Congratulations on this day, the publication date of your book. Humans are many things. I’m wondering if you could talk further about that. This book is a celebration of their creativity and courage. JUAN GONZÁLEZ: And speaking of some of these disasters, one of the particularly powerful essays in this book — and it should be clear, this is a collection of essays that you’ve written over about a 10-year period on the issue of climate — is titled “The Season of Smoke.” And you talk about your going back to your family’s homeplace in British Columbia for your regular summer vacation in 2017, and you were stunned by the changes that were occurring all around you as a result of all of the wildfires that were engulfing the western parts of the United States and Canada. The bank of cameras that camped outside Delhi’s sprawling Tihar jail was the sort of media frenzy you would expect to await a prime minister caught in an embezzlement scandal, or perhaps a Bollywood star caught in the wrong bed. “On Fire: The Case for the Green New Deal” is Naomi Klein’s New Book, which assembles a collection of essays written over the course of almost a decade. On Fire: A Burning Case for a Green New Deal by Naomi Klein I have read enough books on the climate crisis and interconnected crises that they all sound the same by now. There’s so much fatalism and doomsaying right now, that is really making these appeals to human nature. And they’re not good to begin with, right? And so, I think the important — what is important about reminding ourselves, OK, well, in the face of the Great Depression, in the face of the deepest economic crisis this country has ever faced, there was huge collective action, and — you know, whether it was the Civilian Conservation Corps planting 2.3 billion trees, setting up hundreds of camps across the country, tackling soil erosion, 800 new state parks, whether it’s hundreds of thousands of new works of art during the original New Deal, or, as you said, Juan, the Marshall Plan, which reminds us of another time of collective action. They may not be adapting the way the United Nations would like them to adapt, by cutting emissions, by building seawalls, whatever it is. Because we live in a time of multiple, overlapping crises. has refused to take government or corporate funding, because nothing is more important to us than our editorial independence. “They are now speaking (and screaming, and striking) for themselves.” On Fire: The Burning Case for a Green New Deal by Naomi Klein … Naomi Klein is the critically acclaimed, New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author of eight books including On Fire (2019), No Is Not Enough (2017), This Changes Everything (2014), The Shock Doctrine (2007) and No Logo (2000). You talk about the original New Deal under FDR, and you talk about the Marshall Plan after World War II, both of which were attempts by, some would say, enlightened capitalists to deal with the fact the countries — Europe, after World War II, and the U.S. — were heading toward potential revolution —. So, essentially what the Green new Deal is saying: If we’re going to do all that, why wouldn’t we tackle all of these systemic economic and social crises at the same time? Before the deadline, volunteers usually show up with trailers and pickup trucks to help with the move. I mean, Donald Trump has had to adapt the construction of his golf courses because of rising sea level. And as workers collapsed on the job, they were just sent home like defective goods. The connections are daring in journalist Naomi Klein's new book, "The Shock Doctrine," but the result is convincing. Trouble came for Wolf in May, during an … And these governments are adapting to climate change. They’re building border walls. AMY GOODMAN: It’s called On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal. AMY GOODMAN: A book reviewer in The New York Times wrote in today’s paper, quote, “If I were a rich man, I’d buy 245 million copies of Naomi Klein’s 'On Fire' and hand-deliver them to every eligible voter in America,” he said. It’s really about transforming the economy and making it fairer. They think wealthier countries are going to be all right. Because we live in a time of multiple, overlapping crises.”. But you point out that in the past there have been instances when the United States government has marshaled enormous forces and money to deal with problems. Join bestselling, award-winning, internationally acclaimed writer and climate activist Naomi Klein, in conversation about her new book, How to Change Everything. is a 501(c)3 non-profit news organization. This is viewer supported news. Young people are fighting for their right to a future on a really basic level. I don’t think they deny the reality of climate change. The right to a future free from violence and unending disasters connects all of these movements. #1 international and New York Times bestselling author Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine and This Changes Everything, makes the case for a Green New Deal—explaining how bold climate action can be a blueprint for a just and thriving society. Klein’s new book, On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal, opens with a portrait of Thunberg and a discussion