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[[Angela Davis]] is a two-time Communist Party of the United States vice-presidential candidate.<ref>Davis ran behind [[Gus Hall]] in 1980 and 1984. Hall made two earlier efforts in 1972 and 1976. Former CIA director [[John Brennan]] admitted under lie detector that he had voted for Hall in 1976. When the Soviet Union collapsed, receipts for $2 million and $3 million were found in Soviet archives with Hall's signature, proving [[collusion]] and [[conspiracy]] between the Communist Party USA and Russia to interfere in American elections.</ref>
[[Angela Davis]] is a two-time Communist Party of the United States vice-presidential candidate.<ref>Davis ran behind [[Gus Hall]] in 1980 and 1984. Hall made two earlier efforts in 1972 and 1976. Former CIA director [[John Brennan]] admitted under lie detector that he had voted for Hall in 1976. When the Soviet Union collapsed, receipts for $2 million and $3 million were found in Soviet archives with Hall's signature, proving [[collusion]] and [[conspiracy]] between the Communist Party USA and Russia to interfere in American elections.</ref>
In 1970, Marin County, California Judge Harold Haley’s head was blown off by a sawed-off shotgun owned by Ms. Davis, in a hostage incident in which members of the Black Panthers attempted to free Davis' lover, Black Panther member [[George Jackson]], who was imprisoned for armed robbery. Davis was acquitted.
In 1970, Marin County, California Judge Harold Haley’s head was blown off by a sawed-off shotgun owned by Ms. Davis, in a hostage incident in which members of the Black Panthers attempted to free Davis' lover, Black Panther member [[George Jackson]], who was imprisoned for armed robbery. Davis was acquitted.
Jones initiated friendships with progressive leaders in the San Francisco area including Angela Davis and Dennis Banks of the American Indian Movement {AIM}.<ref>{{cite book|last=Scheers|first=Julia|authorlink=Julia Scheeres|date=2011|title=A Thousand Lives: the Untold Story of Jonestown|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h1s_Ee8QDlcC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA33#v=onepage&q&f=false|location=New York|publisher=Simon and Schuster|page=33|isbn=9781451628968|accessdate=February 5, 2019}}</ref> Davis addressed the crowd in Jonestown via shortwave radio.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Reiterman|first1=Tim|last2=Jacobs|first2=John|title=[[Raven (book)|Raven: The Untold Story of Rev. Jim Jones and His People]]|publisher=Dutton|year=1982|page=369|isbn=978-0-525-24136-2}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Angela Davis & the Six Day Siege|url=http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=19021|publisher=Alternative Considerations of Jonestown & Peoples Temple}}</ref> In her statement during the "Six Day Siege", Davis expressed support for the People's Temple and told members there was a conspiracy against them. She said, {{quotebox|"when you are attacked, it is because of your progressive stand, and we feel that it is directly an attack against us as well."<ref>{{cite web|title=Statement of Angela Davis (Text)|url=http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=19027|publisher=Alternative Considerations of Jonestown & Peoples Temple|accessdate=February 5, 2019}}</ref>
In 1979 Davis was awarded the International [[Lenin]] Peace Prize (formerly named the International [[Stalin]] Peace Prize) by the Communist government of East Germany.
In 1979 Davis was awarded the International [[Lenin]] Peace Prize (formerly named the International [[Stalin]] Peace Prize) by the Communist government of East Germany.