Does the LaRouche Group Pose a Threat to Individuals and a Danger to Society?

There has not in either Germany or Britain been a full investigation into the circumstances surrounding my son Jeremiah Duggan’s death in 2003 near Erbenheim Hessen. For this reason I am not in a position to make any accusations against any person for being involved in his death. I can only consider the following suspicions and ask that in order to protect the safety of others a full enquiry is made into what caused my son’s death.

1. My son was a life loving young man, in love with Maya, with plans for his future. He came as a visitor to Germany to attend a LaRouche event and within five days he was dead. His death was sudden and violent.

2. I received a phone call from my son shortly before his death in which he told me he was frightened, that he wanted to escape from the LaRouche group Nouvelle Solidarite and that I should come immediately to rescue him. His girlfriend received a phone call an hour earlier telling her he was under too much pressure and that he feared they had done something harmful to him.

3. The LaRouche management lied to the police on the morning of my son’s death saying he was a mental patient of the Tavistock clinic, had made previous suicide attempts and was mentally unstable. They also told the police they had rung me when it was I that phoned them. The first thing that Ortrum Kramer said to me before she supposedly knew Jeremiah was dead was “we take no responsibility for the action of our members.”

4. The Manageress of the LaRouche Schiller Institute handed in Jeremiah’s passport and this was not found with the body. Subsequent forensic tests show it had his blood on it.

5. The British Inquest finding discounted suicide and stated that Jeremiah died in a state of terror.

6. Conversations with Jeremiah , the briefings found in Jeremiah’s bags and the lectures at the time of the LaRouche 2003 conference and cadre school shows anti-Semitic conspiracy theories and how a dangerous level of anxiety is stirred up by fraudulent statements :e.g. Sept 11th was due to inside division of the USA warfare division and that LaRouche was not guilty of crimes for which a Court found him guilty.

7. The LaRouche people acted very suspiciously after Jeremiah’s death. They held a conference around 10 o clock in the offices of the Executive Intelligence Review in which Helga Zepp La Rouche and other leaders stated that Jeremiah was a spy, brainwashed by the Tavistock clinic and sent over to harm the organization. They forbade anyone to talk about Jeremiah’s death and even to talk to each other.

8. The LaRouche management forbid the people last with Jeremiah to speak to the family. Erica Duggan was never allowed to speak to those persons and when she contacted them they refused her.

9. The LaRouche organization from 2003 put out publications in which Erica Duggan was accused of being part of a conspiracy to attack the LaRouche organization. I was blamed for bringing about the death of my own son by his last phone call. My son was described as a drug addict and his name was defamed all over the world in LaRouche publications.

10. The Wiesbaden investigating officer when asked by us to carry out full investigations stated that he did not wish to investigate the LaRouche organization.

11. After Jeremiah died I received many letters from families describing the dangers of this organisations and showing that they were in a sense blackmailed by the organization because if they spoke out their sons or daughters cut off all contact. This means that families are intimidated.

12. Much later when we obtained 79 negatives of the photographs of the alleged crash expert pathologists stated that his body was not run over by a car.

13. The evidence of anti-Semitism I discovered is contained in a separate document on researches into the incitement to hatred.

14. I met the British pathologist who carried out the post mortem and he stated that Jeremiah could not have been run over by a car but that he was severely beaten to death.

15. As the LaRouche group set up recruiters outside the Colleges and as their aim is to re-educate the young they should if they have the well being of their members in mind welcome transparency and be most eager to thoroughly examine any practises that may be harmful to the lives of their members. Instead of which they threaten legal action, conduct smear campaigns and attempt to intimidate the Press in an attempt to shut down open debate which is part of our democratic process.

ERICA DUGGAN. 17th October 2008

The Destruction of family life and society
by the Larouche movement

By Ada Waterford

This is my statement of what has happened to my family as a result of my son’s involvement with the Larouche organisation, and also why I believe that this organisation poses a threat to society as a whole.

I have used a pen name, as I am unable to disclose my identity because of the damage exposure may cause to my son and my family.

