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The Books Obama Should Be Reading

HuffPost's Eyes & Ears | Matthew Palevksy | Posted 11.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Obama Speeches, Shock Doctrine, Three Cups of Tea, President Obama, Slidepoll, Obama Summer Reading List, Obama Reading List, Martha's Vineyard, Living News

While President Obama was lounging on Martha's Vineyard we asked readers to suggest books he should read. Hundreds of people responded with suggestion...

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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
Jayne Lyn Stahl

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

Read More: Chile, Debt, Depression, Salvador Allende, Naomi Klein, Mixed Economies, Apartheid, Conservatism, Michale Winterbottom, Capitalism, Pinochet, Naomi Klein's Shock Doctrine, Communism, Freedom Charter, Channel 4, Margaret Thatcher, Anc, Shock Doctrine, Cia, World Bank, Tianamen, Imf, Milton Friedman, Soviet Union, World News
Johann Hari

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

Dan Brown | Posted 01.05.2009 | Media

Read More: Michelle Rhee, Linda Darling-Hammond, No Child Left Behind, New York Times, Naomi Klein, High-Stakes Testing, Nea, Barack Obama, Uft, Teacher Quality, Teacher Union, Aft, Shock Doctrine, David Brooks, Nclb, Joel Klein, School Accountability, Education Reform, Newt Gingrich, Cabinet Appointments, Media News
Dan Brown

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
Wendy Block

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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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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Now is the Time to Resist Wall Street's Shock Doctrine

Naomi Klein | Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Naomi Klein's Shock Doctrine, American Solutions for Winning the Future, Shock Doctrine, Wall Street Crisis, Economic Crisis, Economy, Deregulation, Newt Gingrich, Politics News
Naomi Klein

There are no saviors who are going to look out for us in this crisis -- the only hope of preventing another dose of shock politics is loud, organized grassroots pressure on all political parties.

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This Shock Doctrine Bailout Is Pure Fear, NOT a Response

Dave Johnson | Posted 10.20.2008 | Business

Read More: Shock Doctrine, AIG Bailout, Wall Street, Lehman Brothers, Recession, Economy, Business News
Dave Johnson

This is based entirely on a fear story -- of we don't do this, then terrible things will happen.

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Naomi Klein: "Disaster Capitalism" Still On The Rise

Portfolio.com | Lloyd Grove | Posted 08.01.2008 | Business

Read More: Shock Doctrine, Economic Shock Therapy, Katrina, Disaster Capitalism, Capitalism, Naomi Klein, Business News

Marauding multinationals and their enablers in the U.S. government have a worthy adversary in Naomi Klein, a Canadian social critic whose books punctu...

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