Bonne fete, Lenin!
April 22, 2008
The connection between what we call, in modern times, Earth Day and the birthday of the monstrous man once known as Lenin is tenuous, admittedly. But not so tenuous that some people don’t remember that the first April 22nd Earth Day was put on that day to deliberately coincide with the marking of what would have been Lenin’s 100th birthday.
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Because the Russians — especially during the Soviet heyday — were so environmentally friendly, after all. Not that the fact that there are, shall we say, close ties between modern rabid environmentalism and modern rabid socialism comes as much of a surprise. 
