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Mike Davis

Mike Davis is the author of Planet of Slums, among many other books. His history of the car bomb, Buda’s Wagon: A Brief History of the Car Bomb, which grew out of a two-part Tomdispatch article has just been published by Verso.

The White House Rodeo

By Mike Davis On November 8, 2022On November 8, 2022

Edward Gibbon at America’s Grave

By Mike Davis On September 13, 2011On September 13, 2011

Crash Club

By Mike Davis On July 26, 2011On July 26, 2011

Mike Davis, Road Trip in the Plague Years

By Mike Davis On May 5, 2009On February 17, 2021

Mike Davis, Keynesian Shock and Awe

By Mike Davis On November 18, 2008On November 10, 2021

Mike Davis, Casino Capitalism, Obama, and Us

By Mike Davis On October 15, 2008On December 29, 2010

Mike Davis, Welcome to the Next Epoch

By Mike Davis On June 26, 2008On February 17, 2021

Mike Davis, Who Really Set the California Fires?

By Mike Davis On November 1, 2007On May 15, 2021

Mike Davis, The Missing WMD — in Trucks in Iraq

By Mike Davis On March 27, 2007On February 17, 2021

Mike Davis on Manifest Destiny, the Sequel

By Mike Davis On September 19, 2006On January 1, 2011

Tomdispatch Interview: Mike Davis, Green Zones and Slum Cities

By Mike Davis On May 11, 2006On February 17, 2021

Tomdispatch Interview: Mike Davis, Turning a Planet into a Slum

By Mike Davis On May 9, 2006On January 1, 2021

Mike Davis, “Return to Sender” (Car Bombs, Part 2)

By Mike Davis On April 13, 2006On January 1, 2011

Mike Davis on the History of the Car Bomb

By Mike Davis On April 11, 2006On January 1, 2011

Mike Davis, Has the Age of Chaos Begun?

By Mike Davis On October 6, 2005On February 17, 2021

Davis, 25 Questions about the Murder of New Orleans

By Mike Davis On September 27, 2005On January 1, 2011

Mike Davis on the Monster at Our Door

By Mike Davis On August 16, 2005On January 1, 2011

Mike Davis on a Paradise Built on Oil

By Mike Davis On July 14, 2005On May 15, 2021

The Best of Tomdispatch: Mike Davis

By Mike Davis On June 12, 2005On January 1, 2021

Mike Davis on the Return of the Vigilante

By Mike Davis On May 6, 2005On January 1, 2011

Mike Davis on Riding the Real-Estate Tsunami

By Mike Davis On April 18, 2005On March 8, 2021

Mike Davis on apocalypse denial in America

By Mike Davis On November 9, 2004On January 1, 2011

Mike Davis on the political sidelining of Blacks

By Mike Davis On September 23, 2004On July 12, 2021

Mike Davis on the Ghost Shirts

By Mike Davis On August 24, 2004On January 1, 2011

Mike Davis on commemorating the real war

By Mike Davis On June 7, 2004On January 2, 2011

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