Monday, December 03, 2007

Naomi Klein | Forget the Green Technology - the Hot Money Is in Guns

The author of the incredible new book, "The Shock Doctrine: the rise of disaster capitalism" looks into the recent announcement by key financial analysts to invest in fascist sectors of the economy, rather than green: [Excerpt] "... Though 9/11 launched this new economy, many of the original counterterrorism technologies are being retro-fitted as privatised emergency response during natural disasters - Blackwater pitching itself as the new Red Cross, firefighters working for insurance giants. By far the biggest market is the fortressing of Europe and North America - Halliburton's contract to build detention centres for an unspecified immigration influx, Boeing's "virtual" border fence, biometric ID cards. ..." Read more of Naomi Klein

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