ice shelf collapses

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Mar 20 16:00:00 PST 2002


Luke Weiger wrote:


>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:ckromm at mindspring.com>Chris Kromm
>To: <mailto:lbo-talk at lists.panix.com>lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
>Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 8:08 PM
>Subject: re: ice shelf collapses
>
> > [Just had James Heartfield on the radio, and he told us global
>> warming was no big deal. James?]
>
> >>Yes, global warming is a conspiracy propagated by the capitalists
>to keep down the workers. Even though climate control measures
>are vociferously opposed by the capitalists. But that's just false
>consciousness on their part. Or something.
>
>Why you had James "pollution is good because it's oh so proletarian,
>or at least in my flimsy analysis" Heartfield on your show is the
>real mystery...<<
>
>I believe Ace also loves pollution.

No, he loves cars, so he's a skeptic on warming. Any pollution that can be blamed on corporations, he's against; but if it involves more complex issues of social and spatial organization, it gets murkier.

Doug



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