Daniel Flynn

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Daniel J. Flynn is the author of the new book “Cult City: Jim Jones, Harvey Milk, and 10 Days That Shook San Francisco.”

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    Before Jim Jones’ Followers Drank the Kool-Aid, San Francisco Did

    Daniel Flynn
    Forty years ago this November, the Reverend Jim Jones orchestrated the murders and suicides of 918 people at his jungle commune, Jonestown. It marked the largest loss of civilian life in American history until 9/11. Since the Jonestown massacre, the phrase “drinking the Kool-Aid” has become a popular term for blind trust in bizarre or…
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