This is a short piece I did for Daniele’s History on Fire podcast. Many of you may have already heard it, but I thought I’d put it on the main...
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#17 – God’s Socialist, pt. 7: A Gallant, Glorious, Screaming EndJim Jones and Peoples Temple follow the remnants of the 1970s radical left into the fire. WARNING: Extreme language and disturbing content. Thank you to www.campuspress.com for sponsoring this series.... Read more
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#16 – God’s Socialist, pt. 6: No Driver At The WheelThis was originally intended to be part of the previous episode, but I decided to break them up. Warning: EXTREME LANGUAGE AND GRAPHIC CONTENT The student movement is dead. The... Read more
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#15 – God’s Socialist, pt. 5: The Wounded KingThis episode begins where the ’60s end, when the radicalism of that decade crash headlong into the diminishing expectations of 1970s America. The Weather Underground veers off toward its explosive... Read more
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#14 - God's Socialist, pt. 4: Sex, Drugs & RevolutionThis episode discusses the beginning of Peoples’ Temple’s slide into radicalism after Jim Jones leads his people to California. We also talk about the development of 1960s radical political movements,... Read more
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#13 – God’s Socialist, pt. 3: Head North, Then Turn LeftIn this episode I trace the trajectory of the civil rights movement through the 1960s, and the gradual shift in emphasis and leadership from the stoic southern marchers following Martin... Read more
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#12 - God's Socialist, pt. 2: What Child Is This?This is part 2 of a podcast series on Jim Jones and his Peoples Temple movement. An eccentric loner as a child, Jim Jones finds purpose in the fight for... Read more
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#11 - God's Socialist: PrologueThis is the first episode of a series exploring Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple. This episode is only a prologue, a few stories and ideas to serve as a... Read more
