An education and support group for people who are, or were, involved in cults or high demand groups. Email Free Minds UK Free Minds UK also provides individual education and support for cult recovery.
This year, I have the opportunity of working on a research project on the topic of individuals’ experiences in leaving cults/new religious movements. I am interested in understanding the different types of social experiences people have after leaving cults/new religious movements in order to find more practical ways to help support people during the readjustment process. I have created a survey to ask about these social experiences, which has been approved by the Institutional Review Board at Duke. This electronic survey consists of yes/no, multiple choice, and scaled questions, and it is open to anyone who is a former member of a cult or new religious movement. The survey will be completely anonymous and does not collect any identifying information. The link to the survey is: https://duke.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_0NAzdVBgknVpEfX
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A UK national magazine is looking for a female ex-member of a cult to speak out about their experiences in a thoughtful, sensitive feature aimed at raising awareness. The woman will be given a full read-back of the piece so that she is entirely happy with what will appear in the magazine. There will also be a generous fee. This piece is on a tight deadline so if you are interested, please get in touch with Isolde Walters on [email protected].
Cults have been around for thousands of years, but it always seems like they're springing up out of nowhere. What are they? Why do people join? And how do they escape?
Cults, racism, doublespeak and the search for justice A one-day conference exploring two important issues - extremist political cults and how to combat them, including a discussion of possible legal remedies; and an update on the institutional barriers faced by the Jeremiah Duggan campaign. FRIDAY 22nd MAY, 20015 9:30am – 4:30pm GARDEN COURT CHAMBERS 57-60 LINCOLN’S INN FIELDS LONDON WC2A 3LJ Hosted by the Justice for Jeremiah Campaign Jeremiah Duggan was a University of London student studying in Paris when he died in Wiesbaden in unexplained circumstances 12 years ago. The British inquest, to be held on the 19, 20 and 21st May 2015, will examine how and under what circumstances Jeremiah met his death. The purpose of this symposium is to look at the wider context of extremist political cults, their manipulation of language and recruitment practices, and how they can be fought, including possible legal remedies, as well as to provide an update on the Duggan case by his family – in their attempts to secure a full, rigorous and honest investigation from the German authorities.
The morning session will focus on the issue of coded racism and right-wing extremist cults. Speakers will include (alphabetical order): Dr Masoud Banisadr, Ex-member of Mujahedin-e-Khalqh (MeK), a Revolutionary Islamic-Marxist organization that changed into a political cult, independent author; Chip Berlet, American investigative journalist with extensive knowledge of coded anti-Semitism and radical right movements; Erica, mother of Jeremiah Duggan; Hugo Duggan, father of Jeremiah Duggan; Professor Matthew Feldman, co-director, Centre for Fascist, Anti-fascist and Post-fascist Studies, Teesside University; Liz Fekete, Director of the Institute of Race Relations and head of its European research programme; Steven Hassan, Leading mental health counselor and author of books on mind control, Freedom of Mind; Yves Messer, independent author. Ex-member of the LaRouche political cult in France; Dr Alexandra Stein, Educator, writer in the social psychology of ideological extremism, Birkbeck, University of London. Entrance free, but reservation is essential. Tea and coffee will be provided during the day. Lunch is self-catered. Details of booking through Eventbrite See www.justiceforjeremiah.com, www.Larouche-danger.com for more information. PROGRAMME OF EVENTS 9.00- 9.45am: REGISTRATION AND COFFEE 9.45-10.00am: WELCOME ADDRESS, LIZ FEKETE, HEAD OF EUROPEAN RESEARCH PROGRAMME, INSTITUTE FOR RACE RELATIONS (IRR) 10.00-11.15am: PANEL 1 Prof. Matthew Feldman: “Some features of ‘Doublespeak’ and right-wing extremist rhetoric today” Chip Berlet: "Radical Right Demonisation, Conspiracy Theories, and Racist Violence" 11.15-11.30: COFFEE BREAK 11. 30- 1.15pm: PANEL 2 Dr Alexandra Stein: "Prevention before Recruitment - Where do we begin?" Dr Masoud Banisadr: "Al Qaeda, Daesh (IS, ISIL), MeK, and political cults: How they recruit and change ordinary young people into a human bomb." Steven Hassan: "Undue Influence: Brainwashing, Mind Control, and how it all works." 1.15 -2.30: LUNCH BREAK 2.00- 3.30: PANEL 3 Erica Duggan: “The 12 year Struggle for Justice” Hugo Duggan: “Lessons Learnt and Justice for our Son” Yves Messer: "Was Jeremiah Duggan considered by LaRouche as a 'Manchurian Candidate' threat?" Experts on German far-Right extremism and the German criminal justice system (tbc) Other speakers from Institute of Race Relations (tbc) 3.45-4.30: CONCLUSIONS AND DISCUSSION FORUM See also www.justiceforjeremiah.com, and www.irr.org.uk. PARTICIPANTS In alphabetical order : Dr Masoud Banisadr, PhD The son of a prominent Iranian family; Masoud Banisadr entered radical political activity in 1978 while pursuing his graduate studies in Engineering-Mathematics in UK. The group he affiliated with, the Mojahedin-e Khalq (MeK), played a prominent part in the mass demonstrations and paramilitary activity that led to the 1979 overthrow of the Shah. At first, to recruit new members, MeK supported Ayatollah Khomeini and the new establishment, then on 20th June 1981 organized a failed uprising to overthrow the government. Thereafter, MeK changed into