Naomi Klein

Not to be confused with Naomi Wolf.

Naomi Klein
A white woman in her late 40s, dressed professionally, sits on a white chair, smiling slightly and looking to her left. She has shoulder-length dark brown hair, rimless glasses, neutral professional makeup, and a headset microphone. The background is dark red
Klein in 2017
Born (1970-05-08) May 8, 1970 (age 54)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
OccupationAuthor, activist, professor, filmmaker
Alma materUniversity of Toronto (withdrew)
Period1999–present
GenreNonfiction
SubjectAlter-globalization, anti-war, anti-globalization, anti-capitalism, organized labour, environmentalism, feminism, anti-Zionism
Notable worksThis Changes Everything, No Logo, The Shock Doctrine, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
SpouseAvi Lewis
Children1
ParentsBonnie Sherr Klein,
Michael Klein
Website
naomiklein.org

Naomi Klein (born May 8, 1970) is a Canadian author, social activist, and filmmaker known for her political analyses; support of ecofeminism, organized labour, and criticism of corporate globalization,[1] fascism[2] and capitalism.[3] In 2021, Klein took up the UBC Professorship in Climate Justice, joining the University of British Columbia's Department of Geography.[4][5] She has been the co-director of the newly launched Centre for Climate Justice since 2021.[6]

Klein first became known internationally for her alter-globalization book No Logo (1999). The Take (2004), a documentary film about Argentine workers' self-managed factories, written by her and directed by her husband Avi Lewis, further increased her profile. The Shock Doctrine (2007), a critical analysis of the history of neoliberal economics, solidified her standing as a prominent activist on the international stage and was adapted into a six-minute companion film by Alfonso and Jonás Cuarón, as well as a feature-length documentary by Michael Winterbottom. Klein's This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate (2014) was a New York Times nonfiction bestseller and the winner of the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction.

In 2016, Klein was awarded the Sydney Peace Prize for her activism on climate justice. Klein frequently appears on global and national lists of top influential thinkers, including the 2014 Thought Leaders ranking compiled by the Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute,[7] Prospect magazine's world thinkers 2014 poll,[8] and Maclean's 2014 Power List.[9] She was formerly a member of the board of directors of the climate activist group 350.org.

  1. ^ "Commanding Heights : Naomi Klein | on PBS". www.pbs.org. Retrieved December 20, 2021.
  2. ^ "Berkeley Talks transcript: Naomi Klein on eco-fascism and the Green New Deal". Berkeley News. March 27, 2020. Retrieved December 20, 2021.
  3. ^ Nineham, Chris (October 2007). "The Shock Doctrine". Socialist Review. Archived from the original on June 13, 2011. Retrieved April 25, 2011.
  4. ^ "Naomi Klein". Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts, University of British Columbia. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
  5. ^ Crawford, Tiffany (June 23, 2021). "Climate activists and journalists Naomi Klein and Avi Lewis join UBC faculty: Klein will also take a leadership role in building a Centre for Climate Justice at the university". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
  6. ^ "Naomi Klein".
  7. ^ "Thought Leaders 2014: the most influential thinkers". Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute. November 27, 2014.
  8. ^ "World thinkers 2014: the results". Prospect. April 23, 2014. Archived from the original on September 28, 2019. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
  9. ^ "The Maclean's Power List, Part 2". Maclean's. November 20, 2014.