No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trumps Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need

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If anyone can take on Trump, it's Naomi Klein — the author of such powerful tomes as The Shock Doctrine and This Changes Everything. Her new book, No Is Not Enough, outlines a plan of resistance that relies on strategy and reason — rather than panic and anger — to lead us forward despite the backward policies of the administration. To those searching for answers, for guidance, for hope in the age of Trump: this is the book you should be reaching for now. Recommended By Renee P., Powells.com

A road map to resistance in the Trump era from internationally acclaimed activist and bestselling author Naomi Klein.  "This book is a toolkit to help understand how we arrived at this surreal political moment, how to keep it from getting a lot worse, and how, if we keep our heads, we can flip the script and seize the opportunity to make things a whole lot better in a time of urgent need. A toolkit for shock-resistance." — Naomi Klein, from the Preface

The election of Donald Trump is a dangerous escalation in a world of cascading crises­. Trump’s vision – a radical deregulation of the U.S. economy in the interest of corporations, an all-out war on “radical Islamic terrorism,” and sweeping aside climate science to unleash a domestic fossil fuel frenzy–will generate wave after wave of crises and shocks, to the economy, to national security, to the environment.

In No Is Not Enough, Naomi Klein explains that Trump, extreme as he is, is not an aberration but a logical extension of the worst and most dangerous trends of the past half-century. In exposing the malignant forces behind Trump’s rise, she puts forward a bold vision for a mass movement to counter rising militarism, nationalism, and corporatism in the US and around the world.

"Naomi Klein is a critically important thought-leader in these perilous times, a necessary voice as a courageous movement of movements rises from the ashes of the last election cycle. No Is Not Enough tells a compelling story about where we are, how we got here, and what we should do now. The book is a genuine page-turner — highly engaging and provocative — and provides a fascinating lens through which we can view our current moment. Klein is not preaching to the choir, but framing the moment, connecting necessary dots, and outlining the challenge that lies ahead in clear terms that anyone can understand." Michelle Alexander, author, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

"Naomi Klein is one of the few revolutionary public intellectuals of great integrity and vision. This new book confirms her crucial relevance and essential pertinence." Cornel West, author, Race Matters

"Naomi Klein is magnificent, and in No Is Not Enough, she has forged a courageous coruscating counter-spell against the hegemonic nightmare that, if left unchecked, will devour us all." Junot Díaz, author, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

"A blueprint for combating Trumpism and the corporatist policies of his predecessors that made his rise possible. With a genuine sense of hope, Naomi Klein illuminates paths to collectively forge an ecologically sound, anticapitalist order." Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)

Naomi Klein is an award-winning journalist, syndicated columnist, and author of the international bestsellers No Logo, The Shock Doctrine, and most recently This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate. In 2017 she joined The Intercept as Senior Correspondent. In 2016 she was awarded the Sydney Peace Prize, for, according to the prize jury, "exposing the structural causes and responsibility for the climate crisis, for inspiring us to stand up locally, nationally and internationally to demand a new agenda for sharing the planet that respects human rights and equality, and for reminding us of the power of authentic democracy to achieve transformative change and justice."