The Peoples Temple and Jim Jones devolve in 1976 from a San Francisco political juggernaut secretly harboring designs of world communist revolution to, in 1978, a paranoid North Korean-style enclav...
The Peoples Temple and Jim Jones devolve in 1976 from a San Francisco political juggernaut secretly harboring designs of world communist revolution to, in 1978, a paranoid North Korean-style enclave in Jonestown. There, they negotiate with the Soviet Union, North Korea and others for a possible exodus. A Soviet delegation visits Jonestown, showering it with praise.
Captured on audio, three weeks before Congressman Ryan, NBC and others visit, they vote to commit Revolutionary Suicide to further the cause of Marxist-Leninism.
The day before Congressman Ryan arrives, Jones announced to Jonestown (and recorded on tape) he's not passing up the opportunity to shoot him.
Two days later, they do precisely as Jones had claimed: The Temple's "Red Brigade" killed Ryan and four others. The only murder of a Congressman in the line of duty in U.S. history. Popular NBC reporter Don Harris is also murdered.
Then, just as the Temple had voted three weeks before, over 900 members commit Revolutionary Suicide -- the largest death toll of American civilians in a non-natural disaster until 9-11.
They die in a "White Night" -- an emergency meeting of the Temple to discuss options to prevent takeover by outside forces. Jonestown had 84 White Nights before the final one.
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Nicely put together video but the one thing it leaves out: in the suicide audio Jim Jones states that he will face the consequences while his followers rest in peace. Jim Jones had no intention of dieing but yet he was shot, he didn't drink the poison. Then you learn that the CIA was right in the middle of things, that their point man managed to slither off just before the shootings and things suddenly aren't so clear cut, along with the coroner finding needle marks in many of the dead bodies.
This is not an easy story, Many of the people who joined the community wanted to do great things. I truly believe that even Jones wanted to do great things. Power changes people, it corrupts, and it lead Jones to his distruction. I am not making excuses for his behavior. It was evil, and he became a monster!
The People's Temple wanted to do great things and they were led astray.
Wrap it in religious terms... the religious will swallow anything, said Lenin, the bloody Bolshevik leader. As in Jim Jones' mentor, Atheist "Marxist-Leninist".
"How could I demonstrate my Marxism? The thought was, infiltrate the church." - Jim Jones
Really nice people, aren't they?
So who is running the Christian Church today? The Atheist Anti-Christ. To say Obama attends a church is a laughingstock. He's a Marxist SocialiSSt and that's all I am certain of.
NO he's NOT! Obama goes to church...how do you know he doesn't? Do you follow his every move?? You DON'T do ya?? STOP telling us & trying to convince us that Obama is evil already...
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Many of the people who joined the community wanted to do great things.
I truly believe that even Jones wanted to do great things.
Power changes people,
it corrupts,
and it lead Jones to his distruction.
I am not making excuses for his behavior.
It was evil,
and he became a monster!
The People's Temple wanted to do great things and they were led astray.
"How could I demonstrate my Marxism? The thought was, infiltrate the church."
- Jim Jones
Really nice people, aren't they?
So who is running the Christian Church today? The Atheist Anti-Christ. To say Obama attends a church is a laughingstock. He's a Marxist SocialiSSt and that's all I am certain of.