The Shock Doctrine in Reverse
The techlords lost, thanks to grassroots organizing. But what now?
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Patterns by Naomi Klein.
Naomi Klein on politics, culture, and the patterns behind an age of serial shocks.
Recent essays
30 of 31A Midterm Motivator
A brand new short video to help power our US friends through the final push—and thoughts on what it will take to beat back end times fascism for good
Don’t doubt that we can actually scare the tech billionaires
Watch now (37 mins) | My conversation with David Sirota on the Lever with an exclusive premiere of the trailer for End Times Fascism
“Imagining is Resistance”: Tareq Baconi with Naomi Klein
What Gaza is being used to test and why freeing Palestine is the unfinished business of the last century.
The Bots Are Just The Closers
A Movement Understanding Itself In Real Time at the People’s AI Assembly in New York
Continuing the Fight for the Living World with Naomi Klein & Astra Taylor
Reflections from the first leg of the End Times Fascism book tour and where we go from here.
After a month speaking to packed rooms, I can report back: Readers are fired up!
Dispatches from a four-week, fifteen-city whirlwind book tour across North America, UK & Ireland
End Times Fascism in the news, making news: the conversations and controversies so far
A sampling of interviews, from TV to podcasts
Astra and I talk to a warrior against oligarchy, Robert Reich
We talk about the long road that has brought us to end times fascism, and why it’s time for a “triple disarmament” movement
In conversation with God about End Times and Fascism
Putting God (MAGA Jesus) on trial for End Times Fascism and my plan to gather the witches
The Guardian Featured Essay: The end times fascists are plotting their escape from our world. Our mission is clear
An excerpt from End Times Fascism – And the Fight for the Living World
Publication Day! No more hype, time to fight.
You can now get your copy of End Times Fascism – And the Fight For the Living World
Big Tech and Big Oil have fused – Call it Fossil Tech
Final sneak peak before launch day of my latest book with Astra Taylor
Brand new short film! Plus early press for End Times Fascism
We collaborated with filmmakers to create a video that lays out both the threat and the stakes of what we call “the fight for the living world.”
How nationalists, theocrats and tech titans turned their backs on the future
The far-right is rising again. But this time, their vision for bunkered survivalism bets on permanent “bad times.” Excerpted from Rerun or Sequel?, an essay published in the Financial Times.
Talking Midterms and Data Centers with Rep. Ro Khanna from California’s Silicon Valley
I pushed Ro Khanna on his plan to reign in data centers with no moratorium, the billionaire’s tax fight in his own backyard, and his plans for 2028.
Climate vs Fascism with Bill McKibben & Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
I joined Bill & Ayana for their first live, and we broke our own records.
The Shocks Are Coming - Who Do We Want Be?
I wrote about fringe eco-fascist ideas nearly a decade ago. Today they have moved to the centres of power. Plus: Live With Rep Ro Khanna Tomorrow
Fighting Fascists Together with Naomi Klein & Astra Taylor
Astra and I talk about about why we wrote this book together and how we in the midst of it all, we found hope.
I’m Going on Tour with a Friend and our New Book!
Find Astra and me talking End Times Fascism in your city in North America, UK & Ireland
Meeting the Moment with Anat Shenker-Osorio, Michael Podhorzer and Naomi Klein
We discuss money in politics, why billionaires are terrified, and the kind of organizing that scares them
Six (Other) Books to Pre-Order Now
If you like my books, I think you’ll like these too
The U.S. Hand Behind Latin America's Turn to the Right W/David Adler
Watch now | We trace the money, tech and muscle behind the Latin America's rightward sweep and the solidarity movement fighting back
The Goal is a Fascist Continent
Unpacking Trump's End Game in Latin America with William Callison and Verónica Gago
Everyone Has A Right To Cool...In This Heat
Neighbours Save Each Other’s Lives, Bad Landlords Don’t Care if You Cook–and Other Lessons From Past Heat Domes
Season of Smoke
It's all so precarious, this business of not being on fire...
SpaceX Isn’t a Company. It’s a Metaphor for the Rapture of the Super Rich
Here's why wealth and fascism are a package deal
Messy thoughts with W. Kamau Bell and Naomi Klein
We talk about why we like being on Substack so we can share our bad first drafts and our thoughts on bad politicians
We have a right to be furious with Graham Platner
Fighting sexual violence isn't a distraction. It's how we win
How We Can Defeat the New Supremacists with Naomi Klein
My first Substack live with Wajahat Ali on Fascism, Billionaire Escapism, and the Fight for the Living World