Saving Monsignor Ryan: Refuting the Myths of Neoconservative Roman Catholic Economics
By Frank L. Cocozzelli
The Public Eye, Winter 2008
 In October 1936, a Roman Catholic priest and professor of moral theology at the Catholic University of America took to the airwaves to defend the New Deal from scurrilous attacks made by another Catholic priest, the demagogic radio personality of the day, Father Charles Coughlin. Monsignor John A. Ryan’s speech was titled "Roosevelt Safeguards America." In many ways, the radio volley between the two priests still reflects debates raging in the church and in American society today. Ryan’s explanation of the sources of support for Communist anti-clericalism in Spain that he outlined in his radio address remains important in light of the claims of a small group of contemporary neoconservative Roman Catholic intellectual leaders whose views have had a profound influence on the American Catholic Church, as well as broader American public discourse. Read More.
Keeping the Obama Administration on Track for Progress
 As progressives who welcome an Obama Administration, we can’t rest on our laurels. We now we have a chance to put the country back on track toward progressive social change, but only if we learn from history. A key lesson is that social movements pull politicians and political movements toward them, not the other way around. PRA Senior Analyst Chip Berlet shares insights from movements and political moments past and present. (This document is best optimized for Internet Explorer)
New - FBI Cointelpro Document Collection
Just in time for the National Political Conventions: This collection of documents is being unveiled to remind us that protests of government policies, such as those at the political conventions this summer in Denver and Minneapolis/St. Paul , are protected by the Bill of Rights, unless there are specific criminal acts for which specific individuals can be charged.
Caging demonstrators, clearing streets with preventitive detention sweeps, and indiscriminate arrests violate the spirit and the letter of the Constitution of the United States.
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Pushed to the Altar: The Right Wing Roots of Marriage Promotion
The George W. Bush Administration has abandoned proven poverty reduction strategies and instead is encouraging women - especially welfare recipients - to marry their way out of poverty.
This groundbreaking new report by PRA President Emerita, Dr. Jean Hardisty, traces the influence of right-wing fatherhood groups and Christian Right organizations on the Administration's "marriage promotion" programs, and the channeling of millions of federal dollars back to these groups despite rules guiding the separation of church and state.
Jointly published by Political Research Associates and the Women of Color Resource Center.
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Right Web, the online source for understanding hardliners promoting a militarist foreign policy in the U.S., is now part of the PRA family. Welcome Right Web!
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