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Naomi Klein says this changes everything: CBC Feature
September 24, 2014
Photo by Ed Kashi
An existential crisis for the human species, a clear and present danger to civilization, a death sentence for the planet, a weapon of mass destruction: these are just some of the phrases you will find in Naomi Klein‘s new book,This Changes Everything. The book is a wake-up call about the state of the environment.
Ms. Klein argues that nothing else matters – war, pestilence, disease, economic collapse – if we don’t have clean air to breathe and water to drink. But we seem to be sleep-walking en masse towards a point of no return.
Naomi Klein is a bestselling author. No Logo – about how we have become slaves to globalization and brand culture – was translated into more than 25 languages and sold more than a million copies. The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism also became an international bestseller. This Changes Everything is a finalist for the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction.
Michael spoke with Naomi Klein in our Toronto studio.