Before we succumb to the essentialism of equating ecofeminism with female-only consider this commentary. The American culture conditions the people to value their own material well-being more than they love justice. As individuals, Americans feel helpless to affect government action anyway. These factors at least partially explain how some millions of Americans could watch a 60 Minutes TV program filmed in late 1995-which portrayed and described the deaths of more than 500,000 children in Iraq caused by U.S.-forced sanctions and then showed UN Ambassador Madeleine Albright saying of those deaths, "Yes, the price is worth it"-without smashing their TV sets and taking to the streets (Ramsey Clark). The point? A woman who I understand has had some dealings with the holocaust and for that reason should know better is quite prepared to commit the effective genocide of as I understand it 1.8 million people to date. This person dear US colleagues is your current nominated UN representative symbolic of womens power in the US government. love, Chris.
