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• The Shock Doctrine & A Sliver of Hope

  Published: September 11, 2007, 4:26 pm

  Tags: Gwot, Disaster, Capitalism, Activism, Shock Doctrine, Naomi Klein, Taxes, Terrorism, Petraeus, Surge, 9 11

  “There is enormous inertia a tyranny of the status quo in private and especially governmental arrangements. Only a crisis actual or perceived produces real change.”- Milton Friedman (originally posted 09/07.07 at bastard.logic) Regarding the (now-report-free) Petraeus report, and the timing of its delivery to Congress (ie,

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• The Snot Doctrine & Other Inanities

  Published: September 28, 2007, 1:50 pm

  Tags: The Shock Doctrine, Books, Sickness

  my copy of Naomi Klein's The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism finally arrived in the post earlier today. I look forward to devouring it utterly and then drunkenly plagiarising her work whilst in 'genteel' company.Have a peak at the accompanying short film, made in conjunction with Alfonso Cuar n. Sinister permutations, fascinating

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• Bats last Thursday

  Published: October 3, 2007, 5:16 am

  Tags: Random Stuff, Electronica, Experimental, Books, Sickness, The Shock Doctrine, Super Extra Bonus Party, Hard Working Class Heroes, Hard Working Class Heroes Exhibition

  take photees !The Snot Doctrine & Other Inanities  The New(ish) JournalismSee 2 more posts on this topic: Hard Working, Working Class, Class Heroes, Bonus Party, Extra BonusKeywords: bonus party, extra bonus, super extra, hard working, working class, class heroes, bonus, MONTH09, ledgebags, super,

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• Super Extra Bonus Party - Softly

  Published: October 3, 2007, 11:22 am

  Tags: Random Stuff, Super Extra Bonus Party, Hard Working Class Heroes, Hard Working Class Heroes Exhibition, Electronica, Experimental, Books, Sickness, The Shock Doctrine

  take photees !The Snot Doctrine & Other Inanities  The New(ish) JournalismSee 2 more posts on this topic: Hard Working, Working Class, Class Heroes, Bonus Party, Extra BonusKeywords: hard working, working class, bonus party, class heroes, extra bonus, super extra, MONTH09, class, heroes, bonus,

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• The Shock Doctrine

  Published: October 3, 2007, 4:09 pm

  Tags: Writers Hacks, Naomi Klein, Shock Doctrine

  A short video introduction to Naomi Klein's new book, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism. Well worth the seven minutes of your time.

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• Book Review: Naomi Klein's "The Shock Doctrine"

  Published: October 14, 2007, 8:04 pm

  Tags: Book Review, Naomi Klein, The Shock Doctrine

  Shock Doctrine The Rise of Disaster Capitalism By Naomi Klein Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company New York, 2007 ... the [Milton Friedman] Chicago School strain of capitalism does indeed have something in common with other dangerous ideologies: the signature desire for unattainable purity, for a clean slate on which to build a

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• Wake-Up People

  Published: October 15, 2007, 10:39 am

  Tags: Naomi Klein, Us Economy, Shock Doctrine, Puppetgov Com, Protest

  Warning: the following videos contains some violence and other disturbing images that may not be suitable for young children and very sensitive people. However, my belief is that the images are not of a gratuitous nature. They are meant to jolt you and make a point.We Are The Ones That We Have Been Waiting ForThe Shock Doctrine

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• The Shock Doctrine

  Published: October 24, 2007, 7:06 pm

  Tags: Crime, Culture, Blackwater, Disaster Capitalism, Halliburton, Hurricane Katrina, Privatization, September 11, Southeast Asia, The Shock Doctrine, War On Terror, Doctrine, Shock, Klein, Naomi, Capitalism, Disaster, Rise, Book

  Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism is the new book from Naomi Klein detailing what she claims is a systematic foisting of Free Market Economics and Privatization upon countries, inlcuding our own, during times of shock such as “natural” disasters, war and terrorist attacks. From her web site: At the most chaotic

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• The Importance of Suharto’s Legacy

  Published: January 27, 2008, 5:19 am

  Tags: Business Economy, Globalization, Igos, Politics, Southeast Asia, Disaster Capitalism, Indonesia, Naomi Klein, Shock Doctrine, Suharto

  in Naomi Klein’s The Shock Doctrine:  The Rise of Disaster Capitalism.  As Klein documents in her book, Indonesia was the testing ground for Disaster Capitalism where the modern tactics of violent repression and capitalist takeover were first implemented.  At the behest of his Western supporters, Suharto targeted for

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