August 2021
PRA invites you to join us for two interactive learning series this fall: 

Subverting State Violence - a four-part webinar series launching next Thursday with a roundtable discussion on post-9/11 anti-Muslim racism, surveillance, and violence.

Disrupting Christian Zionism - an inaugural three-part political education and discussion series inspired by PRA founder Jean Hardisty's memorable gatherings.

Preview the current issue of The Public Eye magazine, which takes a close look at some of the online communities of the deeply misogynist Incel movement, Generation Z's foray into White nationalism through TradWives social media influencers, and the apocalypticism that dominates the conspiratorial thinking of QAnon and its adherents. 

Coming soon: Special coverage 20 years after 9/11 | Examining the Right's Homeschooling agenda | Celebrate 40 years of PRA

In solidarity,
The PRA Team

p.s. Do you know someone starting their career? With a full calendar of programs and publications, PRA is growing our team with three new coordinator positions. We encourage applications to be submitted by mid-September.  
Anti-Muslim racism and policing has been a facet of U.S. White supremacy since the dawn of the Atlantic slave trade. In the two decades following 9/11, anti-Muslim racism and state violence enacted on Muslims has been a core component of the U.S. security state and altered the very nature of surveillance and policing at home and abroad. And through it all, Big Tech has capitalized on war, incarceration, and violence enacted on Black and Brown bodies to amass power and substantial profit.

Join us for a conversation–featuring Fatema Ahmad of Muslim Justice League, activist Linda Sarsour, Ramah Kudaimi of the Crescendo project, and journalist Vanessa Taylor–reflecting on the past 20 years and envisioning a just and empowered way forward.


And stay tuned for more information on the Subverting State Violence webinar series, in your inbox soon!
Coming Soon
Keep a lookout for PRA's inaugural donor activism series on Christian Zionism, which will be launching in late September/October in honor of PRA's 40th anniversary. The series will kick off a new program diving into a range of PRA research topics to inform donor and philanthropic strategy. More information will be announced in the coming weeks; in the meantime, reach out with any questions to Aidan Orly at [email protected].
Sneak Preview
Spring/Summer 2021 issue of The Public Eye magazine,
This issue threads together various right-wing movements that began on the internet and have had, at times, devastating effects on our everyday lives.

From the misogynist incel, or “involuntary celibate” movement.

To the young women and girls being drawn into another online anti-feminist movement: tradwifery.

And the enduring appeal of QAnon and how it taps into religious feeling, and ancient apocalyptic narratives of horror and hope.

For shorter reads: a look at mass incarceration in the U.S., the emergence of a new transnational fascist movement, and the origins and implications of the growing world of right-wing conspiracy theories.
New from PRA

The German Right Wing has been mobilized by their anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim fervor. Crawford traces their rising popularity beginning with the so-called refugee crisis and its relationship to anti-immigrant sentiments in the U.S.

Building on Nick Fuentes' groyper movement, the American Populist Union seeks to mobilize Gen Z in service of clandestine White nationalism, convening an enthusiastic group of predominantly young men in its inaugural American Populist Summit on July 19.

A nascent White nationalist youth movement hosts a camping retreat featuring prominent young far-right influencers, signaling what's next for the Gen Z Far Right.
New From Religion Dispatches

"This movement is getting ideologically harder, hotter, and more extreme in every way as it moves forward into the future."

Juergensmeyer compares today's Afghanistan with the Afghanistan of 2001 and the new socio-political conditions that could change the character of Taliban rule this time around.

A near-fatal brush with COVID-19 elevates anti-vaccination, anti-abortionist Burke to a new level of prominence in traditionalist Catholic circles.
For more analysis and resources, browse our most recent articles and 40-year archive on our website.
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