a clandestine terrorist group and Rajavi, MeK’s leader, and many high-ranking members escaped to France. However, Rajavi, failed achieving any of his objectives, soon underwent a radical transition into a cult leader. Members of the group gradually surrendered all the powers of independent judgment to his growing megalomania. By the late 1980s, under Rajavi’s ‘Ideological Revolution’, MeK members were compelled to divorce their spouses and give up their children and live celibate for the rest of their life. In 1986,Masoud Banisadr became the representative of the group to UN agencies and human rights organizations, and later their representative in the United States, a sort of unofficial ambassador of MeK. He escaped MEK in June 1996. He wrote a memoir of his experiences entitled, ‘Masoud: Memoirs of an Iranian Rebel’, in 2004. Since then, he has been active in exploring and explaining cult manipulation and has written many articles in Farsi and English about cults and their mind manipulation, including his 2014 book, ‘Destructive and Terrorist Cults: A New Kind of Slavery’. With the help of few ex-MeK members, he has established a group called RIDC (Research Institute on Destructive cult) in the United Kingdom to inform cult members and ex cult members about destructive cults and how to face post-cult problems. Bibliography:
“Masoud: Memoirs of an Iranian Rebel” (2004). Latest book: "Destructive and Terrorist Cults: A New Kind of Slavery: Leaders, Followers, and Mind Manipulation [Kindle Edition]". Websites: http://www.banisadr.info/ http://www.ridc.info/1.html https://www.facebook.com/DestructiveCults Chip Berlet American investigative journalist and independent scholar with extensive published studies of coded anti-Semitism and extreme right wing-movements, especially neo-fascists and the LaRouchites.He is also research analyst, photojournalist, scholar, and activist specializing in the study of extreme right-wing movements in the United States. He also studies the spread of conspiracy theories. Since the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, Berlet has often appeared in the media to discuss extremist news stories. He was a senior analyst at Political Research Associates (PRA), a non-profit group that tracks right-wing networks.
Berlet, a paralegal, was a vice-president of the National Lawyers Guild. He has served on the advisory board of the Center for Millennial Studies at Boston University, and currently sits on the advisory board of the Defending Dissent Foundation. In 1982, he was a Mencken Awards finalist in the best news story category for "War on Drugs: The Strange Story of Lyndon LaRouche," which was published in High Times. He served on the advisory board of the Campaign to Defend the Constitution. Bibliography HERE. Websites: http://www.chipberlet.net/ http://chipberlet.blogspot.co.uk/ http://www.publiceye.org/berlet/ Erica and Hugo Duggan In 2003, Jeremiah Duggan, the son of Erica and Hugo Duggan, died in suspicious circumstances after participating in LaRouche organization events in Germany. The German authorities decided it close the case. It took years of legal battles to have the case investigated. The OLG Frankfurt (Higher Regional Court) ruled in 2012 that the police had failed and ordered that an investigation take place as a matter of urgency, including possible “collective harming.” The results have been disappointing. Erica has sent a letter to President Angela Merkel accusing the State of Germany of Institutional Racialism, but no answer has yet been received. The Jewish Board of Deputies have also written to complain to the German President about how the same detective who failed to investigate twelve years ago has been brought back to deal with the investigation. In the UK, the first Inquest in 2003 ruled that Jeremiah had died “in a state of terror.” The second Inquest into the case was opened in 2011 and is scheduled to take place from 19 to 21 May 2015. The Justice for Jeremiah Campaign supports an attempt to work through the law in the interest of Justice, to expose the dangers that threatened Jeremiah. Much has been uncovered about the dangers of the LaRouche organization, a vehemently anti-British, anti-Semitic cultic network. Media: http://larouche-danger.com/html/media.html Websites: http://justiceforjeremiah.yolasite.com/ http://justiceforjeremiahcampaignupdate.blogspot.co.uk/ http://larouche-danger.com/ Liz Fekete Director of the Institute of Race Relations and head of its European research programme. She has worked at IRR for 30 years. She writes and speaks extensively on aspects of contemporary racism and fascism, refugee rights, EU counter-radicalisation and anti-terrorist policies and Islamophobia across Europe and is author of A suitable enemy: racism, migration and Islamophobia in Europe published by Pluto Press. Liz was part of the CARF Collective, and an expert witness at the Basso Permanent People’s Tribunal on asylum and the World Tribunal on Iraq. She is currently an associate of the International State Crime Initiative at King’s College London. Professor Matthew Feldman Matthew Feldman is Professor in the History of Modern Ideas at Teesside University. As the co-director of the Centre for Fascist, Anti-fascist and Post-fascist Studies since its launch in July 2013, he has been a leading commentator on the far-right in Europe and the US, past and present. His academic work has recently focused upon ‘lone wolf terrorism’ and intellectual constructions of the far-right. He has (co-) organised 9 international symposia on the far-right; published 15 books (including co-editing the 5 volume Fascism: Critical Concepts with Routledge), and more than 40 articles, and co-edits Wiley-Blackwell’s Modern Ideologies and Faith. With Paul Jackson, he is the editor of the recent volume, Doublespeak: The Rhetoric of the Far-Right since 1945. He