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the great scholar mike davis is going into palliative care today surrounded by family. he is one of the greatest writers on the modern capitalist world, its production, and a bridge between the old left and the new. and we must keep his undying optimism that we hold the answers to the future alive:
Also, The Case for Letting Malibu Burn, which I think about every single west coast fire season https://longreads.com/2018/12/04/the-case-for-letting-malibu-burn/
City of Quartz is the definitive history of Los Angeles and opened my eyes to the material struggles at the heart of *every* American urban center
@kate damn, that paragraph is great. Thanks for sharing that
Hear him talk about the political economy of rural America with some folks from Harlan County, Kentucky (where Davis was once shot at by strikebreakers) here: https://m.soundcloud.com/user-972848621-463073718/episode-174-the-urbs-w-special-guest-mike-davisyear-zero-4