Naomi Kleni's "The Shock Doctrine" launched

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Saturday September 08, 2007 14:04

by infanticide

Naomi Klein has written a new book examining what she calls "the shock doctrine" which based on Friedman's economic theories has seen Globalised Capitalism built on successive "shocks" to societies and states. She likens the shock approach to market changes and cut government spending to interrogation techniques developed and still used by the CIA in the late 1940's for individuals.
As part of the launch, "The Guardian" has a short movie clip by Alfonso Cuaran & Klein ff just under 6 minutes duration which brings you through it quite neatly http://books.guardian.co.uk/video/2007/sep/07/naomiklein

review here http://books.guardian.co.uk/shockdoctrine/0,,2159184,00....html
home site of the book here - http://www.naomiklein.org/shock-doctrine
the video -
http://books.guardian.co.uk/video/2007/sep/07/naomiklein

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Read an Extract from the book as Klein argues private sector replaced public "disaster capitalism"

by fu manchu

Mon Sep 10, 2007 14:22

Of course if you didn't know Burger King and Nestle won the contracts from Haliburton to feed the poor of New Orleans or have no idea why Kevlar ought be in your hoody, Naomi Klein's book is just for you.

"The age of disaster capitalism

In the days after 9/11, America's firefighters, nurses and teachers were hailed as the country's heroes. But President Bush's embracing of the public sector didn't last long. As the dust settled on the twin towers, the White House launched an entirely new economy, based on security - with the belief that only private firms could meet the challenge. In this exclusive extract from her new book, Naomi Klein reports on those who see a profitable prospect in a grim future"
read more - http://books.guardian.co.uk/shockdoctrine/story/0,,2165....html