The Grenfell Tower fire of June 2017 is one of the most tragic political events in British
history. This book argues that preparedness for disasters has always been designed in the
interests of the State and Capital rather than citizens. This was exemplified by the 'stay put'
strategy at Grenfell Tower which has historically been used to socially control racialised
working class groups in a disaster. 'Stay put' where fire safety is compromised along with
strategic ambiguity probabilistically eliminates these groups. Grenfell Tower is a purposive
part of 'Disaster Capitalism' an asocial racial and class eliminationism where populations
have become unvalorisable and disposable. We have reached a point where even the ruling class
are fleeing from the disasters and chaos they have inflicted on the world retreating to their
billionaire bunkers. This timely book will be of interest to sociologists social theorists and
activists in understanding the racialised classedand capitalist nature of contemporary
disasters.
