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DESCRIPTION:Berkeley Arts & Letters presents Naomi Klein, on her new book, "On Fire: 
 The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal"\n\nThis event is co-presented by 
 The Leap, Sunrise Movement, and The Intercept.\n\nWhen: Thursday, September 
 26, 2019 @ 7:00 PM\n\nWhere: First Congregational Church of Oakland, 2501 
 Harrison St, Oakland, 94612\n\nBrown Paper Tickets: 
 https://onfire.bpt.me/\nStudent price available\n\nBerkeley Arts & Letters 
 presents #1 international and New York Times bestselling author Naomi Klein 
 ("The Shock Doctrine" and "This Changes Everything") as she makes the case 
 for a Green New Deal, explaining how bold climate action can be a blueprint 
 for a just and thriving society. Joining Naomi in conversation is the 
 editor-in-chief of Mother Jones, Clara Jeffery.\n\n"On Fire" shows why 
 Naomi Klein was described by the New Yorker as the most influential figure 
 on the American left and why leading environmentalist Bill McKibben calls 
 her the intellectual godmother of the Green New Deal -- which just happens 
 to be the most important idea in the world right now.\n\nFor more than a 
 decade, the acclaimed journalist and ground-breaking thinker has documented 
 the movement of the climate crisis from future threat to a burning 
 emergency. She has been among the first to make the case for what is now 
 called the Green New Deal -- a vision for transforming our economies to 
 battle climate breakdown and rampant inequality at the same time. In our 
 era of rising seas and rising hate, she argues that only this kind of bold, 
 roots-up action has a chance of rousing us to fight for our lives while 
 there is still time.\n\nThese long-form essays, based on her extensive 
 research and reporting, show Klein at her most prophetic and philosophical, 
 investigating the climate crisis not only as a profound political challenge 
 but as a spiritual and imaginative one as well. Delving into the clash 
 between ecological time and our culture of perpetual now; the soaring 
 history of rapid human change in the face of grave threats; rising white 
 supremacy and fortressed borders as a form of climate barbarism and more, 
 this is a rousing call to transformation -- and a dire warning about what 
 awaits if we fail to act.\n\nWith dispatches from the ghostly Great Barrier 
 Reef to the smoke-choked skies of the Pacific Northwest, to post-hurricane 
 Puerto Rico, to a Vatican waking up to the case for radical change, Klein 
 paints a vivid picture of both social and ecological breakdown -- as well 
 as the people and movements rising to turn humanitys greatest disaster into 
 our greatest opportunity.\n\n-------------------\n\nNaomi Klein is an 
 award-winning journalist, columnist, and author of the New York Times and 
 international bestsellers The Shock Doctrine, No Logo, This Changes 
 Everything, and No Is Not Enough. A Senior Correspondent for The Intercept, 
 reporter for Rolling Stone, and contributor for both The Nation and The 
 Guardian, Klein is the inaugural Gloria Steinem Endowed Chair in Media, 
 Culture, and Feminist Studies at Rutgers University. She is co-founder of 
 the climate justice organization The Leap.\n\nClara Jeffery is the 
 editor-in-chief of Mother Jones, which was named Magazine of the Year by 
 the American Society of Magazine Editors in February 2017. During her 
 tenure, Mother Jones has won other National Magazine Awards, including for 
 general excellence, reporting, and video; redesigned its magazine and 
 website; established bureaus in Washington and New York; and become a 
 social-media powerhouse. Clara has edited stories that have been included 
 in pretty much every Best American anthology. Along the way, she also won a 
 PEN award for editing, became a mom, and forgot what its like to sleep. It 
 probably doesnt help shes on Twitter so much: @clarajeffery.\n\nAbout 
 Mother Jones: Mother Jones is a reader-supported investigative news 
 organization recently honored as Magazine of the Year by our peers in the 
 industry. Our nonprofit newsroom goes deep on the biggest stories of the 
 moment, from politics and criminal and racial justice to education, climate 
 change, and food/agriculture. We reach more than 10 million people each 
 month via our website, social-media presence, videos, podcasts, email 
 newsletters, and print magazine. Our fellowship program is one of the 
 premier training grounds for emerging investigative storytellers. Founded 
 in 1976, Mother Jones is Americas longest-established investigative news 
 organization. We are based in San Francisco and have bureaus in Washington, 
 DC, and New York. We are independent (no corporate owners) and are 
 accountable only to you, our readers. Our mission is to deliver 
 hard-hitting reporting that inspires change and combats alternative facts. 
 Read more at https://www.motherjones.com.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/22/18826602.php
SUMMARY:Author Talk: Naomi Klein, new book "On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal"
LOCATION:First Congregational Church of Oakland, 2501 Harrison St, Oakland, 94612
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/22/18826602.php
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