Re: [Marxism] Red-tail hawk sighting

[Alan Bradley <alanb1000@xxxxxxxxx>]

From: Haines Brown
> I fully agree with you that Marxism is tied to
> the natural environment (and hence, to ecology),
> but I've yet to see a cogent argument as to just
> why. 

I haven't got the time or energy to address this
properly at the moment, but in note form:

1. Marxism is profoundly concerned with the material
conditions of human life. Air, water, food, fibre...
All these things are fundamental to our concerns.

2. Ecology bears on these concerns both directly and
indirectly. A healthy "nature for humans" is a healthy
"nature in itself". You can't have the first without
the second. I just made up those phrases in quotes, so
they have no particularly deep meaning, but I hope my
intention is clear enough.

3. Aside from these directly material aspects, human
life without "nature" is impoverished. We're not just
a bunch of meat robots. Can you imagine living in a
world without red-tail hawks or their equivalents?


 
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