[lbo-talk] Slavoj Zizek: The Philanthropic Enemy

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Apr 4 10:15:37 PDT 2006


Nathan Newman wrote:


>Why? Is there a prescription here? Should all non-profits refuse all Ford,
>Carnegie and other "toxic waste derived" money? Should folks working on
>AIDS work in Africa refuse Gates money? Should drug reform, workers rights
>and public finance campaign folks refuse Soros money?

No, but there's no denying that the dependence of so many activist groups on foundation funding has a conservatizing and fragmenting effect - and one that leads to loyalty to program officers before loyalty to constituents.

Doug



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