Today in Labor History November 18, 1978: In Jonestown, Guyana, cult leader Jim Jones led his followers at the Peoples Temple to a mass murder–suicide. 918 people died, including more than 270 children. Members of the temple had murdered Congressman Leo Ryan hours earlier. The church’s ideology was a combination of Christian and socialist ideals, and Jim Jones had previously forged alliances with many left-wing figures, as well as many San Francisco liberals like Mayor George Moscone, Harvey Milk, Governor Jerry Brown and Willie Brown. The temple also had a reputation for aiding California’s poorest residents, especially minorities, drug addicts and homeless people, many of whom died at Jonestown.

Don’t “Drink the Koolaid.” It will kill you.

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Today in Labor History November 18, 1978: In Jonestown, Guyana, cult leader Jim Jones led his followers at the Peoples Temple to a mass murder–suicide. 918 people died, including more than 270 children. Members of the temple had murdered Congressman Leo Ryan hours earlier. The church’s ideology was a combination of Christian and socialist ideals, and Jim Jones had previously forged alliances with many left-wing figures, as well as many San Francisco liberals like Mayor George Moscone, Harvey Milk, Governor Jerry Brown and Willie Brown. The temple also had a reputation for aiding California’s poorest residents, especially minorities, drug addicts and homeless people, many of whom died at Jonestown.

Don’t “Drink the Koolaid.” It will kill you.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #jimjones #peoplestemple #massmurder #guyana #socialism #georgemoscone #harveymilk #jerryborwn #williebrown #homelessness

I've decided this technically isn't advertisement because in fact you can download the thing for free. So here is Lost Temple, a fuzzy synth album about #PeoplesTemple, #Jonestown, and #JimJones

https://hamster.dance/blog/article/lost-temple/

Sendung Inside the Criminal Mind:

"Jim Jones beschließt, die Bewegung nach Guyana in Südafrika umzusiedeln. In ein Paradies, das er #Jonestown nennt."

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