'''Political Research Associates''' ('''PRA''') according to its own [[literature ]] is a "progressive think tank devoted to supporting movements that are building a more just and inclusive democratic society. We expose movements, institutions, and ideologies that undermine human rights....to advance progressive thinking and action by providing research-based information, analysis, and referrals." PRA also declares, "While attacks on civil liberties can come from any direction, the political and Christian Right use skillful marketing that exploits the public’s desire for quick solutions and capitalizes on today’s hectic information flow."
Researcher Laird Wilcox,<ref>John George & Laird Wilcox, [http://www.questia.com/library/book/nazis-communists-klansmen-and-others-on-the-fringe-political-extremism-in-america-by-john-george-laird-wilcox.jsp ''American Extremists: Militias, Supremacists, Klansmen, Communists and Others''], Prometheus Books, 1996 (ISBN 1-57392-058-4).</ref> who according to the [[peer review]]ed ''Military Law Review'', a [[U.S. Department of Defense]] publication in an article entitled ''Racial Extremism in the Army'', is one of the "foremost analysts of right-and [[left-wing]] [[extremism]],"<ref>''Racial Extremism in the Army'', MAJ Walter M. Hudson, [http://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/Military_Law/Military_Law_Review/pdf-files/277C75~1.pdf The Military Law Review], Vol 159 (Mar 99), Department of the Army, Washington, DC. Army Pamphlet No 27-100-159, p. 7.</ref> says of PRA,