----- Original Message ----- From: "John Gulick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Yes, this article is a real _tour de force_. LP said: >(An extremely important article from the Feb. 2004 Harpers Magazine, which >unfortunately is not online. I scanned in the first couple of pages but >urge everybody to track it down and read the whole thing. It is the first >time I have seen an attempt to integrate an analysis of the agricultural >crisis with the energy crisis. All that is needed is to connect all this to >the water crisis and you will have the basis for a total ecological >critique of late capitalist society. Although Manning is something of a >Deep Ecologist, his understanding of the *science* is unimpeachable. The >article addresses the question of civilization's roots in agriculture and >urban society and the conclusion one is left with is that it is >*unsustainable*. Manning also has a brief article on the Counterpunch >website on Mad Cow that I also recommend a look at: >http://www.counterpunch.org/manning01172004.html) ============================ As luck would have it, there's a most interesting case-study of the political ecology of water privatization in Buenos Aires I happened on earlier today that's worth a look in putting together puzzle pieces: http://qsilver.queensu.ca/~mspadmin/pages/Project_Publications/Journals/Loftus.pdf Of liquid dreams: a political ecology of water privatization in Buenos Aires Alexander J Loftus and David A McDonald
