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"We didn't commit suicide. We committed an act of revolutionary suicide protesting the conditions of an inhumane world."

Alvy Ampersand — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:42:07 -0800

31 years ago today, 918 people died in the Jonestown Mass Murder-Suicide. One week later, CBC Radio aired this comprehensive examination[MP3] of the events leading up the tragedy, including cult leader Jim Jones' rise to power, the founding of the Peoples Temple Agricultural Project in Guyana, and the ill-fated investigative delegation headed by Congressman Leo Ryan which precipitated the tragic event.

The Jim Jones Gospel Hour

Bookhouse — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:36:47 -0800

The music of the People's Temple. Five years before Jim Jones coerced 900 of his church members to commit suicide in Guyana, the People's Temple cut an album. See this previous post for a link to an excellent website on the Temple. The best tracks on He's Able are a product of the church's famously energetic service and interracial membership: Something Got a Hold of Me (MP3) Walking With You Father (MP3) He's Able (MP3) Found after watching this excellent PBS documentary.

'We are not committing suicide; it's a revolutionary act.'

kirkaracha — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 16:30:56 -0800

"What do we call it: suicide or murder?" An interview with filmmaker Stanley Nelson about his new documentary, Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple. The documentary has some never-before-seen footage and features two Jonestown survivors. "I think by the end of the film you feel that it's kind of both at the same time." [more inside]

Jonestown

semmi — Sat, 23 Nov 2002 20:41:59 -0800

Alternative Considerations of Jonestown & Peoples Temple. Was it a religion, a revolutionary social movement, a cult, or a combination of them all?