As a disaffected youth, Shannon Bundock was drawn to progressive ideas. In her late teens she moved into the city, to a poor neighbourhood in Vancouver, Canada, where she became hyper aware of the inequality all around her. The activists who were trying to do something about this in the early 2000s ignited her passion for radical politics. At 19, Shannon was ready to dedicate herself wholeheartedly to doing her part to change the world for the better. Five and a half years later, she’d find herself flat broke and unable to make life decisions about the simplest things, like what to wear.   Guest: Shannon Bundock   Full research sources listed on each episode page at www.ltaspod.com. You can support the creation of this independent podcast at www.patreon.com/ltaspod.   With thanks to Audio-Technica, presenting partner for season 4 of Let's Talk About Sects.   If you have been personally affected by involvement in a cult, or would like to support those who have been, you can find support or donate to Cult Information and Family Support if you’re in Australia (via www.cifs.org.au), and you can find resources outside of Australia with the International Cultic Studies Association (via www.icsahome.com).   Credits: Written and hosted by Sarah Steel Research by Haley Gray and Sarah Steel Music by Joe Gould Edited by Corey Green of Transducer Audio   Links: - That revolution thing? My bad — by Erin Millar, Maclean’s, 12 March 2008 - No Fire No Time — Ivan Drury’s blog archive of materials around his and other ex-members’ experiences in FTT, accessed November 2020 - Cuba Solidarity in Canada: Five Decades of People-to-People Foreign Relations — edited by Nino Pagliccia, FriesenPress, 2 December 2014 - Ali Yerevani’s LinkedIn profile — accessed November 2020 - Battle of Ideas Press website — accessed November 2020 - Fire This Time website — accessed November 2020, including Derrick O’Keefe’s private emails still online - “The Movement,” Mullahs and Liberal Muddleheads: From MAWO to Revolutionary Marxism — by Andrew Malieni, Spartacist Canada, No. 152, Spring 2007 - Anti-Poverty Committee website — archived 19 March 2009 - My Year Inside FTT (Fire This Time) — anonymous blog, 10 March 2016 - COPE on verge of civil war — by Carlito Pablo, The Georgia Straight, 18 December 2013 - Petty bourgeois definition — by the Marxists Internet Archive Encyclopedia - FTT/Y3WA report on a conversation — example of a report written up by a FTT organiser about a conversation with a supporter, 25 October 2005 - Y3WA Meeting Minutes — example of minutes from a Y3WA meeting, 30 May 2006 - Report on poster endorser mishap — example of a report on the potentially dire consequences of a mistake, 21 September 2006 - Cuba in Vancouver Assessment — report on 2 weeks’ work by Ivan Drury, 8 October 2006 - Assessment of families of the Cuban 5 tour — by Ivan Drury, 13 November 2006 - All Events MAWO/VCSC/FC5C/FTT — spreadsheet of events late 2003 to mid 2007 - Daily Schedules — 2x handwritten daily schedules from 2004 - Letter to FTT/Y3WA members — by Shannon Bundock, sent January 2009 - Y3WA History Package — supplied to new members, November 2006   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.