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Todd Haynes and Wallace Shawn among signatories of letter backing Mark Ruffalo amid antisemitism charge https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/01/jewish-artist-support-mark-ruffalo-antisemitism #MarkRuffalo #Film #ParamountPictures #Culture #UsNews #ToddHaynes #WallaceShawn #WorldNews #WarnerBros #NaomiKlein #Oracle #MediaBusiness #FilmIndustry

Todd Haynes and Wallace Shawn among signatories of letter backing Mark Ruffalo amid antisemitism charge
By Adrian Horton

More than 170 Jewish artists, also including Joel Coen, Hannah Einbinder and Miranda July, have supported the actor after he criticized Paramount

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/01/jewish-artist-support-mark-ruffalo-antisemitism

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Pearl Diver: A wake-up call

Because, underneath all of this is the real truth we have been avoiding: climate change isn’t an “issue” to add to the list of things to worry about, next to health care and taxes. It is a civilizational wake-up call. A powerful message—spoken in the language of fires, floods, droughts, and extinctions—telling us that we need an entirely new economic model and a new way of sharing this planet. Telling us that we need to evolve.

–Naomi Klein

By now, the shocking images spreading on social media following the devastating mudslides caused by a glacial collapse in the Nepal-China border area should leave everyone horrified.

However, that horror should not stem from the ferocious, destructive power of the forces of nature. Mother Nature did not release a deluge of ice, water, mud and rocks upon unsuspecting villagers without provocation. She was compelled by human neglect, blatant complicity in global warming and climate change and, sadly, even denial!

Wealthy industrialised nations are the biggest contributors to global warming and climate change. While most of these nations have routinely pledged to reduce emissions, among other measures to tackle the man-made problem, one nation stands out depressingly in denial and shame.

The US government (led by the Trump administration), which loves to lecture other countries on practically every aspect of life, stands out as not only a major contributor, but also a primary denier of this phenomenon. The devastating result is that a poor nation whose contribution to climate change and global warming is negligible is unfairly bearing the full brunt of the problem.

There is a song I love about human greed, materialism, and environmental exploitation that almost brings tears to my eyes. It is by folk singer-songwriter David Roth, and it issues a dire warning about our complicity and denial. There are lines like the following which are particularly evocative:

Dump their garbage overground
Invade the air with greed
Exploit the wind and use the land
For things that they don’t need…

And…

And I can taste the toxic waters
Hear every splash of waste
I see how man has used the sea
Diluting his distaste…

Also…

Now I am eternal witness
To the tide that man has turned
Pity he will never know
The things that I have learned…

I will leave the full song lyrics below the video. Enjoy, and spare a thought for our environment and the plants and animals that share it with us.

https://youtu.be/AEUwxzP1f7s?si=9ikx4eKjWqTKP_Vt

Full Lyrics

I was living very happy
When they came to me
Offered riches for the pearls
Way down in the sea
So I became a pearl diver
Held my breath as I went down
Caught my foot between two rocks
And drowned
Now I am sitting under water
Watching things fall in
Sinking with the weight of knowledge
Greed, desire and sin
Now I am eternal witness
To the tide that man has turned
Pity he will never know
The things that I have learned
The submarines go underneath
The battleships above
And the divers keep on coming
Putting prices on their love
And I can taste the toxic waters
Hear every splash of waste
I see how man has used the sea
Diluting his distaste
The fishes tell me they would like to
Throw a hook up on the land
Snag a man and drag him under
Put him in a can
Watch him fight to breathe the water
Buy him in a store
Cut him up to be their dinner
Throw the bones on shore
Dump their garbage overground
Invade the air with greed
Exploit the wind and use the land
For things that they don’t need
I was living very happy
Until they came to me
Offered riches for the pearls
Way down in the sea
My dream is to be cremated
Not swaying with the tide
But because I wanted more
Than God had given me, I died

Rate this:

Pearl Diver: A wake-up call

Because, underneath all of this is the real truth we have been avoiding: climate change isn’t an “issue” to add to the list of things to worry about, next to health care and taxes. It is a civilizational wake-up call. A powerful message—spoken in the language of fires, floods, droughts, and extinctions—telling us that we need an entirely new economic model and a new way of sharing this planet. Telling us that we need to evolve.

–Naomi Klein

By now, the shocking images spreading on social media following the devastating mudslides caused by a glacial collapse in the Nepal-China border area should leave everyone horrified.

