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You can’t win a fight you don’t know you’re in. Through investigative research, trendspotting, and threat analysis, PRA makes sense of the political moment—equipping frontline justice organizations with the information and insights they need.

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All Eyes on Minneapolis: Lessons on Resisting Authoritarianism

Inform Your Resistance Season 4: Bonus Episode
Political Research Associates
Ben Lorber
Ethan Fauré
Steven Gardiner
Annie Wilkinson
Two protestors holding sings that read "Protect our neighbors. ICE out now" and "ICE out"
Podcast

Belligerence Abroad, Repression at Home: From Venezuela to ICE, with Steven Gardiner

Inform Your Resistance Season 4: Bonus Episode
Political Research Associates
Steven Gardiner
A man in a suit standing behind a podium with an American flag in the corner
Podcast

Beyond the Ballot: the Rise of Competitive Authoritarianism with Steven Gardiner

Inform Your Resistance Season 4: Episode 9
Political Research Associates
Steven Gardiner
A protester holding a sign that reads "Abolish ICE"
Podcast

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White Nationalism

A social movement based on a belief in biologically determined racial hierarchies, often with the ultimate goal of establishing an all-White nation state. Core to contemporary White nationalist…
People gathering for QAnon rally with two people holding flag in front of trucks

Christian Nationalism

Christian nationalism, in the U.S. context, is a religiously motivated political ideology that holds that the United States was founded as—and was intended by God to be—a Christian nation. Christian…
White sign against blue sky that reads "Our Nation Needs Jesus"

Law Enforcement & Militias

Policing serves to reproduce White, middle-class, cis-heteropatriarchal norms, but far-right policing in the U.S. describes the sheriffs, militias, border patrol, ICE agents, National Guard, and other…
A crowd of pro-Trump insurrectionists push back against a swarm of police in SWAT gear.

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