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  • The authors of Fire Dreams: Making Black Feminist Liberation in the South tell the story of how their book came about following an attack on their offices. Their work offers a window into how we can organize against systemic violence.

  • For decades, the Republican Party has cultivated a strong White voter base by demonizing people of color. But as the party becomes more open to a multiracial coalition, larger numbers of people of color are being drawn to the U.S. Right.

  • The Insurgence: Sheriffs—Season 1, Episode 5

    Sheriffs wield immense power over jails, controlling the lives of a third of the nation’s incarcerated population. What happens when that power goes unchecked, & sheriffs ignore a pandemic’s threat or dozens die from medical neglect?

  • The Insurgence: Sheriffs—Season 1, Episode 4

    What happens when the Constitutional Sheriffs network finds an ally in the White House? In this episode, we uncover how far-right networks leveraged the power of local sheriffs to collaborate with ICE in a nationwide crackdown on immigrants.

  • This episode discusses the broad and far-reaching implications the New Apostolic Reformation has for democracy and religious freedom.

  • The Insurgence: Sheriffs—Season 1, Episode 3

    This episode examines a turning point in the growing alliance between far-right activists and local sheriffs in their resistance to federal authority.

  • The Insurgence: Sheriffs—Season 1, Episode 2

    Why are sheriffs aligning with right-wing insurgents? We go back to 2012 in Las Vegas, where a new far-right network of sheriffs held its first-ever gathering. Their mission? To combat what they saw as the “socialist” agenda under former President…

  • How the Hindu American Foundation Rebrands Bigotry As Minority Rights

    The Hindu American Foundation has been influential for 20 years, masquerading as an advocacy group for minority rights, but is better understood as a key actor in a global Hindu supremacist movement and an emerging player in the U.S. Far Right.

  • The Insurgence: Sheriffs—Season 1, Episode 1

    Through firsthand accounts, this episode traces the chilling reality faced by racial justice protesters in 2020—who were violently run out of town by militias in coordination with their local sheriff.

  • Political Research Associates (PRA) is thrilled to announce that our year-long, nationwide search for a new Executive Director is complete!  Sylvia Broude brings 20 years of experience leading grassroots campaigns and non-profits to build…

  • In this episode of Inform Your Resistance, Koki reads Nativist Bedfellows: The Christian Right Embraces Anti-Immigrant Politics by Tarso Luís Ramos and Pam Chamberlain, the fourth in our new From the Archives series. From the Archives features those…

  • Author Q&A with John Washington

    Reece Jones discusses the book “The Case for Open Borders” with author John Washington, and the idea of open borders and the way the Left and the Right react to the idea.

  • In this episode, we discuss the origins, unlikely intersections, and influence of the contemporary anti-immigration movement. Ethan provides us with a fascinating overview of how this movement developed, from its White Nationalist origins, with…

  • Weaponizing Antisemitism to Defend White Supremacy

    Right-wing groups collaborate with Jewish groups to use the claim of antisemitism to suppress Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs on college campuses. The tactics used by the Right reflect the tactics used by the state of Israel to suppress any…

  • Unsurprisingly, authoritarian forces in the U.S. are desperate to quell the grassroots upsurge in Palestine solidarity protests by responding with neo-McCarthyist repression tactics, recalling a period of extreme anti-Left repression driven by the U…

  • The AI-Enabled Far Right Hits the Elections Cycle

    While artificial intelligence (AI) itself might not be a problem, the way it’s being used by the Right is exacerbating a problem that marginalized communities have been warning us about since the inception of social media: disinformation.

  • Disinformation in the Struggle Between Democracy and Authoritarianism

    Taiwan is often described as Asia’s freest country. Kayo Chang Black details Taiwan’s political history and how the 2024 election cycle resurfaced the authoritarian threat that lurks within Taiwan’s democracy.

  • The Assassination Attempt on Former President Donald J. Trump

    As federal law enforcement agencies investigate the apparent attempted assassination of presidential candidate Donald J. Trump during a campaign appearance Saturday in Butler County, Pennsylvania, PRA encourages our supporters to speak out against…

  • The political stakes are high for the oil and gas industry, which is desperate to preserve its dominance amid cascading environmental policy shifts, broadening support for the renewable energy revolution, and ever more visible, sensed, social, and…

  • Inform Your Resistance Season 2: Episode 10

    In this episode of Inform Your Resistance, Koki reads “The Spirit of January 6th” by Frederick Clarkson and André Gagné, the third in our new From the Archives series. From the Archives features those must read and, now, must listen to pieces from…