Things are pretty shocking out there right now -- record-breaking
storms, deadly terror attacks, thousands of migrants disappearing
beneath the waves and openly supremacist movements rising. Are we
responding with the urgency that these overlapping crises demand from
us? Journalist and activist Naomi Klein studies how governments use
large-scale shocks to push societies backward. She shares a few
propositions from "The Leap" -- a manifesto she wrote alongside
indigenous elders, climate change activists, union leaders and others
from different backgrounds -- which envisions a world after we've
already made the transition to a clean economy and a much fairer
society. "The shocking events that fill us with dread today can
transform us, and they can transform the world for the better," Klein
says. "But first we need to picture the world that we're fighting for.
And we have to dream it up together."
