“The immediate source of ecological crisis is capitalism… Capitalism is a cancer in the biosphere… I believe the color of radicalism today is not red, but green.”

—  Steve Chase

Steve Chase, ed., Defending the Earth: A Dialogue Between Murray Bookchin and Dave Foreman(Boston South End Press, 1991, p 57-59); O'Leary, Richard. Environmental mafia: the enemy is us. pp. 41

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