Naomi Klein speech on Iraq elections

Post by **prince1000** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 11:06 pm

Cultural analyst, Naomi Klein is perhaps one of the most perceptive writers and thinkers of the global justice movement. The author of two books, No Logo and Fences and Windows, Klein's dispatches are read internationally, appearing in the Nation Magazine, the London Guardian, and Toronto Globe and Mail. On Feb. 16, 2005 at UC Santa Cruz, Naomi Klein presented her talk, "War and Fleece: Economic Shock Therapy in Iraq," in which she also shared her analysis of the January 30 Iraq election. Self-contained for broadcast: 59:37

http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/naom ... nal_64.mp3

Post by **HM-PuFFNSTuFF** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 11:35 pm

I knew her back in university. She's a hotty.

Post by **prince1000** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 12:59 am

have you read fences and windows? is it similar to no logo?

Post by **HM-PuFFNSTuFF** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 3:12 am

I haven't read either. afaik F&W is about globalization. I believe she just made a movie with Avi Lewis about the true democratization of the Argentinian economy.

Post by **[xeno]Julios** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 4:17 am

HM-PuFFNSTuFF wrote:. I believe she just made a movie with Avi Lewis about the true democratization of the Argentinian economy.

yea - "The Take" - saw it at the Carlton a few months back.

btw avi's her hubby

Post by **HM-PuFFNSTuFF** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 4:24 am

i just got a cat

*shakes fist at Avi*

Post by **seremtan** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 3:07 pm

HM-PuFFNSTuFF wrote:I knew her back in university. She's a hotty.

Well, ok, if you're into Jewish girls.

No Logo was a good piece of work. Her critique of branding fits quite nicely into the larger picture of the depoliticisation and atomisation of western society.

So there.

Post by **R00k** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 3:14 pm

seremtan wrote:
HM-PuFFNSTuFF wrote:I knew her back in university. She's a hotty.
Well, ok, if you're into Jewish girls.

lol, what would make you think he's not?

Post by **Ryoki** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 3:15 pm

I wrote an article called Pro Logo once, it was about how most poor people have really strange brandperception.

Post by **R00k** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 3:16 pm

That sounds like an interesting article. Got a copy of it?

Post by **Ryoki** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 3:20 pm

Yes - in dutch :P
I'll see if i can find it at home and write a synopsis or something...

Post by **R00k** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 3:22 pm

That'd be cool. I have a hard enough time with German, and I studied that for 3 years. Dutch would be like trying to read the Magna Carta for me. :icon25:

Post by **Geebs** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 5:30 pm

Pfft, I'd be just as interested in Tom Clancy's opinion of the Iraqi elections, i.e. not at all