However, that horror should not stem from the ferocious, destructive power of the forces of nature. Mother Nature did not release a deluge of ice, water, mud and rocks upon unsuspecting villagers without provocation. She was compelled by human neglect, blatant complicity in global warming and climate change and, sadly, even denial!

Wealthy industrialised nations are the biggest contributors to global warming and climate change. While most of these nations have routinely pledged to reduce emissions, among other measures to tackle the man-made problem, one nation stands out depressingly in denial and shame.

The US government (led by the Trump administration), which loves to lecture other countries on practically every aspect of life, stands out as not only a major contributor, but also a primary denier of this phenomenon. The devastating result is that a poor nation whose contribution to climate change and global warming is negligible is unfairly bearing the full brunt of the problem.

There is a song I love about human greed, materialism, and environmental exploitation that almost brings tears to my eyes. It is by folk singer-songwriter David Roth, and it issues a dire warning about our complicity and denial. There are lines like the following which are particularly evocative:

Dump their garbage overground
Invade the air with greed
Exploit the wind and use the land
For things that they don’t need…

And…

And I can taste the toxic waters
Hear every splash of waste
I see how man has used the sea
Diluting his distaste…

Also…

Now I am eternal witness
To the tide that man has turned
Pity he will never know
The things that I have learned…

I will leave the full song lyrics below the video. Enjoy, and spare a thought for our environment and the plants and animals that share it with us.

https://youtu.be/AEUwxzP1f7s?si=9ikx4eKjWqTKP_Vt

Full Lyrics

I was living very happy
When they came to me
Offered riches for the pearls
Way down in the sea
So I became a pearl diver
Held my breath as I went down
Caught my foot between two rocks
And drowned
Now I am sitting under water
Watching things fall in
Sinking with the weight of knowledge
Greed, desire and sin
Now I am eternal witness
To the tide that man has turned
Pity he will never know
The things that I have learned
The submarines go underneath
The battleships above
And the divers keep on coming
Putting prices on their love
And I can taste the toxic waters
Hear every splash of waste
I see how man has used the sea
Diluting his distaste
The fishes tell me they would like to
Throw a hook up on the land
Snag a man and drag him under
Put him in a can
Watch him fight to breathe the water
Buy him in a store
Cut him up to be their dinner
Throw the bones on shore
Dump their garbage overground
Invade the air with greed
Exploit the wind and use the land
For things that they don’t need
I was living very happy
Until they came to me
Offered riches for the pearls
Way down in the sea
My dream is to be cremated
Not swaying with the tide
But because I wanted more
Than God had given me, I died

Rate this:

Pearl Diver: A wake-up call

Because, underneath all of this is the real truth we have been avoiding: climate change isn’t an “issue” to add to the list of things to worry about, next to health care and taxes. It is a civilizational wake-up call. A powerful message—spoken in the language of fires, floods, droughts, and extinctions—telling us that we need an entirely new economic model and a new way of sharing this planet. Telling us that we need to evolve.

–Naomi Klein

By now, the shocking images spreading on social media following the devastating mudslides caused by a glacial collapse in the Nepal-China border area should leave everyone horrified.

However, that horror should not stem from the ferocious, destructive power of the forces of nature. Mother Nature did not release a deluge of ice, water, mud and rocks upon unsuspecting villagers without provocation. She was compelled by human neglect, blatant complicity in global warming and climate change and, sadly, even denial!

Wealthy industrialised nations are the biggest contributors to global warming and climate change. While most of these nations have routinely pledged to reduce emissions, among other measures to tackle the man-made problem, one nation stands out depressingly in denial and shame.

The US government (led by the Trump administration), which loves to lecture other countries on practically every aspect of life, stands out as not only a major contributor, but also a primary denier of this phenomenon. The devastating result is that a poor nation whose contribution to climate change and global warming is negligible is unfairly bearing the full brunt of the problem.

