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Malthusian rhetoric as a means to expose its callous insanity, or whether they are sincere, the
fact that so many take it seriously reflects a troubling state of affairs within the ecology
movement.
17. Gaia Liberation Front. Web site: http://www:paranoia.com/coe/
18. Ibid.
19. Ibid.
20. Carol J. Adams, The Sexual Politics of Meat (New York: Continuum, 1991), p. 175.
21. Ibid., p. 175.
22. For a closer look at issues of worker's health and safety related to Third World labor
conditions, see Women in Development: A Resource Guide for Organization and Action.
(Philadelphia: New Society Publishers, 1984). Also, For a broader discussion of the
implications of Third World 'development' women's labor, see Gita Sen and Caren Grown,
Development, Crises, and Alternative Visions: Third World Women's Perspectives (New York:
Monthly Review Press, 1987).
23. Adams, The Sexual Politics of Meat, p. 175.
24. Steven Levy, "Technomania: The Hype and the Hope," in Newsweek 27 February 1995, p. 3.
25. Murray Bookchin. Lecture. Institute for Social Ecology. 11 July 1995.
2 6 . Arturo Escobar. Lecture. University of Massachusetts. 8 March 1995.
27. For a wider discussion of the relationship between technology and democracy, see
Richard E. Sclove, Democracy and Technology (New York: The Guilford Press, 1995).
Although Sclove's book explores the democratization of technology within the context of a
representative statist democracy, he does pose a series of crucial questions concerning the
lack of technological democracy within the present context. Also see Bookchin's discussion of
the social and political implications of technology in Re-Enchanting Humanity (London:
Cassell. 1995). pp. 148-172.
28. Kevin Kelly, "Interview with the Luddite," in Wired. (3.06 June 1995., p. 1 66 ). In his Wired
interview, Sale comments on the personal satisfaction he gleaned from smashing the
computer:
It was astonishing how good it made me feel! I cannot explain it to you, I was on stage of
New York City's Town Hall with an audience of 1,500 people. I was behind a lectern, and
in front of the lectern was this computer. And I gave a very short, minute-and-a-half
description of what was wrong with the technosphere, how it was destroying the
biosphere. And then I walked over and I got this very powerful sledge-hammer and
smashed the screen with one blow and smashed the keyboard with another blow. It felt
wonderful. The sound it made, the spewing of the undoubtedly poisonous insides into the
spotlight, the dust that hung in the air... some in the audience applauded. I bowed and
returned to my chair.
29. Audre Lorde, "The Masters Tool’s Will Never Dismantle the Master's House," in Sister
Outsider (New York: Crossing Press, 1984), pp. 110-113.