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Klein: Our Lives Are Under Threat From Some of the Most Powerful and Richest Entities
Commentary, April, 11 2011
Naomi Klein
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Not for forty years has there been such a stretch of bad news for environmentalists in Washington.
Klein: Pay To Be Saved: A Future of Disaster Apartheid
Commentary, August, 29 2006
Naomi Klein
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The Red Cross has just announced a new disaster-response partnership with Wal-Mart. When the next hurricane hits, it will be a co-production of Big Aid and Big Box.
Klein: An American Hero?
Commentary, May, 23 2003
Naomi Klein
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Jessica Lynch and Rachel Corrie could have passed for sisters. Two all-American blondes, two destinies forever changed in a Middle East war zone. Private Jessica Lynch, the soldier, was born in Palestine, West Virginia. Rachel Corrie, the activist...
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...
