Naomi Klein

Overview

Naomi Klein born Montreal, Quebec, Canada May 5, 1970. Canadian journalist, author and activist; opposed globalization, G8, G20 and Iraq and Afghan Wars; critic of Israeli occupation.

Quotations

"Politics hates a vacuum. If it isn't filled with hope, someone will fill it with fear." (The Nation, May 26, 2003)

"Peace is anti-capitalist. . . It is capitalism which wants war." (La Jornada, Dec. 18 2007)

"In places where daily life is like war, the people who are militantly confronting this brutality are the peace activists. Because we all want peace. But let's remember, it won't come without a fight." (The Nation, March 31, 2003; photo Wikipedia)