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One member, Janja Lalich, later became a widely cited researcher on cults. Lalich characterized the DWP as a political cult with Dixon serving as its charismatic leader. [1] She estimated that the Democratic Workers Party at one point had 125-150 full-time members and 300-1,000 members with various degrees of affiliation. [2]
The conference featured international and local experts, including academics, journalists, and survivors. Keynote speaker Janja Lalich, an expert in cultic studies with 38 years of experience and former member of the Democratic Workers Party in the 1970s, has authored several books on the subject [3].
Beginning in the 1970s, Lalich spent around ten years as part of a radical Marxist-Leninist group, the Democratic Workers Party in California. She later came to realize that the group was a cult. Lalich recalls that during her time in the group she stored questions and doubts in the back of her mind, unable to express them. [4]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 28 January 2025. American political activist (1922–2019) Lyndon LaRouche LaRouche, circa 1988 Born Lyndon Hermyle LaRouche Jr. (1922-09-08) September 8, 1922 Rochester, New Hampshire, U.S. Died February 12, 2019 (2019-02-12) (aged 96) Other names Lyn Marcus Education Northeastern University (no degree ...
Andrew Keegan, the "10 Things I Hate About You" and "Party of Five" actor, denies being a cult leader, but says he spent "tens of thousands of dollars" on a spiritual group called Full Circle.
As chair of the Democratic Governors Association, N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper criticizes Republicans who continue to support former President Donald Trump. ‘Trump has created a cult,’ NC’s Cooper ...
In his review [2] of On the Edge, Bob Pitt, editor of the online Marxist journal WhatNext and a former member of one of the groups profiled in the book, the Workers Revolutionary Party (WRP), stated that the "central purpose of the book is to mount a slanderous attack on the revolutionary left, which often goes further than anything you might read in even the most anti-socialist sections of ...
William Dudley Pelley (March 12, 1890 – June 30, 1965) was an American fascist activist, journalist, writer and occultist, noted for his support of German dictator Adolf Hitler during the Great Depression and the Second World War.