Naomi Klein Virginia “The Vulture” Baker, Beth “F- Bomb” Rudolph & Lauren “The Joustah” Fitzgerald

Basic Information! Born in Canada Holds an honorary Doctor of Civil Laws from the University of King’s College, Nova Scotia

Professional Career! Written three books: –No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies –Fences and Windows: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Globalization Debate –The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

Professional Career Continued! Wrote a regular column for The Nation and The Guardian Reported for Harper’s Magazine while in Iraq –Reporting won her the James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism

Professional Career x3! The Take (2004)- Released a feature documentary about Argentina’s occupied factories –Won the Best Documentary Jury Prize at the American Film Institute’s Film Festival in Los Angeles.

Books! No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies –Synopsis: Brands began to expand passed their mere logos (2000) Targeted youth demographic Klein argues marketing of a brand name is more important than the product itself –Four Sections: No Space, No Choice, No Jobs, No Logo

Books Continued! Fences and Windows: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Globalization Debate (2002) –Synopsis: Showcases the development of the ‘anti-globalization’ movement from the Seattle World Trade Organization in 1999 through Sept. 11

Books Continued Again! The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism (2007) –Synopsis: Argues that the free-market policies of the Chicago School of Economics and Milton Freedman have greatly influenced countries including the United States, Chile and Russia Stresses America’s reliance and fixation on shock and how the military has used certain techniques on prisoners

The Shock Doctrine Six minute companion film to the book –Co-created by Alfonso Cuaron, director of Children of Men Research files needed to make The Shock Doctrine

Sources! Naomi Klein Web Site Naomi writing The Shock Doctrine