Date: Wed, 17 Dec 1997 08:55:27 -0500
From: Louis Proyect <lnp3-AT-columbia.edu>
Subject: Re: M-TH: King Liar on Marx and Henwood


Levy:

>
>It evidently hasn't occurred to the "expert" that an understanding of the
>value-form and the extraction of relative surplus-value (and other parts
>of Marx's analysis, e.g. the costs of circulation and the turnover of
>constant fixed capital) has great significance for understanding
>environmental issues under capitalism. 

And so? Why don't you spell out what is this "great significance"? Or do we
have to join your closed mail-list to find out. The above sentence is
classic Levy. Bombastic references to theoretical aspects of Capital
without any attempt to relate them to the real world. 

With respect to my relationship to Doug Henwood or any other person, I
stand by my principles and will speak my mind at all times. When he asks
how long we can expect indians to live outside of capitalist property
relations as if he were discussing weaning an infant, it makes my skin crawl.

Now if you are interested in fleshing out your own ideas on the ecological
crisis, be my guest. I suspect that you are more interested in dragging
people down to your own pathetic level. I frankly am not interested.
Perhaps you will find discussion of that sort on marxism-general to sustain
you.

Louis Proyect



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