | ==Opinions == | + | ==Opinions== |
| + | ===Still We Rise=== | ||
| + | Naomi Klein gave the closing speech at the [https://www.instagram.com/_stillwerise/ Still We Rise] festival on 24 February 2024. She concluded:{{QB| | ||
| + | :"They understand that [[Israel]]’s unending campaign is also a form of mass communication – that it is a message. And the message is being sent not only by [[Israel]]’s government but by every government that has blessed this onslaught – with words, with votes and vetoes at the [[United Nations]], with photo ops, with weapons, with money, and with domestic attacks on [[Palestine]] solidarity. The message being broadcast is a simple one: that the gilded bubbles of relative safety and luxury that are dotted across our cruelly divided and fast-warming world will be protected at all costs. Up to and including with genocidal violence. | ||
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| + | :"In the many pillaged parts of our planet, this obscene message has been clearly understood. [[Gustavo Petro]], the courageous president of [[Colombia]], decoded its meaning immediately. Back in October, just a few days into [[Israel]]’s onslaught, he stated:‘The barbarity of consumption based on the death of others leads us to an unprecedented rise of [[fascism]], and therefore, to the death of democracy and freedom. It’s barbarism, or global 1933.’ | ||
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| + | :"In [[Israel]]’s attack, and the support for it from the governments of the North and from right-wing forces in the South, he also saw a preview of a shared future, writing: ‘What we see in [[Palestine]] will also be the suffering in the world of all the peoples of [[Global South|the South]] [as] [[the West]] defends its excessive consumption and its standard of living based on destroying the atmosphere and climate… knowing that it will cause the exodus from the south to the north’. | ||
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| + | :"This system, [[Gustavo Petro|Petro]] reminds us, ‘is ready to respond with death’ to ‘defend the consumption bubble of the rich on the planet and not save humanity, whose majority is disposable, like the children of [[Gaza]]’. | ||
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| + | :"It is worth reading [[Gustavo Petro|Petro]]’s entire statement, which I think is historic, but I’ll skip to the end: ‘We are going to barbarism if we do not change power. The life of humanity, and especially of the people of [[the South]], depends on the way in which humanity chooses the path to overcome the [[climate crisis]]…. [[Gaza]] is just the first experiment in considering us all disposable’. | ||
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| + | :"What else is there to say? Perhaps only this: We are hosted here today by [[War on Want]]. And the war on want is the only war worth waging, and wage it we must. We either transform this death machine through the just and equitable redistribution of wealth within the boundaries of the earth’s limits – what many at today's gathering have referred to as ‘a Global Green New Deal’ – or this nightmare engulfs us all. | ||
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| + | :"All we have is each other. All we have is our movements and the power we build together. All we have is our solidarity. Our determination. Our resolve. And our shared moral commitment to the preciousness of life. | ||
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| + | :"With that, we can build a world with no iron domes. With that we will earn our hope."<ref>''[https://www.redpepper.org.uk/global-politics/palestine-middle-east/the-iron-dome-is-global-and-so-is-the-resistance/ "The Iron Dome is global – and so is the resistance"]''</ref>}} | ||
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| + | ===Great Reset=== | ||
Naomi Klein has never had much to say about [[false flag attacks]] such as [[9-11]]. In December 2020 she explain the [[Great Reset]] as follows: | Naomi Klein has never had much to say about [[false flag attacks]] such as [[9-11]]. In December 2020 she explain the [[Great Reset]] as follows: | ||
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Revision as of 22:14, 15 March 2024
 Naomi Klein           (Author, activist, filmmaker) | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1970-05-08 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Citizenship | Canadian, American |
| Alma mater | University of Toronto |
| Children | Toma |
| Spouse | Avi Lewis |
| Member of | The Nation |
| Interests | Naomi Wolf |
Canadian activist who exposed disaster capitalism with The Shock Doctrine. Notably silent on false flag attacks, highly critical of Naomi Wolf. | |
Naomi Klein is a Canadian author, social activist, and filmmaker known for her political analyses and criticism of corporate globalisation and capitalism. She became known internationally for her alter-globalisation book "No Logo" (1999) and "The Take" (2004), a documentary about Argentina's occupied factories (written by her and directed by her husband Avi Lewis) and especially "The Shock Doctrine"" (2007), a widely acclaimed analysis of the history of neoliberal economics. Her analyses concentrated on what was above the waterline, and never addressed deep political matters. In the 2020s she was vociferously challenging those who were questioning the ever shifting official narratives about COVID-19.
