{"id":97731,"date":"2017-09-04T12:00:46","date_gmt":"2017-09-04T11:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=97731"},"modified":"2017-09-04T12:28:54","modified_gmt":"2017-09-04T11:28:54","slug":"with-enormous-harvey-damage-naomi-klein-warns-against-disaster-capitalism-redux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2017\/09\/with-enormous-harvey-damage-naomi-klein-warns-against-disaster-capitalism-redux\/","title":{"rendered":"With Enormous Harvey Damage, Naomi Klein Warns against ‘Disaster Capitalism’ Redux"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now is exactly the time to speak out against free-market exploitation, says author of ‘The Shock Doctrine.’<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The National Guard arrived in Houston over the weekend to rescue residents, many of whom hadn’t been able to evacuate ahead of Hurricane Harvey’s landfall. (Photo: National Guard\/Flickr\/cc)<\/p><\/div>\n

28 Aug 2017 – <\/em>As millions of Houston residents faced life-threatening flooding on Monday with the saturated remnants of Hurricane Harvey expected to bring even more heavy rains in the days ahead, journalist Naomi Klein warned against the notion, already being pushed by some on the right, that the disaster shouldn’t be “politicized.”<\/p>\n

“The window for providing meaningful context and drawing important conclusions is short. We can\u2019t afford to blow it.”
\n<\/em>\u2014Naomi Klein”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now is exactly the time to talk about climate change, and all the other systemic injustices \u2014 from racial profiling to economic austerity \u2014 that turn disasters like Harvey into human catastrophes,” Klein wrote <\/a>at The Intercept<\/em> on Monday.<\/p>\n

In her piece, Klein warns that the absence of journalists, lawmakers, or experts on the cable news shows and in major papers connecting the dots between human-caused global warming and the severe destruction now underway in Texas is itself a “highly political decision.” And the wrong one.<\/p>\n

“The window for providing meaningful context and drawing important conclusions is short. We can\u2019t afford to blow it,” she writes. “Talking honestly about what is fueling this era of serial disasters \u2014 even while they’re playing out in real time\u2014isn\u2019t disrespectful to the people on the front lines. In fact, it is the only way to truly honor their losses, and our last hope for preventing a future littered with countless more victims.”<\/p>\n

On Sunday, Trump ally Sheriff David Clarke accused progressives of politicizing the storm by discussing President Donald Trump’s response to the massive floods and damage to the nation’s fourth-largest city.<\/p>\n

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The deranged lib left is soiling their underwear in excitement over politicizing Tropical Storm Harvey to use against @realDonaldTrump<\/a>. MAGA pic.twitter.com\/zDTHYNua6l<\/a><\/p>\n

— David A. Clarke, Jr. (@SheriffClarke) August 27, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n