Dear All,
Dear All,
As California burns and super-storms ravage our southern and eastern coastal states, I’ve been thinking a lot about the Reverend Jim Jones and the People’s Temple. Today, November 18th, is the fortieth anniversary of the mass murder-suicide of 916 Americans at the People’s Temple Agricultural Project at Jonestown in the northwest forested region of Guyana.
The 276 dead American children had no choice.
Victim of his own megalomania and alternate reality, the Pentecostal leader coerced his followers into ingesting cyanide-laced, grape-flavored Flavor Aid.
“Revolutionary suicide,” the Reverend Jim Jones called his final, defiant act.
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Local Government Elections were held across the country, and if the political pundits are doing their work, the analysis of the dismal results should throw up some deeply worrying indications.
According to reports from the Guyana Elections Commission, just over a third – about 208,000 of the 573,000 eligible voters turned out to place their X, choosing who they want to manage the various communities and municipalities for the next few years. Continue reading
Appearing Tall—Poised for the Fall and the Sexist History behind it all
Let’s get it right, from the start coming straight from the heart. I do not hate high heels, but instead abhor the idea that they are seen as indicators of female elegance when in my experience the vast majority of females find them extremely painful and hobbling.
Learning to walk in heels is a rite of passage for many women and can be an untrustworthy road paved with broken heels, sore feet, and unexpected tumbles. And on first learning to walk in heels first learning you tend to look like a baby giraffe taking its first steps. Continue reading
40 YEARS SINCE JONESTOWN – By Dmitri Allicock
40 YEARS SINCE JONESTOWN
[November 18, 1978]
By Dmitri Allicock
Twas Guyana’s jungle on this day in November
Horror of Jonestown, sorrowfully remembered
Forty years since Jim Jones, a disciple of death
And here, 914 people, drew their final breath
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