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    'I'm not fatalistic': Naomi Klein on Puerto Rico, austerity and the left

    Puerto Rico is the victim of economic as well as natural tragedy, Naomi Klein argues in her new book. A Q&A
    by Oliver Laughland Aug 08, 2018 6 minutes
    Naomi Klein at her home in Toronto. Photograph: Anya Chibis for the Guardian

    Naomi Klein’s latest book, The Battle For Paradise: Puerto Rico Takes on the Disaster Capitalists, examines recovery efforts in the wake of Hurricane Maria. It is the first time the acclaimed author and journalist has focused on Puerto Rico and is based on a reporting trip earlier in the year. Klein talks to the Guardian’s senior reporter Oliver Laughland about the book and the island’s future.

    I was in Puerto Rico shortly after Maria hit and found it a particularly shocking assignment. It reminded me a little of covering the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, and observing an entire population let down by infrastructure and government. What sort of personal impact did it have on you, being on the ground?

    When I was in Puerto Rico, I met people from Detroit, Michigan, who were there to talk about the emergency management boards and the impacts on schools. People from New Orleans were there, sharing information about what had happened to their school system after Hurricane Katrina. I found that pretty moving and different – that these

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