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Klein: So, Bush Wants Civil Disobedience?
Znet Article, February, 28 2003
Naomi Klein
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The U.S. President is urging Iraqis to rise up against Saddam Hussein. It's time to turn the domestic tables and -- voilà ! -- escalate the war against the war At the Pentagon, they call it the Voilà Moment. That's when Iraqi soldiers and civil...
Klein: More Democracy - Not More Political Strongmen
Znet Article, February, 03 2003
Naomi Klein
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The key word at this year's World Social Forum, held this week in Porto Alegre, Brazil, was "big". Big attendance: more than 100,000 delegates in all. Big speeches: more than 15,000 crammed in to see Noam Chomsky. And most of all, big men. Luiz In...
Klein: Out Of The Ordinary
Znet Article, January, 31 2003
Naomi Klein
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In late 2001, the people of Argentina took to the streets, driven to despair by the economic chaos into which their leaders had dragged them. Among them was Gustavo Benedetto, a 23-year-old killed on his first ever protest. Naomi Klein reports on ...
Klein: Don' Fence Us In
Znet Article, October, 06 2002
Naomi Klein
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A few months ago, while riffling through my clippings searching for a lost statistic, I noticed a recurring theme: the fence. The image came up again and again: barriers separating people from previously public resources, locking them away from mu...
Klein: Old Hates Fueled By Fear
Znet Article, April, 24 2002
Naomi Klein
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I knew from e-mail reports that something new was going on in Washington last weekend. A demonstration against the World Bank and International Monetary Fund was joined by an antiwar march, as well as a demonstration against the Israeli occupation...
Klein: IMF Go To Hell
Znet Article, March, 19 2002
Naomi Klein
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On Tuesday in Buenos Aires, only a few blocks from where Argentine President Eduardo Duhalde was negotiating with the International Monetary Fund, a group of residents were going through a negotiation of a different kind. They were trying to save ...
Klein: It's not enough to bring Soweto to Rosedale
Commentary, November, 26 2001
Naomi Klein
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On Saturday night, I found myself at a party honouring Nelson Mandela and raising money for his children's fund. It was a lovely affair and only a very rude person would have pointed out that the party was packed with many of the banking and minin...
Klein: Mike HarrisÕs Ontario?
Commentary, October, 18 2001
Naomi Klein
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For almost a year, I carried Premier Mike Harris's $200 tax cut in my wallet. Its edges frayed and the ink began to smudge. I looked at it from time to time, then put it away.
Klein: Mike Harris’s Ontario?
Commentary, October, 18 2001
Naomi Klein
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For almost a year, I carried Premier Mike Harris's $200 tax cut in my wallet. Its edges frayed and the ink began to smudge. I looked at it from time to time, then put it away.
Klein: After Genoa
Commentary, September, 06 2001
Naomi Klein
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Part of the tourist ritual of traipsing through Italy in August is marvelling at how the locals have mastered the art of living -- and then complaining bitterly about how everything is closed. ÒSo civilised,Ó you can hear North Americans remarkin...
Klein: The New Party Initiative
Commentary, July, 08 2001
Naomi Klein
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I've never joined a political party, never even been to a political convention. Last election, after being dragged by the hair to the ballot box, I was overcome by a wave of ennui more acute than the pain suffered by my friends who simply ingested...
Klein: Genetic Tampering
Commentary, June, 25 2001
Naomi Klein
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Genetic Tampering by Naomi Klein Europeans would be forgiven for thinking that the war against genetic tampering in the food supply has been all but won. There are labels in the supermarkets aisles, there is mounting political support for organi...
Klein: Give Me a Hug: When Multinationals Want to Be Our Friend
Commentary, May, 31 2001
Naomi Klein
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When I was 17, I worked after school at an Esprit clothing store in Montreal. It was a pleasant job, mostly involving folding cotton garments into little squares so sharp that their corners could take out your eye.
Klein: Talk to your neighbours
Commentary, May, 05 2001
Naomi Klein
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The idea of turning London into a life-sized Monopoly board on May Day sounded like a great idea. The most familiar criticism lobbed at modern protesters is that they lack focus and clear goals such as "Save the trees" or "Drop the debt." And yet...
