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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 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.

==Social Justice Warrior==

==Social Justice Warrior==

Jones was never spiritually-minded, but as a young man he did attend a Methodist church because serving the physical well-being of the poor appealed to him in the way it took place in that church's form of evangelical community outreach.  But the particular church he eventually chose to "infiltrate" that lasted until the [[Jonestown Massacre]] was the [[Disciples of Christ]] denomination, which at the time gave their ministers a great deal of independence in operating their member churches.  But that leeway was limited with regard to doctrine, and a Disciples of Christ minister who stopped by Jones' front while on a road trip had to be intercepted so he wouldn't be able to attend the church "services" of Marxist indoctrination and expose them.  

Jones was never spiritually-minded, but as a young man he did attend a Methodist church because serving the physical well-being of the poor appealed to him in the way it took place in that church's form of evangelical community outreach.  But the particular church he eventually chose to "infiltrate" that lasted until the [[Jonestown Massacre]] was the [[Disciples of Christ]] denomination, which at the time gave their ministers a great deal of independence in operating their member churches.  But that leeway was limited with regard to doctrine, and a Disciples of Christ minister who stopped by Jones' front while on a road trip had to be intercepted so he wouldn't be able to attend the church "services" of Marxist indoctrination and expose them.  

The Temple openly preached to established members that "religion is an opiate to the people."<ref>Jones, Jim. [http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=27318 "Transcript of Recovered FBI tape Q 1053."] ''Alternative Considerations of Jonestown and Peoples Temple''. Jonestown Project: San Diego State University.</ref> Accordingly, "those who remained drugged with the opiate of religion had to be brought to enlightenment - socialism."<ref>Layton 1999, page 53.</ref> In that regard, Jones also openly stated that he "took the church and used the church to bring people to atheism." <ref>Jones, Jim. [http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=27580 "Transcript of Recovered FBI tape Q 757."] ''Alternative Considerations of Jonestown and Peoples Temple''. Jonestown Project: San Diego State University.</ref> Jones often mixed those concepts, such as preaching that "If you're born in this church, this socialist revolution, you're not born in sin. If you're born in [[capitalist]] America, [[racist]] America, [[fascist]] America, then you're born with a big d***o in sin. But if you're born in socialism, you're not born in [[sin]]."<ref>Jones, Jim. [http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=27318 "Transcript of Recovered FBI tape Q 1053."] ''Alternative Considerations of Jonestown and Peoples Temple''. Jonestown Project: San Diego State University. {{cite web |url=http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/AboutJonestown/Tapes/Tapes/TapeTranscripts/Q757.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=|deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5wTIqQUvL?url=http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/AboutJonestown/Tapes/Tapes/TapeTranscripts/Q757.html |archivedate=2019-01-30|df= }}</ref> Speaking to the Jonestown community, Jones declared: {{quotebox|"I brought you here to regroup, recoup, rehabilitate and gain strength, and militancy, and a proper education in [[Marxist-Leninism]], which you had never picked up, even though I was avowedly, openly Marxist-Leninist and atheist, you have never picked it up, for the most part, in the United States, except for a handful."<ref>The Jonestown Institute, “[http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=27388 Q235 Transcript],”  Alternative Considerations of Jonestown & Peoples Temple.</ref>}} Jim Jones ridiculed the [[Bible]], stomped it on the floor in front of his flock, and instructed his followers to use it as toilet paper when their supply ran out in Jonestown.

The Temple openly preached to established members that "religion is an opiate to the people."<ref>Jones, Jim. [http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=27318 "Transcript of Recovered FBI tape Q 1053."] ''Alternative Considerations of Jonestown and Peoples Temple''. Jonestown Project: San Diego State University.</ref> Accordingly, "those who remained drugged with the opiate of religion had to be brought to enlightenment - socialism."<ref>Layton 1999, page 53.</ref> In that regard, Jones also openly stated that he "took the church and used the church to bring people to atheism." <ref>Jones, Jim. [http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=27580 "Transcript of Recovered FBI tape Q 757."] ''Alternative Considerations of Jonestown and Peoples Temple''. Jonestown Project: San Diego State University.</ref> Jones often mixed those concepts, such as preaching that "If you're born in this church, this socialist revolution, you're not born in sin. If you're born in [[capitalist]] America, [[racist]] America, [[fascist]] America, then you're born with a big d***o in sin. But if you're born in socialism, you're not born in [[sin]]."<ref>Jones, Jim. [http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=27318 "Transcript of Recovered FBI tape Q 1053."] ''Alternative Considerations of Jonestown and Peoples Temple''. Jonestown Project: San Diego State University. {{cite web |url=http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/AboutJonestown/Tapes/Tapes/TapeTranscripts/Q757.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=|deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5wTIqQUvL?url=http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/AboutJonestown/Tapes/Tapes/TapeTranscripts/Q757.html |archivedate=2019-01-30|df= }}</ref> Speaking to the Jonestown community, Jones declared:  

