A tale of dirty oil, a Hollywood blockbuster, Yes Men shenanigans, the ever-helpful media and activist geniuses.
Naomi Klein
What people believe: How three books shaped my view of 'truth'
A couple of years ago I read a fabulous book by James Scott called Seeing like a State. Rather than portraying an in-depth look at the unique complexities of one failed (or floundering) state, he took a refreshingly more contextualized approach.
By widening his gaze and looking at the commonalities across the globe and over time, Scott makes some similarities among them embarrassingly apparent. In doing so, he suggests that the failures which have been historically noted as disastrous examples of poor decision making are anything but exceptional.
G20 Telethon with Naomi Klein and Hawksley Workman. Thursday, Nov 11, 8 p.m. ET
Raising funds for legal costs.
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Naomi Klein to police: 'Don't play public relations, do your goddamned job!'
Crowds gathered to protest G20 police behaviour in front of police headquarters in Toronto on Monday, June 28.
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Occupy Everywhere: The movement against corporate power
On November 10, 2011, Naomi Klein joined author and filmmaker Michael Moore, The Nation National Affairs correspondent William Greider, Colorlines Publisher Rinku Sen, and Occupy Wall Street Organizer Patrick Bruner at The New School in New York for a panel discussion called "Occupy Everywhere: On the New Politics and Possibilities of the Movement Against Corporate Power." Here is video of the discussion.
Naomi Klein debunks ethical oil at tar sands action
Naomi Klein speaks out against so-called "ethical oil" in Washington, D.C. on September 3, 2011. Special thanks to Dahlman Cook Productions.
G20 trials and the war on activism
The following speech was made by Canadian author and activist Naomi Klein at the telethon held to raise funds the legal costs of G20 protesters. The telethon took place in Toronto on Nov. 11 and rabble.ca carried it live. It can be viewed here.
So we are here to raise money.
But more fundamentally, we are here because we know what happened in this city during the G20 and the wrong people are on trial for it.
There are police officers that should be facing charges for assault and harassment -- and so should any supervisors who enabled or covered over those abuses.
