To be sure, Naomi Klein’s book is fundamentally concerned with how to
bring about a more equal economic order, and her noble conviction that
governments must equitably share the global carbon-cutting burden is
entirely informed by the needs of poorer countries. In her own words,
she writes that “poverty amidst plenty is unconscionable”, and “there is
simply no credible way forward that does not involve redressing the
real roots of poverty”. But nowhere in the book is there an impassioned
plea for ordinary people to rise up
and demand that governments irrevocably end hunger and life-threatening
conditions of deprivation wherever it occurs it in the world, and as an
international priority above all other priorities.
Without this heartfelt concern for the immediate needs of the very
poorest people in mostly developing countries, Klein’s case for using
the language of morality to build a global citizens’ movement for saving
the planet – with everyone together speaking “of right and wrong, of
love and indignation” – in the end rings hollow.
-- Adam W. Parsons, "Where's the Missing Part, Naomi Klein?" (Dissident Voice)