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Ryan Grim, Naomi Klein Discuss 'Audit The Fed' Bill On MSNBC (VIDEO)

Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ron Paul, Ryan Grim Morning Meeting, Naomi Klein, Paul Grayson Bill, Alan Grayson, Ryan Grim, Watts Amendment, Fed Secret Bailouts, Audit the Fed Letter, Morning Meeting Dylan Ratigan, Audit the Fed, Ryan Grim MSNBC, Financial Regulation, House Financial Services Committee, Politics News

The Huffington Post's Ryan Grim appeared on MSNBC's "Morning Meeting" Thursday, alongside author Naomi Klein, to discuss the Ron Paul/Alan Grayson bil...

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Passing Oceania

Matt Osborne | Posted 11.28.2009 | Media

For all our worries about Big Brother intruding on our lives, Big Brother has no way to stop individuals from intruding on him.

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Toxic Shock Doctrine?

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lou Dobbs, Naomi Klein, Glenn Beck, Keith Olbermann, Shock Doctrine, Toxic Shock, Politics News

Whether it's a failed public option, or a failed profit margin, one thing becomes increasingly more evident day by day. It's getting harder to tell the Dems from the dames.

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This Film is an Idiot's Version of Naomi Klein's Masterpiece

Johann Hari | Posted 10.22.2009 | World

Naomi Klein's The Shock Doctrine is one of the most important political books of the past decade. But Michael Winterbottom's "adaptation" for film is garbled and mumbled to the point of meaninglessness.

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Weekly Audit: Why the Rich Can't Afford to Get Richer

The Media Consortium | Posted 08.28.2009 | Home

Read More: Elizabeth Warren, Steven Benen, Truthdig, David Sirota, Washington Monthly, Naomi Klein, The Real News, The Progressive, Faisal Islam, Salon, John Talbott, Weekly Audit, The Media Consortium, Zach Carter, Tmc, Alternet, Simon Johnson, Home News

by Zach Carter, TMC MediaWire Blogger If we want our economy to be strong and stable, we have to start thinking about it as a product of community--n...

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Why the Yes Men Said "No"

The Yes Men | Posted 08.02.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jerusalem, Holocaust, Boycott, Gaza, West Bank, Judaism, Naomi Klein, Film, Israel, The Yes Men, Andy Bichlbaum, Mike Bonanno, The Yes Men Fix the World, Entertainment News

We know our decision won't get us too many friends in Israel, even among progressives. But we have to do what seems right to us, and hope the message gets through.

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Did Barack Obama "Kill" the Progressive Movement?

Jane Hamsher | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Media Matters, Rahm Emanuel, Dana Milbank, Keith Ellison, Federal Reserve Transparency Act, Leo Gerard, America's Future Now, Cramdown, Barack Obama, Naomi Klein, Center for American Progress, Progressives, Obama Progressives, Progressive Movement, Politics News

I understand that nobody wants to be on the outside like they were during the Bush years, but the price of a few cocktail parties at the White House -- and the threat of lost donors -- is buying a lot more than it should.

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Expert As Frenemy: Notes On The New Yorker Summit

Sanjay Khanna | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Climate Change, The New Yorker, Politics, Afghanistan, Hope, Pakistan, Naomi Klein, Bear Stearns, Frenemy, Malcolm Gladwell, Iraq, Barack Obama, Experts, Poverty, World, Politics News

Human nature leads us to turn towards expert-dependent disciplines to save us from ourselves but to what extent are experts -- and our own competence -- the frenemy in our midst?

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No More Mandelas: What America Can Learn From the ANC's Abuse of Hope

Eben Esterhuizen | Posted 05.23.2009 | World

Read More: Barack Obama Nelson Mandela, Naomi Klein, Nelson Mandela, Jacob Zuma, Desmond Tutu, Hope, World News

"Hope has never trickled down. It has always sprung up." This is what America can learn from South Africa.

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Review: "Fuel" Release Party (Photos)

John Wellington Ennis | Posted 06.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Fuel, Biofuels, Future of Fuel, Ed Begley Jr., Naomi Klein, Future Fuel, Biodiesel, Robert F. Kennedy, Green News

Celebrating its national theatrical release, the Sundance award-winning film Fuel held its party and screening at the most appropriate place for its topic: a gas station.

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10 Places Not to Yell: "Thom Yorke Is Retiring" (He's Not)

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 03.19.2009 | Entertainment

The one place you could yell it is Iceland, let Sigur Ros know if they ever had a chance of touring American stadiums, getting Yorke out of the way could be it.

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A Bold Proposal for a New Economy

John Cavanagh | Posted 03.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Naomi Klein's Shock Doctrine, US Economy, The Shock Doctrine, Milton Friedman, Wall Street, Agenda for a New Economy, David Korten, Economy, Naomi Klein, Wall Street Casino, Business News

In his book, Agenda for a New Economy, David Korten is full of ideas on democratizing ownership and reclaiming corporate charters from footloose global firms.

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David Brooks Made Me Wring My Hands: Obama and His Education Secretary Pick

Dan Brown | Posted 01.05.2009 | Media

In his most recent op-ed, David Brooks offers Americans a false choice between two distinct camps of education interests. Here's hoping our new president will sweep aside that brand of discourse.

