Peoples Temple Collection; Box 14, Virtual Item 30 - A, Q399 - Part 1, News and commentary (August 25, 1978)
Dates
- Digitized: August 25, 1978
Creator
- Peoples Temple (Organization)
- Jones, Jim (Jones, James Warren) (Person)
Summary Note
As with many newscasts, Jones seems to rely most heavily upon Soviet or Eastern bloc news sources, although he quotes other sources such as BBC and Voice of America as well. The items themselves focus on more international news than most Americans are used to, especially in their coverage of Central America, Africa and Eastern bloc countries. The origin of the Soviet-oriented news services likely accounts for much of the use of adjectives in describing US or Western European countries. American interests are pursued “because USA has no sense of human dignity,” and the nations themselves are “lackeys” and “puppet regime[s] of the imperialist” or – in the case of Nicaragua – “the dread … puppet regime of USA capitalism.” Full summary of the recording available at Alternative Considerations of Jonestown website, along with the tape transcript.
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Physical Description Note
Original audio cassette tape recording digitized and made available as .mp3 audio file.
Publisher Note
Publisher: The Jonestown Institute
Subject
- Jones, Jim, 1931-1978 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections & University Archives Repository