Quotes from Naomi Klein

we will not win the battle for a stable climate by trying to beat the bean counters at their own game—arguing, for instance, that it is more cost-effective to invest in emission reduction now than disaster response later. We will win by asserting that such calculations are morally monstrous, since they imply that there is an acceptable price for allowing entire countries to disappear, for leaving untold millions to die on parched land

The shock doctrine is about overriding these deeply human impulses to help, seeking instead to capitalize on the vulnerability of others in order to maximize wealth and advantage for a select few. There are few things more sinister than that.

Trump was clearly betting that being president would drive up the price. But what if he is proven wrong? What if he starts losing commercial renters because they are coming under pressure for their association with his brand (several boycott campaigns like this are already under way)?

Arctic tern chicks are starving to death for similar reasons: they rely on small fish that have fled for colder waters.

Indeed, the failure of our political leaders to even attempt to ensure a safe future for us represents a crisis of legitimacy of almost unfathomable proportions.

Building a livable world isn't rocket science; it's far more complex than that. - Ed Ayres

They mean, quite simply, that climate change has become an existential crisis for the human species.

Step one for getting out of a hole: Stop digging. - KC Golden

You actually cannot sell the idea of freedom, democracy, diversity, as if it were a brand attribute and not reality -- not at the same time as you're bombing people, you can't.

The anti-war movement should turn itself into a pro-democracy movement

Among my generation, there was a purist position that any contact with electoral politics was an unforgiveable compromise.

Even though I believe in mass social movements, I'm uncomfortable in crowds.

I do believe that our ability to jam the Trump brand is somewhat limited. I think we can chip away at it, but ultimately, the way to undermine the Trump brand is a better product in the political marketplace, if you'll forgive the capitalist metaphor.

That is the core of Trump. He is undoubtedly an idiot, but do not underestimate how good he is at that.

The divestment movement is a start at challenging the excesses of capitalism. It's working to delegitimize fossil fuels and showing that they're just as unethical as profits from the tobacco industry.

Nike was the essence of sports, transcendence through sports.

I've never seen a movement spread as fast as the fossil fuel divestment movement.

Those looking for ideology in the White House should consider this: For the men who rule our world, rules are for other people.

Before I had Toma, I was one of those people who had no interest in other people's kids. I was. 'Don't hand me that baby!'

My grandfather was actually a union organizer at Walt Disney. He was an animator. He used to draw Donald Duck for Walt Disney.

My father was born in Newark, New Jersey, and my mother was born in Philadelphia. They both went to Stanford for grad school and met there.

There have been presidents with business interests before. But there has never been a fully commercialized global brand as a sitting U.S. president. That is unprecedented.

My worry about this exclusive focus on Trump - the personality and how all of this is so unprecedented - is that then the solution seems to be, 'Well, we'll just get rid of Trump.'

I was having a lot of people ask me to update 'The Shock Doctrine' and add a chapter about Trump.