Naomi Klein: We’ve Got To Make Obama Do It!

[babsbunny]

http://theurbancoaster.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=173%3Anaomi-klein-weve-got-to-make-obama-do-it&catid=1%3Alatest-news&Itemid=50&lang=en

By Matthew Hoffman

In her best-selling book, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism, Naomi Klein outlines the disturbing trend of governments using crisis as a means for corporate profit-advancement. She cites Hurricane Katrina, 9/11, and Pinochet’s Chile as examples of the practice (see related book review).

At her January 29 speaking engagement at Loyola University, the award-winning author made the case that America’s current economic crisis is just another “big bang moment” in this evolution.

Klein cautioned listeners at the packed 750-seat Mundelein Auditorium against cheerily consenting to the wave of Obama-fueled optimism. Throughout his campaign, Obama rejected the “worn out dogmas” and suggested it was time for an ideological sea change. Klein isn’t ready, however, to embrace the recent market interventions as a shift in American policy, and instead implored her audience to work for a deepening, rather than deadening, of democracy in these tense economic times.

[stray cat]

1. one man can't do it - we need to do more than sit on the sidelines and yell at Obama

[ixion]

2. I agree with Klein...

and, like her, I've not been wildly impressed with what as transpired thus far is actual change. There have been some token gestures, but really what I'm seeing is a continuation, albeit 'kinder', of Bush era policies.

The 'Bush' era is the reason we're in the crapper now. Let's drop the 'Bush' era policies for something...sane.

[mmonk]

3. Yep. Now is not the time to sit. It's time to bring it home.

[Altean Wanderer]

4. Good article - recommended n/t

[ShortnFiery]

5. Obama is making the system work. It's a slow and arduous process. He's doing excellent

with the tools that are at his disposal.

Vigilance is GOOD but also apply a little patience ... Grasshopper. :-)