When I was 18 I went to Long Island as a full-time volunteer to provide free health care for farm workers for a year before going to college. I ended up being recruited into a cult through the Eastern Farm Workers Association (EFWA). EFWA is a front organization for the Communist Party - Provisional as is CCLP. That isn't even quite accurate as the party is a sham to. The group is a cult. I spent 14 years with this group before leaving and it took me 12 years afterwards to be able to engage in a political conversation after the experience. It also cost me $ for counseling. Three lawyers I know of lost their law licenses after engaging in illegal activities on orders from leadership of this group. The shame of it is that they provide much needed services to people who are at the bottom of society and there are few groups that do this. The field organizers are for the most part very dedicated people who don't believe they're participating in a sham at all. I thought I was building an organization to provide a voice for farm workers. The benefit however comes at a great cost to the full time organizers who are victoms of mental, verbal and sometimes physical abuse. If anyone is interested there is a discussion from ex-cadre of this organization at http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2004/11/304593.shtml. I am now a third year law student and am able to see many more unethical practices of this group. However, they won't just suck you up. If they keep calling you after you've said no, it's probably because someone forgot to update the records. Keep saying no and eventually they'll stop calling.