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CREATED:20071026T151800Z
DESCRIPTION:Celebrated historian Mike Davis is the author of In Praise of Barbarians, 
 Planet of Slums, Ecology of Fear, and many other influential books. In this 
 provocative talk, he shows that as soon as the fires started, right-wing 
 politicians in San Diego, Sacramento, and around the nation began to apply 
 their spin.\n\nThe media coverage has been disgustingly smug. They've 
 glorified the "heroic" Republican leaders of San Diego, contrasting them to 
 "corrupt & ineffective" Black Democrats in New Orleans. They've hammered 
 the theme of homeland security, even implying that undocumented immigrants 
 might be responsible for the fires.\n\nBush and Schwarzenegger have been 
 scrambling for chances to hug firefighters for the cameras. And every 
 chance they get, they crow about how San Diego's evacuation was "orderly 
 and civilized" (versus some other places). Half the county has burnt to the 
 ground but the politicians and news anchors haven't stopped grinning for a 
 minute. They're trying to spin this disaster as a triumph of Republican 
 values. But it's really a bonfire of right-wing vanities.\n\nFree and open 
 to the public.\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/10/26/18456170.php
SUMMARY:Seeing through the Smoke: The San Diego Fires
LOCATION:City Heights Recreation Center\n4380 Landis St.\n(2 blocks south of 
 University Ave. and Fairmount Ave.)
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/10/26/18456170.php
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