Naomi Klein on Disaster Capitalism

$ 2017-09-01 Naomi Klein on Disaster Capitalism


With Enormous Harvey Damage, Naomi Klein Warns Against 'Disaster Capitalism' Redux
Now is exactly the time to speak out against free-market exploitation, says author of 'The Shock Doctrine'
by Julia Conley, Common Dreams, 28 August 2017
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/08/28/enormous-harvey-damage-naomi-klein-warns-against-disaster-capitalism-redux


Harvey Didn’t Come Out of the Blue. Now is the Time to Talk About Climate Change.
Naomi Klein, The Intercept, 28 August 2017, 4:25 p.m.
https://theintercept.com/2017/08/28/harvey-didnt-come-out-of-the-blue-now-is-the-time-to-talk-about-climate-change/


Naomi Klein: how power profits from disaster
Naomi Klein, The Guardian, 20 July 2017 14.15 EDT
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/06/naomi-klein-how-power-profits-from-disaster


Donald Trump and His Team of Gangster Capitalists Have Been Waiting for a Disaster Like Hurricane Harvey
Corporate greed made the devastation in Houston possible. Now the culprits plan to cash in.
By Chauncey DeVega / Salon, 31 August 2017, 7:32 AM GMT
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/disaster-capitalism-hurricane-harvey

Harvey meets Houston

$ 2017-08029 Harvey meets Houston


What makes Houston so vulnerable to serious floods?
Adam Gabbatt, The Guardian, 29 August 2017 02.54 EDT
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/28/houston-harvey-risk-floods-analysis
  The size of storm Harvey is unusual – but rapid expansion, poor infrastructure and a distinctive topography have played a role in the devastating impact


Why Houston Is So Prone To Devastating Floods
By Lydia O’Connor & Alexander C. Kaufman, Huffington Post, 27 August 2017
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/houston-flood-history-reason_us_59a2f0e3e4b05710aa5ce9ad
  Houston has a problem.


The health consequences to expect from Hurricane Harvey’s floods
By Ben Guarino, Washington Post, 29 August 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2017/08/29/the-health-consequences-to-expect-from-hurricane-harveys-floods/?utm_term=.f224171807bc


Houston’s flooding shows what happens when you ignore science and let developers run rampant
Ana Campoy & David Yanofsky, Quartz, 29 August 2017
https://qz.com/1064364/hurricane-harvey-houstons-flooding-made-worse-by-unchecked-urban-development-and-wetland-destruction/
  The city's gung-ho approach to development has destroyed the area's natural ability to drain away hurricane floodwaters.