NAOMI KLEIN
Thursday, September 27 at 7:30 p.m. at Town Hall Seattle, 1119 Eighth Avenue

Co-presented with the TOWN HALL CENTER FOR CIVIC LIFE. In terms of the global, money-driven world we now live in, there may be no more relevant or revelatory book published this year than Naomi Klein's compelling, tough, astounding new book, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism (Metropolitan). Ranging over the past thirty years—from Chile and Argentina on through South Africa, Poland, Russia, New Orleans after Katrina—this book damns and opens eyes. You can take your pick of those with high advance praise: Seymour Hersh, Howard Zinn, Jane Smiley, Chalmers Johnson, Jeremy Scahill, Arundhati Roy, John Cusack, Peter Carey, and Tim Robbins are among those weighing in. "The Shock Doctrine is, simply put, a book without peer, an epic and riveting work whose message must be heard. With the persistence of a journalist, in the best sense of the word, and the rigor of a scholar ... Naomi Klein offers nothing short of a new paradigm for understanding politics in today's entropic world, where tragedy rarely results by chance. Her book is honest, urgent, and necessary to read. Through its eloquent writing, searing analysis, and remarkable breadth, we confront the hubris and zealotry of envisioning a blank slate and being left, time and again, with a scorched earth. The Shock Doctrine is an essential book; only Klein could write it." - Anthony Shadid. "Naomi Klein as a writer is an accusing angel." -John Berger. Naomi Klein's previous books include No Logo and Fences and Windows. This is one not to be missed. $5 tickets at the door (no advance). Town Hall members receive priority seating. Town Hall Seattle is located at 1119 Eighth Avenue (at Seneca). For more information, please see www.townhallseattle.org or call (206) 652-4255.