In 'No Logo', Naomi Klein examines the rise of corporate branding and its effects on culture, work, and consumer choice. The book is divided into four parts: 'No Space', 'No Choice', 'No Jobs', and 'No Logo'. Klein discusses how multinational corporations prioritize brand marketing over product manufacturing, leading to issues such as sweatshops, corporate censorship, and the erosion of public spaces. She also highlights various resistance movements, including culture jamming and anti-globalization protests, and argues for a more just and sustainable economic model.
In this book, Naomi Klein argues that neoliberal economic policies, promoted by Milton Friedman and the Chicago School of Economics, have risen to global prominence through a strategy she calls 'disaster capitalism.' This involves exploiting moments of shock and extreme violence to implement radical privatization and deregulation policies. Klein traces the origins of these tactics back to the University of Chicago and CIA-funded experiments, and documents their application in various parts of the world, including Latin America, Eastern Europe, South Africa, Russia, and Iraq. The book exposes how these policies have been used to advance corporate interests at the expense of public welfare, often resulting in significant social and economic disparities.
In this essay, Colin Gillespie examines the significant scientific advancements of the 20th century and how they have transformed our lives. He also delves into what factors might be hindering further progress and presents a startling conclusion on how to overcome these obstacles. The book is a thought-provoking exploration of the intersection of science, society, and human potential.
On this episode of On the Nose—recorded at an online event on October 30th—editor-in-chief Arielle Angel speaks with author Naomi Klein and writer and clinical psychologist Hala Alyan about the place of feelings and affect in the movement for Palestinian liberation. They discuss the role of grief and rage, how movements can accommodate affective diversity, and what it means to channel emotions politically.
Thanks to Jesse Brenneman for producing and to Nathan Salsburg for the use of his song “VIII (All That Were Calculated Have Passed).
Texts Mentioned and Further Resources:
“How Israel has made trauma a weapon of war,” Naomi Klein, The Guardian
The Generation of Postmemory: Writing and Visual Culture After the Holocaust by Marianne Hirsch
Prosthetic Memory: The Transformation of American Remembrance in the Age of Mass Culture by Alison Landsberg
“‘Chronic traumatic stress disorder’: the Palestinian psychiatrist challenging western definitions of trauma,” Bethan McKernan, The Guardian
“Can the Palestinian Mourn?,” Abdaljawad Omar, Rusted Radishes
“‘Resistance Through a Realist Lens,’” Arielle Angel in conversation with Abdaljawad Omar, Jewish Currents
“Mourning and Melancholia,” Sigmund Freud
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein
“One Year,” Palestinian Youth Movement, The New Inquiry (originally published in The New York War Crimes)
Recognizing the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative by Isabella Hammad
“A Surge in American Jewish Left Organizing,” On the Nose, Jewish Currents
“Gaza and the Coming Age of the ‘Warrior,’” Ghassan Hage, Allegra
“One Year,” Arielle Angel, Jewish Currents newsletter
The Secret Life of Saeed: The Pessoptimist by Emile Habibi
“Theses on the Philosophy of History,” Walter Benjamin
Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein
“Naomi Klein on Israel’s ‘Doppelganger Politics,’” On the Nose, Jewish Currents
“Unpacking the Campus Antisemitism Narrative,” On the Nose, Jewish Currents
“The Power of Changing Your Mind,” Hala Alyan, Time
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