A comment on the title (and I'm sorry about resending a message in this thread without any comment). In my humble opinion, there are (at least) four dimensions to Marxism:
1) consciousness of the contradiction between what's good for individuals directly, supplied through markets (exchange-value) and what's good for society and for the individuals in it, decided upon democratically (use-value). 2) the domination, exploitation, and alienation of the direct producers by the propertied class, i.e., class conflict. 3) imperialism, the structure and dynamics of the domination of the poor countries by the rich. 4) capitalism is an historical mode of production, made by people and potentially destroyed and replaced by people. the first one is closest to what's implicit in the environmental movement (and the broader, old-fashioned "New Deal" liberal and social-democratic traditions). This is the private vs. public interests conflict. The rest seem ignored. -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
