London slaves part of former Marxist/Maoist collective
Walker Way | 25.11.2013 20:21
As no one is bothering here it is so far...
A married couple suspected of holding three women as slaves for more than 30 years are former Maoist activists Aravindan Balakrishnan and his wife Chanda, the BBC understands.
According to Marxist archives they were leading figures at the Mao Zedong Memorial Centre based in Acre Lane, Brixton, south London, in the 1970s.
It was raided by police and five people, including the pair, were held.
Mr Balakrishnan, 73, and his 67-year-old wife were arrested on Thursday. Three women were rescued from their home in Brixton a month earlier.
A married couple suspected of holding three women as slaves for more than 30 years are former Maoist activists Aravindan Balakrishnan and his wife Chanda, the BBC understands.
According to Marxist archives they were leading figures at the Mao Zedong Memorial Centre based in Acre Lane, Brixton, south London, in the 1970s.
It was raided by police and five people, including the pair, were held.
Mr Balakrishnan, 73, and his 67-year-old wife were arrested on Thursday. Three women were rescued from their home in Brixton a month earlier.
A married couple suspected of holding three women as slaves for more than 30 years are former Maoist activists Aravindan Balakrishnan and his wife Chanda, the BBC understands.
According to Marxist archives they were leading figures at the Mao Zedong Memorial Centre based in Acre Lane, Brixton, south London, in the 1970s.
It was raided by police and five people, including the pair, were held.
Mr Balakrishnan, 73, and his 67-year-old wife were arrested on Thursday.
Three women were rescued from their home in Brixton a month earlier.
The couple has been linked to 13 addresses across London, the Met has confirmed. The force would not confirm or deny their names.
Police carried out house-to-house inquiries in and around Peckford Place, Brixton - where the women were rescued - over the weekend.
Officers said the women had suffered years of "physical and mental abuse".
They lived together as a "collective" after two of the women met the man through a "shared political ideology".
It is thought Mr Balakrishnan left the Communist Party in 1974 to set up splinter group, which was based at Acre Lane, Brixton. The building was used as a bookshop and political commune.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-25084830
According to Marxist archives they were leading figures at the Mao Zedong Memorial Centre based in Acre Lane, Brixton, south London, in the 1970s.
It was raided by police and five people, including the pair, were held.
Mr Balakrishnan, 73, and his 67-year-old wife were arrested on Thursday.
Three women were rescued from their home in Brixton a month earlier.
The couple has been linked to 13 addresses across London, the Met has confirmed. The force would not confirm or deny their names.
Police carried out house-to-house inquiries in and around Peckford Place, Brixton - where the women were rescued - over the weekend.
Officers said the women had suffered years of "physical and mental abuse".
They lived together as a "collective" after two of the women met the man through a "shared political ideology".
It is thought Mr Balakrishnan left the Communist Party in 1974 to set up splinter group, which was based at Acre Lane, Brixton. The building was used as a bookshop and political commune.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-25084830
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Comrade Bala & The Workers’ Institute of Marxism-Leninism-Mao Zedong Thought
25.11.2013 20:55
which mentions Comrade Bala leaving the ' The Communist Party' meaning Communist Party of England (Marxist-Leninist) one of several CPs.
More can be found on Comrade Bala's group:
'The Workers’ Institute of Marxism-Leninism-Mao Zedong Thought'
elsewhere:
Various CPs:
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Don't ever get involved with these marxist groups
25.11.2013 21:26
Walker Way
Association
27.11.2013 00:00
Like my critic of mainstreem christian groups not because of what David Koresh did after splitting from Church of Seventh Day Adventists. Or mainstream Muslim groups because of actions of some it's minority factions.
My critic of anarchism though wass based very much on an 'Anarchist' group with an often millenarian outlook, and it's once declaring that 'The Tokyo sarin cult had the right idea' reffering to Aum Shinrikyo.
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