Accomplices Not Allies: Abolishing the Ally Industrial Complex
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Accomplices Not Allies: Abolishing the Ally Industrial Complex
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Description
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Indigenous Action Media article argues that the concept of allyship is increasingly commodified and exploited in ways that benefit off the struggles they say to support. The article discusses the term accomplice as an alternative to ally.
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Abstract
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The ally industrial complex has been established by activists whose careers depend on the “issues” they work to address. These nonprofit capitalists advance their careers off the struggles they ostensibly support. They often work in the guise of “grassroots” or “community-based” and are not necessarily tied to any organization.
They build organizational or individual capacity and power, establishing themselves comfortably among the top ranks in their hierarchy of oppression as they strive to become the ally “champions” of the most oppressed. While the exploitation of solidarity and support is nothing new, the commodification and exploitation of allyship is a growing trend in the activism industry.
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Publisher
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Indigenous Action Media
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Date
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May 4, 2014
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en-US
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short title
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Accomplices Not Allies
