[elk]

Isn't it true that Jim Jones was a Communist? I believe it's Jack Cashill's book titled, "What's the Matter with California" that brings that out of the closet.

So, Obama and Jones have more in common than we think.

[Shelayne]

I don’t know. It certainly would not surprise me, though.

[olivia3boys]

Yes, Jim Jones was absolutely a Communist; Peoples Temple lived communally in SF and then in the “re-education camp” that was Jonestown, where they were given lessons in Marxism and planned to eventually defect to the Soviet Union.

The definitive work on Jim Jones and Peoples Temple: “Raven,” by Tim Reiterman, a reporter who was there at the Peoples Temple shootout in Guyana that killed Congressman Ryan (who I believe is the only Congressman ever to be assassinated in the line of duty).