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Undated Statement from Laura Johnston
Laura Johnston
Socialism
Socialism is the road to communism – which is a totally egalitarian state where no one prospers at the expense of a poor class. Every one works together and the benefits and produces made are shared – no group works in an elite setting and has special privilege. The result of a group effort (or group control of the means of production) is that the product gradually builds up the standard of living of everyone, and makes benefits available – medical, food, housing, etc. that in capitalistic countries are available to only a select few – based on class, race, ethnic origin etc. or family connections.
Socialism can come about gradually – but the transitional stage is very different done peacefully. Like in Chile and now in Guyana – an elected Socialist government that doesn’t take strong measures to protect itself from capitalist and CIA interventions – especially in Latin & South America where the US feels more threatened by the presence of Socialist or even non-aligned nations so is determined to attempt to overthrow any such state.
Socialism is a way of saying “if you don’t work you don’t eat, but if you can work, you can feed many others as well as yourself.” In an advanced socialist or communist state, it is based on an individual’s responsibility to contribute to the whole – not an individual’s fight not to be misused and swallowed up by the elite class like in the
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US and in all capitalistic states where outrageous prices are chased for legal aid, medicine, schooling, housing, and salaries are barely sufficient to cover the most basic needs for the real workers of the society.
I don’t want to live in any capitalist nation. I don’t want any – not one – child to suffer that life.
Ideas-
If a nation that can’t take us in (Cuba – or any others) could provide us safe travel to South Africa or wherever the fight is on we could go there and fight – rather than be here shot down w/out helping in a concrete way with some struggle
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Could we somehow get to Chile and at least bring more public attention to that struggle or Brazil – or wherever
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Letter to Laura Johnston from Guyana correspondent, October 1977
224 Independence Boulevard,
La Penitence
Greater Georgetown/
25th October, 1977
Hello Laura,
I hope these few lines may reach you soft in the best of head also the people up there, for myself and all at home are going well.
Well Laura I rang many times home in Georgetown but your family told me that you haven’t come home as yet, they don’t know when you would come home, so we could get together (lets hope) so you must write and tell me when you are comming because I want to invite you home at me.
So Laura how is work up there don’t work too heard because I know Agricultural work is heard, for my self I am still working at [illegible] as a switchboard operator so I sure can remember one.
I hope you are comming home for Christmas it is not far from now in the next two months.
Well Laura this is all for know until I hear from you. So long care yourself.
Yours faithfully
Nadine Seeram
[envelope addressed to Laura Johnston]
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Laura Johnston Letter to Dad on Tim Stoen
19 Dec 1977
To: Jim Jones
From: Laura Johnston
Re: Present commitment concerning TOS
I know I fuck up in my follow-through with different responsibilities – I would love to be able to do one thing right – without fucking up – If I could be useful driving a car off a cliff with Tim and any traitors I could take – or if I could carry an explosive into a group of them – without implicating the group – in any way that I could take others with me – I’d be more than willing to do it.
I have fears, preferences, many faults but I think that death offers me things I want so I don’t see myself falling short of any instructions in that area.
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Undated Statement from Laura Johnston
To: Jim Jones
From: Laura Johnston
These are just a few reasons I have to be grateful to you. I don’t even pretend to appreciate you enough!
– you saved me from the complacency, boredom and compromise of being a citizen of the U.S. today
– you saved me from identifying as a white person – which would have meant that I would be a drag on the momentum of the third world and communism.
– you saved me from being an oppressed woman – There is no way I could have found happiness without Jim Jones, Peoples Temple and socialism
– you showed me reality, when I was looking at life with rose colored glasses. I was unhappy being alive at all even with those rose colored glasses
– you gave me hope that I could change, and grow into a more committed communist.
– you proved to me that once I was freed of capitalist bullshit, that I was the only thing in my way to principle – I was no longer in bondage to capitalism and theUnited States “American Dream”
– you let me see camaraderie that can carry us through the most difficult times, because we gain strength and unity through stormy weather.
