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Naomi Klein lecture

By Jessica Woolman on October 15, 2014

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Photo by Robert Kandel.

International bestselling author and social activist Ms. Naomi Klein will be speaking at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts on Sunday, October 26 at 7 p.m.image of author

The lecture, part of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre Lecture series, highlights Klein’s latest book, This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate, which challenges assumptions about global warming, climate change and capitalism. 

Klein is the author of the critically acclaimed international bestsellers, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism and No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies which have each been translated into more than 30 languages. She is also a board member of 350.org, a global grassroots movement to solve the climate crisis.

Tickets can be purchased in-person at the Chan Centre beginning October 21.

 

 

 

 

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