"The capital available to NGO's plays the same role in alternative politics as the speculative capital that flows in and out of the economies of the poor countries. It begins to dictate the agenda. It turns confrontation into negotiation. It depoliticises resistance. It interferes with local peoples' movements that have traditionally been self-reliant...The 'NGOisation' of politics threatens to turn resistance into a well-mannered, reasonable, salaried, 9-5 job. With a few perks thrown in."
Arhundati Roy - San Francisco 2004.
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The NGOization of Palestine
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February 26, 2010 - 12:04pm | by Yaman Salahi
Originally posted on KABOBfest.
In 2004, INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence received an e-mail from the Ford Foundation. In the e-mail, the foundation rescinded a $100,000 grant it had awarded the group, explaining “that it had reversed its decision because of [the] organization’s statement of support for the Palestinian liberation struggle.”
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