{{quotebox-float|"I brought you here to regroup, recoup, rehabilitate and gain strength, and militancy, and a proper education in [[Marxist-Leninism]], which you had never picked up, even though I was avowedly, openly Marxist-Leninist and atheist, you have never picked it up, for the most part, in the United States, except for a handful."<ref>The Jonestown Institute, “[http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=27388 Q235 Transcript],”  Alternative Considerations of Jonestown & Peoples Temple.</ref>}} Jim Jones ridiculed the [[Bible]], stomped it on the floor in front of his flock, and instructed his followers to use it as toilet paper when their supply ran out in Jonestown.

The Temple claimed that "[[reactionary]] forces were trying to destroy his [Jones] image because he is the most persistent [[Social justice warrior|fighter for social justice]]."<ref>Peoples Temple, [http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/3VictimConspirBrochure.pdf ''Victims of Conspiracy Brochure''], Jonestown Alternative Considerations, San Diego State University {{cite web |url=http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/AboutJonestown/JTResearch/opposition/3VictimConspirBrochure.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2019-01-31 |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5vybVUjVl?url=http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/AboutJonestown/JTResearch/opposition/3VictimConspirBrochure.pdf |archivedate=February 4, 2019|df= }}</ref>

The Temple claimed that "[[reactionary]] forces were trying to destroy his [Jones] image because he is the most persistent [[Social justice warrior|fighter for social justice]]."<ref>Peoples Temple, [http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/3VictimConspirBrochure.pdf ''Victims of Conspiracy Brochure''], Jonestown Alternative Considerations, San Diego State University {{cite web |url=http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/AboutJonestown/JTResearch/opposition/3VictimConspirBrochure.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2019-01-31 |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5vybVUjVl?url=http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/AboutJonestown/JTResearch/opposition/3VictimConspirBrochure.pdf |archivedate=February 4, 2019|df= }}</ref>

===Willie Brown===

===Willie Brown===

:{{See also|San Francisco values}}

{{See also|San Francisco values}}

It was [[Willie Brown]], the mentor of [[Kamala Harris]], who first recognized that Jim Jones's organization could play a pivotal role in [[George Moscone]]’s run for mayor. Jones filled buses with temple members in Redwood Valley and [[Los Angeles]] and shuttled them to San Francisco. Voting procedures were [[liberal]], and many nonresidents were able to cast their ballots for Moscone, some more than once. ‘You could have run around to 1200 precincts and voted 1200 times,’ said Moscone's opponent after losing by a whisper of a margin.  Temple leaders claimed credit for Moscone's win.<ref>''[https://www.salon.com/2012/05/01/jim_jones_sinister_grip_on_san_francisco/ Jim Jones' sinister grip on San Francisco:] How the Peoples Temple cult leader ensnared Harvey Milk and other progressive icons, David Talbot, ''[[Slate]]'', May 1, 2012.</ref>  The new mayor appointed Jones chairman of the Housing Commission Authority, making Jones the largest landlord in the city.  

It was [[Willie Brown]], the mentor of [[Kamala Harris]], who first recognized that Jim Jones's organization could play a pivotal role in [[George Moscone]]’s run for mayor. Jones filled buses with temple members in Redwood Valley and [[Los Angeles]] and shuttled them to San Francisco. Voting procedures were [[liberal]], and many nonresidents were able to cast their ballots for Moscone, some more than once. ‘You could have run around to 1200 precincts and voted 1200 times,’ said Moscone's opponent after losing by a whisper of a margin.  Temple leaders claimed credit for Moscone's win.<ref>''[https://www.salon.com/2012/05/01/jim_jones_sinister_grip_on_san_francisco/ Jim Jones' sinister grip on San Francisco:] How the Peoples Temple cult leader ensnared Harvey Milk and other progressive icons, David Talbot, ''[[Slate]]'', May 1, 2012.</ref>  The new mayor appointed Jones chairman of the Housing Commission Authority, making Jones the largest landlord in the city.  

