Tag Archives: Mike Davis

Mike Davis: The Fire Boom

Posted on January 15, 2025 by Julius Gavroche

From the Verso books blog. Mike Davis’s essay on LA as a locus of ecological destruction, taken from his classic work Ecology of Fear: Los Angeles and the Imagination of Disaster. Mike Davis (14/01/2025) In this excerpt from Mike Davis’s classic … Continue reading →

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For Mike Davis (1946-2022)

Posted on October 26, 2022 by Julius Gavroche

I’m a fatalistic Celt, and I have the example of my mother and older sister, who died like Russian soldiers at Stalingrad.  Thanks to California’s aid-in-dying law, I have control over the final act. But I guess what I think … Continue reading →

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Mike Davis: Thanatos Triumphant

Posted on March 10, 2022 by Julius Gavroche

From Side Car/New Left Review (07/03/2022). Does hegemony require a grand design? In a world where a thousand gilded oligarchs, billionaire sheiks, and Silicon deities rule the human future, we should not be surprised to discover that greed breeds reptilian … Continue reading →

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