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Sep 3, 2010
Another ex-Scientologist publishes damning tell-all — Village Voice
Type: Blog
Author(s):
Tony Ortega Source:
Village Voice Adding to Scientology's woes, some of the people who have been making defections in recent years are turning around and writing damning tell-alls. Regular publishers won't touch these books — even though some of them are actually very well written — so the authors have had to go the self-published route. Last year's killer I-escaped-from-Scientology narrative was put out by Marc Headley. His Blown for Good made for a gripping read, about a low-level grunt who spent years at Scientology's secret ...
Mar 29, 2009
Infinite Complacency - 13 The Story So Far...
Mar 26, 2009
Former member takes aim at Church of Scientology — KVAL CBS 13 (Eugene, OR)
Type: TV
Author(s):
Thom Jensen Source:
KVAL CBS 13 (Eugene, OR) PORTLAND, Ore. – Jeff Hawkins is on a mission to expose what he says is a cult. "It's become too abusive," he said. Hawkins is referring to the fast growing, famous and mysterious religion known as the Church of Scientology. He says Scientolgy's California headquarters and other large facilities have turned into work camps for staff members.
"They work underground, and sometimes they stay there sometimes for years," Hawkins said. "They're not allowed contact with anybody outside." Protestors demonstrate regularly oustide ...
Dec 30, 2008
Infinite Complacency / The case against Miscavige
Jul 24, 2008
Counterfeit Dreams - Chapter 16: Nine Lives, Part Two
Jul 23, 2008
Counterfeit Dreams - Chapter 15: Nine Lives, Part One
Jul 18, 2008
Counterfeit Dreams - Chapter 14: Death and Resurrection
Jul 15, 2008
Counterfeit Dreams - Chapter 13: Attacks and Informercials
Type: Book
Author(s):
Jeff Hawkins I had never been this close to a real cobra before. As it rose up and spread its hood, I could feel my hackles raise and a primordial fear tickle some primitive level of my brain. The handler said we were perfectly safe, but even so, I didn’t want to get too close to the thing. [...]
Jul 10, 2008
Counterfeit Dreams - Chapter 12: Over the Rainbow
Type: Book
Author(s):
Jeff Hawkins Scientology’s International Base is located on the sloping foothills at the north end of California’s San Jacinto Valley, about ninety miles east of Los Angeles. When I first moved there in 1989, the valley was still mostly a rural farming community – sheep still grazed on fields near the Base. But the area was being rapidly taken over by LA’s "Inland Empire" suburbs, spreading out east from Riverside like a virus. Nearby Moreno Valley had already achieved the dubious status of ...
Jul 1, 2008
Counterfeit Dreams - Chapter 11: Planetary Dissemination
Type: Book
Author(s):
Jeff Hawkins "You wanted to see me, Sir?" I poked my head into the office of the new Commanding Officer of the Planetary Dissemination Organization, Ronnie Miscavige. "Yes, come in Jeff." He indicated the chair across the desk from his deputy, Bill Dendiu, and I sat down. They both looked very serious. [...]
Jun 27, 2008
Counterfeit Dreams - Chapter 10: Rolling at Last
Type: Book
Author(s):
Jeff Hawkins It was a warm August day in 1986. I was in my office on the third floor of the main building in the PAC Scientology complex in LA — "Big Blue." We had the windows open and the fans running, to try to suck in any vestige of a breeze that we could. Out the open window, I could see Fountain Avenue below me, and across the street, New York George’s, where I sometimes had a bowl of chili. A simmering ...
Jun 13, 2008
Counterfeit Dreams - Chapter 9: Going My Way
Type: Book
Author(s):
Jeff Hawkins Foster and I were in a state of semi-panic as we waited for Julia to get off the phone. We were in an isolated corridor in the American Saint Hill Organization, part of the Scientology Complex – the big blue building in LA. Julia, my de facto senior at Author Services, was huddled in one of the public phone booths, talking quietly, her back to us. Foster and I kept a respectful distance across the corridor, where we looked down at ...
Jun 4, 2008
Counterfeit Dreams - Chapter 8: Revolution
Type: Book
Author(s):
Jeff Hawkins It was well after midnight and the Tampa airport terminal was almost empty. Just a few late-night travelers sitting on the benches, reading, trying to sleep or, like me, watching the movie on the screen hanging above the waiting area. They were showing Pancho Villa , the 1972 Eugenio Martin film with Telly Savalas as Villa. I was identifying with Villa – his betrayal and imprisonment, his escape, his revolt against his enemy, Huerta. I could feel Villa’s hot outrage. ''¡Viva la ...
Jun 1, 2008
Counterfeit Dreams - Chapter 7: The Land Base
May 22, 2008
Counterfeit Dreams - Chapter 6: Back to Flag
May 17, 2008
Counterfeit Dreams - Chapter 5: Crash and Burn
May 10, 2008
Counterfeit Dreams - Chapter 4: Moving Up
May 6, 2008
Counterfeit Dreams - Chapter 3: Thistle Street Lane
Apr 18, 2008
Counterfeit Dreams - Chapter 2: The Canyon
Apr 14, 2008
Counterfeit Dreams - Chapter 1: Going Home
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