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In February 2022, The Gravel Institute announced a new board of directors, including former Ohio State Senator [[Nina Turner]] and [[Bhaskar Sunkara]], the founder of [[American Left|American socialist]] magazine [[Jacobin (magazine)|''Jacobin'']].<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Bredderman |first=William |date=2022-02-26 |title=Deleted Tweets Reveal a Progressive Group’s Ukraine Meltdown |language=en |work=[[The Daily Beast]] |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/gravel-institute-deleted-tweets-reveal-a-progressive-groups-ukraine-meltdown |access-date=2022-03-12}}</ref> |
In February 2022, The Gravel Institute announced a new board of directors, including former Ohio State Senator [[Nina Turner]] and [[Bhaskar Sunkara]], the founder of [[American Left|American socialist]] magazine [[Jacobin (magazine)|''Jacobin'']].<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Bredderman |first=William |date=2022-02-26 |title=Deleted Tweets Reveal a Progressive Group’s Ukraine Meltdown |language=en |work=[[The Daily Beast]] |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/gravel-institute-deleted-tweets-reveal-a-progressive-groups-ukraine-meltdown |access-date=2022-03-12}}</ref> |
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In February 2022, ''[[The Daily Beast]]'' alleged that a video released by The Gravel Institute in mid-February on the [[Azov Battalion]], titled "How America Funded Ukraine’s Neo-Nazis" and later renamed "America, Russia, and Ukraine’s Far-Right Problem", repeated [[Kremlin]] narratives about the influence of Nazism in the [[Ukraine|Ukranian government]]. The Gravel Institute said the video was accurate and was reviewed by experts prior to publication.<ref name=":12">{{Cite news |last=Bredderman |first=William |date=2022-02-26 |title=Deleted Tweets Reveal a Progressive Group’s Ukraine Meltdown |language=en |work=[[The Daily Beast]] |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/gravel-institute-deleted-tweets-reveal-a-progressive-groups-ukraine-meltdown |access-date=2022-03-12}}</ref> |
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| Years active | 2020–present | ||||||
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| Subscribers | 397 thousand[1] | ||||||
| Total views | 14.7 million[1] | ||||||
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The Gravel Institute (/ɡrəˈvɛl/ grə-VELL) is a progressive left-wing advocacy group that aims to counteract American conservative think tanks in general and PragerU in particular.[2][3] The Gravel Institute is named for its founder Mike Gravel, a former United States senator from Alaska and two-time U.S. presidential candidate.
The Gravel Institute promotes left-wing views, including wealth redistribution, critique of United States foreign policy, and supporting direct democracy.[3]
Mission
The Gravel Institute was created with the explicit goal of countering PragerU, with Henry Williams stating "the issues that we've so far focused on were, on the one hand, drawn from looking at PragerU topics and countering them" in an interview with Salon.[3] The Gravel Institute has collaborated with a number of organizations, including the People's Policy Project (3P) and the Economic Policy Institute (EPI).[4]
According to the official website, the Institute's mission is to "build the institutions the left needs to win".[‡ 2] According to David Oks, the Institute's "main target audience is people who are in the center, but don't have particularly well-thought-out political beliefs", adding: "I don't really think we're going to be converting people who consume PragerU."[5]
History
After Mike Gravel's 2020 presidential campaign ended in 2019, leadership from the campaign launched The Gravel Institute in 2019 using a $25,000 donation by Tumblr founder David Karp.[6][7]
The Gravel Institute is mainly run by Williams, Oks, and Henry Magowan, who ran Gravel's 2020 presidential campaign when they were teenagers.[6] Video production and direction is headed by New York filmmaker Tymon Brown. Mike Gravel himself, who was 90 years old when the institute launched, was not involved in day-to-day operations but served as a consultant and provided advice.[8]
On September 28, 2020, The Gravel Institute uploaded their first video, formally introducing the project, narrated by H. Jon Benjamin.[‡ 3] Also on September 28, The Gravel Institute uploaded their first video focused on a specific subject.[2]
In February 2022, The Gravel Institute announced a new board of directors, including former Ohio State Senator Nina Turner and Bhaskar Sunkara, the founder of American socialist magazine Jacobin.[9]
In February 2022, The Daily Beast alleged that a video released by The Gravel Institute in mid-February on the Azov Battalion, titled "How America Funded Ukraine’s Neo-Nazis" and later renamed "America, Russia, and Ukraine’s Far-Right Problem", repeated Kremlin narratives about the influence of Nazism in the Ukranian government. The Gravel Institute said the video was accurate and was reviewed by experts prior to publication.[10]
Presenters and contributors
Presenters and contributors to Gravel Institute videos have included Zephyr Teachout, David Cross, Bhaskar Sunkara, Richard Wolff, and H. Jon Benjamin.[9]
Board of directors
As of 2022, the group's board of directors are Jabari Brisport, Enigma founder Hicham Oudghiri, Veena Dubal, and Nina Turner.[11]
Jacobin founder Bhaskar Sunkara was initially listed on the board as well.[12]
References
- ^ a b "About The Gravel Institute". YouTube.
- ^ a b Jackson, Gita (October 1, 2020). "The Gravel Institute Is Trying to Make PragerU, But Good". Vice (Motherboard).
- ^ a b c Rozsa, Matthew (November 30, 2020). "The internet has become captured by the right. The Gravel Institute is trying to take it back". Salon. Archived from the original on December 18, 2020. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
- ^ Pollard, Amelia (2021-05-11). "The Gravel Institute Punches Up". The American Prospect. Retrieved 2022-02-19.
- ^ "The Gravel Institute Wants to Radicalize Centrists Everywhere". MEL Magazine. 2020-11-11. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
- ^ a b Pollard, Amelia (May 20, 2021). "The Gravel Institute Punches Up". The American Prospect. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Bonn, Tess (August 2, 2019). "Gravel to form liberal think tank after suspending campaign". The Hill.
- ^ McMenamin, Lexi (December 5, 2020). "Can the Gravel Institute compete with the right-wing YouTube machine?". Mic. Archived from the original on December 5, 2020. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
- ^ a b Bredderman, William (2022-02-26). "Deleted Tweets Reveal a Progressive Group's Ukraine Meltdown". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
- ^ Bredderman, William (2022-02-26). "Deleted Tweets Reveal a Progressive Group's Ukraine Meltdown". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
- ^ "About – Gravel Institute". Retrieved 2022-03-29.
- ^ "About – Gravel Institute". 2 March 2022. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
Primary sources
In the text these references are preceded by a double dagger (‡):
- ^ a b Williams, Henry. "Henry Williams". Henry Williams. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
- ^ "The Gravel Institute about page". The Gravel Institute. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
- ^ "How to Defeat PragerU: The Gravel Institute". YouTube. Retrieved December 20, 2020.