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Fences and Windows: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Globalization Debate
by Naomi Klein
from Picador
Customer Reviews:
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Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 
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Real democracy is always demanded, never granted 
This book contains superb comments on strategies, policies and mass demonstrations against the actual way of the world. It poses the right questions (who holds power? who exercises it? who disguises it?) and the right answers (people before profits).
The way of the world
For Naomi Klein, the world is dominated by transnational corporations and investors, who control governments. These governments respond to the needs of the former, not of the people who elected them: affordable housing,... more info
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More for the person already familiar with the movement, IMO. Great collection of speeches and essays though. I ran through it pretty quick.
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Frightfully enlightening
Early last year I added myself to the Naomi Klein fan club - unfortunately I did not discover her sooner.
Since then I've read many of her books, checked out some web sites and seen her interviewed by Charlie Rose.
What a welcome phenomenon to the world of intellectual stimulus. Inteligent, focussed, clear, consistent, beautiful...
As I dwell in marketing, branding and creative consulting and coaching, Naomi Klein challenges my focus when I look into the mirror - a welcome discomfort to check... more info
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Que? 
Social Democratic-Liberal rubbish. From a family of professional activists herself, Klein has become a jet-setting "anti-globalisation" politician, though she disagrees with the term "anti-globalisation." Instead, she calls for a lefist soft internationalism:
"When protesters shout about the evils of globalization, most are not calling for a return to narrow nationalism but for the borders of globalization to be expanded, for trade to be linked to labour rights, environmental protection and... more info
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