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'''Jim Jones''', was the head of the [[Peoples Temple]], a [[progressive]] [[Democrat]] [[activist]] group in [[San Fransisco]] in the 1970s.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzyXNWYmfXg Jim Jones, The Most Admired Democrat of The 1970s, Censored Info], youtube</ref>

'''Jim Jones''', was the head of the [[Peoples Temple]], a [[progressive]] [[Democrat]] [[activist]] group in [[San Fransisco]] in the 1970s.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzyXNWYmfXg Jim Jones, The Most Admired Democrat of The 1970s, Censored Info], youtube</ref>

After fleeing the [[United States]] with about 1,000 members in 1977 due to several investigations, Jones led the group of [[socialist]]s in an act of "revolutionary suicide to protest the inhumane conditions of the world."  The group feared a [[fascist]] takeover of the United States. Days later, a moderate Democrat murdered two prominent Democrats that Jones was instrumental in getting elected, Mayor [[George Mascone]] and city councilman [[Harvey Milk]], a [[gay rights]] activist.

After fleeing the [[United States]] with about 1,000 members in 1977 due to several investigations, Jones led the group of [[socialist]]s in an act of "revolutionary suicide to protest the inhumane conditions of this world."  The group feared a [[fascist]] takeover of the United States. Days later, a moderate Democrat murdered two prominent Democrats that Jones was instrumental in getting elected, Mayor [[George Mascone]] and city councilman [[Harvey Milk]], a [[gay rights]] activist.

In addition to being a [[progressive]], Jim Jones was an atheist.<ref>[http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=13143 An untitled collection of reminiscences by Jim Jones]</ref> Jones said about his [[atheism]], "I was an atheist even then, and at that funeral parlor they held me up to look at her, and when I got down, I was bitter."<ref>[http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=13143 An untitled collection of reminiscences by Jim Jones]</ref>  Jones was frustrated with opposition to communism within the United States and which lead him to ask himself, "How can I demonstrate my [[Marxism]]? The thought was, infiltrate the church."<ref>Wessinger, Catherine (2000), How the Millennium Comes Violently: From Jonestown to Heaven's Gate, Seven Bridges Press, ISBN 978-1-889119-24-3</ref><ref>Jones, Jim. "[http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=27339 Transcript of Recovered FBI tape Q 134]". Alternative Considerations of Jonestown and Peoples Temple. Jonestown Project: San Diego State University</ref> Jones was one of the most admired people in both the California and national [[Democratic party]]. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzyXNWYmfXg Jim Jones, The Most Admired Democrat of The 1970s, Censored Info], youtube</ref>

In addition to being a [[progressive]], Jim Jones was an atheist.<ref>[http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=13143 An untitled collection of reminiscences by Jim Jones]</ref> Jones said about his [[atheism]], "I was an atheist even then, and at that funeral parlor they held me up to look at her, and when I got down, I was bitter."<ref>[http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=13143 An untitled collection of reminiscences by Jim Jones]</ref>  Jones was frustrated with opposition to communism within the United States and which lead him to ask himself, "How can I demonstrate my [[Marxism]]? The thought was, infiltrate the church."<ref>Wessinger, Catherine (2000), How the Millennium Comes Violently: From Jonestown to Heaven's Gate, Seven Bridges Press, ISBN 978-1-889119-24-3</ref><ref>Jones, Jim. "[http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=27339 Transcript of Recovered FBI tape Q 134]". Alternative Considerations of Jonestown and Peoples Temple. Jonestown Project: San Diego State University</ref> Jones was one of the most admired people in both the California and national [[Democratic party]]. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzyXNWYmfXg Jim Jones, The Most Admired Democrat of The 1970s, Censored Info], youtube</ref>