– you gave me memories of such love that I can never remember them all – summer trips,
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drug rehabilitation projects, living communally, church projects, harvesting grapes, bus driving, animals adopted and cared for, children given homes, security for sweet – and some cranky – seniors, socialist rallies, marches around..the most fascist US institutions, winter trips through snow and ice storms, and finally a move to a socialist, third world nation – No memory could be so full, no life, less dull, no work so fulfilling
– you showed me that you have the patience of the ages – you endured church, endured Indianapolis, then Ukiah, then endured captivity in San Fran. and now you endure life with daily disappointments and trials which only you can bring us through.
– you gave homes to the most abandoned in the U.S. society – Mae Katherine Griffith and Estelle Railback, Comrade Mercer, Joe Beam, Renee McMurray, Mom Talley, Kay Rosas, Danny Beck, Mark Sly, Vincent Lopez, and many, many, many more.
– you gave me the privilege of being a socialist becoming communist here in Guyana.
– you showed me character and you alone are responsible for any that I’ve shown or even now develop
– you showed me that you are concerned about each of us without a price – we have no need to try to sway you or bury you – you are righteous and not partial to us based on any superficiality.
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Note to Jim Jones from Laura Johnston, Winter 1978
1/2/78
To: Jim Jones
From: Laura Johnston
Re:
Self-evaluation
Sexual feelings towards you
Hostility towards you
1 I know that I have too good an image of myself. I try to maintain an image – but I’m a “closet” fuck-up, I know. It is difficult for me to admit. I’m wrong, defensive, lazy and passive. My self-image gets in my way – like when I had my medical check-up I didn’t admit to Lisa Layton that I’d been with anyone – that I could have VD – and I [crossed out: couldn’t] didn’t for fro a pregnancy check when my period was a few weeks late. (it has now been regular for months so no problem there). I know that with my fuck in Georgetown, it wasn’t just a one time accident – I don’t believe in those either. I know it was my anarchy and reason to be thinking – and then carrying out – such shit. I worry too that I talked too much to the outsider – about general things it seemed to me – but I wasn’t objective in the situation – like I told him we had radio contact hours day – and night, and he knew which secretaries came in – by picking them up at the airport etc. I know that in every project I’ve worked on – I have had poor follow thru and general lack of concern – the only exception possibly – has been keeping my welfare job for so long (thanks to you) and doing visitations in the U.S. I’m involved with Agriculture here – but so far I haven’t gotten that involved.
I first thought when I came out to Jonestown about staying for a year – then going back. I didn’t want to have to work – but I didn’t want to keep those in the U.S. from coming. Somehow the one-year plan eased me thru accepting the discipline of daily work – which I thought I was above. I know this is all fucked. More and more I know I couldn’t stay in the U.S. I don’t have any illusions of being principled or having deep morals – I know I’m selfish and my only
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fairness and morality comes from you. I’ve worked thru that nightmare now and have no plans to return there. I just don’t want to fuck up anymore here. I want to do my job
2 I’m still sexually attracted to you – I feel like I’m not the least bit interested in any relationship – the routine of having to speak, relate in our exclusive way. I hope that continues, even those I listed in the last note as those I’m sexually attracted to – doesn’t apply. You asked in service who had no desire for relationships – and said it was because of the heaviness of the world nowadays. I wish I had that sensitivity but my own reason is more that:
- I don’t trust myself in any relationship.
- I don’t trust another party
- Relationships are fucked because it requires kissing ass to be maintained
- My self-image is single – so unless I had just a 5 minute fuck – I’d have to blow that image too
I am hostile because I don’t know where I stand. I know my Georgetown fuck was treasonous and that alot of my fuck-ups have been servers I don’t know if I’m the exception or if it is a general problem – I don’t know if I should ask or volunteer for things like procuring on the river or going to PNC meetings, or if I should just sit things out. I know my own acts are the things that I’m hostile about, and I don’t know really how to treat myself accordingly – and I don’t know how you want me treated. I know I used to clear letters, and that Rita [Tupper] made it clear that I was no longer needed. I don’t know if that came from you or if that was her preference. I know you are so direct with each of us as you can be – based on our good as long as the collective is not harmed – so I assume I couldn’t or can’t take it that I’m less trustworthy than Rita or Mary Lou [Clancey] again – I don’t know which is paranoia, which is justified – etc
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Undated note from Laura Johnston
M-
I’d gladly be able to serve by either taking care of Tim/Grace or by committing suicide in the cabinet or wherever –
(Using a gun would mean our loss of a gun we need) Who would be next in line after that? Would [Desmond] Hoyt be a good one to eliminate? Or someone else in government hare?
