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According to bestselling author Naomi Klein, the systemic use of shock and fear by the power elites to undermine vulnerable communities is very much evident in post-bailout Greece. From the rise of racism to the sell-off of the country's oil and natural gas resources – much of what will shape Greece's immediate future are, she argues, predictable consequences of the politics of austerity Naomi Klein is the author of controversial New York Times bestseller The Shock Doctrine, which has been referred to as "the master narrative of our time". The book argues that business interests and powerful nations exploit shocks in the form of natural disasters, economic problems, or political turmoil, as an opportunity to aggressively restructure vulnerable countries’ economies. She posits that because ultra-capitalistic policies are harmful to the majority of citizens, they cannot be implemented without a shock, ranging from media-hyped anxiety to police torture, that squashes popular resistance.

Is Greece in shock? | Society | Home

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http://blogdejocelyne.canalblog.com/archives/2012/05/22/24321558.html Dans le cadre de ce documentaire, une interview de Naomi Klein a été réalisée dont voici un extrait (transcription -je remercie très chaleureusement Panayota pour son aide – après la vidéo) : - « Ce qui se passe actuellement en Grèce, ressemble en quelque sorte à ce qui s’est passé en Corée du sud durant la crise asiatique, dans le sens où il y a eut cette guerre évidente avec la démocratie. La Corée du sud était en pleine période électorale quand le FMI a obligé tous les candidats à la présidence à signer l’accord passé avec le FMI. En réalité le FMI a annulé le sens même des élections. Et peu importe le résultat des élections, l’accord reste inchangé parce qu’ ils redoutaient que celui qui négocie avec le FMI, n’aura pas une grande influence politique pour imposer l’accord et perdra les élections.

La stratégie du choc en Grèce, interview de Naomi Klein

La stratégie du choc : la montée d’un capitalisme du désastre

http://www.la-bas.org/article.php3?id_article=2289 bonjour, un message de Nantes en luttes : A Nantes, hier, 3 novembre, manif aussi ... ! Le 31/10/2011 16:12, Thierry BRUGVIN a écrit : Des Indignés américains appellent à la grève générale
But Winterbottom's work, which is to be broadcast on More4 on 1 September, has led to such insurmountable creative tensions that Klein, who originally came on board to narrate the film and act as a consultant, does not appear in the credits as a writer or consultant, or act as its narrator. A source at Channel 4 said the writer was so disappointed with Winterbottom's vision of her book – which she reportedly felt did not carefully lay out the thesis or explain the economics but instead made unproven assertions – that she sought to distance herself from the film after seeing the early cuts. Klein, who is believed to have wanted more interviews and have less narration in the film, was not present at its premiere at the Berlin Film Festival earlier this year and does not mention the film on her website.

Not in my name: Klein disowns Winterbottom adaptation - TV & Rad

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/not-in-my-name-klein-disowns-winterbottom-adaptation-1778386.html

Clarification on "Shock Doctrine" Documentary

http://www.naomiklein.org/articles/2009/08/clarification-shock-doctrine-documentary I am getting many requests to respond to an article that appeared in the Independent reporting that I “disowned” The Shock Doctrine documentary that will air on More4 in the United Kingdom on Sept 1.
Now that Washington has ruled out an immediate bailout for California, we know who will pay the ultimate price for the crisis born on Wall Street: the state’s most vulnerable citizens. http://www.naomiklein.org/articles/2009/06/schwarzenegger-s-shock-therapy-poor-pay-sins-rich

Video: Schwarzenegger’s Shock Therapy--The Poor Pay For The Sins

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One in six of the population could not afford to buy sufficient food to stay healthy at some point last year. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/17/millions-hungry-households-us-report
http://www.naomiklein.org/shock-doctrine/the-book In THE SHOCK DOCTRINE , Naomi Klein explodes the myth that the global free market triumphed democratically. Exposing the thinking, the money trail and the puppet strings behind the world-changing crises and wars of the last four decades, The Shock Doctrine is the gripping story of how America’s “free market” policies have come to dominate the world-- through the exploitation of disaster-shocked people and countries.

The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism | Naomi Klei

I met Jamar Perry in September 2005, at the big Red Cross shelter in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Dinner was being doled out by grinning young Scientologists, and he was standing in line.

The Shock Doctrine: An Excerpt From the Introduction | Naomi Kle

http://www.naomiklein.org/shock-doctrine/excerpt
L'auteure de No Logo publie un nouveau livre, enquête sur ce qu'elle appelle "le capitalisme du désastre".

Naomi Klein, "La Stratégie du choc": extraits et débat | Mediapa

Readers of the The Shock Doctrine know that the Heritage Foundation has been one of the leading advocates of exploiting disasters to push through their unpopular pro-corporate policies . From this document , they're at it again, not even waiting one day to use the devastating earthquake in Haiti to push for their so-called reforms. The following quote was hastily yanked by the Heritage Foundation and replaced with a more diplomatic quote, but their first instinct is revealing:

Haiti Disaster Capitalism Alert: Stop Them Before They Shock Aga

Today, the United States began surveying the damage inflicted by a devastating earthquake in Haiti this week.

Things to Remember While Helping Haiti | The Foundry: Conservati

Analyse de la victoire Sebastián Piñera au second tour de l'élec

La coalition politique associant la démocratie chrétienne et les partis de centre gauche – Parti socialiste et Parti pour la démocratie, au pouvoir depuis le 11 mars 1990 - n’a pas réussi à imposer son candidat, l’ancien président démocrate-chrétien Eduardo Frei , défait avec 48, 3% lors du second tour de la présidentielle chilienne dimanche 17 janvier. Fruit de l‘opposition à la junte militaire d’Augusto Pinochet , à l’origine de la défaite de la dictature lors du plébiscite d’octobre 1988, la Concertación était au pouvoir depuis vingt ans, majoritaire à toutes les élections, hormis aux élections municipales de 2008. Les résultats du premier tour, certes mauvais pour la Concertación avec 29,62 %, avaient néanmoins soulevé un mince espoir.
Depuis le succès de son livre No Logo, publié en 2000, Naomi klein est devenue une sorte d'icône de la lutte contre un « système mondialisé de prédation économique ». Elle décrit la mise en place méthodique et le fonctionnement brutal de ce système dans « La Stratégie du choc » ( The Shock doctrine ) paru en 2007. Un documentaire basé sur le best-seller de Naomi Klein a depuis vu le jour sous la direction de Michael Winterbottom et Mat Whitecross.

« La Stratégie du Choc » va encore frapper ! - AgoraVox le média