of the youth climate movement. NAOMI KLEIN: Well, I use that term to describe the fact that — you know, we often talk about governments, like the Trump administration, as governments that are committed to climate change denial. They all know it’s happening. And you had the sort of impacts on respiratory health and just this sense of profound unease, which is what I was trying to capture in that essay, of just this general kind of — like, the sun and the moon looking so very strange, these little red or orange dots in the sky — and, of course, the inequalities that always accompany this. In her new book, “On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal,” Klein looks unsparingly at the rise of ecofascism, as Western countries … Naomi Klein discusses her new book This Changes Everything, in which she says it's time to stop counting on the politicians to save the planet. But that means we rely on you, our audience, for support. We already know, just yesterday, from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center, that 7 million people in the first six months of 2019 have been forced to move because of floods, droughts, disasters, many of them linked to the climate crisis. If you think that sounds far-fetched, well, so did the judge who released Ravi after nine days in jail under police interrogation. That is at the heart of the climate strikes: the right to a future that is more than fleeing from a series of disasters. And so, people hear this. Philly Health Commissioner Resigns After Mayor Reveals, Watch Rep. Rashida Tlaib Blast U.S. Aid for Israel & Attack on Gaza in Dramatic House Floor Speech, Hanan Ashrawi & Rashid Khalidi: U.S. And scientists are telling us that we need to cut emissions globally in half in a mere 11 years. No Is Not Enough is the most rapidly written book by the acclaimed Canadian writer and activist, a respected political thinker with a huge following since her … The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein is a study of the history of economic shock therapy, which is a method of (supposedly) boosting a country’s economy through rapid deregulation, privatization, and severe cuts to government spending.. Elle avance que le déplacement de la production au dernier rang de la chaîne économique a conduit à des coupes d'effectifs dans les pays industrialisés, au profit d'emplois précaire… So, you know, part of what I’m exploring in that essay, of course, is what the U.N. is now calling “climate apartheid,” where you have this extreme inequality of impacts. We are already seeing many thousands of people being allowed to die in the Mediterranean. Nathan Thrall on “A Day in the Life of Abed Salama” & Reality of Palestinian Life Under Israeli Rule, Whistleblowers Daniel Ellsberg & Edward Snowden in Conversation with Amy Goodman. This is how they are proposing to deal with a world in which millions of people are being forced from their homelands. Home, in this case, being flimsy tents, draped in tarps, many of them strung up between pine trees, secured to fences, or hidden beneath highway overpasses. Naomi A. Klein (born May 8, 1970) is a Canadian author, social activist, and filmmaker known for her political analyses and criticism of corporate globalization and of capitalism. Right? Better pay attention. With a bold and brilliantly conceived thesis, skillfully and cogently threaded through more than 500 pages of trenchant writing, Klein may well have revealed the master narrative of our time. Naomi Klein is now focused on wider issues associated with the climate change emergency and, in this book, she echoes the voice of Greta Thunberg (who was not even born when No Logo came out), to appeal for us all to act as if this was an emergency. We need to remember this history, because it reminds us that this thing called human nature that gets evoked, telling us that we are doomed, is not fixed. So, the migrant fruit pickers, for instance, across the border in Washington state, were having to pick fruit in these horrific conditions. I’m Amy Goodman, with Juan González. When it comes to working for a cause, young activists are ready and willing to use all the tools they can get their hands on, from voting (for those who are old enough) and civil lawsuits to art and gardening. Les entreprises ont donc pu investir dans le marketing, c'est-à-dire investir non pas dans le produit, mais dans son nom. And I think the biggest reason for that is simply that so many people’s lives are touched by it — by storms, by flood, by drought. You know, I’ve been writing about the climate crisis for more than a decade and really trying to understand why it is that despite all of the scientific warnings, despite the fact that, sure, it’s expensive to deal with the crisis, but we know how not just expensive, but just the devastating human costs inaction carry, why have we talked and talked — our governments, why they’ve been talking for more than 30 years about lowering emissions, while global emissions have gone up by 40%. No Is Not Enough - Naomi Klein. Instead, the cameras were waiting for Disha Ravi, a nature-loving 22-year-old vegan climate activist who against all odds has found herself ensnared in an Orwellian legal saga that includes accusations of