One of the best pieces on responsible coalition building from 2014: Accomplices Not Allies: Abolishing the Ally Industrial Complex. These nonprofit capitalists advance their careers off the struggles they ostensibly support. They often work in the guise of “grassroots” or “community-based” and are not necessarily tied to any organization. They build organizational or individual capacity and power, establishing themselves comfortably among the top ranks in their hierarchy of oppression as they strive to become the ally “champions” of the most oppressed. While the exploitation of solidarity and support is nothing new, the commodification and exploitation of allyship is a growing trend in the activism industry. What do people think of this?? ..hong
Posted on: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 02:27:33 +0000
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