plus a new issue of The Public Eye, and political education for donor audiences January/February 2022 Dear Community, As news breaks daily about the January 6th Insurrection, PRA invites you to examine the state of the right with us one year later. Last month, we shared our newest report, Capitol Offenses: January 6th 2021 & The Ongoing Insurrection, with our movement partners, hosted a dynamic panel, and continued the discussion with the Donors of Color Network at their community event. The successful cultivation of a mass base is one of the Right's most significant and dangerous accomplishments; diverting the next mobilization is one of the pressing questions we assess in our investigations. The Public Eye out now features analysis on global populism, the continued attacks on reproductive justice and public schools, and an interview with celebrated author Daniel Martinez-HoSang on his new book, A Wider Type of Freedom. Read all of our articles online or renew your subscription to have the print magazine delivered directly to your home or office. Looking ahead to next month, PRA will be launching a new political education program, Inform Your Philanthropy, tailored to anyone who identifies as a donor. Our first series, presenting four sessions on the Christian Right and Authoritarianism, is designed to help participants build a deeper understanding of the Christian Right in the US & share what donors and philanthropists can do to challenge this authoritarian bloc. Dates will be released soon -- we are looking forward to seeing many of you there. In solidarity, Greeley O'Connor In The Public Eye Fall 2021 issue of The Public Eye magazine, available online now! From challenges to Roe v. Wade to attacks on public education, this issue focuses on the intersections and influence of right-wing ideas on culture. Carol Mason looks at the influence of Taylor Caldwell on the global rise of right-wing populism. Clint Heacock considers the longstanding aspiration of conservative homeschoolers to inspire a mass defection from public schools that has found new traction amid an era of pandemic school closures and attacks on public education. An excerpt from a roundtable discussion, moderated by Koki Mendis, discusses reproductive justice and the Right's strategies to eliminate bodily autonomy. Jasmine Banks investigates how the rash of chaotic and sometimes violent anti-critical race theory protests at local school boards find some of their roots in a familiar source: the right-wing billionaire networks of Charles Koch. And finally, in an author Q&A, Harini Rajagopalan talks with author Daniel Martinez HoSang about his book A Wider Type of Freedom, liberation movements, and the broader dismantling of failed systems in order to build a truly equitable society. In Case You Missed It Understanding the State of the Right One Year After the January 6th Insurrection "This is the fight of our lifetime; and we continue to be up to it in whatever terrain and whatever form it takes. It's both the meaning and the possibility of life." - Mab Segrest, Senior Strategist at BluePrint NC's anti-racist research program. Read PRA's new State of the Right Report: Capitol Offenses January 6th 2021 & The Ongoing Insurrection By Tarso Luís Ramos and Steven Gardiner The first anniversary of the Capitol storming is an occasion to take stock of the robust current state of America’s insurrectionist, anti-democratic factions, those that would sooner dispense with democracy altogether than lose their hold on power. Read our report New from PRA Ten Years of Turning Point USA by Matthew Boedy Charlie Kirk founded his group, Turning Point USA, with a focus on free markets and right-wing economics, but as the group's membership and donations grew, Kirk has pivoted to include a new position: a Christian nationalist one. An “America First” White Nationalist Is On Texas Gubernatorial Candidate Don Huffines’ Staff by Ben Lorber In the groyper movement's continued efforts to accelerate the rightward drift of the GOP, a well-documented White Nationalist joins Huffines's campaign, which has, in turn, been credited with pulling incumbent Greg Abbott's campaign further rightward. Blue Lives Matter and the U.S Counter-Subversive Tradition by Olivia Lawrence-Weilmann and Cloee Cooper Jarrod Shanahan and Tyler Wall talk to PRA about the historical origins of today's Blue Lives Matter movement and its deep roots in structural systems of power. New From Religion Dispatches Novak Djokovic, Extraordinary Tennis Player, Ordinary Orthodox Anti-Vaxxer by Katie Kelaidis Tennis star Novak Djokovic's public battle with Australian authorities over his COVID vaccination status is indicative of a larger Orthodox Christian radicalization. No More Pencils, No More Books by Andrew L. Seidel Vicious battles are taking place in public schools for the minds of America's schoolchildren, with growing bans on CRT & "inappropriate" books, patterns that fit into a larger attack on the institution of public schools. Is This the End of Roe v Wade and the End of Abortion Rights in the U.S.? by Chrissy Stroop This year marks 49 years since the Supreme Court handed down their decision in Roe v. Wade, but a packed conservative court calls the future of abortion rights into question. Will there be a 50th anniversary to celebrate next year? For more analysis and resources, browse our most recent articles and 40-year archive on our website. 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