https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to Resistance Strategies en https://politicalresearch.org/2026/03/31/were-all-together With ICE agents kidnapping thousands and executing people in broad daylight, the Trump administration’s authoritarianism is on full display for all to see. But so is the power of everyday people. Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:00:00 EDT Political Research Associates, Ben Lorber, Ethan Fauré, Steven Gardiner, Annie Wilkinson 2b590605-47e6-4779-b7cc-7fc3027aaf67 https://religiondispatches.org/2026/03/17/flowing-against-fascism I watched federal agents disappear three people last week. I watched federal agents abduct three of my neighbors last Wednesday in South Burlington, VT, while members of our community surrounded and shielded them as best we could for as long… Tue, 17 Mar 2026 11:10:02 EDT Ilyse R. Morgenstein Fuerst 755919d6-4d7b-47ed-9e75-fa4910d48f8f https://religiondispatches.org/2026/03/09/bad-bunnys-super-bowl-ritual Last month, Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio—better known to most of the world as Bad Bunny—brought over one hundred million viewers together in ritual. For those less familiar with his music, Puerto Rico, or ritual theory, this might sound like a… Mon, 09 Mar 2026 01:33:51 EDT Odalis Garcia Gorra db2e45e1-6e4d-4075-8a0d-157bd1f2a72c https://politicalresearch.org/2026/02/03/all-eyes-minneapolis-lessons-resisting-authoritarianism In this bonus episode, PRA researchers discuss the deadly ICE crackdown in Minneapolis and the powerful resistance we’ve seen on the streets. ICE continues to kidnap thousands with impunity, and the brutal murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti show… Tue, 03 Feb 2026 09:27:25 EST Political Research Associates, Ben Lorber, Ethan Fauré, Steven Gardiner, Annie Wilkinson 0c093f81-a37f-478e-a4eb-a81e988ad657 https://religiondispatches.org/2026/01/29/praying-frozen-legs Last week, I joined a clergy delegation to stand against ICE—a gathering convened by MARCH , a Minneapolis-based organization for Multifaith AntiRacism and Change. And we did march! As part of the January 23rd Minneapolis-wide General Strike—the nation’s first in… Thu, 29 Jan 2026 02:17:02 EST Grace Oedel e8b99eee-8c27-4c57-9d31-567ad38ff85c https://religiondispatches.org/2026/01/26/right-shocked-anti-ice-organizing Over the weekend, a far-right journalist tweeted out screenshots from a public, unvetted ICE Watch Signal group in Minneapolis, which quickly went viral on the online Right. As thousands took to the streets in Minneapolis and around the country to… Mon, 26 Jan 2026 01:13:14 EST Ben Lorber 1b52ae69-2419-4445-b641-ed61c3211a18 https://religiondispatches.org/2025/12/09/die-hard-christmas-movie Spoiler alert: The following commentary includes minor spoilers. But you can’t worry too much about a movie released in 1988, can you? Our lone hero, cheeky yet tough, defends an opulent edifice from a larcenous gang exploiting the Christmas holiday… Tue, 09 Dec 2025 12:00:00 EST Andrew L. Seidel fc32139d-e33a-4e25-9c96-abe68912e5a4 https://politicalresearch.org/2025/10/10/art-activism-robert-liu-trujillo Artist Robert Liu-Trujillo speaks with PRA about this issue’s cover image, graffiti and political art, and connected global resistance. Fri, 10 Oct 2025 12:00:00 EDT Political Research Associates 45dfea51-e29e-47c8-b1c0-2eb8d98100b4 https://politicalresearch.org/2025/09/23/we-must-fight-everyone-immigrant-justice PRA Senior Research Analyst Ethan Fauré speaks with Silky Shah, author of Unbuild Walls: Why Immigrant Justice Needs Abolition, to discuss how abolition is the key to a strategy for combating the Trump administration’s immigration agenda. Tue, 23 Sep 2025 12:00:00 EDT Ethan Fauré 497046c7-f1e6-4f73-acf0-699f683a19e9 https://politicalresearch.org/2025/09/03/building-horizontal-alliances-and-fighting-antisemitism-progressives-shanice-mcbean-and In the final episode of Lifting the Curtain on Antisemitism, Ben Lorber and Shoshana Brown talk to experts on how the fight against antisemitism is tied to the larger struggle for justice. Wed, 03 Sep 2025 07:01:33 EDT Political Research Associates 12af52d5-1e9a-4502-a9e1-328ce1727313 https://politicalresearch.org/2025/09/03/what-antisemitism-and-its-weaponization-conversation-movement-organizers-shoshana-brown This episode dives into discussing antisemitism—its history, how it looks today, how to understand it, & why the fight over defining it has become a means of