I can't verify Hari's claims (http://www.thenation.com/doc/20100322/hari
) but what he reports fits the general impression many of us have been
getting for few years now.
When corporate creep started, many warned of its corrupting influence, but
few thought it could penetrate environmentalism
Hi Paul, In the spirit of constructive engagement, I think you
accept Hari's accusations way too quickly. To my mind, this is an
article long on charges and short on fact. The potential CBD lawsuit
Hari refers to (that the Sierra Club decided not to join) is far more
complicated than descri
To me, it's a complex question of strategy - (in the Gramsci/Machiavelli
tradition of politics) - working with corporations brings resources, some
legitimacy, access to and perhaps influence over corporate decision makers with
huge power in their private decision making over our society's techno
Much research has been published on David's point about how
environmental(ist) activists minimize cooptation through a coordinated
division of labor among insiders and outsiders, or reformists and
radicals. I review some of that research in a chapter on environmental
activism of the newly-released
I concur with Jim that the evidence in the piece is largely anecdotal, but I
have to say that my more than twenty years of experience in the nonprofit
world prior to becoming an academic tracks a lot of this analysis. For
example, I know of one mainstream NGO who stopped emphasizing the adverse
imp
Again, my thanks to those who have responded, even taking time over the
weekend to do so.
BUT, just in case the thread shows new life and interest and contributions
once the work week starts, and I very much hope that will be the case, let
me clarify my intent in the posting I contributed to the t
