Study group discusses the environment and the working class

The weekly New York FIST discussion/study group on June 5 focused on the environment—the role capitalism and U.S. imperialism play in the destruction of the environment, the so-called U.S. corporate “green” movement, and the steps that socialist countries have taken to control pollution.

A significant portion of the discussion focused on the use of cereals to produce biofuel. Questions raised included the development of ethanol in Brazil; the determination of oil prices based on the dollar; and how to talk to the working class about the environmental issues, and to environmental activists about the real root—and solution—to the crisis.

The discussion groups will continue weekly. On July 11, FIST and friends will be joined by Pan African Newswire editor and Workers World party member Abayomi Azikiwe, who will lead the group in a discussion on Africa.

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