Naomi Klein: Addicted to risk

[WhoIsNumberNone]

Run time: 20:20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZhL7P7w3as   Posted on YouTube: January 18, 2011 By YouTube Member: TEDtalksDirector Views on YouTube: 29709   Posted on DU: April 07, 2011 By DU Member: WhoIsNumberNone Views on DU: 576

 
Naomi Klein talks about the environment as affected by the BP oil spill, and the Canadian oil sands (see: Koch Brothers) and what mankind's plans are for escaping the next impending ecological disaster.

[ProfessorPlum]

1. one thousand recs for this

I'm proud to be the fifth and send it to the greatest. She is one of our smartest, and bravest, scholars.

[whatchamacallit]

2. A HUGE REC

for the brilliant journalist some at DU have called a "nut case".

[spooked911]

5. "nut case"? really?

whoever said that is disgusting and evil.

[LongTomH]

3. K&R & Forward

This really needs to go viral! I'm sending this out on my 'SAMIZDAT' political maillist and adding it to my FaceBook page.

[WhoIsNumberNone]

6. What amazes me is that it's been on YouTube since January

I was sure somebody else would have posted this on DU before now.

[spooked911]

4. wow-- I had no idea what getting oil from the tar sands involved: it's fucking insane

jesus, we're so fucked