[Ost-news] The Origins of the Western Greens

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Forging a Politics Worthy of the Landscape  
The Origins of the Western Greens

By JEFFREY ST. CLAIR  
July 12 / 13, 2008

This essay is excerpted from Red State Rebels: Tales of Grassroots Resistance From the Heartland edited by Joshua Frank and Jeffrey St. Clair (AK Press, 2008).

For thirty-five years the Democratic Party has enjoyed a nearly unquestioned hegemony over environmental politics, even though the greatest gains for the Earth were made during the Nixon administration.

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