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'''Political Research Associates''' (PRA) is a research group, located in ], which studies the U.S. political ]. It was founded in 1981 by Jean V. Hardisty, Ph.D., and now has a full-time staff of six. The director is Katherine Hancock Ragsdale. ] is senior analyst. Researchers include Pam Chamberlain. '''Political Research Associates''' (PRA) is a research group located in ], which studies the ] political ]. It was founded in 1981 by Dr. Jean V. Hardisty, and has a full-time staff of six. The director is Katherine Hancock Ragsdale. ] is the group's senior analyst. Researchers include Pam Chamberlain.


] and ] activists, including Anne Braden of the Southern Organizing Committee and Suzanne Pharr of the Highlander Research Center, are supportive of PRA. . PRA is supported by a number of ] and ] activists, including Anne Braden of the Southern Organizing Committee, and Suzanne Pharr of the Highlander Research Center. Pharr has written that PRA "sets the standard for researchers and political analysts of integrity," and describes the group's research as "thorough, thoughtful, carefully researched, and presented within a broad context of understanding of the complex relationships and activities of the Right."


However one critic, Daniel Brandt, has described PRA as a "private intelligence agency," a type of organization that will "generally inbreed with their adversaries and mutate into a peculiar political animal." Critics include ], the founder of ''Google Watch'', who has described PRA as a "private intelligence agency," a type of organization that will "generally inbreed with their adversaries and mutate into a peculiar political animal." . ]'s right-wing ''DiscovertheNetworks.org'' (DTN) accuses PRA of engaging in "smear tactics" and promoting a "hard-left agenda." According to DTN, PRA promotes the ] doctrine of "]," supports what DTN calls "] ]," discourages political cooperation between liberals and conservatives "regardless of the underlying cause," calls for the end of policies that discriminate against immigrants "passed on the basis of legal status in the wake of ]," seeks to combat "]," and promotes "progressive internationalism."


⚫ PRA funding is derived from foundation grants, individual contributions, and the sale of research materials. Among its major donors are the Public Welfare Foundation, Peter Edelman, the ], and ].
]'s conservative DiscovertheNetworks.org (DTN) organization accuses PRA of engaging in "smear tactics" and promoting a "hard left agenda." According to DTN PRA has ] political leanings including the promotion of the ] doctrine of "dialectical materialism." DTN also accuses PRA of supporting ] ], promoting and defending ] into the United States, and discouraging political cooperation between liberals and conservatives "regardless of the underlying cause."

⚫ PRA funding is derived from foundation grants, individual contributions, and the sale of research materials. Among its major donors are the ], ], the ], and ].


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Political Research Associates (PRA) is a research group located in Somerville, Massachusetts, which studies the U.S. political right wing. It was founded in 1981 by Dr. Jean V. Hardisty, and has a full-time staff of six. The director is Katherine Hancock Ragsdale. Chip Berlet is the group's senior analyst. Researchers include Pam Chamberlain.

PRA is supported by a number of progressive and liberal activists, including Anne Braden of the Southern Organizing Committee, and Suzanne Pharr of the Highlander Research Center. Pharr has written that PRA "sets the standard for researchers and political analysts of integrity," and describes the group's research as "thorough, thoughtful, carefully researched, and presented within a broad context of understanding of the complex relationships and activities of the Right."

Critics include Daniel Brandt, the founder of Google Watch, who has described PRA as a "private intelligence agency," a type of organization that will "generally inbreed with their adversaries and mutate into a peculiar political animal." . David Horowitz's right-wing DiscovertheNetworks.org (DTN) accuses PRA of engaging in "smear tactics" and promoting a "hard-left agenda." According to DTN, PRA promotes the Marxist doctrine of "dialectical materialism," supports what DTN calls "Palestinian anti-Semitism," discourages political cooperation between liberals and conservatives "regardless of the underlying cause," calls for the end of policies that discriminate against immigrants "passed on the basis of legal status in the wake of September 11," seeks to combat "conspiracism," and promotes "progressive internationalism."

PRA funding is derived from foundation grants, individual contributions, and the sale of research materials. Among its major donors are the Public Welfare Foundation, Peter Edelman, the Ford Foundation, and Barbra Streisand.

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