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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 Moscone]] 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 Moscone]] and city councilman [[Harvey Milk]], a [[gay rights]] activist. | ||
| − | + | 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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Revision as of 14:58, February 4, 2019
Jim Jones, was the head of the Peoples Temple, a progressive Democrat activist group in San Fransisco in the 1970s.[1] After fleeing the United States with about 1,000 members in 1977 due to several investigations, Jones led the group of socialists 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 Moscone and city councilman Harvey Milk, a gay rights activist.
Jim Jones was an avowed atheist.[2] 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."[3][4]
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- ↑ Jim Jones, The Most Admired Democrat of The 1970s, Censored Info, youtube
- ↑ An untitled collection of reminiscences by Jim Jones
- ↑ Wessinger, Catherine (2000), How the Millennium Comes Violently: From Jonestown to Heaven's Gate, Seven Bridges Press, ISBN 978-1-889119-24-3
- ↑ Jones, Jim. "Transcript of Recovered FBI tape Q 134". Alternative Considerations of Jonestown and Peoples Temple. Jonestown Project: San Diego State University
