An activist, history professor at the University of California at Irvine, Mike Davis (Fontana, 1946) is one of the most brilliant American essayists today. Their articles can be read in numerous publications, on paper or on web pages. Among them the American The Nation; The Spanish magazine Sin Permiso, whose editorial board is a member; The Mexican newspaper La Jornada; Rebellion and many other means. His last books published in Spain are Dead Cities: ecology, catastrophe and revolt; Planet of misery cities; And The monster knocks at our door.