https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to privatization en https://politicalresearch.org/2024/12/13/review-commune-or-nothing Hialy Gutierrez reviews Chris Gilbert’s book Commune or Nothing!, a story of Venezuela’s communes as a model for liberatory organizing. Fri, 13 Dec 2024 02:42:09 EST Hialy Gutierrez bc128ee7-9958-4bb8-93e2-627a188bfc78 https://politicalresearch.org/2024/12/13/what-movement-infrastructure Cloee Cooper speaks with three movement leaders—Alex Tom, Meena Jagannath, and Vince Warren—about rising authoritarianism, successful resistance strategies, and the future of Left organizing. Fri, 13 Dec 2024 01:19:32 EST Cloee Cooper 1e35e1e5-0d1d-4f5d-affd-94ecb455bb21 https://politicalresearch.org/2024/11/07/us-imperialism-comes-home-roost-conversation-ramah-kudaimi We talk with Ramah Kudaimi about imperialism & state violence. From the global war on terror, to genocide in Palestine, we discuss how imperial power, capitalist interests, and far-right organizing work together to entrench systems of oppression. Thu, 07 Nov 2024 02:30:29 EST Political Research Associates 18815f16-7bd5-4e04-8cb8-56f047ebdefd https://politicalresearch.org/2023/10/25/uncovering-right-wing-funding Participants of the Inform Your Giving Roundtable discuss right-wing funding streams, and what progressives can do to increase funding on the Left. Wed, 25 Oct 2023 01:36:06 EDT Political Research Associates 54b39a30-c3bf-44b2-8191-91cc6e63080c https://politicalresearch.org/2023/09/28/racial-capitalism-saqib-bhatti Listen to this episode of Inform Your Resistance, where Saqib Bhatti breaks down the disturbing realities of racial capitalism and state violence. Thu, 28 Sep 2023 05:21:54 EDT Political Research Associates 9fd24090-dd8a-4aa5-8524-d3d7447b110d https://politicalresearch.org/2021/10/21/sowing-seeds-white-supremacy-through-education The Koch network has worked to undermine the rights and liberties of non-white communities through a decades-long assault on public education, with Critical Race Theory most recently in its sights. Thu, 21 Oct 2021 09:50:24 EDT Jasmine Banks b302eb84-468a-4916-91ce-f65e20c44766 https://politicalresearch.org/2021/07/14/free-city Eleanor Bader talks with authors Marcy Rein, Mickey Ellinger, and Vicki Legion about their book FREE CITY! and the fight for public education in San Francisco Wed, 14 Jul 2021 09:57:39 EDT Eleanor J. Bader 1a5831de-0319-4f80-8954-b14978a2b638 https://politicalresearch.org/2021/06/16/precarity-american-way From a deeply-rooted historical analysis through to the sharp decline into precarity under neoliberalism to pandemic-induced unemployment, we traced the ways in which the capitalist class keep Americans poised on the precipice of ruin and isolation. Wed, 16 Jun 2021 01:39:11 EDT Political Research Associates 64f9342b-99a1-4b84-81bc-aecb45efe06e https://politicalresearch.org/2020/11/18/its-not-over-yet Watch the recording now: On 11.17.20, PRA convened social justice movement leaders and PRA partners to reflect and strategize together as we discussed what it will take to build real multi-racial, feminist democracy for the long-haul. Wed, 18 Nov 2020 09:18:44 EST Political Research Associates b03eced8-1221-4950-a40d-b5c088374e51 https://politicalresearch.org/2020/10/27/conservative-christian-corporate Exemplifying why she was nominated to the position, Betsy DeVos has capitalized on COVID-19 emergency measures to expedite her long-standing goal of dismantling public education. Tue, 27 Oct 2020 09:26:40 EDT Alex DiBranco 4aa0acbc-a09a-4544-a7f5-bf94ad47b5c1 https://politicalresearch.org/2019/10/18/defending-discrimination-baltimore-county To understand how the Right builds support by “mobilizing resentment,” it’s worth examining how an obscure libertarian group was able to get the usually complacent voters of Baltimore County to rally to illegally redline Section 8 voucher holders out of t Fri, 18 Oct 2019 04:37:48 EDT Mariya Strauss 1b6a5e62-65aa-45f5-ba9d-35b3c2726736 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/2019/04/04/exploiting-equity This report demonstrates how three of the Pioneer Institute’s leading claims that their education reforms create greater equity in schools are not only unfounded but that