Dear friends,
Starting today, my Substack Cults, Culture & Coercion is now free for everyone, including the full archive of articles, interviews, and tool kits.
I made this decision for a few reasons. The people who most need this work the most are often those starting to question a group they’re in, family and friends trying to understand what happened to their loved ones, and survivors rebuilding and recovering.
At a time when access to information is being narrowed more and more, I feel that nothing should stand between this work and the people who need it or want to share it.
Here’s what this means for you if you subscribe to a paid tier:
You won’t be charged again. If you subscribe monthly, your paid subscription has ended, and you are now on the free plan.
Every article will keep arriving in your inbox, just as before.
You can now share and forward every article to those who need it.
To everyone who has paid to support this publication, you helped build it! Your support and encouragement helped make this possible, and I’m deeply grateful and fortunate to be able to make this change.
As extra thanks, I’m offering current paid subscribers a refund for up to the last three months of their subscription. Simply reply to this email if you’d like one.
The work is now open to everyone. Let’s help more people find it.
If you’d like to help the mission, the best thing you can do now costs nothing.
Forward this email to a friend, colleague, or loved one. They can read and subscribe for free here and access my entire Reader’s Guide to get started for free.
With heartfelt thanks,
Steve
Wow, thank you. I’ve always loved what content I could access, but the paywalls are (understandable) but also a barrier. Thank you again.
Thank you so much. This is a good thing to do especially at these incredibly difficult times