Unfortunately, what anti-human trafficking NGOs [non-governmental organizations] really do is instead quite damaging: they normalize existent labor opportunities for women, no matter how low the pay, dangerous the conditions, or abusive an environment they foster. And they shame women who reject such jobs.

~ Anne Elizabeth Moore

Anne Elizabeth Moore Feminism Globalization Human Trafficking Ngos Women S Rights

NGOs have a complicated space in neoliberal politics. They are supposed to mop up the anger. Even when they are doing good work, they are supposed to maintain the status quo. They are the missionaries of the corporate world.

~ Arundhati Roy

Arundhati Roy Anger Corporations Missionaries Neoliberalism Ngos

Your worst enemy is not the person in opposition to you. It is the person occupying the spot you would be fighting from and doing nothing.

~ Heather Marsh

Heather Marsh Activism Climate Change Governance Human Rights Ngos Politics Revolution