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To Russia with Love not in the Stars

admin — Fri, 15 May 2009 02:12:42 +0000

Very sadly I have to tell my many friends in many countries that there has been a problem with my visa to Russia and I cannot attend the FECRIS Conference in St. Petersburg.

I was so looking forward to seeing the city, embracing old friends, meeting new people, having a half hour to talk to an assemblage of very intellectually involved and strategically connected people, for the rest of my time there making my knowledge and experiences and my current legal relationship with Scientology available to the Russians in their confrontation with the cult, and to every other country where such confrontations are happening, and to the media and anyone else who cared to listen, and listening to anyone I can who might be talking.

The organizers said someone would read my paper, “Scientology, the Dangerous Environment Racket,” and FECRIS will publish it. In any case, I’ll make sure it’s available. Caroline and I had created a CD to take with me that organized the documents listed in my paper’s bibliography, but I can send it separately.

People who sent me money for the trip, thanks again and bless you. Most of it hasn’t been used and I’ll contact each of you, or you can tell me your wishes. I’m scheduled to fly to Germany, where I don’t need a visa, for another conference at the end of June, and I could put the money toward that trip.

I’m fairly philosophic about missing out on golden opportunities and spend a lot of time advancing the theory that all things work together for good for those who love the Lord, and Lord knows I love Him. Nevertheless I was terribly smacked down and bummed out when I realized I wouldn’t be going to SPb. So much work by so many people.

I hope that the conference is a great success. And I pray for more opportunities to visit Russia with more visas.

To Russia with love

admin — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:18:32 +0000

I’m going to St. Petersburg, Russia to participate in a conference May 15 and 16 on “Destructive Cults and Human Rights” organized by FECRIS, the European Federation of Centers for Research and Information on Sectarianism. My paper, which will be published after the conference, is entitled “Scientology, the Dangerous Environment Racket.” The term “dangerous environment” comes from cult founder L. Ron Hubbard, appears many times in Scientology “scripture,” and is a key concept in the “Suppressive Person” doctrine. The conference is a great education and media opportunity, and will forge and strengthen North American-European-Russian alliances on the cult fronts.

FECRIS is covering costs for my flight, hotel and meals in SPb. I’m asking for help to cover some other related costs. Caroline and I live humbly, on a very tight budget, and in a situation that doesn’t allow us right now to change that. Expenses outside our budget include a visa to Russia, courier (Ru Consulate insists), travel insurance, buses Chilliwack – Vancouver airport, handling an emergency dental incident, and some travel cash for other emergencies. I haven’t had a credit card since Scientology bankrupted me in 1995. I’d like to get $800 or so to make the trip sensible and get us through this next period.

Here’s a report from a 2002 trip to Ekaterinburg, Russia.

Here’s my paper from Novosibirsk in 2004: Scientology Cult of Total Espionage.

UPDATE: Our heartfelt thanks to the generous donors who have made this trip possible.

Done!

Decision of the Khoroshevsky Intermunicipal People’s Court

admin — Wed, 21 May 1997 22:06:51 +0000

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