Robin Fahlberg (not verified) 2006-10-04 13:58
I am a law student. I do not consider myself a wimp. I worked with the Provisional Communist Party/ Natlfed which started and runs CCLP for 14 years from 1979-1994. In my opinion it is a cult masquerading as a communist party which runs front organizations like CCLP. Yes, CCLP helps the poor and gives free legal advice. Yes, there are many committed individuals who want to change things for working people in the country. However, at the same time, CCLP and other organizations also funneled money and volunteers to feed the drug and sex addiction of it's leader when I was there. From individuals who've left more recently I gather it still feeds the egos of those now in charge. It also mentally, physically and verbally abused full time organizers and got full time volunteers to sign over their inheritances. Most who were there when I was(including myself) left looking over our shoulders and thinking someone would assassinate us eventually. Many suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. You can google natlfed to find the personal stories of people who were brutalized over a long period of time. No, they don't do this right away but they target individuals for recruitment who are attracted by the legal sessions and other activities, pull them in gradually over a couple of years and then gradually subject them to increasing levels of abuse - all in the name of the REVOLUTION. But, there is no real revolution and one can only surmise that there is a hidden agenda of power mongering in the leadership. Everyone is vulnerable at some time in their life and groups like this prey on that fact. Yes, definitely do not answer them. Tell them firmly that you do not wish to speak to them and that they are not to call you again and then hang up. Don't bother being polite simply be firm and hang up. After a few calls like this you won't be bothered. If they come to your law office ask them to leave immediately and if they don't call security.