Naomi Klein

Naomi Klein Bio

Naomi Klein is an award-winning journalist, syndicated columnist, activist, New York Times bestselling author, and a powerful voice against the negative impacts of capitalism on human life and the earth’s ecosystems. She classically combines rigorous reporting, analysis, history, and global scope into a package that not only identifies problems, but also illuminates successful activism and solutions. She is renowned as a UBC Professor of Climate Justice (tenured) at the University of British Columbia in the Faculty of Arts (Geography Dept). She is also known as a Senior Contributing Writer for The Intercept.

Naomi grew up in a family of activists. Her mother was a feminist filmmaker. In 1967, her parents left the United States for Canada in protest of the Vietnam War. She has received numerous honorary degrees, awards including Australia’s international award for peace, the Sydney Peace Prize (2016) and IPE Outstanding Activist-Scholar Award (2014) from the International Studies Association. In 2019, she was named one of The Frederick Douglass 200.

In 2018, Naomi was named the inaugural Gloria Steinem Endowed Chair in Media, Culture and Feminist Studies at Rutgers University. She is also an Honorary Professor of Media and Climate at Rutgers. In September 2021, she joined the University of British Columbia as UBC Professor of Climate Justice (tenured) and co-director of the Centre for Climate Justice.

She has published several books including How To Change Everything: The Young Human’s Guide to Protecting the Earth and Each Other (2021), On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal (2019), No Is Not Enough: Resisting the New Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need (2017), This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate (2014), The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism (2007) and No Logo (2000).