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The Public Eye, Winter 2016

Author Chrissy Stroop analyzes how Russia has not only been a recipient of U.S. right-wing ideology - but an ideological exporter itself. Then, Victoria Law discusses the decades-long mistreatment of women of color by law enforcement and political leaders, and the violence committed against them. Professor Naomi Braine draws a direct line between the infiltration of Muslim communities & militarized street-surveillance and home invasion experienced by African American communities. And former PRA analyst Chip Berlet provides a detailed analysis of the Donald Trump phenomenon.

In this issue

A Right-Wing International?

Russian Social Conservatism, the U.S.-based WCF, & the Global Culture Wars in Historical Context
A man with white hair and a white mustache, speaking into a microphone.

Social conservatives have been focusing on the family for a long time, and Russians have frequently been at the forefront of the fight for “traditional” values. In more recent times, Russian conservatives were central to the founding and operations…

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35 Years of Demonization

The Criminalization of Black Women
Black woman in field facing away from camera with arms in the air crossed at the wrist.

Between 1990 and 2000, the number of people in U.S. prisons and jails increased from 292 per 100,000 to 481 per 100,000. But the number of women in prison rose even more sharply, doubling over the ten-year period.

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Crime Control & Political Repression

From the War On Drugs To The War On Terror

American political time is often rhetorically divided into before and after the attacks of September 11, 2001. In this model, “before” signals liberty and respect for individual rights while “after” brought increasing restrictions and surveillance…

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'Trumping' Democracy

Right-Wing Populism, Fascism, and the Case for Action

Debate over what we should call Trump’s vicious political movement should not stop us from organizing now to protect the people being demonized and scapegoated as targets of White rage. Our challenge is to expose the ideas and policies of Trump and…

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The Art of Activism: Joshua McPhee

Putin stands in front of the Eastern Orthodox cross and the geographical outline of Russia.

Joshua McPhee, our Winter 2016 cover artist, didn’t go to a traditional art school to learn his craft, but rather what he calls “the punk rock school of art,” where he became part of a politicized sub-culture and learned to work in a wide variety of…

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