Naomi Klein
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Naomi Klein is a Canadian author and activist known for writing influential books that critique capitalism and corporate power, examining how major disasters and crises are often exploited for profit. Her work has shaped global conversations about economic justice, climate change, and the relationship between business and social problems, making her one of the most prominent progressive voices in contemporary political debate.
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- Born
- 8 May 1970
- Works
- 39
Top works
- Case for Sanctions Against Israel
- Public Catastrophes, Private Losses
- Doppelganger : un Viaje Al Mundo Del Espejo / Doppelganger
- Doppelganger
- ON FIRE
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Acting · Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Naomi 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 corporate capitalism.
Known for
- The Six Billion Dollar Man — Self2025
- Generation Green New Deal — Self2020
- The Big Scary “S” Word — Self2020
- The Era of Neoliberalism — Self2019
- The Russell Howard Hour — Self2017
- Laissez-faire — Self (archive footage)2015
- Agora: From Democracy to the Market — self2015
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Naomi Klein (born May 8, 1970) is a Canadian author, social activist, and filmmaker known for her political analyses, support of ecofeminism and organized labour, and criticism of corporate globalization, fascism, and capitalism.
Klein first became known internationally for her alter-globalization book No Logo (1999). The Take (2004), a documentary film about Argentine workers' self-managed factories, written by her and directed by her husband Avi Lewis, further increased her profile. The Shock Doctrine (2007), a critical analysis of the history of neoliberal economics, solidified her standing as a prominent activist on the international stage and was adapted into a six-minute companion film by Alfonso and Jonás Cuarón, as well as a feature-length documentary by Michael Winterbottom. Klein's This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate (2014) was a New York Times nonfiction bestseller and the winner of the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction.
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1970 births20th-century Canadian non-fiction writers20th-century Canadian women writers21st-century Canadian journalists21st-century Canadian non-fiction writers21st-century Canadian women journalists21st-century Canadian women writersAcademic staff of the University of British Columbia Faculty of ArtsActivists from MontrealAmerican Book Award winnersAnglophone Quebec people