Protest Inc.

Protest Inc.Discover the compelling insights of 'Protest Inc.', a groundbreaking book that tackles the evolution of global activism since the 2008 financial crisis. This brand new edition explores how mass protests have surged worldwide, with students, workers, and environmentalists uniting in the fight against entrenched capitalist structures. As grassroots activists rally for change, the narrative shifts, revealing how activism increasingly mirrors business

Discover the compelling insights of 'Protest Inc.', a groundbreaking book that tackles the evolution of global activism since the 2008 financial crisis. This brand new edition explores how mass protests have surged worldwide, with students, workers, and environmentalists uniting in the fight against entrenched capitalist structures. As grassroots activists rally for change, the narrative shifts, revealing how activism increasingly mirrors business tactics. 'Protest Inc.' delves into the uneasy partnerships between NGOs and major corporations such as ExxonMobil, Walmart, and Nike, raising critical questions about the integrity of modern activism. Is the old paradigm of protest being replaced by a market-driven model?

Rich with 200 pages of essential commentary, this 2014 publication from John Wiley & Sons (UK) presents an urgent call to action as it exposes the corporatization of activism. It underscores the growing influence of consumerism and the dangers posed to genuine transformative change. Can true activism survive in this new landscape? Join the conversation as this insightful book challenges the necessity of authentic dissent in fostering real societal reform.

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Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780745669496
Year: 2014
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (UK)
Pages: 200


Description:
Mass protests have raged since the global financial crisis of 2008.
Across the world students and workers and environmentalists are
taking to the streets. Discontent is seething even in the
wealthiest countries, as the world saw with Occupy Wall Street in
2011.

Protest Inc. tells a disturbingly different story of global
activism. As millions of grassroots activists rally against
capitalism, activism more broadly is increasingly mirroring
business management and echoing calls for market-based solutions.
The past decade has seen nongovernmental organizations partner with
oil companies like ExxonMobil, discount retailers like Walmart,
fast-food chains like McDonald?s, and brand manufacturers
like Nike and Coca-Cola. NGOs are courting billionaire
philanthropists, branding causes, and turning to consumers as
wellsprings of reform.

Are ?career? activists selling out to pay staff and
fund programs? Partly. But far more is going on. Political and
socioeconomic changes are enhancing the power of business to
corporatize activism, including a worldwide crackdown on dissent, a
strengthening of consumerism, a privatization of daily life, and a
shifting of activism into business-style institutions. Grassroots
activists are fighting back. Yet, even as protestors march and
occupy cities, more and more activist organizations are
collaborating with business and advocating for corporate-friendly
?solutions.? This landmark book sounds the alarm about
the dangers of this corporatizing trend for the future of
transformative change in world politics.