Date: June 12, 2004
No Logo by Naomi Klein

BCDC's rating: 3.6

The menu for this meeting included cheese, crackers, salad, brownies, and more yummy things.

The BCDC Reading Guide for No Logo is below.

• Will you change any of your behavior based on this book?
• Klein theorizes that the corporate takeover of college campuses went largely unchallenged because students and professors were preoccupied by debates over PC and sexual harassment. Is this a sound argument?
• Klein tends to view the Internet as just another space to be bought out by corporate interests. Is this inevitable, or does the Internet have the potential to fight against ubiquitous commercialization?
• Do we need a new language to discuss rights in the context of privatization? (CF Klein's use of the word "censorship.")
• Discuss notions of interconnectedness in this book.
• What was the one best idea in the book?
• How has the privatization of political rights advanced since 9/11?
• Did anything about this book make you angry?
• What did you think of how Klein handled data?
• To what extent can the Iraq war be considered a battle between an American "brand" and a Muslim "brand"?
• Do you feel guilty about the clothes you are wearing?