has testified on far-right extremism for the Crown Prosecution Service, the Home Affairs Select Committee and has consulted for Britain’s policing services All-Party Parliamentary Groups; he has also worked with the Home Office, the Ministry of Justice, and the Department of Communities and Local Government. Bibliography HERE. Steven Hassan, M.Ed. LMHC, NCC Steven Hassan is a former cult member and mental health professional who has been educating the public about mind control and destructive cults since 1976. He is author to the critically acclaimed book Combating Cult Mind Control: The #1 Best Selling Guide to Protection, Rescue, and Recovery from Destructive Cults (1988, 1990 and newly released 2015 edition), Releasing the Bonds: Empowering People to Think for Themselves (2000), and Freedom of Mind: Helping Loved Ones Leave Controlling People, Cults & Beliefs, Second Edition 2013. As a Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC) and Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC), Hassan is the author of three books that have received extensive praise from former cult members, families of former members, clergy, cult experts, and psychologists. He has also co-developed “Ending the Game”, a non-coercive curriculum designed to educate and empower commercial sex trafficking victims. He conducts training for law enforcement officials and mental health professionals worldwide. He has appeared on CNN, 60 Minutes, NPR, Good Morning America, The Today Show, Larry King Live, Oprah, Dr. Drew, and many other programs. He has been featured in People Magazine, USA Today, Newsweek, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, The Guardian, and dozens of other major publications and websites. Learn more about him at the Freedom of Mind Resource Center, Inc. Bibliography HERE. Website: https://www.freedomofmind.com/ Yves Messer A former member of this destructive political cult of Lyndon LaRouche. He worked as a full time member for more than ten years in France and Germany, as a recruiter/fundraiser but also as part of their "intelligence/security" operations. His efforts to expose this cult are detailed in Steven Hassan’s “Combating Cult Mind Control”, second edition (2015). Yves joined to help Erica Duggan’s campaign for Truth and Justice. He is an expert witness in the New Inquest to investigate further into Jeremiah Duggan’s suspicious death. Research papers: HERE Website: http://laroucheplanet.info/pmwiki/ Dr. Alexandra Stein, PhD Alexandra Stein is a writer and educator specializing in the social psychology of ideological extremism and other dangerous social relationships. She is an ex-member of a political cult. Dr. Stein offers prevention education programs and materials to help people understand how to identify and protect themselves from recruitment to cultic or extremist groups. She also studies and teaches about positive social relationships and healthy social and personal networks that can oppose these dangerous relationships. Bibliography HERE. Website: http://www.alexandrastein.com/
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How do cults attract and manipulate their followers? In this film we find out, through the disturbing experiences of director Samuel Stefan and six others who have freed themselves from cults: Jill Mytton (The Exclusive Brethren), Jim Bergin and Judy Garvey (The Gentle Wind Project), Lea Saskia Laasner (The Janus Project), and Celeste Jones and Amoreena Winkler (The Children of God). Analytical insights into the cult experience are provided by leadership expert Betty Sue Flowers; Benjamin Zablocki, chair of the Department of Sociology at Rutgers University; UCLA Professor Emeritus Bertram Raven, an expert on interpersonal influence and social power relationships; psychotherapist Miguel Perlado, who specializes in cult-related problems; and Urs Eschmann, a specialist in legal issues involving cults. Using a technique called ‘love-bombing’ cults prey on the vulnerable, recruiting new members with love and warmth. After a period of brain-washing, members are forbidden to leave, enslaved through psychological control, and in Samuel’s case, even violence. He was finally able to escape in the dead of night, persued by other members and seek help.
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Optomen TV is currently producing a new documentary series about sects and new religious movements within the UK and would like to speak to anyone with experience of such groups. If you or anyone you know was, or perhaps still are, involved with one of these groups we’re keen to hear from you. You can contact us in the strictest of confidence at [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> and any personal details you give will be used in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and only for the purpose of producing this programme.
Alexandra Stein will be teaching a 12-week class on the Social Psychology of Cults and Totalitarianism at the Mary Ward Centre in Bloomsbury starting September 25, 2014 from 2.00 pm - 4.00 pm.
This interdisciplinary course will examine the phenomena of cults and totalitarian regimes - closed, hierarchical systems led by charismatic, authoritarian leaders. Using in-depth case studies, we will use a variety of theoretical approaches to understand these systems, in addition to reading narrative and literary accounts. We will explore the processes of recruitment, conversion, conformity, commitment and disaffiliation, with a particular emphasis on understanding the extreme obedience found in these systems. This course will examine commonalities between cults and totalitarian systems including: the effects on personal life and relationships, social networks, a shared absolute ideology, and charismatic relationship between leader and followers.
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