Red Roots, Green Shoots.Red Roots, Green Shoots Virginia Brodine International Publishers 239 West 23rd Street, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY 10011 9780717807314, $10.00 www.amazon.com Red Roots, Green Shoots is written as a pro-environmental text from a Marxist perspective, yet most of the ideas it proposes for preserving the environment and therefore the health of the people who live in it are sound general principles--though author Virginia Brodine considers them unlikely to be implemented unless working-class globalism glob·al·ism n. A national geopolitical policy in which the entire world is regarded as the appropriate sphere for a state's influence. glob arises to counter imperialist globalism. Chapters discuss how "free trade" without sufficient environmental provisions has extremely deleterious results; how grassroots support is needed to defend nature more effectively; why the practice of sending pollution to the poorest communities has to stop; and much more. "It is time we took the 'jobs vs. environment' issue out of the bosses' hands. How? With a jobs program that would create environmentally sound jobs across this country, and specific jobs programs that would be implemented in tandem Adv. 1. in tandem - one behind the other; "ride tandem on a bicycle built for two"; "riding horses down the path in tandem" tandem with a shift to environmentally friendly Environmentally friendly, also referred to as nature friendly, is a term used to refer to goods and services considered to inflict minimal harm on the environment.[1] technology, plus public works jobs to cleanup the problems left behind by past assaults on nature." Those who question Marxist principles should not shy away from Verb 1. shy away from - avoid having to deal with some unpleasant task; "I shy away from this task" avoid - stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her" Red Roots, Green Shoots as the environmental questions and solutions it proposes should not be overlooked. Highly recommended. |
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