''[[Salon]]'' magazine says, {{quotebox|“no political figures were more gushing in their praise of Jones than Willie Brown and Harvey Milk, San Francisco’s rising tribune of gay freedom."<ref>''[https://www.salon.com/2012/05/01/jim_jones_sinister_grip_on_san_francisco/ Jim Jones' sinister grip on San Francisco:] How the Peoples Temple cult leader ensnared Harvey Milk and other progressive icons, David Talbot, ''[[Slate]]'', May 1, 2012.</ref>}}

''[[Salon]]'' magazine says,  

{{quotebox-float|“no political figures were more gushing in their praise of Jones than Willie Brown and Harvey Milk, San Francisco’s rising tribune of gay freedom."<ref>''[https://www.salon.com/2012/05/01/jim_jones_sinister_grip_on_san_francisco/ Jim Jones' sinister grip on San Francisco:] How the Peoples Temple cult leader ensnared Harvey Milk and other progressive icons, David Talbot, ''[[Slate]]'', May 1, 2012.</ref>}}

[[File:Willie Brown and Jim Jones.jpg|right|300px|thumb|At a September 1976 testimonial dinner honoring Jim Jones, Willie Brown is at the far left and Jones is at the far right.<ref>http://www.brasscheck.com/jonestown/</ref>]]

[[File:Willie Brown and Jim Jones.jpg|right|300px|thumb|At a September 1976 testimonial dinner honoring Jim Jones, Willie Brown is at the far left and Jones is at the far right.<ref>http://www.brasscheck.com/jonestown/</ref>]]

Willie Brown, Governor Jerry Brown, [[George Moscone]], Lieutenant Governor Mervyn Dymally and S.F. District Attorney Joseph Freitas among others attended a large testimonial dinner in Jim Jones' honor in September 1976.<ref>Layton, Deborah. ''Seductive Poison''. Anchor, 1999. ISBN|978-0-385-48984-3. page 105.</ref><ref>Tim Reiterman (1982) "Raven (book)|Raven: The Untold Story of Rev. Jim Jones and His People" ISBN|978-0-525-24136-2 page 307</ref>  Willie Brown served as master of ceremonies and introduced Jones, stating {{quotebox|"Let me present to you what you should see every day when you look in the mirror in the early morning hours ... Let me present to you a combination of [[Martin Luther King|Martin King]], Angela Davis, [[Albert Einstein]] ... [[Chairman Mao]]."<ref>Layton, Deborah 1999. p. 105</ref><ref>Tim Reiterman (1982) "Raven (book)|Raven: The Untold Story of Rev. Jim Jones and His People" ISBN|978-0-525-24136-2 page 308</ref><ref>Kinsolving, Kathleen and Tom. [http://www.culteducation.com/reference/jonestown/jonestown43.html "Madman in Our Midst: Jim Jones and the California Cover Up."] Ross Institute. 1998. {{webarchive |url=https://www.webcitation.org/5vybRwHQX?url=http://www.rickross.com/reference/jonestown/jonestown43.html |date=January 24, 2011 }}</ref>}} At another testimonial dinner, Brown introduced Jones, referring to him as "a young man came upon the scene, became an inspiration for a whole lot of people. He’s done fantastic things."<ref>[http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=27585 ''Transcript of Recovered FBI tape Q 784''] {{webarchive |url=https://www.webcitation.org/5vybXcfln?url=http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/AboutJonestown/Tapes/Tapes/TapeTranscripts/Q784.htm |date=January 24, 2011 }}</ref> Brown stated "San Francisco should have ten more Jim Joneses."<ref>Kilduff, Marshall and Ron Javers. ''Suicide Cult:  The Inside Story of the Peoples Temple Sect and the Massacre in Guyana''. Bantam Books, New York, 1978. ISBN|978-0-553-12920-5. page 49.</ref>   

Willie Brown, Governor Jerry Brown, [[George Moscone]], Lieutenant Governor Mervyn Dymally and S.F. District Attorney Joseph Freitas among others attended a large testimonial dinner in Jim Jones' honor in September 1976.<ref>Layton, Deborah. ''Seductive Poison''. Anchor, 1999. ISBN|978-0-385-48984-3. page 105.</ref><ref>Tim Reiterman (1982) "Raven (book)|Raven: The Untold Story of Rev. Jim Jones and His People" ISBN|978-0-525-24136-2 page 307</ref>  Willie Brown served as master of ceremonies and introduced Jones, stating  

