On Thu, 14 May 1998, James Devine wrote:
> "Lord Gnome" writes: >More to the point, my argument is that Greens are
> Authoritarian to the core..."
>
It might be helpful if people were to state precisely what they mean by
"green" when they make such claims. My own tendency is to think of the
greens as having a strong social justice and feminist component which is
antithetical to authoritarianism. I come to Green politics through the
New Mexico Green Party where there were (four years ago when I left)
living wage campaigns and concerns about environmental justice.
Someone (whoops! forgot who, sorry) referred to Paul Erlich as a green. That seems to be a peculiar claim. He does not identify as a Green; he admits that he is a Republican. Now, he does have certain environmental concerns (too many non-white people are bad for the environment! Make them stop having babies!), but that certainly is not enough for him to qualify as green. There seems to be a strong(ish) antiGreen sentiment on the list. Why is that? Yours, Frances Bolton