Naomi Klein is a Canadian political writer and social activist, famous for her work on globalization and late capitalism, in particular her ground-breaking book No Logo (1999), which won her international acclaim. No Logo offers a critique of consumer culture and global capitalism. Her political perspective throughout her work and This Changes Everything could be characterized as progressive and left-wing, but not in the traditional sense of the term. Klein is a writer of what has sometimes been called part of the “New Left,” a movement that puts the emphasis on local, grassroots struggles and resists centralizing narratives and concepts. This is reflected when she doesn’t dwell on the roles of traditional political parties in the struggle against climate change. Klein remains an influential intellectual voice and continues to campaign for the social and environmental causes described above.

Klein is not a neutral or disengaged author. True to the activist spirit of her politics, her personal experience and political perspective figure directly in these pages. Her approach repeatedly celebrates grassroots campaigning and those who are grounded in struggle and love for the Earth, and she critiques the distant “astronaut’s view” of climate change.