Australian Trotskiyist blogger John Passant thinks so. In an article published today on his blog, “Should the left oppose whaling?“, he argues “There is nothing about whales that means humanity shouldn’t eat them.”
Passant argues that the actions of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society are elitist reformism:
There is one truth and that is that killing even one whale is evil and the Sea Shepherd will do anything to prevent that.
Well not quite anything. Their activity does not extend to agitating among Japanese or Australian workers as workers, in particular those in the ports and on the boats. They have contempt for workers.
Their approach involves substituting themselves for the mass of people. This is reformism on a grand scale. Leave it to us; we know better than you; we’ll solve the situation by harassing, attacking and even sinking boats.
Passant also argues that the Australian Government’s opposition to whaling appears to be linked to Australia’s imperialist claims over the Australian Antarctic Territory and its adjacent sea waters. I’m not so sure about that (although the imperialism seems clear). It seems to me that the Government’s anti-whaling stand is more opportunistic pandering to majority opinion than it is a scheme to reinforce its Antarctic claims.
i dont know whats wrong with these green fanatics.
Whales are mean green protein machines.
free range , no fresh water and help turn sunlight into meat.