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GUEST: Mike Davis, Professor of History at the University of California at Irvine

Today we continue part 2 of our interview with Mike Davis on his new book, Planet of Slums. More than one billion people live in slums in the cities of the Global south. In October 2003, the United Nations Human Settlements Program published a report called The Challenge of Slums. According to this report, the world’s highest percentages of slum dwellers are in Ethiopia and Chad at 99.4%, followed by Afghanistan at 98.5%. The fastest growing slums are in the former Soviet republics, while the largest slums are largely in Latin American cities like Mexico City, Caracas, Bogota, and Lima. In his new book, Planet of Slums, UC Irvine History professor, Mike Davis explores the increasing problem of slums and some of the underlying reasons why slums are so prevalent and growing. Yesterday we played the first part of our interview, which you can listen to online at www.uprisingradio.org if you missed it. Here is part 2 of our interview.

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