board
of directors of People for the West!.
At this moment in history, I think leftists -- especially Marxists --
should focus on creative ways of linking Red Green analyses
activism, instead of wasting time upon futile "dialogues" with the
productivist leftists who would rather, ostrich-like,
Dear Friend/Colleague/Comrade,
You may be familiar with Capital Class, but in case you have never
seen
it or have let your subscription lapse, I'm writing to let you know
about
both the latest issue, a 'Red-Green' special, and also those planned
for
2001. (You can browse the contents pages
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D_Richardson wrote:
Before we assume that the environmentalists present a viable arena,
we
should be aware that, at least in the leadership, they have been
acquainted
Before we assume that the environmentalists present a viable arena, we
should be aware that, at least in the leadership, they have been
acquainted with socialism and have found it distasteful. The following
is from Sam Smith, local DC curmudgeon, national Green Party figure, and
(I had thought)
Still catching up...
John Gulick mentioned that that while the Teamster victory was important
good, no one acknowledged that UPS represents the highly dispersed nature
of American ecnomic space, rushing stuff all over the place using using
fossil fuels on nature-killing roads. I just got back
Louis Proyect:
Thanks for the kind remarks. I think you're absolutely right about the
changing conditions in Western Europe. It would be an interesting line of
investigation to figure out how Le Pen, the American Militias, etc.
reflect the emerging contradiction between society and nature in
Many of Louis Proyect's recent contributions have been
exceedingly encouraging and helpful to me, and I go o
armed with many a quote and reference from him to a a
conference on "Building a Secure and Sustainable World"
in Helsinki in 2 days. On one
A crass commercial announcement: people interested in Louis'
comment may want to see
Jesse Vorst, Ross Dobson, and Ron Fletcher, 1993. RED ON GREEN:
EVOLVING ECOLOGICAL SOCIALISM. Winnepeg/Halifax, Canada: Society
for Socialist Studies/Fernwood Publishing.
in pen-l solidarity,
Jim Devine
o, 1994) was the
source of many of the ideas and citations from this article, and the
article preceding this on the Unabomber and green anarchism. I think
this book by a British lecturer in Geography at Oxford is a must for
anybody exploring red-green connections. I also strongly recommend 2
journals: James O'Connor's "Capitalism Nature Socialism" and
"Society and Nature" which is edited by Takis Fotopoulos.)
