https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to Right-Wing Populism en https://politicalresearch.org/2022/12/08/fight-ahead PRA has updated our interactive map of the 155 candidates in the 2022 midterm election cycle who appeared on the general election ballot and who represent a definable Electoral Far Right, the insurrectionist edge of American politics. Thu, 08 Dec 2022 02:53:49 EST Ben Lorber, Olivia Lawrence-Weilmann, Steven Gardiner 7ace666a-ac7f-4863-ac5f-1a90c204b45c https://politicalresearch.org/2022/10/05/bid-power PRA has developed an interactive map to identify 274 candidates in the 2022 midterm election cycle who represent a definable Electoral Far Right, the insurrectionist edge of American politics. Wed, 05 Oct 2022 01:36:16 EDT Ben Lorber, Olivia Lawrence-Weilmann, Steven Gardiner c97730d3-7e8b-406e-9a42-47c9a8fff47c 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/2020/07/09/right-wing-populism-outside-global-north While populism in Brazil and the Philippines closely resembles right-wing populism in the Global North, the specific socio-economic conditions of the Global South create illuminating divergences. Thu, 09 Jul 2020 11:24:57 EDT Ramon Royandoyan, Mario Braga bc4c00f4-376e-499c-b5eb-f8dd98832ab9 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/2018/08/13/trump-republican-party-and-westmoreland-county “Pennsylvania was key to Trump’s presidential victory, Westmoreland County was key to Pennsylvania, and District Seven was key to Westmoreland County.” Mon, 13 Aug 2018 03:50:49 EDT Margaret Power 01605945-e558-491e-836e-b11c749e08fe https://politicalresearch.org/2018/03/27/future-us-populist-radical-right-and-white-nationalism Donald Trump did not invent nativism or right-wing populism, but he did provide those ideologies a more prominent platform than it has enjoyed in many decades. Tue, 27 Mar 2018 01:05:19 EDT Spencer Sunshine 0eb4cfbd-3fcc-4137-abab-4b2e8c1f1474 https://politicalresearch.org/2018/01/19/one-year-qa-tarso-luis-ramos On the anniversary of Donald Trump’s inauguration, PRA Executive Director Tarso Luís Ramos talks about some of what’s changed in the past year, and what progressives should be alert to going forward. Fri, 19 Jan 2018 01:29:55 EST Tarso Luís Ramos, Kathryn Joyce 345a0ebb-964e-49da-a76e-156ddb9e6bee https://politicalresearch.org/2017/10/16/will-corporations-christian-right-and-tea-party-get-rewrite-constitution A return to an earlier constitutional order, in which the federal government’s ability to regulate corporations and protect the public interest is severely constrained, is the end toward which decades of right-wing investments have been directed. Mon, 16 Oct 2017 12:21:04 EDT Peter Montgomery 97c5f6f9-6dc3-4b18-a07a-955df446abb2 https://politicalresearch.org/2017/05/25/book-review-populist-explosion The Populist Explosion by John B. Judis is a tightly framed analysis of populism’s recent advances on both sides of the Atlantic. Thu, 25 May 2017 10:30:24 EDT Matthew N. Lyons c7c68635-71b5-4acb-b2ee-86aeac0cd93b https://politicalresearch.org/2017/05/15/trumpism-and-unstable-ground-whiteness Times of demographic and cultural threat to a core White American identity and experience have historically empowered the Far Right, a significant contributing factor to the rise of Trumpism. Mon, 15 May 2017 04:30:56 EDT Naomi Braine 9124a81b-adf6-4d26-a48f-e49abafee6e1 https://politicalresearch.org/2017/02/21/first100days-crash-course-week-4 Right-wing populist movements target superficial or false symbols of elite power, reinforces systems of social privilege and oppression, and are built around a backlash against liberation movements, social reform, or revolution. Tue, 21 Feb 2017 05:46:43 EST Political Research Associates ad440306-fb33-4ed1-a151-7c70c8e867c6 https://politicalresearch.org/2016/12/21/populism-core-element-fascism When holding state power, fascism tends to be rigidly hierarchical, authoritarian, and elitist. As a social movement fascism employs populist appeals against the current regime and promises a dramatic and quick transformation of the status quo. Wed, 21 Dec 2016 09:30:39 EST Matthew