Many of you will have heard or read about the three women who recently escaped from a house in London after 30 years of being kept as "domestic slaves”. The word ”cult” started to be bandied about but no more detail came of it just then, but more is now emerging.
An article by an academic who has followed the permutations of the far-left political groups in the UK:
The ”great victory” referred to was a belief (there’s that word again) that the Chinese Communist party had agents everywhere preparing covertly in advance, just waiting for the signal that would lead to a world-wide proletarian revolution and workers’ paradise. The date came and went (still not clear if other dates for ”the great victory”
were later put forward).
A definite parallel social dynamic to various cults, and the early Om Mandli seems to fit this pattern. Much more will emerge on this over the next weeks and months I am sure.
I came across this article after hearing the author on radio earlier today. He made an interesting observation ”when a group of people closes themselves off from the world and talk only to each other, they can talk themselves into believing just about anything”
Article : Inside the paranoid Maoist cults of 1970s Britain
Radio interview with other guest as well: London slavery case (highly recommended - goes into cult mentalities & recovery etc).
PS Jim Jones, leader of the People’s Temple that committed mass suicide in Guyana, told some of his closest followers that he was (wait for it) - a reincarnation - of Lenin!
An article by an academic who has followed the permutations of the far-left political groups in the UK:
Excerpt: There are two things worth noting about the Workers’ Institute and their decision to go underground in 1978.
The first is that other revolutionary groups, such as the Weather Underground in the USA, the Red Army Faction in Germany, and the Red Brigades in Italy, reacted in a much more violent manner when confronted by the police.
By contrast, the Workers’ Institute’s decision was to wait in secret until the “great victory” was unveiled, closer to the mindset of a religious cult.
The ”great victory” referred to was a belief (there’s that word again) that the Chinese Communist party had agents everywhere preparing covertly in advance, just waiting for the signal that would lead to a world-wide proletarian revolution and workers’ paradise. The date came and went (still not clear if other dates for ”the great victory”
were later put forward).
A definite parallel social dynamic to various cults, and the early Om Mandli seems to fit this pattern. Much more will emerge on this over the next weeks and months I am sure.
I came across this article after hearing the author on radio earlier today. He made an interesting observation ”when a group of people closes themselves off from the world and talk only to each other, they can talk themselves into believing just about anything”
Article : Inside the paranoid Maoist cults of 1970s Britain
Radio interview with other guest as well: London slavery case (highly recommended - goes into cult mentalities & recovery etc).
PS Jim Jones, leader of the People’s Temple that committed mass suicide in Guyana, told some of his closest followers that he was (wait for it) - a reincarnation - of Lenin!