I joined a small but growing post-Trotskyite Luxembourgist sect.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I had a national and international reputation. I had written the history and articles. So I brought to the Trotskyist movement some international reputation.
The last thing I would want to do is to create the impression that sectarianism came from only one side of the community.
My father was in Ataturk's closest group. They lived together during the War of Liberation in Turkey.
I lived under the Nazis and under the Communists.
I have founded Khudi, in Pakistan, a youth movement which tries to counter extremist ideology through healthy discussion and debate.
I was even superior to the Communists and when they didn't go along with me, I quit them.
My family for several generations have been members of the Unitarian Church.
I joined the Communist Party because I felt I had to be in some organization.
I was a new devotee of Eastern mysticism and even though I did not join that particular group, I could well have done. They seemed a bit extreme but I regarded myself as not quite ready.
When I was in charge of the Christian Coalition I was available to mobilize grass roots support for somebody.