There is a song I love about human greed, materialism, and environmental exploitation that almost brings tears to my eyes. It is by folk singer-songwriter David Roth, and it issues a dire warning about our complicity and denial. There are lines like the following which are particularly evocative:

Dump their garbage overground
Invade the air with greed
Exploit the wind and use the land
For things that they don’t need…

And…

And I can taste the toxic waters
Hear every splash of waste
I see how man has used the sea
Diluting his distaste…

Also…

Now I am eternal witness
To the tide that man has turned
Pity he will never know
The things that I have learned…

I will leave the full song lyrics below the video. Enjoy, and spare a thought for our environment and the plants and animals that share it with us.

https://youtu.be/AEUwxzP1f7s?si=9ikx4eKjWqTKP_Vt

Full Lyrics

I was living very happy
When they came to me
Offered riches for the pearls
Way down in the sea
So I became a pearl diver
Held my breath as I went down
Caught my foot between two rocks
And drowned
Now I am sitting under water
Watching things fall in
Sinking with the weight of knowledge
Greed, desire and sin
Now I am eternal witness
To the tide that man has turned
Pity he will never know
The things that I have learned
The submarines go underneath
The battleships above
And the divers keep on coming
Putting prices on their love
And I can taste the toxic waters
Hear every splash of waste
I see how man has used the sea
Diluting his distaste
The fishes tell me they would like to
Throw a hook up on the land
Snag a man and drag him under
Put him in a can
Watch him fight to breathe the water
Buy him in a store
Cut him up to be their dinner
Throw the bones on shore
Dump their garbage overground
Invade the air with greed
Exploit the wind and use the land
For things that they don’t need
I was living very happy
Until they came to me
Offered riches for the pearls
Way down in the sea
My dream is to be cremated
Not swaying with the tide
But because I wanted more
Than God had given me, I died

Rate this:

Pearl Diver: A wake-up call

Because, underneath all of this is the real truth we have been avoiding: climate change isn’t an “issue” to add to the list of things to worry about, next to health care and taxes. It is a civilizational wake-up call. A powerful message—spoken in the language of fires, floods, droughts, and extinctions—telling us that we need an entirely new economic model and a new way of sharing this planet. Telling us that we need to evolve.

–Naomi Klein

By now, the shocking images spreading on social media following the devastating mudslides caused by a glacial collapse in the Nepal-China border area should leave everyone horrified.

However, that horror should not stem from the ferocious, destructive power of the forces of nature. Mother Nature did not release a deluge of ice, water, mud and rocks upon unsuspecting villagers without provocation. She was compelled by human neglect, blatant complicity in global warming and climate change and, sadly, even denial!

Wealthy industrialised nations are the biggest contributors to global warming and climate change. While most of these nations have routinely pledged to reduce emissions, among other measures to tackle the man-made problem, one nation stands out depressingly in denial and shame.

The US government (led by the Trump administration), which loves to lecture other countries on practically every aspect of life, stands out as not only a major contributor, but also a primary denier of this phenomenon. The devastating result is that a poor nation whose contribution to climate change and global warming is negligible is unfairly bearing the full brunt of the problem.

There is a song I love about human greed, materialism, and environmental exploitation that almost brings tears to my eyes. It is by folk singer-songwriter David Roth, and it issues a dire warning about our complicity and denial. There are lines like the following which are particularly evocative:

Dump their garbage overground
Invade the air with greed
Exploit the wind and use the land
For things that they don’t need…

And…

And I can taste the toxic waters
Hear every splash of waste
I see how man has used the sea
Diluting his distaste…

Also…

Now I am eternal witness
To the tide that man has turned
Pity he will never know
The things that I have learned…

I will leave the full song lyrics below the video. Enjoy, and spare a thought for our environment and the plants and animals that share it with us.

https://youtu.be/AEUwxzP1f7s?si=9ikx4eKjWqTKP_Vt

Full Lyrics

I was living very happy
When they came to me
Offered riches for the pearls
Way down in the sea
So I became a pearl diver
Held my breath as I went down
Caught my foot between two rocks
And drowned
Now I am sitting under water
Watching things fall in
Sinking with the weight of knowledge
Greed, desire and sin
Now I am eternal witness
To the tide that man has turned
Pity he will never know
The things that I have learned
The submarines go underneath
The battleships above
And the divers keep on coming
Putting prices on their love
And I can taste the toxic waters
Hear every splash of waste
I see how man has used the sea
Diluting his distaste
The fishes tell me they would like to
Throw a hook up on the land
Snag a man and drag him under
Put him in a can
Watch him fight to breathe the water
Buy him in a store
Cut him up to be their dinner
Throw the bones on shore
Dump their garbage overground
Invade the air with greed
Exploit the wind and use the land
For things that they don’t need
I was living very happy
Until they came to me
Offered riches for the pearls
Way down in the sea
My dream is to be cremated
Not swaying with the tide
But because I wanted more
Than God had given me, I died

Rate this:

Pearl Diver: A wake-up call

Because, underneath all of this is the real truth we have been avoiding: climate change isn’t an “issue” to add to the list of things to worry about, next to health care and taxes. It is a civilizational wake-up call. A powerful message—spoken in the language of fires, floods, droughts, and extinctions—telling us that we need an entirely new economic model and a new way of sharing this planet. Telling us that we need to evolve.

