Jessica Corbett

With the focus on dramatic images ofΒ German riot police using tear gas and high-powered waterΒ to disperse G20 protesters in Hamburg on July 6,Β the message from those demonstrating in the streets was clear for those willing to listen: a better world is possible.

In her previous books The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism (2007) and No Logo: No Space, No Choice, No Jobs (2000), Canadian author and activist Naomi Klein took on topics like neoliberal β€œshock therapy,” consumerism, globalisation and β€œdisaster capitalism”. Klein extensively documented the forces behind the dramatic rise in economic inequality and environmental degradation over the past 50 years.