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Title: Fences and Windows: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Globalization Debate by Naomi Klein ISBN: 0-312-30799-3 Publisher: Picador USA Pub. Date: 04 October, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.6 (10 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: The Where and Why of Activism
Comment: A wonderful little book about globalization, privatization and the loss of democracy around the world, FENCES AND WINDOWS does exactly what it sets out to do - it provides a global analysis of "anti-globalization" activism and profiles the activists that are doing it. Despite the monotony that is portrayed on television (black-block anarchists trashing Starbucks), this loose-fitting network of activists encompasses people from all sectors of society who share one thing in common: They are fed up - fed up with the World Bank and IMF, with closed-door trade meetings, and with surreptitious laws, like the ones that slipped genetically modified foods into our mouths. In a word, all across the globe people are sick and tired of "being acted on" by a group of international trade brokers and government leaders with fat pockets seeking to privatize away all the social services fought for and won throughout history. Although Klein by no means gives the last word on the issue here, these letters and dissent are informative and well worth the read. For a more comprehensive view of the economic issues that underpin the current global heist, check out WHEN CORPORATIONS RULE THE WORLD by David Korten, a good compliment.
Rating: 5
Summary: Naomi Klein - Writer for the people
Comment: A book of speeches and short essays, this book closely follows the changing global condition before and after Sept. 11. It also chronicles Naomi's growth from Brand fighter to Global activist. Her writing is very easy to read and is filled with relatable examples and life stories. Just as No Logo, this book is a must have for those with any concern for the future of the Global Community. Highly recommended.
Rating: 1
Summary: Quick! Hug Something!
Comment: The next time you see a a parade of unkempt "fill in the blanks" protestors marching against "something" they'll probably be waving this "Little Red Book". The original "Little Red Book" was of course written by Chariman Mao and was a 'de rigeur' fashion accessory for protestors of the sixties. That book was misquoted at length and widely misunderstood. Klein's book is sure to be the "Little Red Book" of the current generation of self-centred malcontents because of two qualities that it shares with Mao's - its size and its vague writing.
At least Klein is forthright, albeit surreptitiously about the lack of analysis or direction of her overtly political treatise. Early on in the book she concedes that there are no 'concrete answers' to any of the problems she decries nor are there coherent strategies to deal with or resolve them. Klein instead takes the favoured route of most of the professional whiners of the New Left and instead devotes her book to to celebrating mindless protest and "civil action" while endlessly repeating meaningless panaceas like "social justice".
In between bouts of self-congratulatory accounts of her activities with young "activists" Klein burdens the objective reader with her sweeping generalizations and superficial analysis of every topical issue from landmines to loans. Scattered hither and yon throughout her accounts of activities on the front line of activist protest are the usual justifications for the short-sighted and often violent activities of those she accompanies: "How can a movement be accountable when communities are fraying?" Klein asks, and thinking readers cringe. By example, Klein's acerbic discussion of the role of private security is laughable in the context of her breathless descriptions of the of mindless mischief and vandalism which her fellow travellers commit. Klein's book is full of such chicken and egg conundrums: The "activists" portrayed are often portrayed fighting situations of their own making. This of course begs the question "Which came first and why?"
Quite in line with the thinking of those it champions Klein's book is pointless and reactionary - even against itself. Her bland recitation of the various sine qua non of activism; "globalization" "aparthied" etc. is given without context - either historical or political. The accounts of specific actions are unevitably laudatory and one-sided and show no concern for the outcome. Klein has written the perfect book for todays knee-jerk reactionary activist. Filled with comforting catch phrases and light on substance or consequence Naomi Klein's "Fences and Windows" is appropriately titled: The "Fences" are the misbegotten ideologies that keep her activist sheep marching forward to confrontation, the "windows" their distorted and ephemeral view of selected issues. There is no doubt that Klein is "preaching to the choir" with this book and anyone else is advised to avoid it at all costs.
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Title: No Logo: No Space, No Choice, No Jobs by Naomi Klein ISBN: 0312421435 Publisher: Picador USA Pub. Date: 06 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Culture Jam : How to Reverse America's Suicidal Consumer Binge--and Why We Must by Kalle Lasn ISBN: 0688178057 Publisher: Quill Pub. Date: 07 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Globalization and Its Discontents by Joseph E. Stiglitz ISBN: 0393324397 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: April, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Alternatives to Economic Globalization by John Cavanagh, Jerry Mander, Sarah Anderson, Debi Barker, Maude Barlow, Walden Bello, Robin Broad, Tony Clarke, Edward Goldsmith, Randy Hayes ISBN: 1576752046 Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Pub Pub. Date: 15 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic by John De Graaf, David Wann, Thomas H. Naylor, David Horsey, Scott Simon, John de Graaf ISBN: 1576751996 Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Pub Pub. Date: August, 2002 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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