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| '''Political Research Associates''' (PRA) is |
'''Political Research Associates''' (PRA) is an ] research group which studies the U.S. political ]. It was founded in ] and is located in ]. It has a full-time staff of eight. The founder and first president of PRA is Jean V. Hardisty, Ph.D. | ||
| According to its website, PRA: "is an independent, nonprofit research center that exposes and challenges the Right and larger oppressive movements, institutions, and forces. PRA produces accurate applied research and useful analytic tools to inform and support progressive activism that promotes equality and justice." | |||
| According to ], who specializes in researching extremist political movements at the University of Kansas and maintains a library of extremist materials, Political Research Associates is a three-person operation, with ] serving as both president, and the only analyst on staff. | |||
| "PRA provides those of us working on the front lines of social justice struggles with the facts we need to fight. Their work is invaluable to the progressive movement in this country." | |||
| --Anne Braden | |||
| Southern Organizing Committee, Louisville, KY | |||
| "PRA supplies the information that enables the rest of us to create strategies that defend and promote democracy. We can rely on it as thorough, thoughtful, carefully researched, and presented within a broad context of understanding of the complex relationships and activities of the Right. PRA sets the standard for researchers and political analysts of integrity and commitment to community activism." | |||
| --Suzanne Pharr | |||
| Highlander Research Center, New Market, Tennessee | |||
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Revision as of 23:50, 1 December 2004
Political Research Associates (PRA) is an American research group which studies the U.S. political right wing. It was founded in 1981 and is located in Somerville, Massachusetts. It has a full-time staff of eight. The founder and first president of PRA is Jean V. Hardisty, Ph.D.
According to its website, PRA: "is an independent, nonprofit research center that exposes and challenges the Right and larger oppressive movements, institutions, and forces. PRA produces accurate applied research and useful analytic tools to inform and support progressive activism that promotes equality and justice."
"PRA provides those of us working on the front lines of social justice struggles with the facts we need to fight. Their work is invaluable to the progressive movement in this country."
--Anne Braden Southern Organizing Committee, Louisville, KY
"PRA supplies the information that enables the rest of us to create strategies that defend and promote democracy. We can rely on it as thorough, thoughtful, carefully researched, and presented within a broad context of understanding of the complex relationships and activities of the Right. PRA sets the standard for researchers and political analysts of integrity and commitment to community activism."
--Suzanne Pharr Highlander Research Center, New Market, Tennessee