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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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Corporate & Economic Right

PRA has long followed the ideologies advocated by the Economic Right. The claim to individual liberties is often used to justify economic models like free markets, limited government, and…
A woman sits next to four men in suits laughing together at a White House discussion

Global Right

PRA tracks the influence of the Right within the U.S. and globally in order to understand the exchange of ideologies that threaten human rights. What is often referred to as the Global Right can often…
Proud Boys at a Rally in Portland, with one member wearing a shirt that read PINOCHET DID NOTHING WRONG

Gender & Authoritarianism

PRA uses the term gender & authoritarianism to describe the ways that certain cis-heteronormative, male-supremacist, and misogynist “values” are used to maintain authoritarian control over people of…
Collage of protestors holding signs in favor of abortion.

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