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Can We?

Wendy Block | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: David Sirota, The Uprising, Lobbyists, Grassroots, Fun, Bailout Deal, Illegal Activity, Progressives, Amy Goodman, Community Organizer, Federal Reserve, Corporate, Congress, New Activists, Shareholder Dividends, Government, Gordon Brown, u.s. Economy Problems, Shock Doctrine, Movement, Obama Change, Samuel Beckett, Banks, Moveon, Bonuses, Gay Marriage Ban, Saul Alinsky, Democracy Now, Naomi Klein, Barack Obama, Politics News

I'm not ready to return to the same non-adrenaline-rush grassroots work that propelled Obama and the Dems to such a decisive victory.

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The Two Trillion Dollar Bailout You Don't Know About

Ben Cohen | Posted 12.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Economic Bailout, Noam Chomsky, Naomi Klein, Congresional Bailout, Noami Klein, Wall Street Bailout, National Debt, Federal Deficit, Bailout, Economy, Federal Debt, National Deficit, Politics News

If you thought the $700 billion bailout was bad, think again. The Federal Reserve is apparently handing out two trillion dollars in loans and it won't disclose where the money is going to.

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New Bond Film Is Attack On Imperialism (SPOILERS)

Juan Cole/NP | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Quantum of Solace, James Bond, Naomi Klein, Ian Fleming, Daniel Craig, Politics News

Liberals and conservatives alike seemed to have picked up on a distinctly anti-imperialist strain in the new Bond film "Quantum of Solace." A warni...

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No Currency Left to Buy the Big Lies

John Cusack | Posted 12.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Naomi Klein's Shock Doctrine, Celebrities Talk Politics, Economy, War Inc., Naomi Klein, Financial Crisis, John Cusack, Alan Greenspan, Ponzi Scheme, Socialists, Politics News

We watch millionaires and paid Republican hacks appear on television yelling "Socialist!" at Obama as if the Bolsheviks are coming to rape our daughters.

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Naomi Klein Offers Colbert Disaster Investment Advice (VIDEO)

Colbert Report | Posted 11.03.2008 | Business

Read More: Personal Finance, Shock Doctrine, Stephen Colbert, Capitalism, Economy, Naomi Klein, Video, Business News

Author Naomi Klein visited Stephen Colbert to talk about her new book. While talking about what she finds wrong with capitalism, Stephen tricked her i...

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The Economic Shock: An Interview With Naomi Klein on the Current Crisis

Wajahat Ali | Posted 10.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Naomi Klein Interview, Naomi Klein, The Shock Doctrine, Economy, Naomi Klein Economy, Section 8, International Monetary Fund, Free Market Finance, Imf, Fannie Mae, Clinton Administration, Bush Administration, Freddie Mac, Argentina Federal Debt, Chile Federal Debt, Laissez-Faire, Shock Economics, Free Market Ideology, Politics News

"There are a lot of things the taxpayers have a right to ask of Wall Street in exchange for these bailouts." (Klein)

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McCain's Bailout Bomb Is Yet To Be Dropped

Jon Raymond | Posted 10.25.2008 | Home

Read More: Henry Paulson, Obama, Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street, Disaster Capitalism, Bailout, Mccain, Neocon, Economy, Naomi Klein, Home News

The economic disaster is far from over. They have actually just relocated it from Wall Street to Main Street.

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Andrew Sullivan's Fantasy World

Ben Cohen | Posted 10.23.2008 | Business

Read More: Naomi Klein's Shock Doctrine, Andrew Sullivan, Economy, Conservative Economics, Naomi Klein, Business News

His perspective as a British, gay, conservative in America makes him one of the most interesting talking heads around.

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Naomi Klein Discusses "Disaster Capitalism" On Real Time With Bill Maher (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 10.22.2008 | Politics

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Naomi Klein, author of the book "The Shock Doctrine," was a guest on Bill Maher's HBO Show, "Real Time." Klein's book posits that certain people ofte...

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"A Scarily Efficient Way of Organizing Society": Naomi Klein on China

The Real News | Posted 09.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Lou Dobbs, Communism, Surveillance, Naomi Klein, Capitalism, Beijing Olympics, Olympics, China, Politics News

The Real News Network's Paul Jay spoke with author and investigative journalist, Naomi Klein about the Olympic show hiding a scary backdrop. Here's the video.

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The Olympics: Unveiling Police State 2.0

Naomi Klein | Posted 09.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Slideshow, Naomi Klein Shock Doctrine, Olympics, China Police State, Naomi Klein, Beijing Olympics, China, Politics News

You are about to be awed by China's sheer awesomeness. The Olympics are the coming out party for a disturbingly efficient way of organizing society that China is finally ready to show off.

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Bush Reveals True Reason for War in Push for Iraqi Agreement

Bennet Kelley | Posted 08.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Joseph Stiglitz Iraq, Iraq War, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki, Paul Bremer, Iraq Troop Withdrawal, Naomi Klein, Bush Iran, George Bush Legacy, Iraq Bases, McCain Iraq, Iraq, Politics News

Operation Iraqi Freedom was never about liberating the people of Iraq but instead about liberating its assets for foreign exploitation.

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