Leah Remini Returns In Season Three Trailer For ‘Scientology And The Aftermath
SHAKIEL MAHJOURIET CanadaNovember 8, 2018Leah Remini’s crusade against Scientology continues.The Emmy-winning series “Leah Remini: Scientology and The Aftermath” is deeply personal to Remini and has...
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The Gaslighting Effect: A Revealing Look at Psychological Manipulation and...
Reva Steenbergen @gaslightingefctA narcissistic abuse survivor herself, Reva Steenbergen takes her own experiences combined with countless mental health professionals, relationship counselors, and even...
View ArticleWorking with Patients from High Control Groups, Part 1
What Therapists Should KnowEkaterina Musok, LCSWPsych CentralNovember 8, 2018Mental health practitioners need to be aware of the harmful psychological issues current and ex-cult members continue to...
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NEW FOOTAGE & PHOTOS: Heavily-Armed Guatemalan Police Raided Lev Tahor...
Yeshiva World NewsNovember 8, 2018 YWN has obtained footage of large group of heavily armed police officers at the compound of the Lev Tahor Cult in Guatemala.As many in 100 officers are reported to...
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The Witches of Baltimore
Young black women are leaving Christianity and embracing African witchcraft in digital covens.SIGAL SAMUELThe AtlanticNovember 5, 2018“We may not be Christian here, but we still pray,” said a woman...
View ArticleLEV TAHOR HORROR: Tales of Beatings and Torture Emerge From Excommunicated...
Yeshiva World NewsNovember 4, 2018 The horror stories involving the Lev Tahor cult, currently located in Guatemala, continue following the death of its leader Shlomo Helbrans in Mexico in 2017. Since...
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Dawn of Dianetics: L. Ron Hubbard, John W. Campbell, and the Origins of...
Read an excerpt adapted from Alec Nevala-Lee’s book, Astounding.Alec Nevala-LeeLongreadsOctober 2018Astounding: John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and the Golden Age of...
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Domestic Abuse and Coercive Control: Lessons From Across Areas of Practice
Online RegistrationPurpose of the ConferenceJoin this practice focused one-day conference that will share and examine a range of current work addressing domestic abuse and coercive control across...
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Surviving Jonestown
In 1978, I went to Guyana on a fact-finding mission. By the time I returned, more than 900 people died. I was almost one of them.JACKIE SPEIER Politico November 10, 2018AVAILABLE ON AMAZONI was 28,...
View ArticleGlimpse of Chinese Culture That Some Find Hard to Watch
Eric Konigsberg New York TimesFebruary 6, 2008Each of the first few numbers was more elaborate than the last, teeming with acrobatic dancers, awash in jewel-toned silks, swelling to the anthemic...
View ArticleA Twisted Road to Murder
Dianne Wood Waterloo RecordJanuary 17, 2008In 1992, young Michael Sirois caught the imagination of artist Randy Penner. 14 years later, Siroiswould murder Penner and Verna BastKITCHENER: When the front...
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The State of Hate
Researchers at the Southern Poverty Law Center have set themselves up as the ultimate judges of hate in America. But are they judging fairly?David MontgomeryThe Washington Post MagazineNovember 8,...
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Terrorists, cultists - or champions of Iranian democracy? The wild wild story...
They fought for the Iranian revolution – and then for Saddam Hussein. The US and UK once condemned them. But now their opposition to Tehran has made them favourites of Trump White House hardliners....
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He was a KKK member, then a neo-Nazi: How one white supremacist renounced hate
Filmmaker Deeyah Khan interviewed Ken Parker for her documentary, "White Right: Meeting the Enemy." (Photo: Fuuse Films)Monica RhorUSA TODAYNovember 1, 2018For years, Ken Parker lived in a world of...
View ArticleBizarre Korean cult leader jets into Harare
Mandla NdlovuBulawayo24November 13, 2018Hak Ja Moon, the Leader of a Korean cult, The Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, is landing at the National Sports Stadium in Harare on the 21st...
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Support ICSA with Every Purchase on AmazonSmile
Did you know that you can support ICSA’s (International Cultic Studies Association) mission of helping psychologically and/or spiritually abused persons and their families, when you make purchases on...
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Jonestown survivors lost only life they knew, built new ones
TIM REITERMANAPNovember 14, 2018OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Jonestown was the highlight of Mike Touchette’s life — for a time.The 21-year-old Indiana native felt pride pioneering in the distant jungle of...
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Jehovah's Witnesses Recount Stories of Abuse, Estrangement in Leah...
Katie KilkennyHollywood ReporterNovember 13, 3018In a special preceding 'Scientology and the Aftermath's' third season, Remini gathered ex-members to discuss their experiences with the church on issues...
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Is There A Cure For Hate?
Taly Kogon and her son Leo, 10, listen to speakers during an interfaith vigil against anti-Semitism and hate at the Holocaust Memorial late last month in Miami Beach, Fla.ERIC WESTERVELTNPRNovember 6,...
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White supremacy can be addictive, and leaving it behind can be like kicking a...
LSEOctober 10, 2017The 2016 election and the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, earlier this year have focused the attention of many on to the resurgence of far-right extremism and radicalization....
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