| | [[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 homosexual 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 homosexual 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 [[homosexual "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, Dan White, a moderate Democrat, murdered two prominent Democrats that Jones was instrumental in getting elected, Mayor [[George Moscone]] and city councilman [[Harvey Milk]], a [[homosexual "rights"]] activist. The events elevated [[Dianne Feinstein]] into the national limelight. |