The Monster Enters: COVID-19, Avian Flu, and the Plagues of Capitalism

by Mike Davis

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In his book, The Monster at Our Door, the renowned activist and author Mike Davis warned of a coming global threat of viral catastrophes. Now in this expanded edition of that 2005 book, Davis explains how the problems he warned of remain, and he sets the COVID-19 pandemic in the context of previous disastrous outbreaks, notably the 1918 influenza disaster that killed at least forty million people in three months and the Avian flu of a decade and a half ago.

In language both accessible and authoritative, The Monster Enters surveys the scientific and political roots of...Read more
  • ISBN10 1839765658
  • ISBN13 9781839765650
  • Publish Date 1 February 2022
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Verso Books