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 Globalizing the Culture Wars
U.S. Conservatives, African Churches, and Homophobia
A groundbreaking investigation by Rev. Kapya Kaoma of Political Research Associates exposes how the U.S. Right mobilizes African Protestant clergy to protest any movement towards LGBT equality in U.S. mainline churches while promoting an agenda that criminalizes homosexuality in Africa. Read more...
Take Action:Political Research Associates is calling on Pastor Rick Warren to oppose an antigay bill currently being debated in the Ugandan legislature promoted by his allies. Read more...
New from PRA
 Defending Reproductive Justice
Activist Resource Kit Online
Defending Reproductive Justice, PRA's easy-to-browse mix of primary documents from the Right and articles analyzing current trends, is now updated and available here FREE, offering insight to strategists and scholars alike.
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Public Eye Magazine
 The Politics of Schism in the Catholic Church
by Frank L. Cocozzelli
The Public Eye Magazine, Fall 2009
The movers and shakers of the Catholic Right are attempting to provoke a modern day schism within Catholicism and they are willing to lose untold numbers of members in order to achieve a leaner, arguably meaner, but in any case more traditionally orthodox and authoritarian Church.
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- Public Eye contributor Frank Cocozzelli talks about the lay organization Call to Action, heroic nuns, and others challenging the rightward shift within the Roman Catholic Church.
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Anti-Union Organizing
PRA Tracks Anti-Union Organizing on the Right
 Visit our new page on anti-labor activities on the Right. In a series of articles, PRA Senior Analyst Chip Berlet outlines the history of anti-union campaigns dating back to the 1930s, showing how the National Right to Work Committee and U.S. Chamber of Commerce have tried to “flip the script” so it appears that corporate repression of workers aren’t the problem, unions are!
And in both a feature article and a radio documentary, PRA Editorial Director Abby Scher digs into the current U.S. Chamber of Commerce misinformation campaign trying to stop labor law reform this year.
Toxic to Democracy
Conspiracy Theories, Demonization, & Scapegoating
Chip Berlet's  Toxic to Democracy sheds light on the tenacity of conspiracy theories in American politics and the corrosive use of demonizing language that scapegoats certain groups. With the nation at a crossroads—the election of a Black President reveals both progress and backlash—this report is indispensible to understanding how right-wing pundits and militants alike are making sense of our world.
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