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Naomi Klein on Donald Trump and the new shock politics
Naomi Klein on Donald Trump and the new shock politics
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55 minutes
Released:
Jul 6, 2017
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Podcast episode
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Earlier this week we recorded a special episode of the Intelligence Squared podcast at the Acast studio in east London. We were joined by author and activist Naomi Klein and BBC economics editor Kamal Ahmed as they discussed Klein's bestselling new book 'No Is Not Enough'. In this wide-ranging discussion, Klein sets out her view of Trump as the ultimate megabrand. To her, Trump’s presidency is not an aberration – it's the culmination of recent political trends and amounts to nothing less than a giant corporate takeover of America.
Will Trump-style politics become the new normal, or – however unstable the world feels right now – can progressives unite to to defeat what Klein calls the new politics of shock and fear? For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Will Trump-style politics become the new normal, or – however unstable the world feels right now – can progressives unite to to defeat what Klein calls the new politics of shock and fear? For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Released:
Jul 6, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
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