The document discusses Naomi Klein and her work raising awareness about anti-globalization and anti-capitalism through publications like her best-selling book "The Shock Doctrine" and documentary of the same name. It notes that the World Social Forum is an anti-capitalist movement that will convene in Dakar, Senegal in 2011. The summary criticizes large corporations for exploiting workers and privatizing assets following disasters to turn a profit.
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The document discusses Naomi Klein and her work raising awareness about anti-globalization and anti-capitalism through publications like her best-selling book "The Shock Doctrine" and documentary of the same name. It notes that the World Social Forum is an anti-capitalist movement that will convene in Dakar, Senegal in 2011. The summary criticizes large corporations for exploiting workers and privatizing assets following disasters to turn a profit.
The document discusses Naomi Klein and her work raising awareness about anti-globalization and anti-capitalism through publications like her best-selling book "The Shock Doctrine" and documentary of the same name. It notes that the World Social Forum is an anti-capitalist movement that will convene in Dakar, Senegal in 2011. The summary criticizes large corporations for exploiting workers and privatizing assets following disasters to turn a profit.
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The document discusses Naomi Klein and her work raising awareness about anti-globalization and anti-capitalism through publications like her best-selling book "The Shock Doctrine" and documentary of the same name. It notes that the World Social Forum is an anti-capitalist movement that will convene in Dakar, Senegal in 2011. The summary criticizes large corporations for exploiting workers and privatizing assets following disasters to turn a profit.
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World Social Forum
Naomi Klein
through her publications, Naomi has
garnered considerable awareness for the anti-globalization movement her bestselling book “The Shock Anti-capitalism is Doctrine” speaks out against large a movement, corporations who, she says, are just an ideology, praying for disaster in foreign nations so a way of life. they can come and privatize their assets Free yourself. Naomi Klein also raises awareness about the ethics, or lack thereof, of The World Social Forum is everywhere. It many large corporations that exploit lives inside of us, and in 2011 it’ll make an works in the developing world appearance in Dakar, Senegal. to her credit, Naomi has raised considerable awareness for her WSFindia.org movement, she has sold over a million Call us; 0091 11 26674123, 26683910, copies of her first book “No Logo” and her short movie “The Shock Doctrine” 26683912 Fax us; 0091 11 26683910 “Destroy the image, and the which was launched on YouTube has been viewed over a million times Find us; WSF India Office 14/187 Lower enemy will die” (Immortal Naomi’s speeches have inspired change Ground Floor, Malviya Nagar, Shivalik Road Technique Open Your Eyes). and hope to many people that one day, the free world will really be free. Created by: Noor Al-Enaney for the World Social Forum, 2011. Investors.com reports that over 1.3 We make the difference. million additional western jobs will be We are the change. outsources to exploited Asian and African countries whose workers will where we spend our money makes the receive substandard, inadequate difference wages. buying locally grown family farm made In the US, the top 1% of households organic foods own 38% of the wealth in the country. corporations like Wal-Mart have no moral In 2009 Wal-Mart had a total revenue obligations, only financial ones capitalism is the economic system of privatising of 400 billion dollars. That’s enough to they hear our wallets, not our words business, so that the businesses is operated for pay the entire debt of Africa. Eight a private profit but when the capitalist begin times over. when we buy smart we send Wal-Mart working to create catalysts so they can executives a message capitalize on the disaster and misfortune of we’re saying “No” to capitalism others and “Yes” to freedom
the world’s richest are getting richer as they acquire
more and more of the businesses and eventually we’ll have a handful of people that own everything
this wouldn’t be so bad if they’re priorities lied in
the customer, however this is not the case corporations are only in business for profit and everything else they do is just to help their bottom line
ever since our school days, we have fought for our
freedom, from wanting to get out of a project to wanting to get out of the British Commonwealth, we’ve always struggled with those who hold the power why do we let ourselves be exploited by those who hold the money?
Over 80% of the world’s beef is being produced by just four companies today.
That’s an increase from 25% of beef coming from 5 companies in the 1970s