false 8899624 419287 407267 0896087662 9780896087668 94 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/407267.The_Revolution_Will_Not_Be_Funded_Beyond_the_Non_Profit_Industrial_Complex 4.35 294 A $1.3 trillion industry, the US nonprofit sector is the world's seventh largest economy. From art museums and university hospitals to think tanks and church charities, over 1.5 million organizations of staggering diversity share the tax-exempt 501(c)(3) designation, if little else. Many social justice organizations have joined this world, often blunting political goals to satisfy government and foundation mandates. But even as funding shrinks and government surveillance rises, many activists often find it difficult to imagine movement-building outside the nonprofit model.

The Revolution Will Not Be Funded gathers original essays by radical activists from around the globe who are critically rethinking the long-term consequences of this investment. Together with educators and nonprofit staff they finally name the "nonprofit industrial complex" and ask hard questions: How did politics shape the birth of the nonprofit model? How does 501(c)(3) status allow the state to co-opt politi-cal movements? Activists or -careerists? How do we fund the movement outside this complex? Urgent and visionary, The Revolution Will Not Be Funded is an unbeholden exposé of the "nonprofit industrial complex" and its quietly devastating role in managing dissent.]]> 230721 4.42 432 108 2007 0 2 false Sun Nov 18 14:34:06 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 09 14:52:39 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 09 14:52:39 -0800 2007
I don't know. So far this book reminds me of that great cartoon from years ago of the artist who's painted a picture...more...]]>