[lbo-talk] Green Left success in Brazilian election

[Mike Ballard]

Somebody wrote:
The rise of environmentalism has done zero for the left, internationally. Maybe because the issue has nothing inherently to do with the traditional left-wing project of class revolt, social welfare, and development of the productive forces. With all due respect to the Partido Verde, Brazil is still a middle-income country, and needs to balance protecting biodiversity (which is important, but not as important as infant mortality or literacy) with developing industry. Funny enough, all socialist countries know this well, being even more pro-industry than petty bourgeois regimes like Lula's.
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Not so in Australia.  The Greens here are left of the Labor Party and many of the more militant unionists support them over Labor.

Mike B)

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