Foster JB - The Ecology of Destruction

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1、TheEcologyofDestructionJohnBellamyFosterMonthlyReview;Feb2007;58,9;ResearchLibrarypg.1REVIEWOFTHEMONTHTheEcologyofDestructionJOHNBELLAMYFOSTERIwouldliketobeginmyanalysisofwhatIamcallinghere"theecol�ogyofdestruction"byreferringtoGilloPontecorvo's1969filmBum!.1Pontecorvo'sepicfilmcanbese

2、enasapoliticalandecolOgicalallegoryintendedforourtime.ItissetintheearlynineteenthcenturyonanimaginaryCaribbeanislandcalled"Bum."BumisaPortugueseslavecolonywithasugarproductionmonoculturedependentontheexportofsugarasacashcroptotheworldeconomy.Intheopeningsceneweareinformedthattheislandg

3、otitsnamefromthefactthattheonlywaythattheoriginalPortuguesecolonizerswereabletovanquishtheindigenouspopulationwasbysettingfiretotheentireislandandkillingeveryoneonit,afterwhichslaveswereimportedfromAfricatocutthenewlyplantedsugarcane.SirWilliamWalker(playedbyMarlonBrando)isanineteenth�

4、centu�ryBritishagentsenttooverthrowthePortugueserulersoftheisland.Heinstigatesarevoltamongstthenumerousblackslaves,andatthesametimearrangesanuprisingbythesmallwhitecolonialplanterclassseek�ingindependencefromthePortuguesecrown.ThegoalistousetheslaverevolttodefeatPortugal,buttotumactual

5、ruleoftheislandovertothewhiteplanterclass,whichwillthenserveasacompradorclasssub�servienttoBritishimperialists.Walkersucceedsbrilliantlyathistask,convincingthevictoriousarmyofformerslavesandtheirleaderJoseDolorestolaydowntheirarmsaf�terthePortuguesehavebeendefeated.Theresultisaneocolon

6、ydomi�natedbythewhiteplanters-butoneinwhichthedefactorulers,inac�cordancewiththelawsofinternationalfreetrade,aretheBritishsugarcompanies.WalkerthendepartstocarryoutotherintelligencetasksfortheBritishadmiralty-thistimeinaplacecalledIndochina.Whenthefilmresumesin1848tenyearshavepassed.Ar

7、evolutionhasagainbrokenoutonBumledbyJoseDolores.SirWilliamWalkerisThisarticleisbasedontalksdeliveredinthestateofSantaCatarinainBrazilonNovember21-23,2006,attheRegionalUniversityofBlumenauandtheFederalUniversityofSantaCatarinainFlorian6polis.ThesepresentationswerepartofthethirdannualB