I first heard the name Lyndon Larouche in telephone conversation with my son over seven years ago, and since that day the lives of my family and my son have never been the same. My son told me during this telephone call that he had met a group of people who were brilliant and were actively involved in trying to save the world from many threats, including saving the world financial system from collapse, preventing World War Three and a plot by a sinister group of people who were planning to replace the world’s governments with a fascist dictatorship.

At around the same time as he came into contact with the Larouche organisation my son had suffered a major traumatic event and was searching on the internet for answers as to what was happening in the World. I believe that he was recruited by the Larouche organisation at this time. Shortly after my son came into contact with them he started to talk about all sorts of conspiracy theories, That George Bush, Dick Cheyney and others were involved in a Satanic cult, Jewish bankers including the Rothschilds and the Oligarchy were also involved. I became increasingly concerned and horrified by what my son was telling me and decided to do some research into this organisation myself.

As my research continued I became so worried about what my son was involved with I started to make attempts to talk to him about his involvement with them. These attempts were met with anger and an almost hysterical response as to why couldn’t I understand that these people were saving civilisation from destruction and why couldn’t I support him in his efforts to help them with their mission, I became the enemy and I never knew when I would provoke another frenzied outburst of frustration and anger at my lack of understanding. As I was so worried about my son’s mental state I tried to find someone or some information that could help me and I came across The Cult Information centre on the internet and also bought the book by Stephen Hassan “ Releasing the Bonds”. Reading Stephen Hassan’s book gave me some comfort, it showed how you could use certain methods to free people form the mind control techniques that they had been subjected to. I enlisted the family into the effort to try and get my son free from the all-powerful influence that they had over my son.

French Parents Collective statement

Delusion and Deception. Strong concerns about our children.
First, we want to emphasize the fact that there is no fight against our children and us at all. We love them, and we will love them forever.
In 2005, French parents concerned by the situation of their son have set up a group. What is important to say is that, in this group, the feelings of each parent about the Larouche Movement and Solidarité &Progrès are identical at least on one point: for us, this movement is dangerous, especially for the young adults and students, who are the main target of Lyndon Larouche.

1. A few weeks after they met LYM members in the street or nearby campuses, we were all stricken by the dramatic changes in our children's behavior, activities, musical tastes, and political views. While discussing with them, we all noticed that they had acquired new ways of expressing themselves. A new vocabulary arose, with large use of words such as "synarchy", "organizing". And, more importantly, each one of our sons or daughters rejected ideas they supported a few weeks before.

2. Since then, our children have abandoned their studies or their jobs, some before the age of eighteen. They have absolutely no income. And, furthermore, they are obviously isolated from society. When we discuss that point with them, they question our point of view. They say "We meet people every day and we discuss with them". Delusion! They neither accept criticism from others, nor do they adopt other’s ideas as part of a healthy exchange. The Larouche Land is their world! In this way, they are completely desocialized. They justify this break from society by saying that they have to sacrifice themselves in order to save the world. Delusion! The fact of the matter is that they have no more future. Not only have they become fully dependent on the movement, but they are also losing the sense of what having one’s own voice means.

3. They have adopted the ideas of the "Great Man", Lyndon Larouche, and they never questioned these ideas.
When we discuss with our children about some larouchian extreme statements, they don't see the questionable character of it. Let's just give one example which can be found in The Campaigner, December 1978 issue, entitled "Zionism Is Not Judaism". Our children simply sweep aside the questionable character of this statement with the back of their hands. Larouche has acquired such a dimension in their minds that these youths no longer have access to their former values nor to values which make up our civilization. More generally, there is a kind of despise in their feeling about their parents, as if we would not be able to understand. We, the parents, are not initiated!
Obviously, a mechanism of thought reform has worked on them!