–Naomi Klein

By now, the shocking images spreading on social media following the devastating mudslides caused by a glacial collapse in the Nepal-China border area should leave everyone horrified.

However, that horror should not stem from the ferocious, destructive power of the forces of nature. Mother Nature did not release a deluge of ice, water, mud and rocks upon unsuspecting villagers without provocation. She was compelled by human neglect, blatant complicity in global warming and climate change and, sadly, even denial!

Wealthy industrialised nations are the biggest contributors to global warming and climate change. While most of these nations have routinely pledged to reduce emissions, among other measures to tackle the man-made problem, one nation stands out depressingly in denial and shame.

The US government (led by the Trump administration), which loves to lecture other countries on practically every aspect of life, stands out as not only a major contributor, but also a primary denier of this phenomenon. The devastating result is that a poor nation whose contribution to climate change and global warming is negligible is unfairly bearing the full brunt of the problem.

There is a song I love about human greed, materialism, and environmental exploitation that almost brings tears to my eyes. It is by folk singer-songwriter David Roth, and it issues a dire warning about our complicity and denial. There are lines like the following which are particularly evocative:

Dump their garbage overground
Invade the air with greed
Exploit the wind and use the land
For things that they don’t need…

And…

And I can taste the toxic waters
Hear every splash of waste
I see how man has used the sea
Diluting his distaste…

Also…

Now I am eternal witness
To the tide that man has turned
Pity he will never know
The things that I have learned…

I will leave the full song lyrics below the video. Enjoy, and spare a thought for our environment and the plants and animals that share it with us.

https://youtu.be/AEUwxzP1f7s?si=9ikx4eKjWqTKP_Vt

Full Lyrics

I was living very happy
When they came to me
Offered riches for the pearls
Way down in the sea
So I became a pearl diver
Held my breath as I went down
Caught my foot between two rocks
And drowned
Now I am sitting under water
Watching things fall in
Sinking with the weight of knowledge
Greed, desire and sin
Now I am eternal witness
To the tide that man has turned
Pity he will never know
The things that I have learned
The submarines go underneath
The battleships above
And the divers keep on coming
Putting prices on their love
And I can taste the toxic waters
Hear every splash of waste
I see how man has used the sea
Diluting his distaste
The fishes tell me they would like to
Throw a hook up on the land
Snag a man and drag him under
Put him in a can
Watch him fight to breathe the water
Buy him in a store
Cut him up to be their dinner
Throw the bones on shore
Dump their garbage overground
Invade the air with greed
Exploit the wind and use the land
For things that they don’t need
I was living very happy
Until they came to me
Offered riches for the pearls
Way down in the sea
My dream is to be cremated
Not swaying with the tide
But because I wanted more
Than God had given me, I died

Rate this:

What happens when you realise a crisis isn’t always treated as a tragedy? Book review: The Shock Doctrine

I finished The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein and immediately had the uncomfortable experience of wanting to recommend a book that made me deeply uncomfortable.

I don’t believe in every argument Naomi makes; however, I wanted to recommend it because, whether you agree with her or not, she definitely changes the way you look at the world once finished and surely that’s a book worthwhile.

Published in 2007, the book explores a simple but unsettling idea that moments of collective crisis, whether natural disasters, wars, financial collapse or political upheaval, often create opportunities to push through economic policies that would ordinarily face far greater resistance.

Sinister, I know. Naomi traces this argument across decades and continents, weaving together economics, politics and history into a narrative that’s equal parts investigative journalism and historical analysis. She moves from Chile under Augusto Pinochet to post-Soviet Russia, the invasion of Iraq, Hurricane Katrina and the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, arguing that each crisis became an opportunity for sweeping political and economic change.

Reading it felt like watching hundreds of seemingly unrelated events slowly click together like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle.

Whether that pattern convinces you is almost secondary. The real value of the book lies in the questions it leaves behind…

Who benefits from crisis, who decides what recovery looks like and who exactly are we rebuilding for?

