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Rights for Some

The Erosion of U.S. Democracy

Introduction Right-wing leaders often appropriate progressive themes by calling for rule by “the people,” equal opportunity, and “equality” feminism. Their rhetoric has convinced many voters that the Right offers a more fair and direct form of…

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The Producerist Narrative in Repressive Right-Wing Populism

Calls to rally the virtuous “producing classes” against evil “parasites” at both the top and bottom of society is a tendency called producerism. It is a conspiracist narrative used by repressive …

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Dynamics of Bigotry

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For Faith and Family

Christian Right Advocacy at the United Nations

Since the United Nations held the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, China in September 1995, women’s rights and human rights groups in the US and throughout the world have worked to “bring the Beijing platform home.” Adopted by consensus…

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Reproducing Patriarchy

Reproductive Rights Under Siege

A woman’s ability to control her reproductive decisions—her reproductive rights—involves more than her right to safe and legal abortion. Reproductive rights encompass the right to bear and raise children, the right to access adequate reproductive…

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Challenging the Right

Towards an Effective Response The new conservatism has been successful because it has built a movement that serves as an umbrella under which political, religious, cultural, electoral, and economic sectors of conservatism and reaction can…

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Takin’ It to the States: The Rise of Conservative State-Level Think Tanks

Like the famously premature announcement of the death of Mark Twain, reports of the decline of the Right in politics and public policy have been greatly exaggerated. Epitomizing the hidden strength of the Right are a growing number of well-funded,…

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Clinton, Conspiracism, and the Continuing Culture War: What is Past is Prologue

The roar was visceral. A torrent of sound fed by a vast subconscious reservoir of anger and resentment. Repeatedly, as speaker after speaker strode to the podium and denounced President Clinton, the thousands in the…

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Right Woos Left

Preface & Acknowledgements “Fascism and Reaction inevitably attack. They have won against disunion. They will fail if we unite.” –George Seldes, You Can’t Do That, 1938 This report was first issued on December 20, 1990 as a…

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Right Woos Left

Populist party, LaRouchite, and other neo-fascist overtures to progressives, and why they must be rejected.

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Repression and Ideology

The Legacy of Discredited Centrist/Extremist Theory

How a discredited social science model fuels efforts to expand government surveillance, infiltration, and disruption. And how police justify labeling dissenters, demonstrators, and ordinary Americans as “Terrorists.”

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Repression and Ideology: The Legacy of Discredited Centrist/Extremist Theory

Repression and Ideology: The Legacy of Discredited Centrist/Extremist Theory By Chip Berlet and Matthew N. Lyons Table of Contents: Introduction Part One:Two Flawed Theories…

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Rethinking Populism

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Calculated Compassion

How the Ex-Gay Movement Serves the Right’s Attack on Democracy

The discredited practice of “ex-gay therapy” is at the center of today’s culture wars, with the Christian Right seeking to …

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The Patriot and Armed Militia Movements

Groups that have consciously and unconsciously adopted the countersubversion model promoted by centrist/extremist theory were quick to call for increased government power to fend off the perceived threat to law and order posed by the armed militia…

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Repression and Ideology: The Legacy of Discredited Centrist/Extremist Theory

“Violent Radicalization” “Extremism,” & “Homegrown Terrorism”: How a Discredited Social Science Model Fuels Efforts to Expand Government Surveillance, Infiltration, & Disruption How Police Justify Labelling Dissenters,…

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Decades of Distortion: The Right's 30-year Assault on Welfare

By Lucy Williams In 1996, the Republican-controlled Congress passed and President Clinton signed the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Block Grant of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996^…

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Decades of Distortion

The Right’s 30-Year Assault on Welfare

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Decades of Distortion: The Right's 30-Year Assault on Welfare

Table of Contents: Introduction The Diversity Of Those Receiving AFDC The Deserving Poor Highlighting the “Undeserving …

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Extremists and the Anti-Environmental Lobby: Activities Since Oklahoma City

Table of Contents: Introduction About Western States Center What is the anti-environmental lobby? County Supremacy Extremists…

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