The Political Logic of the Non-Profit Industrial Complex

Rodríguez, Dylan

doi:10.1215/9780822373001-002

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“…The single-issue focus that inhibits coalition-building for most movement entities is tied to the rise of neoliberalism in the late 20th century. The subsequent incorporation of social justice collectives into the state-and industry-supported nonprofit sphere has created intense competition and a need to specialize [36]. Legal restrictions on American nonprofit activities further discourage coalitions regarding electoral activities and labor unions [37].…”

Section: Social Movement Structural Constraintsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Trump Veganism: A Political Survey of American Vegans in the Era of Identity Politics

Wrenn

2017

Societies

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Often stereotyped as being apathetic to the human suffering, the American vegan movement has historically failed to build alliances with other social justice movements. As intersectional feminism gains a foothold in the movement and external political crises challenge the movement's frame of reference, the role that identity plays in movement progress has become a serious concern. Using the 2016 election as a flashpoint, this article considers if the identity backlash characterized by the Trump campaign finds parallels in the American vegan movement. A survey of 287 American vegans finds limited evidence of Trump veganism, defined here as a single-issue focus on speciesism that rejects the relevance of human-experienced systems of oppression. However, respondents do find that movement diversity efforts are insufficient, especially when controlling for race and gender. Most respondents were ethically-motivated vegans, liberal voters, and intersectionally-oriented activists who reported multiple engagements with various leftist movements. Only four percent of respondents voted Trump, while 14% agreed with or were neutral about Trump's campaign promise to put "America first". Those who were vegan for reasons of self-interest and had been vegan for less than a year were significantly more likely to support Trump's conservative agenda and were slightly less likely to participate in other social movements.

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Section: Social Movement Structural Constraintsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Trump Veganism: A Political Survey of American Vegans in the Era of Identity Politics

Wrenn

2017

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“…Philanthropic control of resources for social justice organizations, Rodriguez (2007) argued, makes growth impossible for emerging radical political work that refuses to participate in the shared values of U.S. society and instead sees the United States itself as an entirely violent and racist project. In this context, unless a project seeks to reform its institutions in ways that preserve those institutions, it cannot be supported.…”

Section: Defining the Nonprofit Industrial Complexmentioning

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“…At the same time, we must remain critically aware of the contradictions inherent in using the nonprofit structure to build power for oppressed people. We must remember that our services operate as a shadow state, quelling resistance, and that foundations operate as stored, stolen wealth, often keeping the lid on social justice and rewarding reformist projects, while the state criminalizes radical redistributionist political organizations (Rodriguez, 2007).…”

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The nonprofit industrial complex and trans resistance

Mananzala¹,

Spade

2008

Sex Res Soc Policy

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Trans politics are gaining visibility and momentum and, increasingly, trans activists are forming projects and organizations focused on promoting political change. Given this context, this article examines how critiques of the nonprofit industrial complex might be incorporated into trans political analysis and how they could inform this moment of trans political institutionalization. Taking tools and lessons from antiracist and feminist scholars and activists and recognizing widespread critique of the co-optation of the lesbian and gay rights movement by neoliberalism, this article highlights alternatives to traditional nonprofit structures. The authors provide an in-depth look at 1 trans organization that employs a collective governance model and encourages the leadership of trans people of color, offering it as a potential model for emerging trans organizations.

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“…Multiple social movements are now run by non-profits, and in the above critiques, Kivel (2007), Rodriguez (2007) and McCarthy, Britt, and Wolfson (1991) were discussing social movements in general; they were not referring specifically to the GRM.…”

Section: The Non-profit Industrial Complexmentioning

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“…As I discussed in Chapter 4, numerous critiques exist about the rise over the past four decades of non-profits in social movements (McCarthy, Britt, & Wolfson, 1991;INCITE!, 2007;Kivel, 2007;Rodriguez, 2007). In addition to these general critiques of non-profits, other critiques relate specifically about the role of non-profits in the GRM (Caterine, 2014;Chasin, 2000;Gamson, 2000;Halperin & Traub, 2009;Hussain, 1997;Mananzala & Spade, 2008;Nair, 2013, Sender, 2004Vaid, 1995).…”

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A Queer Liberation Movement? A Qualitative Content Analysis of Queer Liberation Organizations, Investigating Whether They are Building a Separate Social Movement

DeFilippis

2000

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In the last forty years, U.S. national and statewide LGBT organizations, in pursuit of "equality" through a limited and focused agenda, have made remarkably swift progress moving that agenda forward. However, their agenda has been frequently criticized as prioritizing the interests of White, middle-class gay men and lesbians and ignoring the needs of other LGBT people. In their shadows have emerged numerous grassroots organizations led by queer people of color, transgender people, and low-income LGBT people. These "queer liberation" groups have often been viewed as the left wing of the GRM, but have not been extensively studied. My research investigated how these grassroots liberation organizations can be understood in relation to the equality movement, and whether they actually comprise a separate movement operating alongside, but in tension with, the mainstream gay rights movement.This research used a qualitative content analysis, grounded in black feminism's framework of intersectionality, queer theory, and social movement theories, to examine eight queer liberation organizations. Data streams included interviews with staff at each organization, organizational videos from each group, and the organizations' mission statements. The study used deductive content analysis, informed by a predetermined categorization matrix drawn from social movement theories, and also featured inductive analysis to expand those categories throughout the analysis. This study's findings indicate that a new social movement -distinct from the mainstream equality organizations -does exist. Using criteria informed by leading social movement theories, findings demonstrate that these organizations cannot be understood ii as part of the mainstream equality movement but must be considered a separate social movement. This "queer liberation movement" has constituents, goals, strategies, and structures that differ sharply from the mainstream equality organizations. This new movement prioritizes queer people in multiple subordinated identity categories, is concerned with rebuilding institutions and structures, rather than with achieving access to them, and is grounded more in "liberation" or "justice" frameworks than "equality." This new movement does not share the equality organizations' priorities (e.g., marriage) and, instead, pursues a different agenda, include challenging the criminal justice and immigration systems, and strengthening the social safety net.Additionally, the study found that this new movement complicates existing social movement theory. For decades, social movement scholars have documented how the redistributive agenda of the early 20th century class-based social movements has been replaced by the demands for access and recognition put forward by the identity-based movements of the 1960s New Left. While the mainstream equality movement can clearly be characterized as an identity-based social movement, the same is not true of the groups in this study. This queer liberation movement, although centered on identity claim...

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The Political Logic of the Non-Profit Industrial Complex

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Trump Veganism: A Political Survey of American Vegans in the Era of Identity Politics

Trump Veganism: A Political Survey of American Vegans in the Era of Identity Politics

The nonprofit industrial complex and trans resistance

A Queer Liberation Movement? A Qualitative Content Analysis of Queer Liberation Organizations, Investigating Whether They are Building a Separate Social Movement

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