ENG 131
Instructor:  Jeb Waldschmidt 
Email:  waldschg@ipfw.edu 
Spring Semester, 2011 

Write a “position paper” (see Norton Field Guide, pg. 83) using any combination of the following memes: 

"Green is the new Red"   

"Foreign Competition "

"College for Jobs"

"Illegal Immigration"

Subhead:  Write your OWN to clarify your position. 

DUE: Thursday, 2/24/11   1000 words (3-5 pages) including your “Works Referenced/ Cited” page.  You must use at least FOUR “good” (scholarly) sources. 
Format:  hard copy (print it), MLA format- NO LATE SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

Begin with the following websites: 

http://greenisthenewred.org/  
“This site is dedicated to exposing the "green" movement for what it is, a covert attempt to destabilize capitalism by hurting the free market, and encouraging anti-capitalistic legislation, all in the name of protecting the environment.”  whoops. This site went off-line. You can still find similar sentiments from Alan Werbach and Maggies Farm.

http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/ 
This website focuses on how fear of “terrorism” is being exploited to push a political and corporate agenda. Specifically, I focus on how animal rights and environmental advocates are being branded “eco-terrorists” in what many are calling the Green Scare. 

What’s up with this?  Why must you write about this “topic?”  According to Rich Lowry of National Review online,
"In today’s America (sic), [the environmental movement] is the most natural place for someone with Marxist sensibilities and aspirations outside a college English department."  
So there   a gaggle of Pinkos.  

Some thoughts that may help:  Check out McCarthyism  and the Red Scare(s) 
Are each of these (website) groups looking at the same thing?   Could the “environmental movement”simply be Green?