sedition, incitement, and involvement in an international conspiracy whose elements include (but are not limited to): Indian farmers in revolt, the global pop star Rihanna, supposed plots against yoga and chai, Sikh separatism, and Greta Thunberg. Tech giants like Google and Facebook appear to be aiding and abetting a vicious government campaign against Indian climate activists. And what is the crisis that we are facing? Photo by Kourosh Keshiri. Copy may not be in its final form. Naomi Klein on This Changes Everything, Her New Book About Climate Change. We are all “sleepwalking toward apocalypse,” author and activist Naomi Klein declares in On Fire: The Burning Case for a Green New Deal, her new book demanding radical action to save a dying planet. Her new book … For … NAOMI KLEIN: Yeah. If we don’t end carbon emissions quickly, the future of our planet is in serious jeopardy. They load up bicycles, coolers, and cats, as well as clothing stuffed in suitcases, plastic laundry baskets, and garbage bags. But smoke impacts huge numbers of people. Democracy Now! “Naomi Klein’s work has always moved and guided me. In her own way, climate activist Naomi Klein is following that tradition. California’s divided and fire-scarred cities, reeling from climate disasters, need a Green New Deal. Naomi has written a new Foreword during the Covid-19 Pandemic for the paperback of, On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal Message from the Future, conceived by Naomi and co-written and narrated by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been viewed over 10 million times and was nominated for a 2020 Emmy (News and Doc)! The Red Deal: Extended Interview with Red Nation Members About an Indigenous Plan to Save Our Earth, Part 1: Naomi Klein: The Climate Crisis Demands Radical Change. Paper Straws Are a Distraction, Not Solution, Part 2: “On Fire”: In New Book, Naomi Klein Makes the Case for a Green New Deal to Save the Planet, Part 3: Naomi Klein: Greta Thunberg Is a “Prophetic Voice” in Fight for Climate Justice, Part 4: Ecofascism: Naomi Klein Warns the Far Right’s Embrace of White Supremacy Is Tied to Climate Crisis. In her introduction to the book, Klein reminds us that children can no longer be employed as “mere rhetorical devices” for the arguments of climate activists. This is a challenging time for us all, but if you're able to make a donation, please do so today. I mean, that’s what I mean by climate barbarism. And one of the reasons is that this crisis landed on our laps as a species at the worst possible moment in human evolution that a collective crisis of this nature could have landed on their laps — in our laps, which is the late 1980s, the high point of the sort of free-market zealotry, you know, right when the Berlin Wall is collapsing, right when history is being declared over, right when Margaret Thatcher is saying there is no alternative, there is no such thing as society. “Essentially, what the Green New Deal is saying: If we’re going to do all that, why wouldn’t we tackle all of these systemic economic and social crises at the same time? Formidably intelligent, unapologetically radical, Naomi Klein has helped transform the … Backing Has Given Israel License to Kill & Maim Palestinians, Republicans Oppose Kristen Clarke for Top Civil Rights Job at, “The Scene Is Horrific”: Gazans Trapped as Israel Escalates Bombing, Killing Dozens in the Territory. 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But they think they’re going to be all right. #1 New York Times and internationally bestselling author Naomi Klein makes the case for a Green New Deal in this “keenly argued, well-researched, and impassioned” manifesto (The Washington Post). to your inbox each morning. We rely on contributions from our viewers and listeners to do our work. IT’S A RITUAL that has been repeated many times over the coldest months of Northern California’s winter. W hen Naomi Klein toured North America with her 2019 book about the Green New Deal, she and her assistant liaised with local campaigners from … This is a rush transcript. is celebrating our 25th anniversary—that's 25 years of bringing you fearless, independent reporting. There’s a real sense of urgency. So, that essay is an attempt to sort of capture the — I guess, the relentlessness of some of the ways in which the climate crisis plays out, because, obviously, it is these sort of acute disasters, these record-breaking storms, that capture our attention, as well they should. 1-Page Summary 1-Page Book Summary of The Shock Doctrine Fast Summary of Shortform's Guide to The Shock Doctrine. OUT NOW About Naomi Events Get the Book Get Involved “This is one attempt to uncover how we got to this surreal political moment. Naomi Wolf’s publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt officially pulled the plug on releasing her new book in the United States, likely due to substantial errors discovered in the midst of an unfortunate press tour interview. It was the push and pull of social strife, strikes, militant action, rising socialism. We rely on contributions from you, our viewers and listeners to do our work. Once upon a time, people told children stories both to entertain and forewarn. 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