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 “Ecology of Fear” is essential reading for all angelinos and those living in LA. No book captures my feelings of the city more than Mike Davis, marxist historian and ecological sociologist, and we’re damn lucky to have had his extraordinary attention placed there. His framework and analysis turns hyperbole into existential materialism, its tagline: “In effect, we think ourselves gods upon the land but are still really just tourists.” This book just so happens to have a date of publication, but its contents will never be irrelevant, especially one of the great essays of all time, “The Case for Letting Malibu Burn.” 

 While Robinson did a fine job distilling Chomsky's political writing/ideas, here's a list of recommendations for Chomsky's actual writings; if you're looking for something on his...

...excerpts pulled from different influential texts: The Chomsky Reader
...most up-to-date text on politics/history: Who Rules the World?
...perhaps greatest output as an author/thinker: Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media
...first political text on what it means being an intellectual: The Responsibility of Intellectuals
...very very thorough analysis of Israel-Palestine-USA relations (which hasn't changed much in forty years, unfortunately): Fateful Triangle: The United States, Israel and the Palestinians