[Seattle-editorial] naomi klein next week - event

Sheri Herndon sheri at speakeasy.org
Wed Oct 1 08:17:17 PDT 2003



> UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON LECTURE
> "Economic Terror, Deep Democracy," Naomi Klein
> Toronto-based journalist and author of "No Logo"
> Thursday, 9 October 2003
> 7:00 PM, Kane Hall, Room 120.
>
> >From Iraq to Argentina to our own backyards, corporate globalization and
> military imperialism have merged into the same project. What kinds of
> movements can fight economic and military brutality at the same time?
>
> Naomi Klein is an award-winning journalist and author of the international
> best seller No Logo:  Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies.  Translated into 27
> languages, The New York Times called No Logo "a movement bible."  In 2000,
> The Guardian Newspaper short-listed it for their First Book Award, and in
> 2001, No Logo won the Canadian National Business Book Award, and the
French
> Prix Médiations.  Naomi Klein's articles have appeared in numerous
> publications including The Guardian, The New Statesman, Newsweek
> International, The New York Times, The Village Voice and Ms. Magazine.
She
> writes an internationally syndicated column for The Globe and Mail
newspaper
> (Canada) and another for The Nation magazine (US).  A collection of her
> work, entitled Fences and Windows: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the
> Globalization Debate was published in October 2002.  Ms. Klein is a
frequent
> media commentator and university guest lecturer.  Currently, Ms. Klein is
> writing/producing a documentary about new forms of direct democracy in
> Argentina.  Presented by Canadian Studies Center, the Department of
> Communication and the Ursus Social Change Lecture Series at the University
> of Washington.  There is no charge.  For information call (206) 221-6374.
>
>



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