Mike Davis, In Praise of Barbarians: Essays Against Empire Haymarket, 2007
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For months it felt like the people of California held their collective breath, until state lawmakers hammered out a budget package that the Governor signed. Mike Davis held neither his breath nor his tongue. He talked about the economic crisis, Democrat lawmakers, and Left organizing at Socialism 2009. And Vivek Chibber describes what kind of leverage working people have in relation to the state.

