There Are Greens, and There Are Greens (was Were the Nazis

Michael Perelman michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
Tue May 12 08:21:56 PDT 1998


Let me suggest an alternative to Harvey, as Louis presents his views:

Work on environmental justice and in this way, get many of the less fortunate to understand the importance of global warming and other environmental issues, which presently are largely middle class causes.

Louis Proyect wrote:


> Yes, David Harvey is one of the "good guys." His work on the spatial
> dimensions of capital are first-rate. The problem is that the red-green
> synthesis must be achieved or else socialism is a doomed project. If we can
> not address and resolve on at least a theoretical basis questions of global
> warming, etc., we are irrelevant. Harvey's answer is to say that global
> warming is practically a non-issue for Marxists. Let's work on
> environmental justice issues exclusively. If the bourgeoisie is preoccupied
> with global warming, we don't want to end up in their camp. This is a
> sectarian mistake and has to be fought.
>
> Louis Proyect
>
> (http://www.panix.com/~lnp3/marxism.html)

-- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929

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