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Oct 19, 2024 | 
newstatesman.com | Naomi Klein
There are few activities I enjoy more than praising Arundhati Roy, who has been awarded the 2024 PEN Pinter Prize. Under normal circumstances, I would be more than happy to recall favourite characters in her gorgeous novels and some of her greatest one-liners. And no, I’m not talking about the ones about “another world… breathing” that were the italicised email signatures of half the people you knew in the early 2000s.
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Oct 12, 2024 | 
madamasr.com | Naomi Klein
Thank you for this invitation. There are few activities I enjoy more than praising Arundhati Roy. Under normal circumstances, I would be more than happy to spend all of my time on stage recalling favorite characters in her gorgeous novels and reminding all of you of some of her greatest one-liners. And no, I’m not talking about the ones about another world breathing that were the italicized email signatures of half the people you knew in the early 2000s.
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Sep 26, 2024 | 
znetwork.org | Activism Palestine |Naomi Klein
In the newest episode of ‘Unshocked,’ Mehdi and Naomi debunk the myths around the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) Movement – a nonviolent Palestinian-led movement that works to pressure Israel into complying with international law using some of the tactics of the South African ‘Anti-Apartheid Movement’.
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Aug 29, 2024 | 
zeteo.com | Naomi Klein
On this new episode of ‘Unshocked’, Naomi and Mehdi unpack and examine the disingenuous attempts by top Democrats, aided and abetted by the ‘liberal’ media, to give the impression that they are trying to secure a ceasefire deal to end Israel’s war on Gaza. They also get into Israel’s settlement strategy going back to Ariel Sharon, a man who the Israeli press is now calling the ‘governor of Gaza,’ and much more. Watch the full conversation above.
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Aug 2, 2024 | 
zeteo.com | Naomi Klein
NOTE: This discussion focuses on sexual violence. The specifics discussed may be disturbing for some.
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Jun 13, 2024 | 
womensprize.com | V. V. Ganeshananthan |Naomi Klein
The Women’s Prize for Fiction was won by American author, V. V. Ganeshananthan, for her deeply moving, powerful second novel, Brotherless Night, which depicts a family fractured by the Sri Lankan civil war. The Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction was awarded to Canadian bestselling writer, global activist and film-maker, Naomi Klein, for Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World; her urgent, illuminating examination of our polarised society.
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Jun 11, 2024 | 
fivebooks.com | Laura Cumming |Noreen Masud |Madhumita Murgia |Naomi Klein
2024 is the inaugural year of the Women’s Prize for Nonfiction. Your shortlist of six books show an incredible range; what were you and the other judges looking for? The criteria for the Women’s Prize for Nonfiction is the same as for the Women’s Prize for Fiction, with only one real tweak. The three criteria are originality, excellence, and accessibility. In nonfiction, this means originality in writing or in research, excellence in writing and research, and accessibility.
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May 29, 2024 | 
zeteo.com | Naomi Klein
Earlier this month, former President Donald Trump put his brazen corruption on full display for America’s top oil executives, promising to rollback the Biden administration’s environmental policies as he asked for a small campaign donation of $1 billion. “It's almost a caricature of big oil.
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May 3, 2024 | 
znetwork.org | Naomi Klein |Mehdi Hasan
In a conversation with Mehdi for her new contributor segment at Zeteo, called “Unshocked,” Jewish activist, academic, and author Naomi Klein calls for an “exodus from the ideological shackles of Zionism.” Naomi also reacts to Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu comparing student protesters at Columbia University to Nazis, telling Mehdi that when it comes to Netanyahu, “there is nobody more adept at exploiting Jewish trauma, historical trauma, and turning it into a political weapon for his own...
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Apr 25, 2024 | 
znetwork.org | Activism Palestine |Naomi Klein
Hundreds of protesters were arrested in Brooklyn on Tuesday when Jewish New Yorkers and allies gathered for what they called a “Seder in the Streets to Stop Arming Israel” on the second night of Passover. The demonstration, held one block away from the home of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, came just hours before the Senate overwhelmingly approved a $95 billion foreign aid package that includes about $17 billion in arms and security funding to Israel.