{{quotebox-float|"Let me present to you what you should see every day when you look in the mirror in the early morning hours ... Let me present to you a combination of [[Martin Luther King|Martin King]], Angela Davis, [[Albert Einstein]] ... [[Chairman Mao]]."<ref>Layton, Deborah 1999. p. 105</ref><ref>Tim Reiterman (1982) "Raven (book)|Raven: The Untold Story of Rev. Jim Jones and His People" ISBN|978-0-525-24136-2 page 308</ref><ref>Kinsolving, Kathleen and Tom. [http://www.culteducation.com/reference/jonestown/jonestown43.html "Madman in Our Midst: Jim Jones and the California Cover Up."] Ross Institute. 1998. {{webarchive |url=https://www.webcitation.org/5vybRwHQX?url=http://www.rickross.com/reference/jonestown/jonestown43.html |date=January 24, 2011 }}</ref>}} At another testimonial dinner, Brown introduced Jones, referring to him as "a young man came upon the scene, became an inspiration for a whole lot of people. He’s done fantastic things."<ref>[http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=27585 ''Transcript of Recovered FBI tape Q 784''] {{webarchive |url=https://www.webcitation.org/5vybXcfln?url=http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/AboutJonestown/Tapes/Tapes/TapeTranscripts/Q784.htm |date=January 24, 2011 }}</ref> Brown stated "San Francisco should have ten more Jim Joneses."<ref>Kilduff, Marshall and Ron Javers. ''Suicide Cult:  The Inside Story of the Peoples Temple Sect and the Massacre in Guyana''. Bantam Books, New York, 1978. ISBN|978-0-553-12920-5. page 49.</ref>   

Willie Brown had visited the People's Temple a dozen times, some by invitation and some on his own.<ref>Nancy Dooley & Tim Reiterman, "Jim Jones: Power Broker", San Francisco Examiner, August 7, 1977</ref><ref>Layton, Deborah. ''Seductive Poison''. Anchor, 1999. ISBN|978-0-385-48984-3. p. 105.</ref> When investigations into the Temple's activities began, Brown said at a rally in support of Jones attended by Harvey Milk and others,<ref>Reiterman, Tim, and John Jacobs. ''Raven (book)|Raven: The Untold Story of Rev. Jim Jones and His People''. Dutton, 1982. {{ISBN|978-0-525-24136-2}}. page 327</ref> {{quotebox|"[h]e is a rare human being....he cares about people...Rev. Jim Jones is that person who can be helpful when all appears to be lost and [[hope]] is just about gone."<ref>Richardson, James, [http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft0m3nb07q/ ''Willie Brown A Biography''], University of California Press, 1996, p. 251 {{webarchive |url=https://www.webcitation.org/5vybaoie8?url=http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft0m3nb07q/ |date=January 24, 2011 }}</ref>}}

Willie Brown had visited the People's Temple a dozen times, some by invitation and some on his own.<ref>Nancy Dooley & Tim Reiterman, "Jim Jones: Power Broker", San Francisco Examiner, August 7, 1977</ref><ref>Layton, Deborah. ''Seductive Poison''. Anchor, 1999. ISBN|978-0-385-48984-3. p. 105.</ref> When investigations into the Temple's activities began, Brown said at a rally in support of Jones attended by Harvey Milk and others,<ref>Reiterman, Tim, and John Jacobs. ''Raven (book)|Raven: The Untold Story of Rev. Jim Jones and His People''. Dutton, 1982. {{ISBN|978-0-525-24136-2}}. page 327</ref>  

{{quotebox-float|"[h]e is a rare human being....he cares about people...Rev. Jim Jones is that person who can be helpful when all appears to be lost and [[hope]] is just about gone."<ref>Richardson, James, [http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft0m3nb07q/ ''Willie Brown A Biography''], University of California Press, 1996, p. 251 {{webarchive |url=https://www.webcitation.org/5vybaoie8?url=http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft0m3nb07q/ |date=January 24, 2011 }}</ref>}}

After Congressman [[Leo Ryan]] announced that he would investigate [[Jonestown]] following the November 1978 elections, Willie Brown was still planning a fund raising dinner for the Temple that was to be held on December 2, 1978.<ref>{{cite book |last=Richardson |first=James |url=http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft0m3nb07q |title=Willie Brown: A Biography |location=Berkeley |publisher=University of California Press |year=1997|isbn=978-0-585-24985-8}}</ref>

After Congressman [[Leo Ryan]] announced that he would investigate [[Jonestown]] following the November 1978 elections, Willie Brown was still planning a fund raising dinner for the Temple that was to be held on December 2, 1978.<ref>{{cite book |last=Richardson |first=James |url=http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft0m3nb07q |title=Willie Brown: A Biography |location=Berkeley |publisher=University of California Press |year=1997|isbn=978-0-585-24985-8}}</ref>

