Begin forwarded message: > From: The Nation <[log in to unmask]> > Date: September 10, 2007 12:13:35 PM EDT > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Naomi Klein's Shock Doctrine; NYC Event, Sept. 17 > > Dear EmailNation Subscriber, > > Nation columnist Naomi Klein's new book, The Shock Doctrine, does > nothing less than outline an entirely new way of thinking about > politics, economics and society. Based on breakthrough historical > research and four years of on-the-ground reporting in disaster > zones, the book vividly shows how what Klein coins "disaster > capitalism" -– the rapid-fire corporate re-engineering of societies > reeling from shock -- traces its origins back fifty years, to the > University of Chicago under Milton Friedman, which produced many of > the leading neo-conservative and neo-liberal thinkers whose > influence is still profound in Washington today. > > The book will be officially released in the US on September 17. > Click here to pre-order copies. And watch a six-minute companion > video to the book created by the great Spanish director Alfonso > Cuaron, whose Children of Men, Klein has said "was very close to > the present I was seeing in disaster zones." > > Klein's US book launch will take place next Monday, September 17 in > a special event sponsored by The Nation Institute, The Nation > magazine and the New York Society for Ethical Culture. > > The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism > Featuring Naomi Klein in conversation with Amy Goodman > > Monday, September 17, 6:30PM to 8:00PM > > New York Society for Ethical Culture > 2 West 64th Street, NYC > > No admission charge. > > The event will feature an address and book-signing, a short > interview with Goodman, audience questions and a showing of the > short video by Alfonso Cuaron. > > Finally, please visit The Nation online to read new Nation blogs, > to view newsfeed links updated each day, to see when Nation writers > are appearing on TV and radio, to get info on nationwide activist > campaigns, and to read exclusive online reports and special weekly > selections from The Nation magazine! > > Best Regards, > Peter Rothberg, > The Nation > > P.S. If you like what you read at TheNation.com, please consider > subscribing to The Nation at a sharply discounted rate. Subscribing > is the only way to read ALL of what's in the magazine week after > week--both in print and online. > > You are currently subscribed to EmailNation as: [log in to unmask] > > You shouldn't be on this list if you didn't sign up. If you want to > stop receiving this newsletter, replying to this e-mail will not > work. To unsubscribe, Click here. >