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| name = Voyage Au Pays Des Nouveaux Gourous |
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| image = Inside Landmark Forum 2 of 6.jpg |
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| caption = '''""''', ] |
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| producer = ] |
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| writer = <br>("Incriminating Evidence")<br>French News Program |
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| starring = , Host/Moderator<br>,<br> ] ] ]<br>], ] head, ]<br>], spokeswoman & ]<br>, Attorney, French Cult Expert<br>, ], author of ''Mechanics of the Sects''<br>], Deputy Mayor, ]<br>, ], ]<br>Jocelyne Berthelot, ] volunteer<br>, ] expert<br>Laurent Mournais, former participant<br>Brigitte Thelier, former participant<br>Pierre, anonymous former participant |
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| distributor = ],<br> |
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| released = ], ] |
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| runtime = 65 minutes |
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| language = ],<br>] ] |
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'''Voyage Au Pays Des Nouveaux Gourous''', also known as '''Inside Landmark Forum''', and translated as '''"Voyage to the Land of the New Gurus"''' is an hour-long French ] ] film on ]. The film was made in ] and broadcast in ] on ], ] on the channel ]. |
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==France 3 documentary== |
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===Pièces à conviction ("Incriminating Evidence")=== |
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discussing similarities between ] and ], with Scientology expert, <br>see <br>in documentary.]] |
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In France, Landmark Education "assistants" had the apparent French legal status of volunteer unpaid workers. On ], ], the ] show "" ("Incriminating Evidence") broadcast<ref>], , ], ]</ref> the investigative report "]." The documentary is available in 6 parts with ] ], at: <br> |
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<br>The entire video may be downloaded from the ] at: <br> |
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===Landmark leaves France=== |
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The next month, in June ], the ] government (L’Inspection du Travail) investigated labor practices regarding "volunteer workers." Shortly thereafter, ] ended operations in ]. (.) |
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==French government classification== |
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An agency of the French government, the () has classified<ref>, Recorded with the Presidency of the ] on ], ], Mr. Alain Gest, Reporter, Mr. Jacques Guyard, Deputies. ], Tenth Legislature.</ref> Landmark Education as a '']''. () It is unclear what criteria the MILS uses to make this classification, and many of the organisations which it has so classified strenuously dispute the validity of such classification. Defamation lawsuits in the US and the Netherlands refute this French-language classification Regarding France, the US State Department noted in a 2002 that the French legislation creating the MILS did not define the term "cult" and that the president of MILS had resigned in mid-2002 and that no replacement had emerged by the time of the US State Department's reporting deadline.) |
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==Alain Roth== |
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Much of the ] focused on ] and head of ]'s defunct division in France, ]. |
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===Refers to Landmark as "Cult"=== |
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], head of ]'s defunct divison in ], documentary.]] |
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<blockquote>And it’s useless to formulate the idea that this mumbo-jumbo clouds the thoughts/ideas, '''Alain Roth''' will not hesitate to impose his truth: "I’m the boss. So show yourselves to be trainable!" Total submission required. But the absolute weapon of '''Alain Roth''' is humor. You ask yourself if you are not in a cult? Any occasion will be good for joking on the subject. "Especially, when going to dinner, don’t forget to take off your badge. Otherwise people will think that you are in a cult!"<ref>, ], French newspaper, ], ], by Marie Lemonnier.</ref></blockquote> |
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===Seminar behaviour=== |
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<blockquote>Within the first segment the audience is introduced to '''Alain Roth''', ]’s former French director, who leads the seminar. '''Roth''' subjects one woman to “public humiliation” before hundreds of participants and calls her an “asshole.” After being berated by the Landmark leader for about an hour she breaks down in tears while he insults and mocks her. In this segment the audience is also introduced to some of ], comprised of thought-terminating cliches such as “racket” and ”inauthentic.” Terms '''Roth''' routinely uses to dismiss anyone that asks him questions that he doesn’t really want to answer.<ref>, ], ], ''''</ref></blockquote> |
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==Spokeswoman in documentary== |
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], ] spokeswoman, flew from ] to ] in ] to speak to documentary staff, instead of ]. McLean appears in <br> of the documentary.]] |
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The documentary staff originally wanted to speak with ], former head of Landmark's division in ], but ] flew McLean from the ] to ] to speak with them instead. |
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McLean is featured in of the ] documentary on ], as the official spokeswoman for ] : |
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<blockquote>On balance an interview is included with Landmark’s designated spokesperson, '''Sophie McLean''', flown in from New York. |
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'''Ms. McLean''' attempts to dismiss the description that her company is a "]" or "cult-like" and that its business is somehow based upon "]." |
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'''McLean''' specifically cites a report ] paid a ] ] to prepare. |
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However, despite being paid more than ] Dr. Abigrall is less than positive about Landmark. He laments that Landmark’s leaders lack meaningful training and calls this "shocking." He then refuses to take a position as to whether the company is a cult or not. |
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<ref>, ], ], ''''</ref></blockquote> |
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As reported in the ], in ] : |
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<blockquote>The broadcast of denounces ]’s fiscal ]s, the abusive use of an army of volunteers (benevolents) and carries the existence of prosecutions for "abuse of weakness and mental manipulations" into a murder case. The blow is fatal. A few days later, the organization stages a special evening from which ] has strangely disappeared. Specially arrived from ], '''Sophie McLean''', the spokesperson for Landmark International, responds to interrogations of assistance, split between unrest and and solidarity. Countering the accusations of ], she distributes to us a denial/disclaimer that carefully avoids the more sensible/delicate points of reporting. Why such determination by/of the news media? Because: "Landmark Education proposes a "leading edge" ] and, as such, it is more succeptible to be improperly understood compare to others." |
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<ref>, ], French newspaper, ], ], by Marie Lemonnier.</ref></blockquote> |
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==References== |
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==External Links== |
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* ] "", documentary: "Voyage au pays des nouveaux gourous", ], ], <br>video: , , , , , . |
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* ], documentary, in entirety from the ] at: . |
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* , ], ], '''' |
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* , Landmark Education's response to the ] documentary. |
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* , Interdepartmental Mission of Vigilance and Fight Against Sectarian Drifts, |
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*, ], French newspaper, ], ], by Marie Lemonnier. |
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