New Domestic Surveillance Program a Platform for Prejudice Suspicious Activity Reporting Initiative set to go nationwide. PRA says: "Not so fast," urges Congressional hearings. After September 11, 2001, Congress ordered the creation of an "information sharing environment" to improve communication between law enforcement and intelligence agencies, with a special emphasis on "Suspicious Activity Reporting." Instead of better connecting the dots, the Department of Homeland Security funded a counterproductive program that threatens to clog intelligence pipelines with junk data derived from racial, ethnic, religious, and ideological bias. Platform for Prejudice, a groundbreaking investigation by PRA Civil Liberties Project director Thomas Cincotta, exposes how Suspicious Activity Reporting undermines our Constitutional civil liberties and illuminates the structural flaws in the program that promote a reliance on existing prejudices and stereotypes. The attempted bombing in Times Square yet again demonstrates that the primary terrorist threat is from individuals recruited and trained by foreign groups and not a result of domestic "radicalization" of Muslims planning "Homegrown Terrorism" as right-wing pundits and influential counterterrorism analysts argue. Your safety and civil rights are at stake in the debate. Read more... Right-Wing Populism, Tea Parties, & Hutaree Militia
Anti-Obama Anger, Populist Rage, & Conspiracy Theories Is it a surprise that Tea Party conspiracy theories about big government leading to fascism have led to attacks on elected officials over the healthcare reform vote? Was it a surprise that an angry citizen attacked the entrance to the Pentagon? Was it a surprise that an angry taxpayer flew his small plane into an IRS office? These and other acts of violence are linked to a form of apocalyptic conspiracism rampant in the United States. Read more... PRA Senior Analyst Chip Berlet on GRITtv
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Peddling Homophobia in Africa & the U.S. The U.S. Christian Right and the Attack on Gays in Africa For two days in early March 2009, Ugandans flocked to the Kampala Triangle Hotel for the Family Life Network's "Seminar on Exposing the Homosexuals' Agenda." The seminar's very title revealed its claim: LGBT people and activists are engaged in a well thought-out plan to take over the world. Read more...
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... Activist Resource
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. Read more... Flashback
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