https://znetwork.org/author/nklein/ Independent Left News, Analysis, Vision and Strategy Fri, 06 Feb 2026 01:40:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://znetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-Z_logo_512-32x32.png https://znetwork.org/author/nklein/ 32 32 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/you-dont-own-your-narrative-anymore-naomi-klein-and-yanis-varoufakis/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/you-dont-own-your-narrative-anymore-naomi-klein-and-yanis-varoufakis/#respond Fri, 06 Feb 2026 06:52:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=video&p=1294406 From recent deepfakes using Yanis’ image for viral gain, to his latest police harassment over events from decades ago, the discussion opens onto larger questions Naomi explores in Doppelgänger (identity, imitation, credibility, and what “truth” means when noise travels faster than institutions — and institutions still hold power) before moving on to current affairs and [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/zvideo/you-dont-own-your-narrative-anymore-naomi-klein-and-yanis-varoufakis/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/how-israel-has-made-trauma-a-weapon-of-war/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/how-israel-has-made-trauma-a-weapon-of-war/#respond Mon, 07 Oct 2024 15:00:26 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1273334 A slick, high-priced television production. Speeches from top officials. A live audience of thousands. A unified show of collective sorrow and military resolve. That is how the Israeli government hoped to mark the passing of one year since Hamas’s surprise and bloody attacks last 7 October. But little has gone according to plan. Many of [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/how-israel-has-made-trauma-a-weapon-of-war/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/the-case-for-bds/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/the-case-for-bds/#respond Thu, 26 Sep 2024 15:52:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=video&p=1272854 The Case for BDS by Mehdi Hasan Mehdi and Naomi debunk the myths used to attack the boycott movement against Israel. Read on Substack In the newest episode of ‘Unshocked,’ Mehdi and Naomi debunk the myths around the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) Movement – a nonviolent Palestinian-led movement that works to pressure Israel into complying [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/zvideo/the-case-for-bds/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/unshocked-naomi-klein-vs-the-ideological-shackles-of-zionism/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/unshocked-naomi-klein-vs-the-ideological-shackles-of-zionism/#respond Fri, 03 May 2024 14:19:55 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=video&p=1265843 In a conversation with Mehdi for her new contributor segment at Zeteo, called “Unshocked,” Jewish activist, academic, and author Naomi Klein calls for an “exodus from the ideological shackles of Zionism.”  Naomi also reacts to Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu comparing student protesters at Columbia University to Nazis, telling Mehdi that when it comes to Netanyahu, [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/zvideo/unshocked-naomi-klein-vs-the-ideological-shackles-of-zionism/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/jews-must-raise-voices-for-palestine-oppose-false-idol-of-zionism/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/jews-must-raise-voices-for-palestine-oppose-false-idol-of-zionism/#respond Thu, 25 Apr 2024 15:56:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=video&p=1265513 Hundreds of protesters were arrested in Brooklyn on Tuesday when Jewish New Yorkers and allies gathered for what they called a “Seder in the Streets to Stop Arming Israel” on the second night of Passover. The demonstration, held one block away from the home of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, came just hours before the [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/zvideo/jews-must-raise-voices-for-palestine-oppose-false-idol-of-zionism/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/we-have-a-tool-to-stop-israels-war-crimes-bds/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/we-have-a-tool-to-stop-israels-war-crimes-bds/#respond Thu, 11 Jan 2024 16:45:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1260557 Exactly 15 years ago this week, I published an article in the Guardian. It began like this: It’s time. Long past time. The best strategy to end the increasingly bloody occupation is for Israel to become the target of the kind of global movement that put an end to apartheid in South Africa. In July 2005 a [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/we-have-a-tool-to-stop-israels-war-crimes-bds/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/there-is-no-military-solution-to-the-crisis-in-israel-and-palestine/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/there-is-no-military-solution-to-the-crisis-in-israel-and-palestine/#respond Sun, 29 Oct 2023 15:15:49 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1256600 On Wednesday, October 18, the Lever’s David Sirota hosted a live event with Canadian journalist and activist Naomi Klein and Palestinian-American political analyst Omar Baddar to discuss the ongoing fighting between Israel and Hamas and the mounting humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip. David, Naomi, and Omar spoke about the historical and political context that led to this [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/there-is-no-military-solution-to-the-crisis-in-israel-and-palestine/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/how-conspiracy-theories-gain-their-power/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/how-conspiracy-theories-gain-their-power/#respond Fri, 06 Oct 2023 15:58:21 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=video&p=1255382 In Doppelganger, Naomi Klein takes a journey into the uncanny world of anti-vaxxer conspiracy theory and far right propaganda. As she goes through the looking glass, she discovers dark forces bent on warping our politics in their image. What starts as a story of mistaken identity with her namesake Naomi Wolf, soon becomes a parable [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/zvideo/how-conspiracy-theories-gain-their-power/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/why-was-there-no-water-to-fight-the-fire-in-maui/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/why-was-there-no-water-to-fight-the-fire-in-maui/#respond Sat, 19 Aug 2023 15:40:40 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1252232 All over Maui, golf courses glisten emerald green, hotels manage to fill their pools and corporations stockpile water to sell to luxury estates. And yet, when it came time to fight the fires, some hoses ran dry. Why? The reason is the long-running battle over west Maui’s most precious natural resource: water. That’s why, on [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/why-was-there-no-water-to-fight-the-fire-in-maui/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/ai-machines-arent-hallucinating-but-their-makers-are/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/ai-machines-arent-hallucinating-but-their-makers-are/#respond Wed, 10 May 2023 18:40:52 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1245867 Inside the many debates swirling around the rapid rollout of so-called artificial intelligence, there is a relatively obscure skirmish focused on the choice of the word “hallucinate”. This is the term that architects and boosters of generative AI have settled on to characterize responses served up by chatbots that are wholly manufactured, or flat-out wrong. [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/ai-machines-arent-hallucinating-but-their-makers-are/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-hunger-striker-vs-the-dictator/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-hunger-striker-vs-the-dictator/#respond Fri, 18 Nov 2022 17:01:59 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1232109 MANY OF THE tens of thousands of delegates attending the United Nations climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, go to these gatherings year after year on a kind of autopilot. They update their PowerPoint presentations, pack their organizational banners, and brush up their talking points. Next come the same warnings from the scientists and activists. The slightly [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-hunger-striker-vs-the-dictator/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/egypts-carceral-climate-summit-naomi-klein-on-the-crisis-of-cop27-being-held-in-a-police-state/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/egypts-carceral-climate-summit-naomi-klein-on-the-crisis-of-cop27-being-held-in-a-police-state/#respond Mon, 24 Oct 2022 12:20:30 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=video&p=1223450 Egypt is preparing to host world leaders next month at the U.N.’s annual climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, a move that prominent environmentalist and author Naomi Klein calls “greenwashing.” While the government embraces superficial causes to mitigate climate change such as recycling or solar panels, “what is not welcome would be pointing out this enormous [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/zvideo/egypts-carceral-climate-summit-naomi-klein-on-the-crisis-of-cop27-being-held-in-a-police-state/feed/ 0 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