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===Willie Brown===

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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.

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[[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

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{{quotebox-~~floaat~~|"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>

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{{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>

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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.

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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>}}

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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,

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{{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.

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[[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.

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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.

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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]].

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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.”

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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>

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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.

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{{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>

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===Hubert Humphrey===

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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.”}}

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

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{{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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