Watch now! with featured readings In Case You Missed It "I been thinkin' how it was in that gov'ment camp, how our folks took care a theirselves, an' if they was a fight they fixed it theirself; an’ they wasn't no cops wagglin' their guns, but they was better order than them cops ever give. I been a-wonderin' why we can't do that all over. Throw out the cops that ain't our people. All work together for our own thing." - John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath The inhumane treatment and deportations of Haitian refugees from our southern border underscores what we already suspected: that the U.S. anti-immigration movement, which thrived under President Trump, has yet another champion in President Biden and his administration. And in hundreds of elected county sheriffs across the United States, this nativist movement has armed agents of the state working in concert to further support and expand systems of racialized social control and expulsion. Last Thursday, PRA hosted the second webinar in our series Subverting State Violence on right-wing aligned sheriffs and the far-right movements organizing them under the Biden administration. Watch Now Illustration now with audio! Interact with the interactive version here. You can also read the transcript of the webinar here. Featuring: Dr. Felicia Arriaga: Visiting Research Scholar at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs teaching Race, Power, & Inequality and Race & Public Policy, Assistant Professor of Sociology in the criminology concentration at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC, PRA research fellow, and coordinator of the North Carolina Statewide Police Accountability Network. Ethan Fauré: PRA Research Analyst focusing on movements promoting anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim, and White nationalist ideologies. Ethan works closely with other researchers, journalists, national organizations, and, grassroots activists to deepen their understanding of these forces—informing resistance efforts and their work building power across the country. Dr. Luis A. Fernandez: Professor in, and chair of, the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Northern Arizona University. He served as the President of the Society for the Study of Social Problems in 2017-2018 and is currently the co-editor of Critical Issues in Crime and Society, a book series at Rutgers University Press. He is the author and editor of several books, including Policing Dissent, Shutting Down the Streets, and Alternatives to Policing. Moderated by Dr. Koki Mendis Watch Now Featured Reading: Where the White House Gets its Racist Immigration Policies (2018) by Ethan Fauré The National Sheriffs’ Association Strengthens the Deportation Machine (2019) by Ethan Faure The National Sheriffs' Association Alignment with Far-Right Groups Undermines Public Safety (2019) by Cloee Cooper New England’s Joe Arpaio: How a Massachusetts Sheriff Became the Far Right’s Perfect Ally (2020) by David Ehrens New Mexico’s Constitutional Sheriffs Pave the Way for Militias Patrolling the Border (2019) by Cloee Cooper 21st Century White Nationalism: 9/11 and the Anti-Immigrant Movement (2021) by Ethan Fauré In Loving Memory of Tim Scott (2021) by Michael Harriot Disband, Disempower, and Disarm: Amplifying the Theory and Practice of Police Abolition (2018) by Meghan G. McDowell and Luis A. Fernandez We Do This ‘Til We Free Us (2021) by Mariame Kaba The End of Policing (2017) by Alex Vitale A World Without Policing (2021) by George Maher Defund Sheriffs Toolkit Communities for Sheriff Accountability Political Research Associates | 1310 Broadway, Suite 201, Somerville, MA 02144 Unsubscribe [email protected] Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by [email protected] powered by Try email marketing for free today!