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Taking aim at the brand bullies is a book by the canadian author naomi klein. The shock doctrine has been translated into more than twenty languages. Forget everything you think you know about global warming. Winner of le prix mediations france, and of the national business book award canada it has been translated into 21 languages and published in 25 countries. Naomi kleins international bestseller this changes everything is a mustread on our future, one of the defining and most hopeful books of this era. In the book, klein argues that neoliberal free market policies as advocated by the economist milton friedman have risen to prominence in some developed countries because of a deliberate strategy of shock therapy. T he fact that naomi klein predicted the forces that explain the rise to power of donald trump gives her no pleasure at all. I have the highest regard for naomi klein, for the research she does for her books and for bringing up serious issues and covering them from multiple perspectives in cohesive and a matter of fact way, which makes you trust what shes writing, while keeping the tone from reaching a state of tediousness. Naomi klein s second book, the shock doctrine, was hailed as a master narrative of our time, and has over a million copies in print worldwide. Naomi klein tracks the resistance and selfdetermination mounting in t he face of our new branded world and explains why some of the most revered brands in the world are finding themselves on the wrong end of a bottle of spray paint, a computer hack, or an international anticorporate campaign. Klein first became known internationally for her book no logo 1999. In 2016, the guardian picked no logo as one of the top 100 non fiction books of all time. Billy bragg no logos erudite, balanced reportage will help to raise the profile of what happens behind the superbrand scenes the daily telegraph, london comprehensive, passionate, and witty, no logo is the best book yet on the culture of branding.
About the book the most important book yet from the author of the international bestseller the shock doctrine, a brilliant explanation of why the climate crisis challenges us to abandon the core free market ideology of our time, restructure the global economy, and remake our political systems. W riter and activist naomi klein will talk to guardian editorinchief katharine viner about her new book, on fire for two decades klein has been one of the most prominent voices on the left. Its the most momentous and contentious environmental book since silent spring the new york times. On a threeyear appointment from september 2018, she is gloria stenham president. An award winning journalist and columnist, she is currently senior correspondent at the intercept and on faculty at rutgers university in new jersey.
In the last decade, no logo has become an international phenomenon and a cultural manifesto for the critics of unfettered capitalism worldwide. Top american libraries canadian libraries universal library community texts project gutenberg biodiversity heritage library childrens library. Naomi klein speaking bio and videos the lavin agency. She is a former miliband fellow and lectured at the london school of economics on the antiglobalization movement. She is a contributing editor for harpers, a reporter for rolling stone, and writes a regular, internationally syndicated column. Naomi klein born may 8, 1970 is a canadian author, social activist, and filmmaker known for. She has won the james aronson award for social justice journalism. Naomi klein is the author of this changes everything. For more than twenty years naomi kleins books have defined our era, chronicling the exploitation of people and the planet and demanding justice. Naomi klein is an awardwinning journalist, syndicated columnist, documentary filmmaker and author of the international bestsellers no logo. Naomi klein on edward said and the othering inherent to. Naomi argues that only this kind of bold, roots up action will rouse us to fight for our lives while there is still time.
When naomi klein landed in london last week, she headed straight to a familiar site. In an exclusive london event, internationally acclaimed journalist, activist and bestselling author naomi klein, delivers a keynote talk on the surreal political upheavals of recent months and discusses the art of resistance in a time of trump. In each of her books from no logo, to no is not enough she has taken on our biggest challenges, from globalisation and disaster capitalism to the rise to power of donald trump. The rise of disaster capitalism reprint hardcover 03oct2007. Naomi klein offers us the arguments with which to take on the superbrands.
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