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| − | [[File:Jones and Milk.jpg|right|300px|thumb|''Cult City: Jim Jones, Harvey Milk, and 10 Days That Shook San Francisco'' documents the relationship between two of America's Progressive pioneers, one the first openly gay candidate for office, the other America's biggest [[mass murder]]er.<ref>''[https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/jim-jones-harvey-milk-cult-city-secret-history/ Jim Jones & Harvey Milk: The Secret History]]'', By Rod Dreher, ''The American Conservative'', October 15, 2018. </ref>]] | + | [[File:Jones and Milk.jpg|right|300px|thumb|''Cult City: Jim Jones, Harvey Milk, and 10 Days That Shook San Francisco'' documents the relationship between two of America's Progressive pioneers, one the first openly gay candidate for office, the other America's biggest [[mass murder]]er.<ref>''[https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/jim-jones-harvey-milk-cult-city-secret-history/ Jim Jones & Harvey Milk: The Secret History]'', By Rod Dreher, ''The American Conservative'', October 15, 2018.</ref>]] |
| | '''Jim Jones''' was a [[community organizer]] and head of the [[Peoples Temple]], a [[progressive]] [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[activist]] group in [[San Francisco]] 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 a [[community organizer]] and head of the [[Peoples Temple]], a [[progressive]] [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[activist]] group in [[San Francisco]] 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 protesting the inhumane conditions of this world."<ref>''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc1CpgwbPA0 Revolutionary suicide protesting the inhumane conditions of this world],'' Jim Jones, Guyana, November 18, 1978.</ref> The group was a [[resistance movement]] fearing a [[fascist]] takeover of the United States.<ref><small>"what we saw in the United States was creeping fascism. It was apparent that corporations, or the multinationals, were getting much larger, their influence was growing within the government, and the United States is a racist place."</small> Tim Carter. [http://www.opb.org/radio/archives/2007/04/there_was_no_ch_1.php ''There was no choice in Jonestown that day...''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070426000000/http://www.opb.org/radio/archives/2007/04/there_was_no_ch_1.php |date=April 26, 2007 }} Oregon Public Broadcasting Radio interview. 9 April 2007. {{cite web |url=http://www.opb.org/radio/archives/2007/04/there_was_no_ch_1.php |title=Archived copy |accessdate=|deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5wTJ4uKgA?url=http://www.opb.org/radio/archives/2007/04/there_was_no_ch_1.php |archivedate=2019-01-30|df= }}</ref> Days later, a moderate Democrat murdered two prominent Democrats that Jones was instrumental in getting elected, Mayor [[George Moscone]] and city councilman [[Harvey Milk]], a [[gay rights]] activist. The events elevated [[Dianne Feinstein]] into the national limelight. | | 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 protesting the inhumane conditions of this world."<ref>''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc1CpgwbPA0 Revolutionary suicide protesting the inhumane conditions of this world],'' Jim Jones, Guyana, November 18, 1978.</ref> The group was a [[resistance movement]] fearing a [[fascist]] takeover of the United States.<ref><small>"what we saw in the United States was creeping fascism. It was apparent that corporations, or the multinationals, were getting much larger, their influence was growing within the government, and the United States is a racist place."</small> Tim Carter. [http://www.opb.org/radio/archives/2007/04/there_was_no_ch_1.php ''There was no choice in Jonestown that day...''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070426000000/http://www.opb.org/radio/archives/2007/04/there_was_no_ch_1.php |date=April 26, 2007 }} Oregon Public Broadcasting Radio interview. 9 April 2007. {{cite web |url=http://www.opb.org/radio/archives/2007/04/there_was_no_ch_1.php |title=Archived copy |accessdate=|deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5wTJ4uKgA?url=http://www.opb.org/radio/archives/2007/04/there_was_no_ch_1.php |archivedate=2019-01-30|df= }}</ref> Days later, a moderate Democrat murdered two prominent Democrats that Jones was instrumental in getting elected, Mayor [[George Moscone]] and city councilman [[Harvey Milk]], a [[gay rights]] activist. The events elevated [[Dianne Feinstein]] into the national limelight. |
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| − | [[File:Jim Jones shares the Martin Luther King Humanitarian Award.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Jim Jones shares the Martin Luther King Humanitarian Award. The Award was endorsed by former Democratic presidential nominee [[Hubert Humphrey]], [[Vice-President]] [[Walter Mondale]], Carter Secretary of [[HHS]] Joseph Califano, [[Watergate]] Committee chairman Sen. [[Sam Ervin]], Democratic Senators Warren Magnusen, Philip Hart, [[Mike Gravel]], [[Scoop Jackson]], Representatives [[Ronald Dellums]], [[Bella Abzug]], Patsy Mink, Philip Burton, Don H. Clauson, George E. Brown, Jr., Lawrence Coughlin, Cardiss Collins, Don Edwards, R. Eckhardt, Jonathan Bingham, ''[[Washington Post]]'' owner and publisher Katherine Graham, San Francisco Mayor [[George Moscone]], Art Agnos, and [[Willie Brown]]. <ref>[https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=18355 Peoples Temple Endorsements Packet (Text)].</ref>]] | + | [[File:Jim Jones shares the Martin Luther King Humanitarian Award.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Jim Jones shares the Martin Luther King Humanitarian Award. The Award was endorsed by former Democratic presidential nominee [[Hubert Humphrey]], [[Vice-President]] [[Walter Mondale]], Carter Secretary of [[HHS]] Joseph Califano, [[Watergate]] Committee chairman Sen. [[Sam Ervin]], Democratic Senators Warren Magnusen, Philip Hart, [[Mike Gravel]], [[Scoop Jackson]], Representatives [[Ronald Dellums]], [[Bella Abzug]], Patsy Mink, Philip Burton, Don H. Clauson, George E. Brown, Jr., Lawrence Coughlin, Cardiss Collins, Don Edwards, R. Eckhardt, Jonathan Bingham, ''[[Washington Post]]'' owner and publisher Katherine Graham, San Francisco Mayor [[George Moscone]], Art Agnos, and [[Willie Brown]].<ref>[https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=18355 Peoples Temple Endorsements Packet (Text)].</ref>]] |
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| | Jim Jones was an avowed [[atheist]].<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 which lead him to ask, "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> | | Jim Jones was an avowed [[atheist]].<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 which lead him to ask, "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> |
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| | *[https://www.theepochtimes.com/meet-gods-communists_2757169.html Meet God’s Communists], Trevor Loudon | | *[https://www.theepochtimes.com/meet-gods-communists_2757169.html Meet God’s Communists], Trevor Loudon |
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