In this commentary on the state’s use of the “outside agitator” narrative to violently repress progressive movements, Habiba Farh examines how “the powerful choose authoritarian control” to secure their rule over democratic challenges to their legitimacy.
Habiba Farh
Research Analyst
Habiba Farh is a research analyst at Political Research Associates monitoring legislation and discourses addressing hate crimes, terrorism, and extremism. She has written on intergenerational political Repression occurs when public or private institutions—such as law enforcement agencies or vigilante groups—use arrest, physical coercion, or violence to subjugate a specific group. Learn more on historically marginalized communities in the U.S., Arab-American diasporic politics, U.S. foreign policy on the Middle East, and A form of religious bigotry, with strong racial components, that scapegoats & demonizes Muslims and those perceived to be Muslim. Learn more and anti-Arab An attitude toward social identities that can be mobilized to justify discrimination, state/vigilante violence, and exploitation. Learn more in American policy and law.