these reforms disproportionately harm communities of color & immigrant communities. Thu, 04 Apr 2019 03:50:32 EDT Jessica Quiason 44b99988-f6e0-4c95-bb6a-af5e88d93e23 https://politicalresearch.org/2018/11/30/kochs-pro-immigrant-clothing LIBRE’s overarching goal is twofold: to convince Latinxs that laissez-faire capitalism will empower them and to draw the “sleeping giant” of American electoral politics to the Right. Fri, 30 Nov 2018 04:47:47 EST Gabriel Arana 9f0b8250-db14-4b18-a00b-9dfea98515e9 https://politicalresearch.org/2018/11/27/road-flint It’s not by chance that the U.S. is full of hollowed-out urban centers. Residents are disproportionately poor and people of color, surrounded by wealthier and Whiter suburbs. It traces back to the Great Migration, which brought great numbers of African Am Tue, 27 Nov 2018 03:10:28 EST Anna Clark 8fc3ee27-994d-4c80-889a-dc730f320abe https://politicalresearch.org/2018/09/13/dismantling-public-education-one-brick-time Pioneer Institute bills itself as an “independent,” “non-partisan” think tank, but a closer look tells a different story. Thu, 13 Sep 2018 03:23:48 EDT Jessica Quiason 7ee709b4-70a9-42d4-a36d-59e1bf6563d2 https://politicalresearch.org/2018/05/07/profile-right-turning-point-usa-tpusa Claiming to have a presence on over 1,000 college campuses and high schools, TPUSA targets left-wing students and academics. Mon, 07 May 2018 06:43:08 EDT Gabe Meadow baff4311-56d4-4838-afe2-f1efc1b93989 https://politicalresearch.org/2018/05/01/old-dog-new-anti-union-tricks Since PRA’s 2016 report on Massachusetts’ most notable conservative think tank, the Pioneer Institute has taken on public sector unions not just in Massachusetts but across the entire country. Tue, 01 May 2018 02:01:10 EDT Jessica Quiason aefccd8a-6a4c-4f5c-a26e-9edbbcfd9cbf https://politicalresearch.org/2018/03/01/social-justice-feminism-and-how-we-defeat-right The ascent of Donald Trump to the presidency has dramatically worsened an already grave set of challenges confronting justice-minded people, and has presented the women’s movement in the United States with an historic opportunity to create a stronger, cross-movement vision… Thu, 01 Mar 2018 02:12:24 EST Mariya Strauss, Tarso Luís Ramos a3e5e2f1-0c9f-4973-995c-a2b577750422 https://politicalresearch.org/2017/08/14/charles-koch-cato-institute-and-makings-right-wing-empire Charles Koch’s money and James Buchanan’s ideas Mon, 14 Aug 2017 12:30:24 EDT Nancy MacLean 552e4cd0-1e18-4566-859c-52f0af0ed557 https://politicalresearch.org/2017/04/03/first100days-crash-course-week-10 As progressives contemplate how to build a movement for justice that can effectively counter such forces, it is necessary to understand how the Corporate Right is collaborating with others on the Right to advance its agenda. Mon, 03 Apr 2017 04:40:03 EDT Political Research Associates c90328b2-0109-4084-b621-76961d057d33 https://politicalresearch.org/2017/02/28/first100days-crash-course-week-5 Neoliberalism is the economic, social, and political analysis that best describes the startlingly unequal distribution of wealth and power in the U.S. today. Tue, 28 Feb 2017 03:49:02 EST Political Research Associates 80bbde54-0462-4f85-857a-2525387eca5d https://politicalresearch.org/2016/12/01/public-health-story-behind-trumps-rise What we know about income and Trump voters suggests that they are not the poorest Whites, but those who see their communities losing ground. Thu, 01 Dec 2016 04:06:31 EST Naomi Braine 568ff7fd-5b55-4df6-a7b3-78aa2412ea96 https://politicalresearch.org/2016/11/01/privatizing-massachusetts In October, the Fiscal and Management Control Board overseeing MBTA, Boston’s public transit system, took quick action after determining the hardware and software used to track fare collections was faulty. The governor-appointed body decided to fire all the employees who… Tue, 01 Nov 2016 08:39:19 EDT Abby Scher 8ec876da-02c6-46bc-8f65-0b5ff8c596a0 https://politicalresearch.org/2016/01/08/5-ways-pra-exposed-corporate-right-2015 During 2015, we launched the new PRA Economic Justice Research Project. Here are five ways our work exposed the Corporate Right’s shenanigans in 2015. Fri, 08 Jan 2016 02:25:59 EST Mariya Strauss cc27dec8-cebf-43f6-97be-e25e61084b2e