The reason why I give this 2 stars, not one, is because Klein did do her homework, but got it wrong...Most of the book is a tirade, while organized (somewhat), it is still a rant against...well, everyone except her lovely teen-age angst advertisement vandals.
 In the beginning of the book, (about the first 150 pages), I was indifferent.  On the 160th page or so, she completly lost me with an ending paragraph that said that WE ALL SALUTE THE FACIST STATE OF LOGO.  Little did I know but I am completly controlled by companies, and have no say in what I chose to buy or do, but Im glad that she informed me, for next time when I see Baby Gap, I'll think swaztika.
The last chapter of the book is the only readable one.  She attempts to make a good point about workers rights.
  However, she conviently leaves out the fact that people trek for hundreds, and sometimes thousands, or miles to get to these evil, oppresive, onnerous factory jobs.  Why do they do this (maybe the facist state of American Eagle puts a gun to their head and enforces a pogrom on the paseants of China to move them from their picturesque rice farm to their factory), or maybe it is because the dire economic condition on their peasant farms provides a less appealing choice than working in a factory.  Farming peasants might look good for pictures in National Geographic, but walk into the peasant house and you'll get a different perspective.
I did, and do not, see why this was called a a triumph of  socialism, or a must read for the anti-globilization subscribers; if this is the best they could come up with, Im not surprised they are losing ground around the world, especailly in the "die-hard" social democratic countries of France, Germany and Netherlands...
The reason why I give this 2 stars, not one, is because Klein did do her homework, but got it wrong... Most of the book is a tirade, while organized (somewhat), it is still a rant against... well, everyone except her lovely teen-age angst advertisement vandals. In the beginning of the book, (about the first 150 pages), I was indifferent. On the 160th page or so, she completly lost me with an ending paragraph that said that WE ALL SALUTE THE FACIST STATE OF LOGO. Little did I know but I am completly controlled by companies, and have no say in what I chose to buy or do, but Im glad that she informed me, for next time when I see Baby Gap, I'll think swaztika. The last chapter of the book is the only readable one. She attempts to make a good point about workers rights. However, she conviently leaves out the fact that people trek for hundreds, and sometimes thousands, or miles to get to these evil, oppresive, onnerous factory jobs. Why do they do this (maybe the facist state of American Eagle puts a gun to their head and enforces a pogrom on the paseants of China to move them from their picturesque rice farm to their factory), or maybe it is because the dire economic condition on their peasant farms provides a less appealing choice than working in a factory. Farming peasants might look good for pictures in National Geographic, but walk into the peasant house and you'll get a different perspective. I did, and do not, see why this was called a a triumph of  socialism, or a must read for the anti-globilization subscribers; if this is the best they could come up with, Im not surprised they are losing ground around the world, especailly in the "die-hard" social democratic countries of France, Germany and Netherlands...