Islamism

[Ulhas Joglekar]

Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
> >Women's movements and environmentalists are vehemently opposed to
> >the intellectual, socio-cultural and historical foundations of these
> >fundamentalists movements.
>
> Not necessarily.  As feminisms and environmentalisms are
> contradictory social phenomena, they can go left or right or
> middle-of-the-road.  Some versions of feminism and environmentalism
> are congenial to religious fundamentalism, and vice versa; other
> versions of feminism and environmentalism are now integral to liberal
> imperialism, and vice versa; yet other versions are compatible with
> Marxism and other kinds of left-wing theory and practice.

I agree with Yoshi. The question is whether imperialism and Marxism are also
not
contradictory social phenomena. If they are contradictory, then what are
political implications?

Ulhas

Here's a
> case of Vandana Shiva -- a noted feminist environmentalist -- and the
> Bharatiya Janata Party:
>
> *****   Rx for the Earth ~ summer 1998
>
> Power Shift in India
>
> By Vandana Shiva
>
>
> _Vandana Shiva views India's recent election as a referendum against
> economic globalization - not the victory of right-wing fundamentalism
> portrayed in the Western press