Naomi Klein - This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate

Irving K. Barber Learning Centre Lecture presented by the Vancouver Institute. Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. Naomi Klein is the author of the critically acclaimed #1 international bestsellers, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism and No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies which have each been translated into more than 30 languages. She is a contributing editor for Harper's Magazine, a reporter for Rolling Stone, and a syndicated columnist for The Nation and The Guardian.

[tossievantonder]

Naomi inspires me. I will vote for her. Her words remind me of what I had felt as a child, without knowing the picture, not to mention the bigger one.

[jia]

Would have been good if you guys didn't edit the footage at 21:59. I wanted to heard more of what she was saying at that point. 29:19 too

[finnrachul]

Anybody viewing this in 2024? If so how have you seen things change since this video for better or worse that it talks about?

[RogrLee]

Remarkable. Unfathomable. If I could have everyone I know see this..(!)

[tracesprite]

There are more jobs in renewable energy than in coal and nuclear combined. Governments should help people to transition to the new technologies. The business world just needs clarity about energy policy.

[PeeedaPan]

We need to stop building suburbs here in the States and start building more railways for mass transit so people can stop using cars. Tesla cars are not the answer, or at least not the major answer to transportation pollution.

[solar]

I would love to see Naomi Klein steer 350.org toward a carbon fee and rebate, rather than its focus on divestment, which is really a shell game. She ends her interview in the Gaurdian in Sept 2013 with " We don't have any more time to waste with these very clever, not working shell games. " and yet, divestment, as it's generally explained by those working on it, is in fact just such a shell game. It does not actually hurt the profits or the capitalization of the fossil fuel industry. It may be very good for movement building. That may be so. But then it can be used to promote a full analysis and to present the carbon fee and rebate, which is the actual way to cut into the profit margin of the fossil fuel industry. Divestment doesn't touch profit margin, and it also doesn't touch the huge amount of the industry that is not publicly traded. The current lull in oil prices is *not* a result of divestment, as all commodities including copper and iron are in an equally big dip right now. We seriously need a real carbon fee and rebate, and it would help greatly if Naomi Klein and 350.org would really get behind it, at least in combination with divestment. Let us carry intellectual honesty all the way home. All the way.

[hersheylima]

I'll bet she had intended to say something about Hope

[sstarklite]

Yes eliminate all cars! And build only Tower cities connected to maglev Trains worldwide, and end wage slavery for equal wealth worldwide.

[babyirene]

Um.
What happened to the art of public speaking?