Under the nonprofit-corporate complex, the absorption of radical movements is ensured through the establishment of patronage relationships between the state and/or private capital and social movements. Ideological repression and institutional subordination is based on “a bureaucratized management of fear that mitigates against the radical break with owning-class capital (read: foundation support) and hegemonic common sense (read: law and order).”26 The crucial involvement of monopoly capital (for example, by the Mellon, Ford, and Soros foundations) in the nonprofit sector helps transform “political resistance projects into quasi-entrepreneurial, corporate-style ventures.”27 The net worth of such foundations rose by 400 percent between 1981 and 1996, to $200 billion in total.28 “In 2000, nonprofits controlled over $1.59 trillion in financial assets and had expenditures of over $822 billion.”29
Good piece, Zack.
Here’s a broader picture:
http://monthlyreview.org/2015/04/01/the-nonprofit-corporate-complex/
Under the nonprofit-corporate complex, the absorption of radical movements is ensured through the establishment of patronage relationships between the state and/or private capital and social movements. Ideological repression and institutional subordination is based on “a bureaucratized management of fear that mitigates against the radical break with owning-class capital (read: foundation support) and hegemonic common sense (read: law and order).”26 The crucial involvement of monopoly capital (for example, by the Mellon, Ford, and Soros foundations) in the nonprofit sector helps transform “political resistance projects into quasi-entrepreneurial, corporate-style ventures.”27 The net worth of such foundations rose by 400 percent between 1981 and 1996, to $200 billion in total.28 “In 2000, nonprofits controlled over $1.59 trillion in financial assets and had expenditures of over $822 billion.”29
very interesting. thanks for sharing, louis.