Political Research Associates Announces New Publication

PRA releases new resource to fight the recent rise in anti-immigrant activity since September 11.

     In response to the growing tide of anti-immigrant sentiment and scapegoating since the Sept. 11th attacks, Political Research Associates (PRA) announces the release of a new resource to help immigrant rights activists understand and counter this recent wave of anti-immigrant activity.
     Defending Immigrant Rights, the latest in a series of PRA Activist Resource Kits, includes original articles on the anti-immigrant movement, resource lists, sample anti-immigrant literature, and other tools to help activists, educators and the general public understand the and respond to anti-immigrant initiatives. One article, highlighting the Rights anti-immigrant rhetoric, quotes Thomas Fleming, a White nationalist intellectual, as claiming Arab and Pakistani terrorists, Nigerian con artists, Oriental and South American drug lords, Russian gangsters -- all are introducing their particular brands of cultural enrichment into an already fragmented United States that increasingly resembles Bosnia more than the America I grew up in." The article goes on to point out that similar rhetoric can be found in the mainstream media and in both major political parties.
     The Activist Resource Kit was assembled with the help of several major immigrant rights groups, including the National Network of Immigrant and Refugee Rights (NNIRR). Catherine Tactaquin, NNIRR Director has described the kit as, A very timely guide for all activists concerned about the attack on immigrant rights."
     PRA President Jean Hardisty recommends the kit as An accurate and informative examination of the right-wing groups that are aiding anti-immigrant sentiment by spreading misinformation and promoting intolerance. This is vital information not generally available to the public."
     Political Research Associates is an independent, nonprofit research center that studies antidemocratic, authoritarian, and other oppressive movements, institutions, and trends.