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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress - book review by Joseph Szimhart
Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism and the Politics of Identity - Book Review by Joseph Szimhart
Centner, Christopher: "The Cult that is North Korea" - abstract
Darkness at Noon - A. Koestler
Dennis King - link
Inside Out: A Memoir of Entering and Breaking Out of a Minneapolis Political Cults - book review by Dennis Tourish, Ph.D.
Lalich, Janja: "The Cadre Ideal: origins and Development of a Political Cult" - abstract
Lyndon LaRouche and the New American Fascism - Book Review by A. Bloomgarden, Ph.D.
Lyndon LaRouche and the New American Fascism - D. King
Mutch, Stephen, Ph.D., L.L.B. (UNSW): "Cultish Religious Sects and Politics: The Brethren v. Green Contest and Other Controversies Involving Minor Religious Sects Down Under" - Abstract
On the Edge and Tabernacle of Hate - Book Review by Janja Lalich, Ph.D.
Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life
Stein, Alexandra: "Mothers in Cults: The Influence of Cults on the Relationship of Mothers to Their Children" - abstract
The Fundamentals of Extremism: The Christian Right in America - book review by Frank MacHovec, Ph.D.
The Sullivan Institute / Fourth Wall Community
TheocracyWatch
Tourish, Dennis & Wohlforth, Tim: "Prophets of the Apocalypse: White Supremacy and the Theology of Christian Identity" - abstract
Tourish, Dennis, Ph.D.: "Ideological Intransigence, Democratic Centralism, and Cultism: A Case Study from the Political Left" - abstract

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A Spry Farrakhan Sings Obama's Praises

Australian PM spreads the word: no help from Exclusive Brethren

Book Review: Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism and the Politics of Identity by Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke

Book review: Inside Out: A Memoir of Entering and Breaking Out of a Minneapolis Political Cult

Brethren paid for Australian campaign

Brethren's boss in NZ - Nats keep distance

Congress member represents Buddhist sect

Cultish Religious Sects and Politics: The Brethren v. Green Contest and Other Controversies Involving Minor Religious Sects Down Under

Cultish Religious Sects and Politics: The Brethren v. Green Contest and Other Controversies Involving Minor Religious Sects Down Under

Cult-like chant does not translate into real change

Exclusive Brethren sect disavows New Zealand political activity

Hagee Endorsement of McCain Has Risks

How the Church of Scientology found its way into British politics

Labour given thousands by Scientology charity

'Lost Boys,' other FLDS teens lobby lawmakers

McCain Gets Hell For Embracing Armageddon Sect

Obama Fever Is Breaking On the Web

Obama-mania sparking widespread excitement, but also derision

Outspoken Minister Out Of Obama Campaign

Pastors fret Christian group might be a threat

Political Cults/”O”: Former Member’s Analytical Exposé

Scientology affiliate trained MPs

Scientology: Accused of Packing Polls

Sect member funded anti-Greens campaign

Sect to China: Free brother

That’s cosmic - Blair gives lift to Scientology

The Charisma Mandate

The PM's wife, the Druid priestess and the no-sex guru

Top officials quizzed over sect dealings

Unification Church: Ex-Follower on Bush Team

Unification Church: Influence on North Korea Policy

Unification Church: Moon Inspired Group Urges New UN Council

Unification Church: Unification Church Forms Korean Political Party

Western Massachusetts Labor Action: New Office Set up

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