N. Lyons, Chip Berlet 1b0e6432-11ed-42b3-ae94-94943a02bd23 https://politicalresearch.org/2016/12/19/what-third-position In the last few years of the 20th Century a new form of fascism emerged in a period of resurgent neofascism. Called the Third Position, it seeks to overthrow existing governments and replace them with monocultural nation states. Mon, 19 Dec 2016 01:32:09 EST Chip Berlet bef30e96-29aa-4fb1-8496-a5bbe6199230 https://politicalresearch.org/2016/12/12/what-fascism Fascism is a form of extreme right-wing ideology that celebrates the nation or the race as an organic community transcending all other loyalties. Mon, 12 Dec 2016 04:46:47 EST Matthew N. Lyons ebbb7378-db23-444a-8073-896e56bd1491 https://politicalresearch.org/2016/11/09/statement-pra-2016-election We are not fleeing to Canada or retreating to a safe space. There is no safe space aside from the ones we build together, that protect us all. Wed, 09 Nov 2016 07:11:04 EST Tarso Luís Ramos 00532be9-f145-453a-beae-9c9d627518a6 https://politicalresearch.org/2016/11/09/declaracion-de-pra-sobre-la-eleccion-de-2016 Éste es un momento difícil para quienes creemos en la justicia y la democracia. Un hombre que llevó a cabo una campaña insurgente como un demagogo racista, xenófobo, misógino y anti-establecimiento es ahora el presidente electo de los Estados Unidos. Wed, 09 Nov 2016 02:46:39 EST Tarso Luís Ramos b8558c08-3440-4a22-ba81-57535d99210b https://politicalresearch.org/2016/07/14/what-time-it Broadly speaking, the consensus is that we’re in a time of great instability, revolt, and possibility. History teaches us that in times like these, we need to be both bold and vigilant. Thu, 14 Jul 2016 06:55:03 EDT Scot Nakagawa , Tarso Luís Ramos 8c46b8dd-a749-4176-abc8-ccdf5018edd8 https://politicalresearch.org/2016/06/21/trump-and-right-wing-populism Almost as suddenly as Trump himself emerged as a major player in the race, so too did an array of White Nationalists and supremacists, conspiracists and xenophobes, and even Klansmen and skinheads. Tue, 21 Jun 2016 12:23:45 EDT David Neiwert 033ebb27-e4b0-4b45-86d7-ddf875fc996f https://politicalresearch.org/2015/12/12/trumping-democracy 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. Sat, 12 Dec 2015 03:08:28 EST Chip Berlet d2570c03-1c85-4df1-93fa-c862bb502884 https://politicalresearch.org/2015/10/13/not-fascism The demonization and scapegoating that accompanies right-wing populism in the United States is breeding a backlash movement that will take creative and bold approaches as we organize to defend democracy and diversity in the public square. Tue, 13 Oct 2015 02:39:24 EDT Chip Berlet c84c817f-a99e-419a-a844-8a2c8c32a67f https://politicalresearch.org/2014/01/21/john-birch-societys-anti-civil-rights-campaign-1960s-and-its-relevance-today The rise of the Tea Party and the ongoing “Ron Paul Revolution” have helped the JBS make a comeback as it attracts young people by re-branding itself as “libertarian.” Tue, 21 Jan 2014 04:56:54 EST Rachel Tabachnick 1921ff6e-c8a2-43b4-b3c6-35acc6ec9e35 https://politicalresearch.org/2014/01/02/profile-right-louie-gohmert Though there are many politicians on the Right that rely on fear and paranoia to mobilize their base, perhaps none is more consistently provocative than U.S. Congressman Louie Gohmert of Texas. Thu, 02 Jan 2014 11:36:26 EST Matthew Parkes da5d84dd-3a1c-4362-bd88-07d21da3334d https://politicalresearch.org/2013/12/16/tea-party-john-birch-society-and-fear-mob-rule Wrapped in the Flag: A Personal History of America’s Radical Right (Boston: Beacon Press, 2013) is Conner’s memoir about growing up in Chicago as the daughter of two of the organization’s earliest and most dedicated members. Mon, 16 Dec 2013 02:27:32 EST Theo Anderson c0df8cef-27ee-4f22-a760-5ba3b4826d4c https://politicalresearch.org/2013/11/22/profiles-right-john-birch-society The JBS was a major force in the battle against the Civil Rights Movement, and has recently made a comeback, largely via the Tea Party movement and as part of the Ron Paul Revolution. Fri, 22 Nov 2013 09:45:16 EST Political Research Associates b1938f3c-ae46-4ff0-99c2-3bbaf2bad275