“For someone with a background of economic justice, what scared me about climate change is not just that the sea level will rise and we'll have more storms - it's how this intersects with that cocktail of inequality and racism.”

Canadian author, social activist, and filmmaker

Naomi Klein is a Canadian author, social activist, and filmmaker. She is known for her political analysis and for her support of ecofeminism and organized labour, as well as her criticism of corporate globalization, fascism, and capitalism. Her work focuses on power, economics, and politics, especially the ways large institutions shape public life. She writes and speaks from an activist perspective, and her commentary often returns to labour rights, ecological politics, and opposition to corporate influence.