No Logo: No Space, No Choice, No Jobs by Naomi Klein
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Book Reviews of No Logo: No Space, No Choice, No Jobs
Book Review: Very well crafted, heavy, informative, intense
Summary: 5 Stars
The author traces the rise of the multinational brand focused corporation and its impact on society. There is no escaping brands and commercial speech, our public spaces and our very minds are held captive by the forces of ubiquitous branding and advertising. At the same time they seek to invade every mental nook and cranny the mega corporations have severed their ties to local communities as employers and have spun a web that chases after cheap labor around the globe. The author shows powerfully how these tensions culminated in the backlash against the brands, as exemplified in the global campaign against Nike and others that employ sweatshop labor. The blueprint for resistance whether through protest, reclaiming public space or "culture jamming" and "ad busting" is laid out for the reader. The quality of the reasoning, backed up by thoroughly researched facts, and expressed with great clarity make this book a MUST READ. It should come with a warning label that you won't want to put it down, except maybe to go yell back at the ads that surround you.Book Review: Klein's second-best book
Summary: 5 Stars
Is still better than anything I've read since her best book, The Shock Doctrine. To call Klein a lefty is to entirely miss the point of what she is saying. She is not an ideologue. She is an intelligent, caring, involved human being observing a world gone crazy. As for the guy talking about alternatives for children making soccer balls in Pakistan in one review, perhaps he should consider the alternative of just paying them a living wage? Even better, get the western multi-nationals out completely, just nationalize their natural resources back and let them decide their own destiny. Oh, but that was kind of the point of her other book.
That we are creating robots of our children and moving all our production overseas should be alarming to all Americans. When your child HAS TO have the I-pod with the touch screen to be cool, then we have a lot to worry about. Klein explores these and other issues with her usual intelligence and charm. thank goodness that someone out there is talking about them
Book Review: Riveting and life-changing
Summary: 5 Stars
I had, independently of anyone else's suggestion, noticed some disturbing trends in American culture. One, advertising was suddenly becoming so aggressive that my head hurt every time I looked at the TV, computer, or street. Two, it was becoming increasingly difficult for my friends and me to find good jobs--everything was temporary, without good pay or benefits. Three, I could no longer find clothes or other products that had been made in the U.S.A., and I was beginning to be suspicious about labor practices abroad.Who would have thought that these three trends are all related? No Logo does an excellent, very thorough job of explaining the details of what it means to live in the globalized world of today. This book took me on an emotional rollercoaster and left me with a feeling of kinship with all other human beings. An amazing, wonderful, fantastic book that only loses momentum towards the end.
Book Review: The backlash begins here
Summary: 5 Stars
Books like "No Logo", which is a solid critique of the attempted corporate takeover of the world, are a sign of the growing backlash against the excesses of unfettered, globalized, laissez faire capitalism. While the twin ideas of the invincibility of multinational corporations and the inevitability of complete globalization are promoted by a mass media that is itself quite literally owned by those same corporate paymasters, the truth is that a large number of people are becoming increasingly disillusioned with this situation and are beginning to look for strategies to fight back. People could do a lot worse than to begin by reading Naomi Klein's book.Book Review: It Changed My Life
Summary: 5 Stars
Personaly i found this book the most enlightning book i have ever read. I have always considered myself a staunch (evil?) capitalist being a risk quant but since reading this book I have changed my ways, IT HAS CHANGED MY LIFE. I gave away all my clothes and now mainly wear environmentally friendly hemp, my shoes are made by workers earning decent wages I eat mainly lentils and am fitter, thinner and happier than I ever was before - the only problem is at work i still act the same as normal "comming out" as a reformed capitalist (leftist?) is the next big step wish me luck!