Eighteen years after it was first published, Naomi Klein’s groundbreaking book, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism, is back on the bestseller lists—for reasons much against her will. The Trump Administration is rushing through a drastic realignment of the international order: one in which Canada is intensely vulnerable. Tariffs may be just the beginning.
In this vital event, Naomi Klein is joined by her brother and collaborator Seth Klein, author of A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency. In conversation with CBC Radio’s Elamin Abdelmahmoud, the two discuss how Canada and BC can seize this moment to build an economy far less vulnerable to external shocks, and that takes the transition from a fossil fuel and extraction-based economy seriously.
Filmed live April 26, 2025 | Chan Centre
Co-presented by Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, UBC Centre for Climate Justice and Vancouver Writers Fest.
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00:00 Welcome – Jarrett Martineau
01:23 Introduction – Carol Liao
09:00 Entrance
09:30 Welcome and Orientation – Elamin Abdelmahmoud & Naomi Klein
13:27 The Thesis of The Shock Doctrine
20:36 How the Shock Doctrine plays out in the April 28, 2025 Federal Election
23:46 Pipelines
28:45 Responding to threat…get oriented!
31:45 Klein Family history
32:50 The role of Canadian Public Institutions
38:00 Wrestling with the psychological and the psychosocial (Shock Doctrine & Doppelganger)
41:44 Seth talks about Naomi
42:58 Naomi talks about Seth
45:30 Story & Narrative, the role of Art
53:03 How Trump is using Narrative and similarities in Canada. The fascist network.
1:03:40 Canada’s 2025 Federal Election
1:08:30 Political Imagination, the speed of change and Covid
1:20:35 Where to turn when seeking optimism (BC Society for Policy Solutions, Kate Marvel)
1:28:00 Audience Questions:
1) What are your thoughts about Conservatives garnering Gen Z support?
2) Are we more or less numb to shock today than when Shock Doctrine was first released?
3) How can we effectively communicate the craziness of expanding pipelines?
1:41:00 Why are people re-engaging with The Shock Doctrine?
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