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:
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
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
