RDS, Friday 2nd October
Dublin Book Festival is delighted to welcome renowned writers and activists Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor to Dublin to discuss their new book, End Times Fascism: And the Fight for the Living World. This blistering reckoning with our age takes us deep into today’s man-made Armageddon complex – and shows us how to stand against it before it’s too late.
An award-winning journalist and author of bestsellers including No Logo and Doppelganger, Naomi Klein has become one of today’s most powerful and influential voices across issues ranging from corporate globalisation to social and climate justice. For this forthcoming book, she joins forces with fellow award-winning author and documentarian, Astra Taylor, for a revelatory look at the growing far-right movement, and how we can build a collective response strong enough to stop it.
An apocalyptic alliance of religious fundamentalists, billionaire Silicon Valley tech kings and ethno-nationalists is on the move, towards a catastrophic future from which they are convinced they will be spared. Klein and Taylor investigate how, around the globe, those who are making our world unliveable through climate chaos and job-consuming AI are preparing to protect themselves from the fallout. And yet these new supremacist survivalists remain vulnerable in that they have no vision of a shared future. Now, more than ever, is a critical moment to stand together and defend what’s left of democracy, before it’s smashed up beyond repair.
The authors will join award-winning journalist, photographer and author Sally Hayden for a powerful and ultimately hopeful evening of conversation around how we can collectively break the doom loop and find a better way of living together, rooted in our existence on this earth.
- Date:
- Friday 2nd October
- Time:
- 7.00pm
- Price:
- €18 - €39
- Address:
- RDS Arena, Merrion Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, Ireland
