The Shock Doctrine
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Latest NewsMay 15th, 2009
Read Naomi Klein and Avi Lewis's latest post, "The Cure for Layoffs: Fire the Boss".
Listen to them discuss the latest factory occupations Democracy Now!.
Listen to them discuss the latest factory occupations Democracy Now!.
May 7th, 2009
Watch Naomi call for "law and order" for torturers on Real Time with Bill Maher.
Don't miss Naomi's recent discussion about the bank bailouts on The Rachel Maddow Show.
Don't miss Naomi's recent discussion about the bank bailouts on The Rachel Maddow Show.
April 19th, 2009
Naomi's article, "Why We Should Banish Larry Summers from Public Life," is published in The Washington Post's "Spring Cleaning: Ten Things to Toss Out" series.
April 15th, 2009
Naomi's article, "A Lexicon of Disappointment," is published in The Nation
February 25th, 2009
February 5th, 2009
Naomi's article, "All of Them Must Go," is published in The Nation.
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Featured Review:
"With a bold and brilliantly conceived thesis, skillfully and cogently threaded through more than 500 pages of trenchant writing, Klein may well have revealed the master narrative of our time. And because the pattern she exposes could govern our future as well, The Shock Doctrine could turn out to be among the most important books of the decade."
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One Year After the Publication of The Shock Doctrine:
A Response to the Attacks
One Year After the Publication of The Shock Doctrine:
A Response to the Attacks
Iraq Auctioning Off Contracts to Big Oil
Gina Chon, Wall Street Journal, June 25, 2009
"Next week, Iraqi officials plan a welcome-back party for Big Oil. The government intends to auction off oil contracts to foreign companies for the first time since Iraq nationalized its oil industry more than three decades ago. If all goes according to plan in the first round, foreign oil companies will move in to help Iraq revive production at six developed fields that have suffered from years of war and neglect....
"Some 120 companies expressed interest in bidding for the contracts at the June 29 and 30 auction, according to the oil ministry. Thirty-five companies qualified to bid, including Exxon Mobil Corp., Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Italy's Eni SpA, Russia's Lukoil and China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., or Sinopec. The six oil fields at stake are believed to hold reserves of more than 43 billion barrels. Foreigners won't get the most prized piece of the action -- ownership stakes in the reserves -- but will be paid fees for ramping up output.
U.S. Overpaid Blackwater by at Least $55 Million
Yochi J. Dreazen, Wall Street Journal, June 16, 2009
"A government audit found that the State Department overpaid the contract-security firm once known as Blackwater Worldwide by tens of millions of dollars because the company failed to properly staff its teams in Iraq.
"The report didn't identify any specific security breaches, but it said the State Department should have withheld at least $55 million in payments to the company because of the shortfalls.
"The audit by the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction and the State Department's Inspector General said the firm didn't employ enough guards, medics, marksmen and dog handlers to fully man the teams, which were responsible for protecting the U.S. ambassador to Iraq and other high-level officials."
Lending By Bailed Out Banks Continues to Fall
Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press, June 15, 2009
"The value of loans held by the 21 largest institutions getting support from the government's $700 billion bailout fund fell in April, the fifth decline in six months....
"The big banks included in Treasury's monthly loan survey account for more than half of the net loans outstanding at financial institutions."
