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American Extremes
Toomer, George
Book
1988
Everything under control, Life in a managed society: New Internationalist April 1985
Serial Publication (Periodical)
1985
A deluge of commercial messages are subtly undermining the consumer's ability to make autonomous decisions. Discussion of why, and how, social control is becoming the norm in Western societies.
Getting the Goods: Information in BC How to Find It, How to Use It
Oustonm, Rick
Book
1990
A guide to the basic sources of information -- the tools of the trade -- that all reporters, researchers and investigators rely on.
Strange Cults and Utopias of 19th Century America: Original title: History of American Socialisms
Noyes, John Humphrey
Book
1870
Histories of communal experiments and communities in the United States.
Web of Hate: Inside Canada's Far Right Network
Kinsella, Warren
Book
1994
Kinsella asserts that some 40 groups are more dangerous than commonly perceived because of their violence and aggressive recruitment.

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Conspiracy Theories and Paranoia: Note from a Mind-Control Conference
Harrington, Evan
1996
The debate over "recovered" and "false" memories continues to be one of the most contentious issues in the field of psychology today. The debate is extremely polarized with very little amicable commun...
Rajneesh movement
The Rajneesh movement is a term used to refer collectively to persons inspired by the Indian mystic Osho (formerly known as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, 1931–1990).
Rajneeshpuram
Wikipedia article
Rajneesh, Oregon was an intentional community in Wasco County, Oregon, briefly incorporated as a city in the 1980s, which was populated with followers of the spiritual teacher Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, ...
25 years after Rajneeshee commune collapsed, truth spills out
Zaitz, Les
2011
In a nearly unbelievable chapter of Oregon history, a guru from India gathered 2,000 followers to live on a remote eastern Oregon ranch. The dream collapsed 25 years ago amid attempted murders, crimin...