Annie Dawid

He doesn't want this article to be published because he feels like that's going to be the end of him. And he is paranoid. I mean, there's the kind of paranoia which is drug-induced and not real. And then there's also the real paranoia, which is people are investigating the church and they don't like what they see.

He doesn't want this article to be published because he feels like that's going to be the end of him. And he is paranoid. I mean, there's the kind of paranoia which is drug-induced and not real. And then there's also the real paranoia, which is people are investigating the church and they don't like what they see.

He doesn't want this article to be published because he feels like that's going to be the end of him. And he is paranoid. I mean, there's the kind of paranoia which is drug-induced and not real. And then there's also the real paranoia, which is people are investigating the church and they don't like what they see.

In 74, the People's Temple bought this land in Guyana, the former British Guyana, which is newly independent. And they want foreign investment to help them. They're a poor country. So Jones buys this land, or leases, actually, this land in the northwest part of the state near the Venezuelan border. And that border is contested. between Guyana and Venezuela.

In 74, the People's Temple bought this land in Guyana, the former British Guyana, which is newly independent. And they want foreign investment to help them. They're a poor country. So Jones buys this land, or leases, actually, this land in the northwest part of the state near the Venezuelan border. And that border is contested. between Guyana and Venezuela.

In 74, the People's Temple bought this land in Guyana, the former British Guyana, which is newly independent. And they want foreign investment to help them. They're a poor country. So Jones buys this land, or leases, actually, this land in the northwest part of the state near the Venezuelan border. And that border is contested. between Guyana and Venezuela.

So Guyana wants people to inhabit that part of the country, you know, which is very, very sparsely populated. So they start what's called the Jonestown Agricultural Project in 74. And eventually there's like a hundred workers there. They call them the Jonestown pioneers who go, they clear the jungle, they build this community. I mean, it's pure jungle. It's

So Guyana wants people to inhabit that part of the country, you know, which is very, very sparsely populated. So they start what's called the Jonestown Agricultural Project in 74. And eventually there's like a hundred workers there. They call them the Jonestown pioneers who go, they clear the jungle, they build this community. I mean, it's pure jungle. It's

So Guyana wants people to inhabit that part of the country, you know, which is very, very sparsely populated. So they start what's called the Jonestown Agricultural Project in 74. And eventually there's like a hundred workers there. They call them the Jonestown pioneers who go, they clear the jungle, they build this community. I mean, it's pure jungle. It's

a 24-hour boat ride from the capital of Georgetown. It's really isolated. And these builders are incredible. And they work 18-hour days building this community from scratch. And so this utopian impulse, that's very American. It was also the beginning of white America, of whites leaving England and Holland because of religious persecution.

a 24-hour boat ride from the capital of Georgetown. It's really isolated. And these builders are incredible. And they work 18-hour days building this community from scratch. And so this utopian impulse, that's very American. It was also the beginning of white America, of whites leaving England and Holland because of religious persecution.

a 24-hour boat ride from the capital of Georgetown. It's really isolated. And these builders are incredible. And they work 18-hour days building this community from scratch. And so this utopian impulse, that's very American. It was also the beginning of white America, of whites leaving England and Holland because of religious persecution.

So I really find a lot of the American utopian impulse in people's temples. So they're building that.

So I really find a lot of the American utopian impulse in people's temples. So they're building that.

So I really find a lot of the American utopian impulse in people's temples. So they're building that.

Yeah, true. So 74 is the start of it. Now we're 77. It's the summer. This article is starting to, you know, Jones's understanding he can't stop it from being published. So he says, I got to get out of here because he'll be prosecuted for something. He doesn't want to deal with that. And so the mass immigration to Guyana starts in the summer of 77. The article comes out in August.

Yeah, true. So 74 is the start of it. Now we're 77. It's the summer. This article is starting to, you know, Jones's understanding he can't stop it from being published. So he says, I got to get out of here because he'll be prosecuted for something. He doesn't want to deal with that. And so the mass immigration to Guyana starts in the summer of 77. The article comes out in August.

Yeah, true. So 74 is the start of it. Now we're 77. It's the summer. This article is starting to, you know, Jones's understanding he can't stop it from being published. So he says, I got to get out of here because he'll be prosecuted for something. He doesn't want to deal with that. And so the mass immigration to Guyana starts in the summer of 77. The article comes out in August.

So he's already gone when the article is published in the Bay Area.

So he's already gone when the article is published in the Bay Area.