Brown continued to praise Jones after the mass suicide, claiming that attacks on Jones were "attacks" on the black community. Brown stated he had "no regrets" over his past association the Temple and that he would not dissociate himself from it like other politicians. {{quotebox|"They all like to say, 'Forgive me, I was wrong', but that's bulls—t. It doesn't mean a thing now, it just isn't relevant."<ref>Richardson, James, [http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft0m3nb07q/ ''Willie Brown A Biography''], University of California Press, 1996, p. 252 {{webarchive |url=https://www.webcitation.org/5vybaoie8?url=http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft0m3nb07q/ |date=January 24, 2011 }}</ref>}}

Brown continued to praise Jones after the mass suicide, claiming that attacks on Jones were "attacks" on the black community. Brown stated he had "no regrets" over his past association the Temple and that he would not dissociate himself from it like other politicians.  

{{quotebox-float|"They all like to say, 'Forgive me, I was wrong', but that's bulls—t. It doesn't mean a thing now, it just isn't relevant."<ref>Richardson, James, [http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft0m3nb07q/ ''Willie Brown A Biography''], University of California Press, 1996, p. 252 {{webarchive |url=https://www.webcitation.org/5vybaoie8?url=http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft0m3nb07q/ |date=January 24, 2011 }}</ref>}}

===Jerry Brown===

===Jerry Brown===

[[File:Rosalyn Carter and Jim Jones.jpg|right|275px|thumb|Jim Jones (right) with Rosalyn Carter (center) at the Grand Opening of Democrat Headquarters in San Francisco. 600 of the 750 gathered for the TV cameras at the campaign event were from the Peoples Temple.]]  

[[File:Rosalyn Carter and Jim Jones.jpg|right|275px|thumb|Jim Jones (right) with Rosalyn Carter (center) at the Grand Opening of Democrat Headquarters in San Francisco. 600 of the 750 gathered for the TV cameras at the campaign event were from the Peoples Temple.]]  

:{{See also|Carter administration}}

:{{See also|Carter administration}}

Candidate Jimmy Carter asked his wife [[Rosalynn Carter]] to contact Jim Jones. She held a private dinner with him and had the Peoples Temple leader introduce her at the 1976 grand opening of the San Francisco Democrat Party Headquarters. Some 600 of the 750 listeners were delivered in temple buses an hour and a half before the rally. The organizer, who had called Jones for help, remembered how gratified she’d felt when she first saw the Jones followers spilling off the buses: {{quotebox|“You should have seen it – old ladies on crutches, whole families, little kids, blacks, whites. Made to order."<ref>''[https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=14026 “Inside Peoples Temple”'' (Text)]</ref>}} Without Jones, Mrs. Carter might have spoke to a half-empty room.

Candidate Jimmy Carter asked his wife [[Rosalynn Carter]] to contact Jim Jones. She held a private dinner with him and had the Peoples Temple leader introduce her at the 1976 grand opening of the San Francisco Democrat Party Headquarters. Some 600 of the 750 listeners were delivered in temple buses an hour and a half before the rally. The organizer, who had called Jones for help, remembered how gratified she’d felt when she first saw the Jones followers spilling off the buses: {{quotebox-float|“You should have seen it – old ladies on crutches, whole families, little kids, blacks, whites. Made to order."<ref>''[https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=14026 “Inside Peoples Temple”'' (Text)]</ref>}} Without Jones, Mrs. Carter might have spoke to a half-empty room.

After Carter was elected, Jones sat with Rosalynn Carter at the head table of the Democratic Convention Dinner.<ref>Layton, Deborah. ''Seductive Poison''. Anchor, 1999. ISBN|978-0-385-48984-. p. 53.</ref> Jones wrote to Carter requesting aid for [[Fidel Castro]], whom Jones had earlier met with in [[Cuba]].<ref>Reiterman, Tim, and John Jacobs. ''Raven (book)|Raven: The Untold Story of Rev. Jim Jones and His People''. Dutton, 1982. ISBN|978-0-525-24136-2. page 305.</ref> In a handwritten letter to Jones on [[White House]] stationery, the [[First Lady]] wrote "Your comments on Cuba have been helpful.  I hope your suggestion can be acted on in the near future."  Carter also wrote that "I enjoyed being with you during the campaign -- and do hope you can meet Ruth soon", referring to her sister-in-law, Ruth Carter Stapleton.<ref>LA Times November 21, 1978</ref>