I found myself thinking whilst reading the hurricane Katrina chapter (one of the many crises mentioned in the book) how we often describe events as inevitable, as though history simply unfolded on its own. Klein makes you question the opposite as she asks us to consider who made decisions in the background, who held power and who profited from moments when everyone else was distracted by survival.

It’s a perspective I don’t think I’ll easily shake moving forward, especially as someone studying health science. I couldn’t help but draw parallels with public health.

Despite it being the most uncomfortable reading experience of 2026 thus far, I have to rate it ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I tried to read it without annotating to much on my first pass as I suspect I’ll revisit this repeatedly over the years underlining sentences and adding thoughts.

Would I recommend it?

Yes, with one caveat. Read it as an argument to interrogate rather than form a solid conclusion. And definitely follow the footnotes and additional research in the back for a comprehensive overview of what Naomi is talking about.

Who is this for?

I think readers interested in political economy, history and public policy will get the most from it. That said, don’t let the subject matter put you off. Klein writes in an accessible, engaging style and despite its length and extensive footnotes, I found it surprisingly easy to read.

Thank you for reading Extracurricular! Subscribe for more thoughts collected between books, uni and research rabbit holes ★

‚We’re All Living in the ‘Mirror World’ Now‘

Höre Ezra Kleins Gespräch mit Naomi Klein (auf YouTube und allen Podcast-Plattformen nachzuhören, Transkript bei der New York Times, 2026). Sehr empfehlenswert, u.a. – aber bei weitem nicht nur– wegen Naomi Kleins Bemerkungen zu einer neuen Strategie für die Linke. Sie spricht von einer welcoming left, von neigbourism und eco populism.

Voran geht eine lange und differenzierte Analyse des Erfolgs des Trumpismus, für Ezra wie für Naomi Klein eine Form des Faschismus. Die Spiegelwelt, die Welt der Querdenker, mit der sich Naomi Klein schon lange beschäftigt, habe gesiegt. Sie bestimme die globale Realität, obwohl und vielleicht weil die „aufgeklärte Seite“ der Gesellschaft sie lange nicht ernst nahm – so wie wir hier die Spiegelwelt derjenigen, die von den Kickls, Kunaseks und Amesbauers vertreten werden, nicht ernst genug nehmen.

#GRK0141 #Consciences #Capitalisme #NaomiKLEIN #Multilang
1/LA STRATÉGIE DU CHOC
La Montée d'un capitalisme du désastre
Naomi Klein (2008, Actes Sud)
FRE:https://mega.nz/file/xM43iRCR#OPgdXHjfwJTTA2ZWhVpWewtWtcOVZ1TYWQhpS1U0t7o

2/The Shock Doctrine (2008, Metro books)
ENG:https://mega.nz/file/1B5X1IYR#OE84O9KFT4JL9B7-ZVbXdVyhuXPw9k8PhjRUAjDGuBE

3/Die Schockstrategie (2010, S. Fischer)
GER:https://mega.nz/file/JBJDQAiB#Ksw66coo-Be7fEPP_MbrNVBU01EIaCQK_U2QfMHD40s

4/La doctrina del shock (2008, Paidós)
SPA:https://mega.nz/file/YM4xQTwR#i2XJ5xk8ZhcW6CvJR2BfT8Y9fKRLn-0lXU6P-fvsBnM

5/SHOCK ECONOMY (2017, Rizzoli)
ITA:https://mega.nz/file/8Io2gARK#eChp-CdWUbQe2qPb848-ZyaSK7HsO8mhwwN3jbulhSs

6/A Doutrina do Choque (2008, Nova Fronteira)
POR:https://mega.nz/file/cFx21ZyK#6mal7VNzUfyj9VEBXLgF9wv-26zBqWrmz2R3Gt4mktY

7/Το δόγμα του σοκ (2010, Λιβάνης)
GRE:https://mega.nz/file/oNwgXYrR#jiTo5OdL70knf26rjb97OAvG258fTWIgDm0nAdVNYTE

8/休克主义 (2014, bbtpress)
CHI:https://mega.nz/file/4Npg3SqL#-7aypBVZ-bEf_snd91DrFz4vH0jYrQzh4k173pf6gdE

9/Şok Doktrini (2010, Agora Kitaplığı)
TUR:https://mega.nz/file/QQBAhL4I#D1m5lR0iSYwsQPq3AyVn3_bXlhNF2Onx5z3tCIhe_U0

10/Doktryna szoku (2018, Muza)
POL:https://mega.nz/file/ZZBxVbSA#nM0ixwD1UR2SAveR90x0t2Gvi_oHmAeYX4FTJMUKEM0

