The Spring issue of The Public Eye is out! As this issue on global far-right authoritarianism headed to print, U.S. legislators were demonizing student-organized Gaza solidarity encampments, calling for protesters’ arrest and campus purges while holding hearings that weaponized accusations of antisemitism to silence criticism of Israel. This issue’s articles examine the antidemocratic turn that this criminalization of protest exemplifies. Learn about what’s behind the global authoritarian surge; the violent, far-right Hindu supremacist movement behind Modi’s government; and the influence of the global anti-gender movement at the UN. Delve into the state’s use of the “outside agitator” narrative to violently repress progressive movements from Palestine solidarity to Stop Cop City, and reexamine Putin’s appeal to “traditional family values” appealing to domestic and transnational conservatives. This issue also explores a few recent books: an excerpt from Ajay Singh Chaudhary’s The Exhausted of the Earth, a review of The Case for Open Borders and My Fourth Time We Drowned, and an author Q&A with Joseph Masco and Lisa Wedeen on their book Conspiracy/Theory. The cover features a paste-up collage of Palestine solidarity art in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Its message reads, “May we never stop demanding freedom, dignity, and the end of occupation everywhere from Palestine to Kashmir.” In The Art of Activism, Fearless Collective artist Vicky Shahjehan speaks with PRA about the inspiration behind her public art. Explore this issue and subscribe to The Public Eye! Subscribe here to receive a print issue of The Public Eye!   In this issue What Propels the Global Authoritarian Surge and How We Can Fight Back by Meena Jagannath and Nikki Thanos As compounding global crises highlight the growth of authoritarianism across countries, Meena Jagannath and Nikki Thanos discuss how to identify the breadth of the crisis—and how to effectively organize to fight back. A Global Trail of Violence: India’s Hindu Supremacist Movement and Its Role in the Transnational Far Right by Savera PRA’s newest partner, Savera: United Against Supremacy, reports on the violent, far-right Hindu supremacist movement behind Modi’s government. Putin’s “Year of the Family”: How Russia Revives and Reverses U.S. Cold War Rhetoric by Irina Smolevskaya In her commentary, Irina Smolevskaya scrutinizes Putin’s appeal to “traditional family values” as a reversal of U.S. Cold War containment rhetoric appealing to domestic and transnational conservatives alike. The Anti-Gender Movement: How the Global Right Aims to Dismantle the United Nations by Zoë Schott At the United Nations, the U.S. Christian Right has ramped up its campaign to push anti-abortion, anti-LGBTQ policies across agencies and topics, further advancing a global anti-gender agenda. From Palestine to Atlanta, Outside and Foreign: The Institutional Policing of Dissent by Habiba Farh In this commentary on the state’s use of the “outside agitator” narrative to violently repress progressive movements, Habiba Farh examines how “the powerful choose authoritarian control” to secure their rule over democratic challenges to their legitimacy. Beyond “Border Security”: Reframing the 21st Century Border Crisis Narrative by Ethan Fauré Ethan Fauré discusses U.S. immigration politics and considers how two books, The Case for Open Borders and My Fourth Time We Drowned, challenge “border crisis” narratives. The “Business-as-Usual” of Right-Wing Climate Realism by Ajay Singh Chaudhary This excerpt from Ajay Singh Chaudhary’s book, The Exhausted of the Earth, discusses the Right’s “climate realism” and who benefits from the extractive economic system that fuels climate change. Conspiracy / Theory: Author Q&A with Lisa Wedeen and Joseph Masco by Annie Wilkinson PRA's Annie Wilkinson interview authors Lisa Wedeen and Joseph Masco about their new book, Conspiracy / Theory, which asks its readers to critically consider the stigma around conspiracy theories and conspiratorial thinking in a world of growing authoritarianism. Art of Activism: Vicky Shahjehan A Q&A with Fearless Collective ambassador Vicky Shahjehan on solidarity and the role that art plays in activism. Subscribe here to receive four print issues of The Public Eye - only $25 for a full year Political Research Associates | 1310 Broadway | Somerville, MA 02144 US Unsubscribe | Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice