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Naomi KleinNaomi KleinNaomi KleinNaomi KleinVirginia “The Vulture” Baker, Beth “F-Virginia “The Vulture” Baker, Beth “F-
Bomb” Rudolph & Lauren “The Bomb” Rudolph & Lauren “The Joustah” FitzgeraldJoustah” Fitzgerald
Basic Information!• Born in Canada• Holds an honorary Doctor of Civil
Laws from the University of King’s College, Nova Scotia
Professional Career!• Written three books:
– No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies
– Fences and Windows: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Globalization Debate
– The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
Professional Career Continued!
• Wrote a regular column for The Nation and The Guardian
• Reported for Harper’s Magazine while in Iraq– Reporting won her the James Aronson
Award for Social Justice Journalism
Professional Career x3!• The Take (2004)- Released a
feature documentary about Argentina’s occupied factories– Won the Best Documentary Jury Prize
at the American Film Institute’s Film Festival in Los Angeles.
Books!• No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand
Bullies– Synopsis: Brands began to expand passed
their mere logos (2000)• Targeted youth demographic• Klein argues marketing of a brand name is more
important than the product itself
– Four Sections:• No Space, No Choice, No Jobs, No Logo
Books Continued!• Fences and Windows: Dispatches
from the Front Lines of the Globalization Debate (2002)– Synopsis: Showcases the
development of the ‘anti-globalization’ movement from the Seattle World Trade Organization in 1999 through Sept. 11
Books Continued Again!
• The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism (2007)– Synopsis: Argues that the free-market
policies of the Chicago School of Economics and Milton Freedman have greatly influenced countries including the United States, Chile and Russia
• Stresses America’s reliance and fixation on shock and how the military has used certain techniques on prisoners
The Shock Doctrine• Six minute companion film to the
book– Co-created by Alfonso Cuaron,
director of Children of Men
Research files needed to make The Shock Doctrine
Sources!• Naomi Klein Web Site
Naomi writing The Shock Doctrine