Naomi Klein interview: The rise of misinformation and conspiracy culture

by ARKANSAS DIGITAL NEWS


2XBXB3H EDITORIAL USE ONLY Naomi Klein, author of Doppelganger, is announced as the winner of the 2024 Women's Prize for Non-Fiction, taking place at Bedford Square Gardens, London. Picture date: Thursday June 13, 2024.

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Rowan Hooper: Your latest book is Doppelganger: A trip into the mirror world. What is this world?

Naomi Klein: The mirror world is the term I use to describe the land of conspiracies, and the alt-right, and the wellness right. It’s sometimes described as a diagonal political alliance between the new-age left and the conservative right that really consolidated in the covid years.

My book starts from the little detail that I have a doppelgänger, somebody who I have been confused and conflated with for over a decade now: another non-fiction writer named Naomi, Naomi Wolf, a prominent liberal…



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