After Carter was elected, Jones sat with Rosalynn Carter at the head table of the Democratic Convention Dinner.<ref>Layton, Deborah. ''Seductive Poison''. Anchor, 1999. ISBN|978-0-385-48984-. p. 53.</ref> Jones wrote to Carter requesting aid for [[Fidel Castro]], whom Jones had earlier met with in [[Cuba]].<ref>Reiterman, Tim, and John Jacobs. ''Raven (book)|Raven: The Untold Story of Rev. Jim Jones and His People''. Dutton, 1982. ISBN|978-0-525-24136-2. page 305.</ref> In a handwritten letter to Jones on [[White House]] stationery, the [[First Lady]] wrote "Your comments on Cuba have been helpful.  I hope your suggestion can be acted on in the near future."  Carter also wrote that "I enjoyed being with you during the campaign -- and do hope you can meet Ruth soon", referring to her sister-in-law, Ruth Carter Stapleton.<ref>LA Times November 21, 1978</ref>

In 1970, Marin Count Judge Harold Haley's head was blown off by a sawed-off shotgun in a hostage incident in which members of the Black Panthers attempted to free Davis' lover, Black Panther member [[George Jackson]]. Jackson's younger brother took the judge, the prosecutor, and three female jurors as hostages and armed the defendants.<ref>{{cite book|last=Aptheker|first=Bettina|title=The Morning Breaks: The Trial of Angela Davis|year=1997|publisher=Cornell University Press}}</ref><ref name="Register-Guard">{{cite news|agency=Associated Press|title=Search broadens for Angela Davis|newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard|date=August 17, 1970|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4BkRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NuEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6482%2C3554926|accessdate=September 14, 2009}}</ref> Davis had purchased several of the firearms used in the attack,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/harvard-new-home-angela-davis-papers-180968191/|title=Angela Davis’ Archive Comes to Harvard|last1=Treviño|first1=Julissa|publisher=Smithsonian Magazine|date=16 February 2018|accessdate=7 February 2019}}</ref> including the shotgun used to kill the judge.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/04/18/archives/a-shotgun-that-miss-davis-purchased-is-linked-to-the-fatal-shooting.html|title=A Shotgun That Miss Davis Purchased Is Linked to the Fatal Shooting of Judge|last1=Caldwell|first1=Earl|work=[[The New York Times]]|date= April 18, 1972|accessdate= February 7, 2019}}</ref> Davis was also found to have  corresponded with Jackson.<ref>{{cite book|authors=White, Bay, Martain|title=Freedom on My Mind|publisher=Bedford/St. Martin's|isbn=978-0-312-64884-8|page=725}}</ref> California considers "all persons concerned in the commission of a crime, whether they directly commit the act constituting the offense... principals in any crime so committed", and a warrant for her arrest was issued. [[J. Edgar Hoover]] listed Davis on the [[FBI]]'s Ten Most Wanted List; the third woman to ever be listed<ref>{{cite web|title=Biography|work=Davis (Angela) Legal Defense Collection, 1970–1972|url=http://digilib.nypl.org/dynaweb/ead/scm/scmdavisa|accessdate=June 14, 2013}}</ref> behind Ma Barker and [[Bernardine Dohrn]]. She was apprehended and [[John Abt]], general counsel of the Communist Party USA, represent her.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Abt|first1=John|authorlink1=John Abt|last2=Myerson|first2=Michael|title=Advocate and Activist: Memoirs of an American Communist Lawyer|url=https://books.google.com/?id=9REaIPPh4k4C&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false|year=1993|publisher=University of Illinois Press|location=Urbana, Illinois|isbn=978-0-252-02030-8}}</ref> Davis was eventually acquitted of any role in the plotting and execution of the crime.

