Were the Nazis radical environmentalists?

Louis Proyect lnp3 at panix.com
Mon May 11 08:43:39 PDT 1998



>Lester Brown also recently endorsed the anti-immigrant resolution within the
>Sierra Club - endorsing the "carrying capacity" rhetoric of the immigrant
>bashers. I was saddened to see him line up with the racist right on this
>initiative, but his actions actually reinforce the argument that, despite
good
>intentions by many Greens, they can find affinity with the racist right at
>critical junctures.
>
>--Nathan Newman

Lester Brown is wrong on this question, but there is a lot of confusion about it in the broader progressive movement. For example, many black progressives have also taken the wrong position as well. At a Socialist Scholars Conference of a couple of years ago, WBAI talk-show host Playthell Benjamin supported the positions of FAIR, an anti-immigration group. We should also keep in mind that many libertarian-oriented right-wingers, like Jack Kemp and the late Julian Simon, are vehemantly pro-open borders.

Louis Proyect

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