4. Kingsize deception and trickery :
From our children's point of view, the situation is clear: they belong to a political party involved in improving mankind. Improving mankind! Very attractive and noble idea, isn't it! Easy to understand how young adults may be lured by this stuff. Inside the movement, they are given the impression of being part of kind of political elite whose aim is to rule society. Using seduction, Larouche and Cheminade ask LYM members to sacrifice themselves to save the world. Stricken with the complexities of society themselves, they play on fear to develop loyalty of LYM members:
• announcing major economic crisis on the verge of plunging the world into a New Dark Age
• announcing the Third World War
• announcing that Al Gore’s film on global warming is not only based on unscientific findings, but that its influence would have disastrous effects if ecological protection laws were really implemented.
• announcing that both of the US Presidential candidates are swindlers (in spite of the fact that Larouche himself was condemned to prison on these same charges).
What is the reality? In addition to raising funds, the youths in this movement have basically one role: generate more fear. They solicit fear in by-passers by posting alarming statements. These statements twist our “shared” version of reality while continuing to be based on real current events. Potential recruits are reassured by the promise that their engagement is the only real true action that can save the world. This promise is also a “therapeutic” promise. By changing their attitude and joining the movement or at least by contributing funds, the individual can expect leniency and opportunity:
• Leniency with respects to group pressure and ordinary guilt feelings
• Opportunity to act upon what seem to be one’s conscious reasons for guilt.
No political aim at all!
What they can’t realize is that they have been manipulated into contributing to the perpetuation of the over inflated ego of their self appointed, totalistic leader and to his personal financial well-being, and to giving up their own capacity to think.

5. Jeremiah Duggan's death
The French Parents Group wonders about Jeremiah Duggan's death. Actions driven by Erica Duggan have raised some questions relative to the circumstances of her son's death. Of course, for our children, all these elements are part of a conspiracy against Larouche.
Our conviction is that Erica Duggan really needs to know the truth.

6. What are our strong wishes?
• We, French parents, want to express our support to Erica Duggan. German authorities must do their duty: bringing answers to legitimate questions Erica Duggan has raised for 5 years. If there are some blocking processes, these processes must be removed.
• We, French parents, wish a strong action against a dangerous movement which is in the process of destroying life and future of our children. Our strong wish for our children is they can achieve a normal life, as free citizens.

French Parents Group, October 2008

PARENTS: MR AND MRS Anonymous from France. We fear to release our names as we do not wish to have repercussions that would harm our relationship with our son.

The Dangers of World Wide LaRouche Movement

This is an Australian family’s plea to open the eyes of the people in Europe, so that they will take action against this cult...we have a family member in the group.
Australia has a branch of the Lyndon LaRouche cult and young people are sent around the world, including Germany, to carry out the group wishes.
This group cons young people into devoting their lives to a worthless cause
They prevent family contact - A normal political party does not prevent families from interacting with their members.
These are the things that have happened to our family member.
Working for the LaRouche means you have to recruit other people into the group. Rewards are given if you do manage to recruit a new member.
Work for LaRouche youth involves long hours per day. Reading and studying LaRouche publications, webcasts and LaRouche approved history books are a compulsory activity. Daytime hours are spent setting up tables in the streets, malls, colleges and universities selling their publications and recruiting people. Travel to country areas and interstate is also involved. Other activities we know of include disrupting university events, attending demonstrations, deliberately creating confrontations at political events and organising cadre schools.
Similar work is done in Germany when recruits travel there. Our family member was in Berlin for 5 months.
After an evening meal, the recruits are back in the office pointlessly working the phones trying to get subscriptions out of people until late at night. Work goes on during the weekend. Saturday is spent in the office again, fundraising being the priority. Indeed the Australian arm of the LaRouche group boasts about how much money they raise in relation to other parties in the Australian Federal political system.
Great importance is placed on cultural activities such as music, singing, poetry and play readings. These are approved by the leaders and keep the recruits busy with no time for family or outside activities. These cultural activities hide the mind control techniques used by the group.
Since we have been in contact with other families in Australia and around the world, who are in a similar position to us, we know that other young people and older ones in the LaRouche cult are being subjected to similar techniques of mind control at what is termed “ego stripping” sessions, to the detriment of their health in body and mind.
The LaRouche movement uses well-known names from the history of philosophy such as Plato, Socrates and Schiller to give themselves a perceived respectability in the eyes of the world.

We call for further investigation into the death of Jeremiah Duggan

This con organisation needs to be outlawed in Germany and anywhere else it has established itself.