Naomi Klein on The Colbert Report
When we look to the government for help in crisis, remember that they will be more than willing to help us to help them. So where does that leave us?
Retweet this postNow is the Time to Resist Wall Street’s Shock Doctrine
VIA: NaomiKlein.org
By Naomi Klein – September 22nd, 2008
I wrote The Shock Doctrine in the hopes that it would make us all better prepared for the next big shock. Well, that shock has certainly arrived, along with gloves-off attempts to use it to push through radical pro-corporate policies (which of course will further enrich the very players who created the market crisis in the first place…).
The best summary of how the right plans to use the economic crisis to push through their policy wish list comes from Former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich. On Sunday, Gingrich laid out 18 policy prescriptions for Congress to take in order to “return to a Reagan-Thatcher policy of economic growth through fundamental reforms.” In the midst of this economic crisis, he is actually demanding the repeal of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which would lead to further deregulation of the financial industry. Gingrich is also calling for reforming the education system to allow “competition” (a.k.a. vouchers), strengthening border enforcement, cutting corporate taxes and his signature move: allowing offshore drilling.
Retweet this postNaomi Discusses The Economic Crisis on Real Time with Bill Maher
Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine, speaks the truth about how we have been swindled once again. Unapologetically, too! Definitely a she-ro mine.
Retweet this postPolice State 2.0
If you’re curious to know what a perfected police state looks like, take a close look at China as it unveils its meticulously designed Police State 2.0 at the Olympics. This upgrade is a hybrid of hyper-intuitive spying security tools and a merciless political machine. Read the rest of this entry »
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