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It is contended that contemporary US environmental policy must adopt an anti-racist perspective in order to resolve existing ecological problems. A Marxist perspective is used to develop a "non-naturalized" understanding of the connection between humanity & nature. Within this Marxist framework, ecosystems are separated into two categories -- integral & disintegrating. It is asserted that integral ecosystems are preferable to their disintegrating counterparts since the latter render systemic components distinct & disconnected, which accelerates the development of ecological crises. Problems caused by the persistence of an ecological perspective based on an already problematic biological understanding of race are then identified; specifically, it is claimed that systems founded on this flawed ecological paradigm effectively separate races from one another, thus obstructing attempts to realize commonalities between racial groups. The implications of establishing an ecological critique of racism are also considered, eg, realizing the strong connection between class standing & environmental quality. J. W. Parker

A revision of a 1992 essay that considers tensions between "social ecology" & "Deep Ecology." The revised version accounts for the author's subsequent rejection of social ecology in favor of an ecological socialism. The main argument, however, remains essentially the same: that radical ecological politics needs to radically revise the dominant conception of "human nature," especially vis-a-vis its embeddedness in language that constructs & signifies such notions as "nature" & "environment.". K. Coddon

Provides a description of life & economic development in India & the effects of globalization on the 320 million impoverished Indians. As market mechanisms have taken hold, it has become apparent that they alone will not solve society's problems. Despite this, the author describes hope in the city slums, despite the poverty & environmental degradation. Since the rule of the British East India Co, the Indian people have distrusted capitalism, & as India experiments with market forces, there are networks of activism that are working for better conditions -- from those supporting nonviolence & neo-Gandhianism to Marxist-Leninist groups & armed resistance. If the world is to be changed in better ways, it should follow the lead of the South & the leadership of female resistance to global capital. L. A. Hoffman