X-Message-Number: 17721
From: "Tim Freeman" <>
Date: Sun,  7 Oct 2001 15:42:40 -0700
Subject: LaRouche is on Hassan's cult list
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From: Mike Perry <>

>Overall, I gather that LR is (now) anti-Semitic and homophobic, and
>leans to the "far right." He has been convicted in court of
>mismanaging funds in his political organization, which has a following
>in the thousands, with some "defectors" who offer an alternative
>viewpoint of his operations.

FYI, Lyndon LaRouche's group is described as a political cult in
"Combatting Cult Mind Control", by Steven Hassan, published in 1988.
The book is generally about religious cults, and the short list of
political cults on page 40 includes Move, Aryan Nation, and the
Democratic Workers' Party of California.  There's a case history about
LaRouche's organization on page 86.

I think Move was leftist, and a little web browsing weakly confirms
that.  The Democratic Workers' Party of California is listed as
leftist.  The rest of Hassan's book is apolitical.  Thus, it seems
implausible that LaRouche is on the list because Hassan has something
against the right wing.

Amazon has a 1990 edition of this book for sale.  The page numbers are
probably different from what I listed above.

-- 
Tim Freeman       
; formerly 

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