Re: [OPE] The Ironies of Imperialism: Haiti vs. India

Harry was at Stanford, while I was in Berkeley. I don't recall how I heard
about him, but we got together & compared notes.

On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 03:12:04PM +0100, GERALD LEVY wrote:
>
> > I first criticized the Green Revolution in
> > Perelman, Michael. 1971. "Second Thoughts on the Green Revolution." The
> > New Republic, v. 165 (17 July): pp. 21-22; and then in a book, Farming
> > for Profit in a Hungry World.
> > The Green Revolution was designed to promote capitalist development by
> > changing class relationships in the countryside, making developing
> > countries more dependent on imported inputs, while leaving the system
> > susceptible to the environmental problems associated with intensive
> > chemical agriculture.
>
>
> Hi Michael P:
>
> Interesting. That's basically the same thesis as that advanced by Harry
> Cleaver in "The Contradictions of the Green Revolution" (1972).
>
> In solidarity, Jerry
>
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