In 1970, Marin Count Judge Harold Haley's head was blown off by a sawed-off shotgun in a hostage incident in which members of the Black Panthers attempted to free Davis' lover, Black Panther member [[George Jackson]]. Jackson's younger brother took the judge, the prosecutor, and three female jurors as hostages and armed the defendants.<ref>{{cite book|last=Aptheker|first=Bettina|title=The Morning Breaks: The Trial of Angela Davis|year=1997|publisher=Cornell University Press}}</ref><ref name="Register-Guard">{{cite news|agency=Associated Press|title=Search broadens for Angela Davis|newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard|date=August 17, 1970|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4BkRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NuEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6482%2C3554926|accessdate=September 14, 2009}}</ref> Davis had purchased several of the firearms used in the attack,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/harvard-new-home-angela-davis-papers-180968191/|title=Angela Davis’ Archive Comes to Harvard|last1=Treviño|first1=Julissa|publisher=Smithsonian Magazine|date=16 February 2018|accessdate=7 February 2019}}</ref> including the shotgun used to kill the judge.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/04/18/archives/a-shotgun-that-miss-davis-purchased-is-linked-to-the-fatal-shooting.html|title=A Shotgun That Miss Davis Purchased Is Linked to the Fatal Shooting of Judge|last1=Caldwell|first1=Earl|work=[[The New York Times]]|date= April 18, 1972|accessdate= February 7, 2019}}</ref> Davis was also found to have  corresponded with Jackson.<ref>{{cite book|authors=White, Bay, Martain|title=Freedom on My Mind|publisher=Bedford/St. Martin's|isbn=978-0-312-64884-8|page=725}}</ref> California considers "all persons concerned in the commission of a crime, whether they directly commit the act constituting the offense... principals in any crime so committed", and a warrant for her arrest was issued. [[J. Edgar Hoover]] listed Davis on the [[FBI]]'s Ten Most Wanted List; the third woman to ever be listed<ref>{{cite web|title=Biography|work=Davis (Angela) Legal Defense Collection, 1970–1972|url=http://digilib.nypl.org/dynaweb/ead/scm/scmdavisa|accessdate=June 14, 2013}}</ref> behind Ma Barker and [[Bernardine Dohrn]]. She was apprehended and [[John Abt]], general counsel of the Communist Party USA, represent her.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Abt|first1=John|authorlink1=John Abt|last2=Myerson|first2=Michael|title=Advocate and Activist: Memoirs of an American Communist Lawyer|url=https://books.google.com/?id=9REaIPPh4k4C&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false|year=1993|publisher=University of Illinois Press|location=Urbana, Illinois|isbn=978-0-252-02030-8}}</ref> Davis was eventually acquitted of any role in the plotting and execution of the crime.

Jim Jones initiated friendships with progressives in the area including Angela Davis and Dennis Banks of the [[American Indian Movement]] (AIM).<ref>{{cite book|last=Scheers|first=Julia|authorlink=|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> Angela Davis addressed the crowd in Jonestown via shortwave radio in the days just prior to the final "white night."<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 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>}}

Jim Jones initiated friendships with progressives in the area including Angela Davis and Dennis Banks of the [[American Indian Movement]] (AIM).<ref>{{cite book|last=Scheers|first=Julia|authorlink=|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> Angela Davis addressed the crowd in Jonestown via shortwave radio in the days just prior to the final "white night."<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 Davis expressed support for the People's Temple and told members there was a conspiracy against them. She said,  

{{quotebox-float|"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 regime of East Germany.

In 1979 Davis was awarded the International [[Lenin]] Peace Prize (formerly named the International [[Stalin]] Peace Prize) by the Communist regime of East Germany.

[[Huey Newton]] was a co-founder of the [[Black Panther Party]]. Congresswoman [[Barbara Lee]] was a confidential aide to Newton.<ref>[http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Printable.asp?ID=1189 The Clinton Crisis: A Question of Loyalties], David Horowitz, ''FrontPageMagazine.com'', June 6, 1999.</ref> Jones and Newton had the same lawyer, Charles Garry.

[[Huey Newton]] was a co-founder of the [[Black Panther Party]]. Congresswoman [[Barbara Lee]] was a confidential aide to Newton.<ref>[http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Printable.asp?ID=1189 The Clinton Crisis: A Question of Loyalties], David Horowitz, ''FrontPageMagazine.com'', June 6, 1999.</ref> Jones and Newton had the same lawyer, Charles Garry.

In 1973 Huey Newton published a book called ''Revolutionary Suicide''. It was a tome on the latest hip [[cultural Marxist]] [[liberal claptrap|claptrap]]. {{quotebox|“The concept of revolutionary suicide is not defeatist or fatalistic. On the contrary, it conveys an awareness of reality in combination with the possibility of hope—reality because the revolutionary must always be prepared to face death, and hope because it symbolizes a resolute determination to bring about change.”}} In Jones reading, Jones failed to distinguish between “revolutionary suicide” and “reactionary suicide”—surrender in response to frustrating conditions—the concept appears so ill-thought through as to make misunderstandings probable.  

