Naomi Klein

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</image> <group> <label>Aliases</label> <label>Relatives</label> <label>Affiliation</label> </group> <group> <header>Biographical information</header> <label>Marital status</label> <label>Date of birth</label> <label>Place of birth</label> <label>Date of death</label> <label>Place of death</label> </group> <group> <header>Physical description</header> <label>Species</label> <label>Gender</label> <label>Height</label> <label>Weight</label> <label>Eye color</label> </group> </infobox>Naomi Klein is a professor, journalist, filmmaker and author known for her roles in the Global Justice Movement and Occupy Movement. Her works focus on criticism of corporations, neoliberalism, advertising as well as discussions around environmentalism and workplace democracy.

Life

Family

Naomi's family is of German Jewish heritage, and her grandparents were outspoken communists with a strong interest in racial equality. Her mother was a documentary filmmaker with a strong focus on feminism, and her father was a doctor, both of whom described themselves as hippies. They both grew up in the USA (In Newark and Philadelphia) but moved to Montreal, Canada in 1967 to avoid the draft for the Vietnam War.

Early Life

Naomi actively rejected politics as a child and teenager, finding it daunting to have a famous feminist mother. She embraced a life of consumerism and spent her teenage years within shopp

Pdicalisation

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