Dr. Robert Jay Lifton

  • Escape From Synanon 4 –Bernie Kolb

    Escape From Synanon 4 –Bernie Kolb

    This is obit on Bernie Kolb who was saved by Synanon and then had to stop the terror the organization became.

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  • ESCAPE FROM THE CENTER FOR FEELING THERAPY (The Cult of Cruelty)

    ESCAPE FROM THE CENTER FOR FEELING THERAPY (The Cult of Cruelty)

    This is the story of what the L.A. Times called “the longest, costliest, and most complex psychotherapy malpractice case in California history.

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  • CHARACTERISTICS OF TOTALISTIC MOVEMENTS (DESTRUCTIVECULTS)

    CHARACTERISTICS OF TOTALISTIC MOVEMENTS (DESTRUCTIVECULTS)

    A report setting out the common characteristics of malignant groups led by narcissistic/sociopath leaders and methods of mind control

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  • Escape from Synanon II

    Escape from Synanon II

    The story of two attempts to rescue a teen-ager and a child that led to the start of the media looking at Synanon

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  • Ted Patrick — The First Cult Fighter

    Ted Patrick — The First Cult Fighter

    by Paul Morantz (C) Sept. 2010 Ted Patrick , a black man born and raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee, moved to San Diego at the age of 25 where he united workers at Convair against discrimination. He became involved in Democratic politics and during the Los Angeles Watts riots in 1965 he helped calm unrest amongst blacks in [...]

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  • Today is the First Day of the Rest of Your Life

    Today is the First Day of the Rest of Your Life

    How Synanon converted from a drug rehab program into a cradle to grave society and became a thought reform machine.

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