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Hello everybody! This post is a bit long. In short:
"Hello. Hows everyone doing? I need help from some ex SO members, if you would be so kind"
yet another scientology activist here. I have been protesting the cult for the last year and I am currently on an assignment to create a to the point, properly referenced press pack and corresponding wiki to be sent ASAP to just about every single politician of note in the western world.
The idea is to focus initially on Australian senators, to give Xenophon the extra ammunition he will need to get the enquiry off the ground. Then expand the mailouts to other western countries likely to follow suit should the aussies launch an enquiry.
An awful lot of pro-cult emails are being sent their way from dedicated scientologists, who in many cases feel hurt that the religion they have been practising is under fire. The idea is to provide a counter point that the average politician can understand, that steers WELL AWAY from any unsubstantiated claims or anything that could be considered as ridiculing the scientology theology.
Instead, it has been decided to focus entirely on the sea org, and entirely on SPECIFIC allegations of illegal activities. We just need a nice, neat paragraph of summaries of abuse, by category, with decent, sourced evidence to back up these claims.
The idea was bourne out as a reaction to ex CMO worker Aaron Saxton's (now unfortunately removed but re-mirrored) "call to arms" video. He has been instrumental in getting the attention of Xenophon in the first place.
Currently I am focusing (and horribly behind schedule) on:
SEA ORG AS AN EMPLOYER--
--The sea org pays it's staff, therefore, it is an employer.
--Employers have specific duties in the areas of working conditions, hours, and pay
--These conditions are not being met, as the pay (in the US I believe its around $50 a week) hours (up to 80 hour weeks) and conditions (shared, crammed berthing, lack of healthcare provision etc) are well below legally binding standards for employers.
In this regard I am struggling to find some specific evidence to back up my claims regarding hours, pay and conditions. Testimonials are of course a brilliant source. A lot of testimonials we have cover these but only in passing, focusing on much nastier things like coerced abortions, etc.
Also I am lacking any "hard" evidence such as documents and so on. There are plenty of leaks each week and tons already on the net, but navigating through them is incredibly difficult.
So is there anyone with experience of working within the sea org who could help me with this? I have trawled through the "experiences" part of the forum but with hundreds of threads it is hard to pick out the choice paragraphs I need.
For those of you who are interested, the wiki page(currently just there so people can dump info to expand on the presspack which will draw some of its info from the wiki) can be found at http://wiki.whyweprotest.net/Operation_Presspack (work in progress)
In the last week or so we have managed to get 5 out of 18 sub headings populated with decent content, but there is very, very little time before we miss the boat, and those of us working on this are utterly overwhelmed as there is *lots* still to do!
Any help you can give, even if it's to point me in some general direction, would be fanstastic, as I am supposed to be doing a degree, not fighting Scientology! There is never enough time in the world it seems.
Anyway, sorry for the ramble. Anyone helping out will receive marble cake.
"Hello. Hows everyone doing? I need help from some ex SO members, if you would be so kind"
yet another scientology activist here. I have been protesting the cult for the last year and I am currently on an assignment to create a to the point, properly referenced press pack and corresponding wiki to be sent ASAP to just about every single politician of note in the western world.
The idea is to focus initially on Australian senators, to give Xenophon the extra ammunition he will need to get the enquiry off the ground. Then expand the mailouts to other western countries likely to follow suit should the aussies launch an enquiry.
An awful lot of pro-cult emails are being sent their way from dedicated scientologists, who in many cases feel hurt that the religion they have been practising is under fire. The idea is to provide a counter point that the average politician can understand, that steers WELL AWAY from any unsubstantiated claims or anything that could be considered as ridiculing the scientology theology.
Instead, it has been decided to focus entirely on the sea org, and entirely on SPECIFIC allegations of illegal activities. We just need a nice, neat paragraph of summaries of abuse, by category, with decent, sourced evidence to back up these claims.
The idea was bourne out as a reaction to ex CMO worker Aaron Saxton's (now unfortunately removed but re-mirrored) "call to arms" video. He has been instrumental in getting the attention of Xenophon in the first place.
Currently I am focusing (and horribly behind schedule) on:
SEA ORG AS AN EMPLOYER--
--The sea org pays it's staff, therefore, it is an employer.
--Employers have specific duties in the areas of working conditions, hours, and pay
--These conditions are not being met, as the pay (in the US I believe its around $50 a week) hours (up to 80 hour weeks) and conditions (shared, crammed berthing, lack of healthcare provision etc) are well below legally binding standards for employers.
In this regard I am struggling to find some specific evidence to back up my claims regarding hours, pay and conditions. Testimonials are of course a brilliant source. A lot of testimonials we have cover these but only in passing, focusing on much nastier things like coerced abortions, etc.
Also I am lacking any "hard" evidence such as documents and so on. There are plenty of leaks each week and tons already on the net, but navigating through them is incredibly difficult.
So is there anyone with experience of working within the sea org who could help me with this? I have trawled through the "experiences" part of the forum but with hundreds of threads it is hard to pick out the choice paragraphs I need.
For those of you who are interested, the wiki page(currently just there so people can dump info to expand on the presspack which will draw some of its info from the wiki) can be found at http://wiki.whyweprotest.net/Operation_Presspack (work in progress)
In the last week or so we have managed to get 5 out of 18 sub headings populated with decent content, but there is very, very little time before we miss the boat, and those of us working on this are utterly overwhelmed as there is *lots* still to do!
Any help you can give, even if it's to point me in some general direction, would be fanstastic, as I am supposed to be doing a degree, not fighting Scientology! There is never enough time in the world it seems.
Anyway, sorry for the ramble. Anyone helping out will receive marble cake.