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Jonestown lesson: No one person can solve our problems
“I haven’t seen anybody yet (who) didn’t die. And I’d like to choose my own kind of death for a change. I’m tired of being tormented to hell, that’s what I’m tired of. Tired of it.” So said pastor Jim Jones on Nov.18, 1978, in Guyana, right before he perpetrated the mass killing of more than 900 members of his Peoples Temple of the Disciples of Christ. Since then, Jonestown has remained at the periphery of social consciousness.
Poster: Critical lessons from Jonestown
It has remained at the periphery of social consciousness. "I haven't seen anybody yet (who) didn't die. And I'd like to choose my own kind of death for a change. I'm tired of being tormented to hell, that's what I'm tired of. Tired of it." So said pastor Jim Jones 40 years ago this past Sunday, on Nov. 18, 1978, in Guyana right before he perpetrated the mass killing of more than 900 members of his Peoples Temple of the Disciples of Christ.
Poster: Critical lessons from Jonestown
It has remained at the periphery of social consciousness. "I haven't seen anybody yet (who) didn't die. And I'd like to choose my own kind of death for a change. I'm tired of being tormented to hell, that's what I'm tired of. Tired of it." So said pastor Jim Jones 40 years ago this past Sunday, on Nov. 18, 1978, in Guyana right before he perpetrated the mass killing of more than 900 members of his Peoples Temple of the Disciples of Christ.
Perspective | Jonestown teaches us that no one person can solve our problems
Members of the Peoples Temple were forced to commit suicide in Jonestown, Guyana, in 1978. (Frank Johnston/The Washington Post) “I haven’t seen anybody yet [who] didn’t die. And I’d like to choose my own kind of death for a change. I’m tired of being tormented to hell, that’s what I’m tired of. Tired of it.” So said pastor Jim Jones on November 18, 1978, in Guyana, right before he perpetrated the mass killing of more than 900 members of his Peoples Temple of the Disciples of Christ.
Jonestown teaches us that no one person can solve our problems
"I haven't seen anybody yet (who) didn't die. And I'd like to choose my own kind of death for a change. I'm tired of being tormented to hell, that's what I'm tired of. Tired of it." So said pastor Jim Jones on November 18, 1978, in Guyana, right before he perpetrated the mass killing of more than 900 members of his Peoples Temple of the Disciples of Christ. Since then, Jonestown has remained at the periphery of social consciousness.
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Perspective | The Russian ‘fake news’ campaign that damaged the United States — in the 1980s
Imagine a covert plan to weaken the United States, not through military sabotage or stealing state secrets, but simply through the manipulation of the news media. The plan involves foreign agents who write and disseminate false news articles with the aim of destabilizing American society and driving a wedge between the United States and its allies.
The Russian ‘fake news’ campaign that damaged the United States - in the 1980s
Alexander Poster is a historian at the United States Department of State who studies U.S-Latin American relations and non-military global issues. Imagine a covert plan to weaken the United States, not through military sabotage or stealing state secrets, but simply through the manipulation of the news media. The plan involves foreign agents who write and disseminate false news articles with the aim of destabilizing American society and driving a wedge between the United States and its allies.
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