Présentation:
Qu’y a-t-il de commun entre le coup d’Etat de Pinochet au Chili en 1973, le massacre de la place Tiananmen en 1989, l’effondrement de l’Union soviétique, le naufrage de l’épopée Solidarnosc en Pologne, les difficultés rencontrées par Mandela dans l’Afrique du Sud post-apartheid, les attentats du 11 septembre, la guerre en Irak, le tsunami qui dévasta les côtes du Sri Lanka en 2004, le cyclone Katrina, l’année suivante, la pratique de la torture partout et en tous lieux – Abou Ghraïb ou Guantánamo – aujourd’hui ?
Tous ces moments de notre histoire récente, répond Naomi Klein, ont partie liée avec l’avènement d’un “capitalisme du désastre”.

Approfondissant la réflexion militante entamée avec son bestseller No Logo, Naomi Klein dénonce, dans La stratégie du choc, l’existence d’opérations concertées dans le but d’assurer la prise de contrôle de la planète par les tenants d’un ultralibéralisme toutpuissant. Ce dernier met sciemment à contribution crises et désastres pour substituer aux valeurs démocratiques, auxquelles les sociétés aspirent, la seule loi du marché et la barbarie de la spéculation.

Remarquablement conduite et documentée, cette histoire secrète du libre marché, qui dessine une nouvelle éthique de l’investigation journalistique, s’affirme comme une lecture indispensable pour réévaluer les enjeux des temps présent et à venir, vis-à-vis desquels les citoyens du monde portent, ensemble, une responsabilité impossible à déléguer.

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The bestselling author of No Logo shows how the global "free market" has exploited crises and shock for three decades, from Chile to Iraq
In her groundbreaking reporting, Naomi Klein introduced the term "disaster capitalism." Whether covering Baghdad after the U.S. occupation, Sri Lanka in the wake of the tsunami, or New Orleans post-Katrina, she witnessed something remarkably similar. People still reeling from catastrophe were being hit again, this time with economic "shock treatment," losing their land and homes to rapid-fire corporate makeovers.

The Shock Doctrine retells the story of the most dominant ideology of our time, Milton Friedman's free market economic revolution. In contrast to the popular myth of this movement's peaceful global victory, Klein shows how it has exploited moments of shock and extreme violence in order to implement its economic policies in so many parts of the world from Latin America and Eastern Europe to South Africa, Russia, and Iraq.

At the core of disaster capitalism is the use of cataclysmic events to advance radical privatization combined with the privatization of the disaster response itself. Klein argues that by capitalizing on crises, created by nature or war, the disaster capitalism complex now exists as a booming new economy, and is the violent culmination of a radical economic project that has been incubating for fifty years.

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Naomi Klein
est une journaliste d’investigation, essayiste engagée, auteure de best-sellers internationaux comme No Logo, La Stratégie du choc, Tout peut changer, ou Dire non ne suffit plus ou, récemment, Plan B pour la planète. Le New Deal vert.

Correspondante du magazine en ligne The Intercept, elle est également chroniqueuse et reporter à Rolling Stone, The Guardian et The Nation. Elle est la première titulaire de la chaire Gloria Steinem (“Médias, culture et études féministes”), créée à l’université Rutgers. Elle a cofondé The Leap, une organisation qui lutte en faveur de la justice climatique.

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Naomi Klein
is the award-winning author of international bestsellers including This Changes Everything, The Shock Doctrine, No Logo, No Is Not Enough, On Fire, and Doppelganger, which have been published in more than thirty-five languages.

She is an associate professor in the department of geography at the University of British Columbia, the founding codirector of UBC’s Centre for Climate Justice, and an honorary professor of Media and Climate at Rutgers University. Her writing has appeared in leading publications around the world, and she is a columnist for The Guardian.

... think about the purpose the utopian hallucinations about AI are serving. What work are these benevolent stories doing in the culture as we encounter these strange new tools? Here is one hypothesis: they are the powerful and enticing cover stories for what may turn out to be the largest and most consequential theft in human history. Because what we are witnessing is the wealthiest companies in history ( #Microsoft, #Apple, #Google, #Meta, #Amazon …) unilaterally seizing the sum total of human knowledge that exists in digital, scrapable form and walling it off inside proprietary products, many of which will take direct aim at the humans whose lifetime of labor trained the machines without giving permission or consent.
This should not be legal...