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Comrade Bala’s Workers' Institute

Comrade Bala’s Workers' Institute

Update: 2022-05-31
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It started as a bookshop, grew into a commune, and evolved into an off-the-grid cult. Aravindan Balakrishnan started the Workers’ Institute after joining, then getting kicked out of, the Communist Party of England. His political beliefs attracted a small band of followers, whose lives he quickly began controlling with outlandish claims meant to stoke their fear.

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Comrade Bala’s Workers' Institute

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