[lbo-talk] Naomi Klein speaking in Austin about "Disaster Capitalism"

[Eric]

About the only good thing in here is the meeting with you part. Last 
Sunday is a Robert Jensen joint, which might be good for 
entertainment, to see all the concerned liberals, but I ain't paying 
$22 for the pleasure, even if I could afford it. PDL does pretty good 
work, but I'd give money straight to them instead of letting it pass 
through Jensen's holy hands. Also, Naomi Klein has become really 
almost unbearable lately, with her need to attribute everything evil 
in the modern world to Milton Friedman and her great nostalgia for 
Keynesianism. Plus, Wells Branch. Isn't that like South Dallas or 
something?


>[Tickets are kinda hefty -- $22, cripes, even for "a good cause," 
>etc. -- but if any Austin LBO-sters are going to be there, maybe we 
>can meet? Yes?  -B.]
>
>http://monkeywrenchbooks.org/tickets-naomi-klein-speaking-tour-available-monkey-wrench-0
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>A "Last Sunday" special event with Naomi Klein, author of The Shock 
>Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
>
>Lecture followed by Q&A
>Sunday, October 12, 2008
>6-8 p.m.
>
>St. Andrews Presbyterian Church
>14311 Wells Port Drive, west of I-35 off Wells Branch Parkway.
>http://www.staopen.com/
>
>Sponsored by:
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>Third Coast Activists Resource Center, http://thirdcoastactivist.org/
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>MonkeyWrench Books, http://www.monkeywrenchbooks.org/
>
>Workers Defense Project/Proyecto Defensa Laboral (PDL), 
>http://workersdefense.org/
>
>Tickets are $21.50
>
>A portion of the proceeds go to help fund PDL's work for racial and 
>economic justice in the workplace.
>
>Tickets available from:
>Monkey Wrench Books
>110 E North Loop Blvd
>Austin, TX 78751
>(512) 407-6925
>
>
>
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