Jim Jones and his followers, as committed communists, conceived of the "revolutionary suicide" at Jonestown as an act of Marxist-Leninist resistance to American imperialism. Did any communist governments in the 70's actually honor his "sacrifice" or condemn the US for driving leftists to such ends?
by /u/Basilikon in /r/AskHistorians
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