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\"PresidentPresident Donald Trump talks with journalists after signing tax reform legislation into law in the Oval Office December 22, 2017, in Washington, DC.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

How did we get to the Trump presidency and the current political moment? How might things get worse and what can we do to build an alternative? In her new book, Naomi Klein offers what she describes as “a plan for how, if we keep our heads, we might just be able to flip the script and arrive at a radically better future.” Arundhati Roy calls <\/em>No Is Not Enough “an ordinary person’s guide to hope.” Order your copy today by making a donation to Truthout!<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

After the spate of disastrous floods, fires and quakes that have shocked us this year, this is a good time to revisit Naomi Klein, whose work continues to dig deep into the way that the global capitalists use shock and chaos to advance their agenda, regardless of the impact on the vulnerable. It’s hard to think of a national or global emergency that Donald Trump hasn’t tried to exploit for his own purposes, but still, a year after his election, roughly 30 percent of Americans polled continue to support his presidency. What is Trump selling? Who’s buying? And why? And what do those who consider themselves part of the resistance need to say “yes” to, after so many months and years of saying “no” to Trump and Trumpism? Naomi Klein is the author of 2017’s\u00a0<\/em><\/span>No Is Not Enough<\/a><\/em>, as well as\u00a0The Shock Doctrine<\/em>,\u00a0No Logo<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0This Changes Everything<\/em>. You can watch\u00a0<\/span>this conversation\u00a0<\/a>— and many more like this — on the<\/span>\u00a0Laura Flanders Show<\/a>, or subscribe to the free podcast: @lfshow<\/span><\/p>\n