https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to Patriot Movement en https://politicalresearch.org/2022/07/29/101-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. Fri, 29 Jul 2022 12:29:18 EDT Ethan Fauré aff365f4-7622-4aff-adca-d6e55f50f31f https://politicalresearch.org/2022/07/07/conspiratorial-life Eleanor Bader talks with author Edward H. Miller about his book A Conspiratorial Life and the history and influence of Robert Welch and the John Birch Society. Thu, 07 Jul 2022 02:59:30 EDT Eleanor J. Bader 35ed1e9b-a896-4f4a-9c70-d5db90e15147 https://politicalresearch.org/2021/05/28/convergence-far-right-anti-democratic-factions-northwest-could-provide-model-rest-nation Far-right Christian movements in Washington State reveal the troubling and growing intersections of the New Apostolic Reformation, Dominionism, Abortion Abolitionism, and the Patriot Movement, exemplified by participation in the January 6 Insurrection. Fri, 28 May 2021 05:14:14 EDT Frederick Clarkson, Cloee Cooper 59851f0d-64f6-4254-8568-978ab2f7d6f7 https://politicalresearch.org/2020/09/14/mapping-far-right-and-anti-immigrant-movement-alignment-county-sheriffs As the U.S. engages in a long overdue national conversation on law enforcement’s role in upholding White supremacy, PRA has mapped the significant influence of far-right and anti-immigrant networks on county sheriffs. Mon, 14 Sep 2020 09:08:32 EDT Cloee Cooper, Ethan Fauré, Olivia Lawrence-Weilmann b11a9508-9698-4096-aaec-3dbb0521629a https://politicalresearch.org/2020/06/19/mapping-paramilitary-and-far-right-threats-racial-justice Updated 10.27.21: PRA and Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights (IREHR) have created a map as a resource for activists, journalists and researchers, to place the threat of the far-right showing up at racial justice protests. Fri, 19 Jun 2020 01:43:41 EDT Political Research Associates be77686f-58ba-4583-b339-df638ec6de4c https://politicalresearch.org/2019/09/03/culture-and-belonging-usa Multiculturalism on the Right becomes represented as the ethical embodiment of an exceptional American national identity. Tue, 03 Sep 2019 04:42:38 EDT Cloee Cooper, Daryle Lamont Jenkins 5cef4ab7-8355-45d6-9c18-04a6990763bc https://politicalresearch.org/2019/06/14/national-sheriffs-association-alignment-far-right-groups-undermines-public-safety Technological tools to increase law enforcement’s surveillance capacity will be showcased at the National Sheriffs’ Association annual conference from June 14-18, heightening concerns regarding law enforcement’s targeting of minority communities. Fri, 14 Jun 2019 09:34:18 EDT Cloee Cooper 6a7fcb0d-a302-4adb-8311-cbb5d6285b03 https://politicalresearch.org/2019/06/10/how-right-wing-network-mobilized-sheriffs-departments Sheriffs are elected at the county level, and in most cases operate without any direct oversight. This presents an opportunity for White nationalists and other right-wing movements to build power and influence. Mon, 10 Jun 2019 12:01:37 EDT Cloee Cooper cd599e35-7b82-4c73-a8b9-9735957d0afa https://politicalresearch.org/2019/06/06/national-sheriffs-association-strengthens-deportation-machine Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced a new effort in May 2019 to expand the reach of its deportation machine. Thu, 06 Jun 2019 11:50:15 EDT Ethan Fauré d3c5714e-318a-4d5b-947b-03de4ce38ceb https://politicalresearch.org/2019/05/13/search-new-frames A new book by Yale University American studies professor Daniel HoSang and University of Oregon political science professor Joseph Lowndes, Producers, Parasites, Patriots: Race and the New Right-Wing Politics of Precarity, offers a framework for interpret Mon, 13 May 2019 03:12:50 EDT Mariya Strauss fbb42894-623c-4b77-86f0-b7bfc2a9db56 https://politicalresearch.org/2019/04/29/new-mexicos-constitutional-sheriffs-pave-way-militias-patrolling-border Although these state and federal officials tried to distance themselves from militia organizing, New Mexico’s constitutional sheriffs cumulatively have taken actions that signal that militias are welcome in the state. Mon, 29 Apr 2019 11:54:10 EDT Cloee Cooper 9e67f004-0ff3-414d-8716-487e5e49fc94 https://politicalresearch.org/2018/11/02/support-oregons-ballot-measure-105-reveals-collaboration-between-right-wing-sheriffs-and In August 2018, 16 of Oregon’s 36 sheriffs signed a letter in support of ballot measure 105, the referendum in the November 6 election to repeal Oregon’s 31-year-old sanctuary law. Fri, 02 Nov 2018 10:49:13 EDT Cloee Cooper af6b728b-816e-43f7-aa4b-e83e05e9cf83 