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"Commie Fiends of Brooklyn." ''[[The Village Voice]]''.</ref> and Marlene Dixon's now-defunct [[Democratic Workers Party]] are an examples of political groups that have been described as "cults". A critical history of the DWP is given in ''[[Bounded Choice]]'' by [[Janja Lalich]], a sociologist and former DWP member.<ref>[[Janja Lalich|Lalich, Janja A.]] 2004. ''[[Bounded Choice|Bounded Choice: True Believers and Charismatic Cults]]''. Berkeley: [[University of California Press]]. {{ISBN|978-0520240186}}.</ref> [[Lutte Ouvrière]] (LO; "Workers' Struggle") in France, publicly headed by [[Arlette Laguiller]] but revealed in the 1990s to be directed by [[Robert Barcia]], has often been criticized as a cult, for example, by [[Daniel Cohn-Bendit]] and his older brother Gabriel Cohn-Bendit, as well as by ''[[L'Humanité]]'' and ''[[Libération]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Arlette Laguiller n'aime pas le débat |date=11 April 2002 |work=[[L'Humanité]] |url=http://www.humanite.presse.fr/journal/2002-04-11/2002-04-11-32049 |language=fr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050629070722/http://www.humanite.presse.fr/journal/2002-04-11/2002-04-11-32049 |archive-date=29 June 2005}}</ref> In his book ''Les Sectes Politiques: 1965–1995'' (''Political cults: 1965–1995''), French writer Cyril Le Tallec considers some religious groups that were involved in politics at that time. He included the [[Cultural Office of Cluny]], [[New Acropolis]], the [[Divine Light Mission]], [[American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property|Tradition Family Property (TFP)]], [[Longo Maï]], the Supermen Club, and the Association for Promotion of the Industrial Arts (Solazaref).<ref>{{cite book |author=Cyril Le Tallec |title=Les sectes politiques: 1965–1995 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-l1QQOEQKXUC&q=%22les+sectes+politiques%22 |language=fr |year=2006 |publisher=Harmattan |access-date=28 August 2009|isbn=978-2296003477}}</ref> Several former leaders of the [[Groyper]] movement{{snd}}an [[alt-right]] faction that infuses [[white supremacy]], [[Christian nationalism]], and [[Incel]] ideology{{snd}}have accused [[Nick Fuentes]] of leading it like a cult, describing him as abusing and demanding absolute loyalty from his followers.<ref>Hayden, M. E. (2022, June 2). Pro-trump white nationalist group facing key desertions. Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved August 21, 2022, from https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2022/06/02/pro-trump-white-nationalist-group-facing-key-desertions</ref><ref>Owen, T. (2022, June 7). They Love Jesus, Bon Iver, and Incels. Inside America's New Ultranationalist Youth Movement. VICE. Retrieved August 21, 2022, from https://www.vice.com/en/article/epzgb4/groyper-young-christian-nationalists-movement</ref> Fuentes praised having a "cult-like... mentality" and admitted to "ironically" describing his own movement as a cult.<ref>Gais, H. (2021, March 11). Far-right extremists gather in Florida for CPAC spinoff alongside sitting congressman. Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved August 21, 2022, from https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2021/03/11/far-right-extremists-gather-florida-cpac-spinoff-alongside-sitting-congressman</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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