**Naomi Klein** is a professor, journalist, filmmaker and author known
for her roles in the [Global Justice
Movement](Global_Justice_Movement "wikilink") and [Occupy
Movement](Occupy_Movement "wikilink"). Her works focus on criticism of
[corporations](Corporation "wikilink"),
[neoliberalism](neoliberalism "wikilink"),
[advertising](advertising "wikilink") as well as discussions around
[environmentalism](environmentalism "wikilink") and [workplace
democracy](Workers'_Self-Management "wikilink").

## Life

### Family

Naomi's family is of [German](Federal_Republic_of_Germany "wikilink")
Jewish heritage, and her grandparents were outspoken
[communists](Communism "wikilink") with a strong interest in [racial
equality](Anti-Racism "wikilink"). Her mother was a documentary
filmmaker with a strong focus on [feminism](feminism "wikilink"), and
her father was a doctor, both of whom described themselves as
[hippies](Hippy_Movement "wikilink"). They both grew up in the
[USA](United_States_of_America "wikilink") (In Newark and Philadelphia)
but moved to Montreal, [Canada](Canada "wikilink") in 1967 to avoid the
[draft](Conscription "wikilink") for the [Vietnam
War](Vietnam_War "wikilink").

### Early Life

Naomi actively rejected politics as a child and teenager, finding it
daunting to have a famous feminist mother. She embraced a life of
consumerism and spent her teenage years within shopp

### Pdicalisation

Naomi

### Activism

## Ideas

## Works

### Documentaries

### Books

## References