Contents
Opinions
Still We Rise
Naomi Klein gave the closing speech at the Still We Rise festival on 24 February 2024. She concluded:
- "They understand that Israel’s unending campaign is also a form of mass communication – that it is a message. And the message is being sent not only by Israel’s government but by every government that has blessed this onslaught – with words, with votes and vetoes at the United Nations, with photo ops, with weapons, with money, and with domestic attacks on Palestine solidarity. The message being broadcast is a simple one: that the gilded bubbles of relative safety and luxury that are dotted across our cruelly divided and fast-warming world will be protected at all costs. Up to and including with genocidal violence.
- "In the many pillaged parts of our planet, this obscene message has been clearly understood. Gustavo Petro, the courageous president of Colombia, decoded its meaning immediately. Back in October, just a few days into Israel’s onslaught, he stated:‘The barbarity of consumption based on the death of others leads us to an unprecedented rise of fascism, and therefore, to the death of democracy and freedom. It’s barbarism, or global 1933.’
- "In Israel’s attack, and the support for it from the governments of the North and from right-wing forces in the South, he also saw a preview of a shared future, writing: ‘What we see in Palestine will also be the suffering in the world of all the peoples of the South [as] the West defends its excessive consumption and its standard of living based on destroying the atmosphere and climate… knowing that it will cause the exodus from the south to the north’.
- "This system, Petro reminds us, ‘is ready to respond with death’ to ‘defend the consumption bubble of the rich on the planet and not save humanity, whose majority is disposable, like the children of Gaza’.
- "It is worth reading Petro’s entire statement, which I think is historic, but I’ll skip to the end: ‘We are going to barbarism if we do not change power. The life of humanity, and especially of the people of the South, depends on the way in which humanity chooses the path to overcome the climate crisis…. Gaza is just the first experiment in considering us all disposable’.
- "What else is there to say? Perhaps only this: We are hosted here today by War on Want. And the war on want is the only war worth waging, and wage it we must. We either transform this death machine through the just and equitable redistribution of wealth within the boundaries of the earth’s limits – what many at today's gathering have referred to as ‘a Global Green New Deal’ – or this nightmare engulfs us all.
- "All we have is each other. All we have is our movements and the power we build together. All we have is our solidarity. Our determination. Our resolve. And our shared moral commitment to the preciousness of life.
- "With that, we can build a world with no iron domes. With that we will earn our hope."[1]
Great Reset
Naomi Klein has never had much to say about false flag attacks such as 9-11. In December 2020 she explain the Great Reset as follows:
“In short, the Great Reset encompasses some good stuff that won’t happen and some bad stuff that certainly will and, frankly, nothing out of the ordinary in our era of “green” billionaires readying rockets for Mars. [...] And yet search for the term “global reset” and you will be bombarded with breathless “exposés” of a secret globalist cabal, headed by Schwab and Bill Gates, that is using the state of shock created by the coronavirus (which is probably itself a “hoax”) to turn the world into a high-tech dictatorship that will take away your freedom forever: a green/socialist/Venezuela/Soros/forced vaccine dictatorship if the Reset exposé is coming from the far right, and a Big Pharma/GMO/biometric implants/5G/robot dog/forced vaccine dictatorship if the exposé hails from the far left.”
Naomi Klein (8 December 2020) [2]
Publications
- 2022 - Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World, an extended hit piece on Naomi Wolf in which, writes Christian Parenti, "Wolf becomes a stand-in for all deviations from the party line on Covid. Hence, Wolf serves as a strawman, allowing Klein to dismiss more reasonable criticisms by association."[3] Geoff Olson opines that it is not "an absolutely terrible book – just one that’s deeply wrong in key areas... In the hundreds of notes at the end of the book, there are CDC and WHO releases and a smattering of citations to refereed scientific journals. The vast bulk of the references are to mainstream media ‘fact-checked’ sources, in a Möbius strip of manufactured consent.".[4]
A Quote by Naomi Klein
| Page | Quote | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mind control | “When torture is covertly practiced but officially and legally repudiated, there is still hope that if atrocities are exposed, justice could prevail. When torture is pseudo-legal and those responsible deny that it is torture, what dies is what Hannah Arendt called "the juridical person in man".” | 2005 | The Guardian, The US has used torture for decades. All that's new is the openness about it |
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