Naomi Klein

Naomi Klein
Klein in 2014
Klein in 2014
Born (1970-05-08) May 8, 1970 (age 54)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
OccupationAuthor, activist, professor, filmmaker
CitizenshipCanadian
Alma materUniversity of Toronto (dropped out)
Period1999–present
GenreNonfiction
SubjectAlter-globalization, anti-war, anti-globalization, anti-capitalism, organized labour, environmentalism, feminism, anti-Zionism
Notable worksThis Changes Everything, No Logo, The Shock Doctrine, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
SpouseAvi Lewis
Children1
Website
naomiklein.org

Naomi Klein (born May 8, 1970) is a Canadian author, social activist, and filmmaker known for her political analyses; support of ecofeminism, organized labour, criticism of corporate globalization,[1] fascism.[2] and capitalism.[3] As of 2021, she is an associate professor, and professor of climate justice at the University of British Columbia, co-directing a Centre for Climate Justice.[4]

Klein first became known internationally for her alter-globalization book No Logo (1999). The Take (2004), a documentary film about Argentine workers' self-managed factories, written by her and directed by her husband Avi Lewis, further increased her profile. The Shock Doctrine (2007), a critical analysis of the history of neoliberal economics, solidified her standing as a prominent activist on the international stage and was adapted into a six-minute companion film by Alfonso and Jonás Cuarón,[5] as well as a feature-length documentary by Michael Winterbottom.[6] Klein's This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate (2014) was a New York Times nonfiction bestseller and the winner of the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction.[7]

In 2016, Klein was awarded the Sydney Peace Prize for her activism on climate justice.[8] Klein frequently appears on global and national lists of top influential thinkers, including the 2014 Thought Leaders ranking compiled by the Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute,[9] Prospect magazine's world thinkers 2014 poll,[10] and Maclean's 2014 Power List.[11] She was formerly a member of the board of directors of the climate activist group 350.org.[12]

  1. ^ "Commanding Heights : Naomi Klein | on PBS". www.pbs.org. Retrieved December 20, 2021.
  2. ^ "Berkeley Talks transcript: Naomi Klein on eco-fascism and the Green New Deal". Berkeley News. March 27, 2020. Retrieved December 20, 2021.
  3. ^ Nineham, Chris (October 2007). "The Shock Doctrine". Socialist Review. Archived from the original on June 13, 2011. Retrieved April 25, 2011.
  4. ^ "Naomi Klein".
  5. ^ "Shock Doctrine: A Film by Alfonso Cuaron and Naomi Klein". The Guardian. September 7, 2007.
  6. ^ Jones, Sam; "Naomi Klein disowns Winterbottom adaptation of Shock Doctrine" Guardian.co.uk, August 28, 2009
  7. ^ "2014 Prize Winner". Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction.
  8. ^ "Naomi Klein wins Sydney Peace Prize". SBS News. May 14, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2016.
  9. ^ "Thought Leaders 2014: the most influential thinkers". Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute. November 27, 2014.
  10. ^ "World thinkers 2014: the results". Prospect. April 23, 2014. Archived from the original on September 28, 2019. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
  11. ^ "The Maclean's Power List, Part 2". Maclean's. November 20, 2014.
  12. ^ "Board of Directors". 350.org.

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