Re: Lenin's b'day

[briand@xxxxxxxxxxx (Brian Carnell)]

On Mon, 22 Apr 1996 14:52:16 -0400, godenas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Louis R.
Godena) wrote:

>I think it is interesting, to say the least, that the first "Earth Day" was
>established in the west on April 22, 1970, the one hundredth anniversary of
>Lenin's birth.  This was done at a time when fully three quarters of
>humanity were going all out to celebrate the life and work of the greatest
>revolutionary who ever lived.
>
>Clearly, "earth day" was "enlightened" capitalism's attempt to steal the
>thunder of revolution and channel it into a safe form of non-threatening
>non-conformity.
>
>I think this also represents the first time that the new NGO movement
>provided service to imperialism on a world scale, as it was this sector that
>provided much of the support and impetus to this diversionary tactic.

This is bizarre, considering the generally Marxist nature of most
serious environmentalist movements (most of the truly radical ones
favor the dismantling of capitalism after all).

Or could it be that people just realized what a success the Soviet
Union's environmental policy was (can someone say Chernobyl?)

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