No Department of Homeland Security. No Paramilitarized Border Enforcement. No War on Terror. No Trump.
Authored by
Naomi Braine
What would the U.S look like if 9/11 never happened? Naomi Braine poses an interesting counterfactual on the rise of the Right, nativism, the increase in surveillance, and the lives of people of color.
The anti-immigrant movement mobilized before 9/11 but used the fuel of the anti-immigrant policies and rhetoric post 9/11 to become the movement they are today.
Conspiracy theories around 9/11 are some of the most widespread and longest lasting in U.S. history and represent the first wave of conspiracy to spread via a combination of new and old media at the dawn of the internet era.
In states across the country, anti-abortion activists co-opting the legacy of both anti-slavery activists and the immigrants’ rights movement are lobbying for municipal and county-level ordinances that purport to criminalize abortion locally.
Beginning this fall, PRA takes a close look at some of the most pressing and historically-rooted manifestations of state violence and the work of social justice organizers working to dismantle them in a four-part roundtable discussion series.
Join us as we commemorate 4 decades of Fight the Right research and interventions. In the lead up to our November anniversary, submit your PRA story and photos and read some of our timeless pieces #FromTheArchive.
