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Dec 22, 2008
Scientology refuseniks sue over compulsory workplace courses / Diskeeper fights religious discrimination suit — The Register (UK)
Oct 6, 2008
Anonymous plans zombie Scientology protest — The Register (UK)
Sep 18, 2008
Scientology link at Montessori school alarms parents — CBC
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CBC Some parents are upset with a study method introduced by a Montessori school in northwest Toronto, which they say has its roots in the Church of Scientology. Parents said the owner of the Bambolino Montessori Academy, a private school, told parents last week that it was introducing a new learning method called applied scholastics. Janice Blundon said parents like her weren't given a choice when the dean at her son's school told them they'd be implementing the study technique. "I let ...
Sep 16, 2008
Will Smith Clears the air — FOX News
Type: Press
Author(s):
Roger Friedman Source:
FOX News This column was the first to report that Will Smith donated money to the Church of Scientology’s LEAP program in 2006.
Then came lots of talk: Will and Jada hanging out with Tom Cruise, super Scientologist, didn’t help. The Smith kids were also getting home-schooled, which put them in line with Cruise, John Travolta and others.
This year, news broke that Will had funded a school in suburban Los Angeles that used one of Scientology’s study programs. It seemed like Will ...
Sep 13, 2008
Will Smith: I am not a Scientologist — Monsters and Critics
Type: Press
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Stone Martindale Source:
Monsters and Critics Calabasas, CA. - On this past Monday September 8th, actor Will Smith met with members of Anonymous outside of New Village Leadership Academy, the private school he founded with his wife Jada Pinkett-Smith. "I am not a Scientologist," Smith told Anonymous in response to concerns that his new school would be used as an indoctrination tool for the Church of Scientology. Smith's alleged involvement in Scientology was fueled by his public friendship with actor Tom Cruise and the couple's large donations ...
Sep 4, 2008
Anonymous fights Scientology in schools // We don't need no... — The Register (UK)
Type: Press
Author(s):
John Leyden Source:
The Register (UK) The Anonymous collective has announced a new phase in its protests against the Church of Scientology, targeting the alleged mistreatment of youngsters by Scientologists. Operation: School's Closed is due to take place on 13 September and will involve a wave of protests against the "Church of Scientology management, its attempts to infiltrate schools, and its internal exploitation of children". The planned demos follow seven previous protest days outside Scientology centres around the world, each with a particular theme. The Church of ...
Sep 4, 2008
Will Smith targeted by anti-Scientology group — Arizona Republic
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Arizona Republic On Wednesday morning Anonymous activists picketed outside the New Village Academy private school in Calabasas, California, which is funded by Will Smith and his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, who is a follower of Scientology. Protestors - dressed in Guy Fawkes masks - held up placards emblazoned with the words 'Scientology disconnects families' and 'what church stalks critics? Scientology'. Passing children on their way to the nearby Arthur E. Wright Middle School shouted at several people, believed to be Scientologist investigators, who ...
Aug 17, 2008
Isaac Hayes…The US mega star with Ghanaian royal blood — Modern Ghana
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Modern Ghana The news of the sudden death of Isaac Hayes was shocking to many Ghanaians all over the world. The legendary Grammy and Oscar winning US mega musician and entertainer is also known in Ghana as Nene Katey Ocansey I, Nkosuoehne (Chief for Development) of the Ada Traditional Area and a beloved member of the Ocansey Royal Family. He co-founded the Nene Katey Ocansey I Learning and Technology (NekoTech) Center of Excellence in Ada, Ghana, with Princess Asie Ocansey of Ada. They ...
Aug 11, 2008
Scientology's Soul Man — Washington Post
Type: Press
Author(s):
David Waters Source:
Washington Post Thank goodness Isaac Hayes wrote "Soul Man" before he became a Scientologist. Whatever would have become of Sam and Dave or the Blues Brothers if they had belted out a song called "Thetan Man"?
According to beliefs promoted by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, the immortal soul – or "thetan" – passes from one body to the next through reincarnations over trillions of years. When a person dies, Hubbard said, the thetan goes to a landing station on Venus where it ...
Jul 2, 2008
Will Smith's Scientology School
Jun 29, 2008
Scientology is focus of flap over Will Smith's new school — Los Angeles Times (California)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Carla Rivera Source:
Los Angeles Times (California) In Los Angeles' rarefied world of private schools, where tuitions are high, academics are tough and educational philosophy is taken seriously, the newest member of the tribe is getting the kind of breathless attention reserved for a music or film star. That may be because the founders of New Village Academy are themselves such stars: Will Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett Smith. Entertainers have long flocked to private schools on the Westside and in the San Fernando Valley, where campuses ...
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 2, 2008
Will Smith's Scientology school — Marie Claire
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Marie Claire When people first heard Will Smith and his wife, Jada, were donating $1 million to a new private school, there were cheers all round, however, the press has changed its tune after discovering the facility will be run on Scientology principles.
The New Village Academy, which will open later this year, has reportedly hired a team of Scientologists to help integrate Scientology teaching methods into the school curriculum – although the dreaded 'S' word isn't mentioned anywhere on the school's website, ...
May 30, 2008
Will Smith Funds Private Scientology School — FOX News
Type: Press
Author(s):
Jana Winter Source:
FOX News Hollywood power couple Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith have won critical acclaim for pumping nearly $1 million of their own money into a new private school that will offer organic meals, laptops for every student and an environment of learning based on "equity" and "respect" to create "citizens of the world." Here's what the parents of the school's pupils aren't being told: The New Village Academy plans to use some teaching methods developed within the Church of Scientology and has hired ...
May 25, 2008
Dr. David S. Touretzky, Mark Ebner interview on Glosslip — Glosslip
Type: Radio
Author(s):
Dawn Olsen Source:
Glosslip Scientology expert and outspoken critic Dave Touretzky will be joining Glosslip to discuss his knowledge of LRH's controversial "Study Tech" and the drug addiction program Narconon. The second hour we'll be talking to best-selling author and Scientology critic Mark Ebner of the popular website Hollywood Interrupted. Ebner has written countless articles on the CoS and has been victimized by the CoS.
May 19, 2008
Will Smith funds school teaching Scientology creator's study method — The Guardian (UK)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Anil Dawar Source:
The Guardian (UK) Actor Will Smith is funding his own private school that will teach youngsters using an educational system devised in part by the Scientology cult. The curriculum at Smith's New Village Academy of Calabasas, on which he has spent nearly £500,000, uses different educational theories including "study technology" – a learning method developed by L Ron Hubbard, the founder of the Church of Scientology. Websites dedicated to monitoring Scientologist activity are also claiming that at least six members of staff employed at ...
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