The Greening of Germany

One of the most bizarre threats to democracy in Central Europe got its initial impulse from the United States. The Greening of America, Charles Reich’s best-seller from the late Sixties, prompted a sort of greening over here, particularly in Germany, which has led in the course of time to the formation of a movement known as the Greens.

Their primary aim is to prevent, through political action, the destruction of nature. Like almost everything in the heart of Europe, though, this movement has an ideological character. The Greens’ wrath is primarily directed at nuclear power plants, nuclear weapons, and military bases that house nuclear weapons. However, the Greens oppose not only nuclear technology, but all technology. Nature mustn’t be violated by any means, be it nuclear radiation, smoke from steel mills, chemical fumes, or coal-burning plants. Right now the Greens are attacking both the federal government and the Bavarian state government because they plan to go ahead with the final 67 miles of the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal, linking the North Sea and the Black Sea. The Greens’ objection? That the concrete embankments would disturb the flora and fauna.

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One of the most bizarre threats to democracy in Central Europe got its initial impulse from the United States. The Greening of America, Charles Reich’s best-seller from the late Sixties, prompted a sort of greening over here, particularly in Germany, which has led in the course of time to the formation of a movement known as the Greens.

Their primary aim is to prevent, through political action, the destruction of nature. Like almost everything in the heart of Europe, though, this movement has an ideological character. The Greens’ wrath is primarily directed at nuclear power plants, nuclear weapons, and military bases that house nuclear weapons. However, the Greens oppose not only nuclear technology, but all technology. Nature mustn’t be violated by any means, be it nuclear radiation, smoke from steel mills, chemical fumes, or coal-burning plants. Right now the Greens are attacking both the federal government and the Bavarian state government because they plan to go ahead with the final 67 miles of the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal, linking the North Sea and the Black Sea. The Greens’ objection? That the concrete embankments would disturb the flora and fauna.