In 1973 Huey Newton published a book called ''Revolutionary Suicide''. It was a tome on the latest hip [[cultural Marxist]] [[liberal claptrap|claptrap]]. {{quotebox-float|“The concept of revolutionary suicide is not defeatist or fatalistic. On the contrary, it conveys an awareness of reality in combination with the possibility of hope—reality because the revolutionary must always be prepared to face death, and hope because it symbolizes a resolute determination to bring about change.”}} In Jones reading, Jones failed to distinguish between “revolutionary suicide” and “reactionary suicide”—surrender in response to frustrating conditions—the concept appears so ill-thought through as to make misunderstandings probable.  

In January 1977, Jones journeyed to Cuba following a letter of introduction from Willie Brown asking Fidel Castro to treat Jones trip as a state visit. There, he held a summit with Huey Newton, who fled from charges in the United States involving the murder of a teenage girl and the pistol whipping of an older tailor. Both made the mistake of calling him "Baby." In Cuba, Jones and Newton discussed “revolutionary suicide” and other [[dialectical materialism|Marxist dialectical garbage]]. Jones made certain to publicize the trip to the congregation which included some of Newton's relatives. Jones boasted of healing Newton's parents of [[cancer]].

In January 1977, Jones journeyed to Cuba following a letter of introduction from Willie Brown asking Fidel Castro to treat Jones trip as a state visit. There, he held a summit with Huey Newton, who fled from charges in the United States involving the murder of a teenage girl and the pistol whipping of an older tailor. Both made the mistake of calling him "Baby." In Cuba, Jones and Newton discussed “revolutionary suicide” and other [[dialectical materialism|Marxist dialectical garbage]]. Jones made certain to publicize the trip to the congregation which included some of Newton's relatives. Jones boasted of healing Newton's parents of [[cancer]].

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, 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. {{quotebox|“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.”}} In ridiculing Newton's book titles, Avery and Coleman inadvertently mocked Jones, who regarded the [[Left-wing]] [[ideological]] gibberish as “historic words.” Jones labored to put Newton's theory into practice. He leased Jonestown the same year ''Revolutionary Suicide'' hit bookstores. In the intervening years, he conducted dry runs of revolutionary suicide. At Jonestown, he orchestrated “white nights”—chaotic episodes in which Peoples Temple leadership led residents to believe that some outside force lurked beyond the community's perimeter ready to invade.<ref>''[https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/271921/revolutionary-suicide-daniel-flynn Revolutionary Suicide]'' The close – and nihilistic – relationship between Huey Newton and Jim Jones. Daniel Flynn. November 14, 2018. frontpagemag.com</ref>

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, 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.  

{{quotebox-float|“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.”}} In ridiculing Newton's book titles, Avery and Coleman inadvertently mocked Jones, who regarded the [[Left-wing]] [[ideological]] gibberish as “historic words.” Jones labored to put Newton's theory into practice. He leased Jonestown the same year ''Revolutionary Suicide'' hit bookstores. In the intervening years, he conducted dry runs of revolutionary suicide. At Jonestown, he orchestrated “white nights”—chaotic episodes in which Peoples Temple leadership led residents to believe that some outside force lurked beyond the community's perimeter ready to invade.<ref>''[https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/271921/revolutionary-suicide-daniel-flynn Revolutionary Suicide]'' The close – and nihilistic – relationship between Huey Newton and Jim Jones. Daniel Flynn. November 14, 2018. frontpagemag.com</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>  

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>  

===Hubert Humphrey===

===Hubert Humphrey===

:{{See also|United States presidential election of 1968}}

:{{See also|United States presidential election of 1968}}

Former Vice-President [[Hubert Humphrey]] and 1968 Democrat challenger to [[Richard Nixon]] for the presidency said of Jones, {{quotebox|"It is always good to hear that the spirit of the American people is still as vibrant and generous as ever. Pastor Jones seems to be a credit to your community, and I hope his good works continue to play an important power in the continued well-being of your area. Citizen power has always been one of my watchwords, and I’m glad to see it in action.<br>The work of Reverend Jones and his congregation is testimony to the positive and truly Christian approach to dealing with the myriad problems confronting our society today.”}}

Former Vice-President [[Hubert Humphrey]] and 1968 Democrat challenger to [[Richard Nixon]] for the presidency said of Jones,  

{{quotebox-float|"It is always good to hear that the spirit of the American people is still as vibrant and generous as ever. Pastor Jones seems to be a credit to your community, and I hope his good works continue to play an important power in the continued well-being of your area. Citizen power has always been one of my watchwords, and I’m glad to see it in action.<br>The work of Reverend Jones and his congregation is testimony to the positive and truly Christian approach to dealing with the myriad problems confronting our society today.”}}

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