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PRA is known for our more than 40 years of deep research and analysis on the U.S. and global Far Right. A key component of that deep research is distilling the core ideological traits, political agendas, leadership, and organizational membership of the most influential and dangerous supremacist movements. 

Our experts have compiled essential resources on specific Generically used to describe factions of right-wing politics that are outside of and often critical of traditional conservatism. Learn more movements based on years of monitoring and analysis. These resources range from 101 and 201 guides to podcast explainer episodes, webinar roundtable discussions, and brief animations— all created to help define individual movements and ideologies and explain how they influence the broader authoritarian Right.

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101: Dominionism

Frederick Clarkson
101: Dominionism
101

101: Anti-LGBTQ Organizing

Heron Greenesmith
101: Anti-LGBTQ Organizing
101

101: Abortion Abolitionists

Hannah Silver
Cloee Cooper
101: Abortion Abolitionists
101

101s and Podcast Explainers

Political Research Associates

101: Christian Zionism

Christian Zionism comprises several authoritarian movements, and collectively forms the largest political base of support for Israel in the U.S.
Aidan Orly
101
101: Christian Zionism
Political Research Associates

Why You Should Care about the End Times: Christian Zionism & its Outsized Influence on American Policy with Aidan Orly

Inform Your Resistance Season 2: Episode 6
Koki is joined by Aidan Orly to talk about Christian Zionism: the right-wing domestic and international movements that use a Christian biblical interpretation to promote and endorse Jewish nationalism.
Political Research Associates
Podcast
Two men in suits standing in front of the Israeli and US flags
Political Research Associates

101: Far-Right Sheriffs

Sheriffs offices are a key recruiting ground for far-right movements. This 101 breaks down the “who” and the “what” of far-right sheriffs with at-a-glance background information.
Ethan Fauré
101
101: Far-Right Sheriffs
Political Research Associates

Courted by the Right: A Growing Movement of Right-Wing Sheriffs

A PRA Webinar Roundtable
Over the past decade, sectors on the Right have been making a concerted effort to mobilize county sheriffs to support and expand systems of racialized social control and expulsion. With COVID-19…
Political Research Associates
Webinar
two people holding a banner that reads "End Police-ICE Terror" with a palm with 287g on it.
Political Research Associates

Anti-Immigration Politics with Ethan Fauré: When the Center Helps the Right Capture State Institutions

Inform Your Resistance Season 3: Episode 1
We discuss the origins, unlikely intersections, and influence of the contemporary anti-immigration movement, including an overview of how this movement developed, from its White Nationalist origins, with significant bipartisan and centrist support.
Political Research Associates
Podcast
Protestors with signs saying "Immigrants are not criminals" and "No I.C.E. raids"
Political Research Associates

101: Countering Violent Extremism (CVE)

Countering Violent Extremism has been lauded by some academics, politicians and activists, but targets communities harmed by the War on Terror.
Habiba Farh
101
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Political Research Associates

Anti-Trans Legislation and Why It’s a Feminist Issue with Heron Greenesmith

Inform Your Resistance Season 2: Episode 1
Host Koki Mendis talks to Heron Greenesmith about the anti-trans organizing and what to expect from the anti-trans movement in the year to come.
Political Research Associates
Podcast
A sign that says "Black & Brown Trans Lives Matter."
Political Research Associates

An International Affair: Hindu Nationalism and the U.S. Right with Prachi Patankar

Inform Your Resistance Season 2: Episode 2
Prachi Patankar talks to host, Koki Mendis, about the Hindu Nationalist movement, and the influence it has in the United States.
Political Research Associates
Podcast
An orange triangle flag with an "Om" on it.
Political Research Associates

Male Supremacism: Ideology, Movement, and Political Strategy with Alex DiBranco

Inform Your Resistance Season 2: Episode 3
Alex DiBranco talks to host, Koki Mendis, about male supremacism: what is it and how is it part of a broader anti-democratic political strategy?
Political Research Associates
Podcast
Protest crowd with pink and blue sign that reads Womens Rights = Human Rights
Political Research Associates

Mobilizing Misogyny in the Service of Authoritarianism

A PRA Webinar Roundtable
Mobilized in the 2016 election, misogyny has become a defining characteristic of the past four years. Manifesting in mass shootings, endemic in the treatment of prominent female political leaders, and…
Political Research Associates
Webinar
A beige wall with the words "smash patriarchy" graffitied in green on it.
Political Research Associates

Abortion Abolitionists with Cloee Cooper

Inform Your Resistance Season 1: Episode 1
Listen to this episode of Inform Your Resistance, where Cloee Cooper breaks down who the abortion abolitionists are, what drives them, and how their tactics overlap with those of other far-right movements.
Political Research Associates
Podcast
A group of people holding up signs in front of the capitol building
Political Research Associates

Christian [Home] Schooling and How It Advances the Christian Nationalist Project with Dr. Chrissy Stroop

Inform Your Resistance Season 1: Episode 4
Listen to this episode of Inform Your Resistance where Dr. Chrissy Stroop peels back the layers of Christian dominionism, and explains how this ideology is deeply woven into the fabric of Christian homeschooling.
Political Research Associates
Podcast
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Political Research Associates

Distorting the Climate Crisis: Far Right Environmentalism with Alex Amend

Inform Your Resistance Season 1: Episode 5
Listen to this episode of Inform Your Resistance where host Koki Mendis and guest Alex Amend discuss the rise of far-right environmentalism. It is an ideological framework weaponizing environmental concerns to propagate nativist and reactionary politics.
Political Research Associates
Podcast
a protester with a sign that says "change the politics not the climate"
Political Research Associates

Inside the National Conservatism Movement to Reshape the Right with Ben Lorber

Inform Your Resistance Season 1: Episode 3
Listen to Senior Research Analyst, Ben Lorber, pull back the curtain on the National Conservatism Conference 2022 (NatCon3).
Political Research Associates
Podcast
A Man in spectacles with greying hair talking at a podium that says "National Conservatism"
Public Eye

Beyond the Hate Frame

An Interview with Kay Whitlock & Michael Bronski
What is called “hate violence”—violence directed at vulnerable and marginalized groups—is not abhorrent to respectable society. On the contrary, respectable society has provided the models, policies, and practices that marginalize.
Lindsay Beyerstein
Q&A
Political Research Associates

Beyond the Hate Frame: When Systemic Violence Masquerades as Hate and Extremism

A PRA Webinar Roundtable
This discussion focuses on why using the term “hate”, as in hate crimes or hate groups, moves away from looking at oppression as systemic.
Political Research Associates
Webinar
Protestors walking the street, one protestor holding a sign that says "Dismantle White Supremacy."
Political Research Associates

White Supremacy: Mobilization & Resistance

A PRA Webinar Roundtable
While Portland contends with unwanted federal troops and other cities like Chicago facing surges of their own, it reinforces that we are at an inflection point in the administration of White supremacy…
Political Research Associates
Webinar
A sign that reads "Glendale United Methodist Church. White supremacy and Christian Nationalism are evil"

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