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Naomi Klein
Naomi Klein in March 2015
Naomi Klein in March 2015
Born May 8, 1970 (1970-05-08) (age 50)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupation Author, activist, professor
Citizenship Canadian
Alma mater St. George's School of Montreal
Period 1999–present
Genre Nonfiction
Subject Alter-globalization, anti-war, anti-capitalism, environmentalism
Notable works This Changes Everything, No Logo, The Shock Doctrine
Spouse Avi Lewis
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Naomi Klein (born May 8, 1970) is a Canadian author, social activist, and filmmaker. She analyses politics and criticizes capitalism. Since 2018, she is the Gloria Steinem Chair in Media, Culture, and Feminist Studies at Rutgers University.

Klein's This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate (2014) was a New York Times non-fiction bestseller and won the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction.


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  • Naomi Klein speaking at LSE, 14th October 2002

    Klein speaking in 2002

  • Naomi Klein Warsaw Nov. 19 2008 Fot Mariusz Kubik 03

    Klein in 2008 with the Polish edition of Shock Doctrine

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    2015

  • Naomi Klein Occupy Wall Street 2011 Shankbone 2

    Klein speaking at Occupy Wall Street in 2011

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