Naomi Klein

Canadian author and activist (born 1970) · Canada · Writers

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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.

A life in dates

2023“If there is anything this journey has taught that identity is not fixed. Not mine. Not Wolf's. Not even the barrier between our two identities.”In their wordsDoppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World (2023)Read the whole statement

2020“In times of crisis, seemingly impossible ideas suddenly become possible...But whose ideas?”In their words20 April 2020Naomi Klein: How to Beat Coronavirus Capitalism, Yes! (20 April 2020)Read the whole statement

2019“Not a day goes by that I don’t have a moment of sheer panic, raw terror, complete conviction that we are doomed, and then I do pull myself out of it.”In their words15 September 2019The Struggles Against Climate Change and Racism Are Inseparable, (15 September 2019)Read the whole statement

“Because our house is on fire, and this should come as no surprise. Built on false promises, discounted futures, and sacrificial people, it was rigged to blow from the start.”In their wordsOn Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal (2019)Read the whole statement

“Suddenly we are no longer prisoners of the never-ending present in our social media feeds.”In their wordsOn Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal (2019)Read the whole statement

2018“movements, unlike capital, tend to move slowly.”In their wordsThe Battle for Paradise: Puerto Rico Takes on the Disaster Capitalists (2018) p76Read the whole statement

2016Sydney Peace PrizeAward2015American Book AwardsAwardIzzy AwardAward2009National Magazine AwardAward2001National Business Book AwardAward1970Born8 May 1970

Also in Deutsch

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Klein speaking in 2002

Klein in 2008 with the Polish edition of Shock Doctrine

Klein in 2015

Klein speaking at Occupy Wall Street in 2011

In their own words 10

Naomi Klein

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Vertigo invades when the world we thought we knew no longer holds. The known world is crumbling. That's okay.
2023, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World (2023), Own words
If there is anything this journey has taught that identity is not fixed. Not mine. Not Wolf's. Not even the barrier between our two identities.
2023, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World (2023), Own words
In times of crisis, seemingly impossible ideas suddenly become possible...But whose ideas?
Apr 20, 2020, Naomi Klein: How to Beat Coronavirus Capitalism, Yes! (20 April 2020), Own words

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Awards

Sydney Peace Prize2016

Izzy Award2015

American Book Awards2015

National Magazine Award2009

National Business Book Award2001

James Aronson Award

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Spouse Avi Lewis

Sibling Seth Klein

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Alfonso CuarónAlso in This Changes Everything (2015)

Michael WinterbottomAlso in The Shock Doctrine (2009)

Andy MuschiettiAlso in Norita (2024)

Sut JhallyAlso in No Logo (2003)

Seth MacFarlaneAlso in This Changes Everything (2015)

Writers from Canada 1

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