targeting Palestinians and their allies while driving authoritarian policies & culture wars. Wed, 03 Sep 2025 06:38:23 EDT Political Research Associates bdb71681-1948-42aa-a081-56fdba45144b https://politicalresearch.org/2025/08/14/do-not-let-grief-harden-despair-pra-analyzes-trump-20s-first-100-days-part-1 In this first of a two-part series on analyzing Trump 2.0’s first 100 days in office, we share insights from PRA’s researchers about how to move beyond the work on blocking rising authoritarianism, to the work of building power, vision, and solidarity. Thu, 14 Aug 2025 12:30:00 EDT Political Research Associates 04d3f966-783a-42b5-b3ee-4b7e4b5e22ea https://politicalresearch.org/2025/07/10/antidote-authoritarianism-jiva-manske In this episode, Koki and Jiva lay out key ways that the Left can and must build a shared vision of democracy, while the pro-democracy movement is in a moment of crisis. They talk through the “what is to be done?”, drawing inspiration history. Thu, 10 Jul 2025 12:33:27 EDT Political Research Associates 7df4c399-4e13-40fb-a1a0-f4eda8680c66 https://politicalresearch.org/2025/06/26/art-activism-micah-bazant Artist Micah Bazant talks to PRA about organizing and chronic illness. Thu, 26 Jun 2025 02:14:59 EDT Political Research Associates 7b449999-a773-497b-842a-034e4dcbe46c https://politicalresearch.org/2025/03/11/three-way-fight Ben Lorber interviews authors Xtn Alexander and Matthew N. Lyons about their book Three Way Fight, a collection of essays designed to serve as a guide to antifascism and revolution. Tue, 11 Mar 2025 11:24:52 EDT Ben Lorber 2e3c48ab-2349-4394-b56e-6ca3f90bc496 https://politicalresearch.org/2025/02/06/leading-resistance-three-decades-fighting-authoritarian-and-supremacist-forces PRA’s former Executive Director Tarso Luís Ramos about the ways that the terrain of contestation between Left and Right has shifted over three decades, and where he looks to for inspiration in an era of growing authoritarianism. Thu, 06 Feb 2025 05:33:28 EST Political Research Associates, Tarso Luís Ramos 527418c8-c854-4eb7-bd79-8de2d071a9f2 https://politicalresearch.org/2025/02/04/calling PRA talks to Loretta Ross about her journey through activism and her framework for addressing conflict within and beyond social justice movements. Tue, 04 Feb 2025 11:34:21 EST Chancie Calliham 04cf59f0-402f-4827-9238-37d97aabca48 https://politicalresearch.org/2025/01/15/fire-dreams-making-black-feminist-liberation-south A discussion with Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson and the authors of Fire Dreams: Making Black Feminist Liberation in the South about Black feminist liberatory praxis and resistance strategies to White supremacy. Wed, 15 Jan 2025 11:54:55 EST Kitana Ananda ba024ddc-e333-474a-8582-d2d8b68c2a5d https://politicalresearch.org/2025/01/09/how-solidarity-provides-path-resistance-conversation-naomi-washington-leapheart In this episode, Naomi Washington-Leapheart explores the role of community and solidarity in creating responsive and durable strategies of contestation—of resistance—in our contemporary political moment. Thu, 09 Jan 2025 03:11:23 EST Political Research Associates, Rev. Naomi Washington-Leapheart e363dacf-340b-4552-b633-f66f82528af8 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/education-wars Jennifer C. Berkshire’s interview with PRA about her and Jack Schneider’s new book, The Education Wars, provides a road map for defending public education. Fri, 13 Dec 2024 02:09:08 EST Alyssa Bowen 196cb37f-d426-4897-b502-bf75158e11f9 https://politicalresearch.org/2024/12/13/art-activism-dio-cramer An interview with artist Dio Cramer on resistance, art, and inspiration. Fri, 13 Dec 2024 01:35:36 EST Political Research Associates e0fcce26-980c-4b07-90aa-7fb99f9294d3 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/2024/12/13/rising-against-authoritarianism Cloee Cooper interviews Greisa Martínez Rosas, Executive Director of United We Dream, about her work in the immigrant justice space and our current political moment of rising authoritarianism and anti-immigrant policy and sentiment. Fri, 13 Dec 2024 01:06:58 EST Cloee Cooper 0931f612-6f22-4f4a-abb9-35f09aea0fdf https://politicalresearch.org/2024/12/12/review-reverberations-october-7 Palestine Legal’s report on anti-Palestinian repression in months after October 7, 2023 details the enormous wave of institutional backlash against pro-Palestine protesters. Thu, 12 Dec 2024 03:18:12 EST Habiba Farh 7692f0e3-84d3-4be8-919a-acc3108c815b