https://politicalresearch.org/2018/04/19/standoffs-and-far-right Twenty-three years ago, on April 19, 1995, Timothy McVeigh detonated a powerful homemade truck bomb in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Thu, 19 Apr 2018 10:30:37 EDT Spencer Sunshine e0e87642-a49d-4bf8-8140-59df25d3f698 https://politicalresearch.org/2017/09/18/disunite-right The relationship between the Alt Right and the Alt Light, as well as “patriot” organizations like the Oath Keepers, has often been more pragmatic than comfortable. Mon, 18 Sep 2017 11:33:23 EDT Shane Burley 6e3ea93c-d665-4262-86e0-d3d98d03635d https://politicalresearch.org/2017/07/07/peas-oregon-pod-right-wing-paramilitaries-gop The Republican Party of Multnomah County, Oregon (which includes Portland) disregarded public outcry when it passed a resolution last week to allow private, paramilitary groups to provide security functions at GOP events. Fri, 07 Jul 2017 01:46:17 EDT Spencer Sunshine 5d6a3284-e36d-49d9-a226-1ca7032aa52c https://politicalresearch.org/2016/10/31/trumps-second-amendment-people Judging from his recent statements, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump seems to be making plans for post-election violence if he’s defeated. At the beginning of August he warned, “I’m afraid the election’s going to be rigged.” 1) He went on… Mon, 31 Oct 2016 01:46:40 EDT Spencer Sunshine 28252320-80f6-4b2f-8ba7-6d7ced4b4dd3 https://politicalresearch.org/2016/10/30/right-woos-left-when-patriot-movement-groups-try-recruit-progressive-activists Sometimes Patriot movement groups reach out to progressive activists in an attempt to recruit them to their cause. Sun, 30 Oct 2016 11:30:04 EDT Spencer Sunshine 0e2f4bfa-aeea-4590-9a7e-e63a25f7a7ff https://politicalresearch.org/2016/10/29/coordination-how-patriot-movement-re-imagines-governmental-ties “Coordination” is a process which allows state, county, and other lower-level governments to give input to federal agencies’ land use plans, in an attempt to achieve consistency. While this process is mentioned in a number of federal acts, the Hard Right promotes an interpretation of it which is close to its doctrines of the county governments as holding more power than the federal government, including the notion that county sheriffs can decide what laws are constitutional. Sat, 29 Oct 2016 11:30:49 EDT Spencer Sunshine 268aa952-43b9-4623-9395-05ef1ed2d848 https://politicalresearch.org/2016/10/28/taking-patriot-movement-talking-points Responding to Patriot Movement claims on militias and gun rights, rural economics, the Constitution, public lands, and conspiracy theories. Fri, 28 Oct 2016 04:46:29 EDT Political Research Associates 126ae770-2264-4008-a38e-b01ed59ae6be https://politicalresearch.org/2016/10/03/oregon-iii Oregon Three Percenters are very active and seems to have eclipsed the Oath Keepers as the locus of Patriot movement organizing in the state. Mon, 03 Oct 2016 02:34:07 EDT Spencer Sunshine a41bd233-633b-45e7-b10e-2dff5d8b4189 https://politicalresearch.org/2016/10/03/oath-keepers-oregon Oath Keepers chapters have been active in Oregon since the national organization was founded in 2009. However, most chapters seem to have been established since 2014 in the wake of the events at Bundy Ranch. Mon, 03 Oct 2016 01:04:24 EDT Spencer Sunshine 48c859ba-7e85-4986-99f2-f1940f2b837f https://politicalresearch.org/2016/04/19/gunning-office-oregons-patriot-movement-and-may-2016-primary In the wake of the armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in January and February 2016, a slew of candidates linked to the so-called Patriot movement are running for office in Oregon. Tue, 19 Apr 2016 05:29:08 EDT Spencer Sunshine b820d846-c0cc-44e9-9949-8108444bde8c https://politicalresearch.org/2016/01/05/profile-right-three-percenters The Three Percenters are a Patriot movement paramilitary group that pledges armed resistance against attempts to restrict private gun ownership. Tue, 05 Jan 2016 11:54:49 EST Spencer Sunshine f1c1fc2f-c87f-43bd-9d7a-c34815914743 https://politicalresearch.org/2015/06/19/terror-network-or-lone-wolf In April 2014, an armed encampment formed at the Nevada cattle ranch of Cliven Bundy as news spread through militia networks about the confrontation between the 67-year-old rancher and the Bureau of Land Management. Fri, 19 Jun 2015 04:07:25 EDT Naomi Braine 9636b366-c00d-4337-a7ca-4109f603190b https://politicalresearch.org/2015/04/23/profile-right-oath-keepers Oath Keepers is one of the largest anti-government “patriot” groups in the nation. Thu, 23 Apr 2015 11:40:18 EDT Rachel Tabachnick dcc028c6-16b5-4e53-9133-92af588c63f1