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In 1978 reporter Paul Avery depicted Huey Newton as addicted to drugs and [[rape]] and bullying and more. Jones attacked Avery in the ''Peoples Forum''. “He’s sold his soul to the white company store,” Jones said of Avery, who years earlier told a Temple member of Jones: “I have yet to find one shred of evidence backing up anything bad that has been said against him. In fact, most everyone I’ve contacted has had nothing but good words about Jim Jones and his work.”

In 1978 reporter Paul Avery depicted Huey Newton as addicted to drugs and [[rape]] and bullying and more. Jones attacked Avery in the ''Peoples Forum''. “He’s sold his soul to the white company store,” Jones said of Avery, who years earlier told a Temple member of Jones: “I have yet to find one shred of evidence backing up anything bad that has been said against him. In fact, most everyone I’ve contacted has had nothing but good words about Jim Jones and his work.”

Jones read the entire 15,000 word article to his captive audience in Jonestown. Every paragraph or so, Jones interspersed his own critical commentary on Avery and co-author Kate Coleman’s words. At the conclusion of the article, the Avery and Coleman cite Newton’s books, ''To Die for the People and Revolutionary Suicide'', to buttress the idea that Newton, rather than face punishment for murder and beating his tailor, was likely scheming to partake in a self-destructive act granting him heroic socialist martyr status.

Jones read the entire 15,000 word article to his captive audience in Jonestown. Every paragraph or so, Jones interspersed his own critical commentary on Avery and co-author Kate Coleman’s words. At the conclusion of the article, the Avery and Coleman cite Newton’s books, ''To Die for the People and Revolutionary Suicide'', to buttress the idea that Newton, rather than face punishment for murder and beating his tailor, was likely scheming to partake in a self-destructive act granting him heroic socialist martyr status. {{quoebox|“And Paul Avery ought to be sick in his gut, because he knew what those historic words meant. To die for the people means to give up your life for the people you love. And revolutionary suicide is an act of giving yourself—if it even sacrifices yourself—to bring down the corrupt racist capitalist system.”}}

Newton spoke to Temple members via shortwave expressing support for Jones during one of the Temple's "White Nights".<ref>{{cite book | author = Reiterman and Jacobs | title = Raven: The Untold Story of Reverend Jim Jones and His People | publisher = | year = 1982 | isbn = | page = 369}}</ref>  

Newton spoke to Temple members via shortwave expressing support for Jones during one of the Temple's "White Nights".<ref>{{cite book | author = Reiterman and Jacobs | title = Raven: The Untold Story of Reverend Jim Jones and His People | publisher = | year = 1982 | isbn = | page = 369}}</ref>