Laura Johnston
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Note to Jim Jones from Laura Johnston, February 1978
21 Feb
To: Dad
From: Laura Johnston
Self Evaluation – as Misfit
- My voice is not loud or strong enough to consider it essential for the Misfits to have a decent sound – so I doubt whether this is necessary as part of the Misfits going to Georgetown –
In any case – in case you do want this anyway, I’ll go on –
Bad Points
- My past fuck ups show that I am still rebellious, anarchistic.
- I procrastinate organizing my time and energy.
- I prefer being a loner so I don’t work hard enough at conversation, communication
Good Points
- I am confident I’ll not be led by my ass again
- I could work on insurance, procuring while in town, help w/ any typing
- In Misfits – I cut down on fooling around and wasting time
- I’m a more determined socialist than I’ve ever been.
- I would MUCH rather never go to Gtown again
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Test Answers from Laura Johnston, May 1978
News
So. America
Laura Johnston
(Soc. Teacher Test)
7 May 78
Guyana – Forbes Burnham, PM, has visited 5 countries – USSR, No. Korea, E. German, and 2 others, showing the direction of the PNC is changing to be more openly pro-Soviet. A few weeks ago Cheddi Jagan threw his desk over in Parliament to appear to be upset about the conservative direction of politics under the PNC – the Soviet Union has made strong supportive statements about Burnham and Guyana (Cheddi Jagan is married to Rosenberg’s daughter of early 1950 Rosenberg case)
Now there’s a national strike of all workers to show solidarity within the union. They celebrated May Day – a day marking the “Haymarket Massacre” from the US in 1888 when some communists were framed and executed for a demonstration was broken up by police with some lives taken. The unity of labor and the clerical and office workers union is a great accomplishment since it closes the racial bias of Guyana. The Guyana stereotype Blacks as office workers and E Indians as the rice, sugar, agricultural workers for the most part. In Linden, where Bauxite is mined, there was a large demonstration and police had used tear gas to break it up. Min. Mingo traveled up to see why the police used the gas. The police chief reportedly is conservative there – Linden is on the East Bank Demeraras and is a liberal community the gov’t has continued to support and encourage in industry and agricultural communes.
The Guyanese gov’t has said we could protect ourselves if any mercenaries have the nerve to come in over land and they approved our use and permits for more guns.
The N. Korean embassy has had representatives visit our house, also GDF head and other officials.
Guyanese gov’t – an election would be upcoming. The PNC is afraid they’ll lose in a popular election since the E. Indian PPP outnumber the PNC. A referendum to postpone the elections is
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being considered. We would do well under other party since they’re both communist or socialist – tho the PPP is more Marxist than the PNC at this point – Dr. Reid is with the PNC, and he has been our closest allie in the gov’t.
Schools – the gov’t has licensed our school, says it is best in country. They require all students to take a comprehensive test – ours too, so we have to push school to get the students to pass.
U.S. Embassy here – McCoy has agreed to be contacted if anyone questions us keeping Maria or anyone here by force or if any one questions our progress here; also has told us he was contacted to allow mercenaries into Guyana to kidnap or kill – he refused and told us, but we don’t know how some reightest member of Venezuelan govt’ may react to the same plan.
Guyanese people and gov’t are voicing concern over bringing the white racists from Transki to So. America. We’ll have none but Costa Rica and Uruguay have agreed to take some. We backed this decision, signed a petition to voice our support.
Mexico – has held off any dispute on border lines of Nicaragua – which is a good sign since the US wants to stir up conflict and Mexico has been a puppet of the US for years. Still Mexico does not sue – or won’t fight – US intervention – they sold out.
Venezuela – an independent capitalist country member of OPEC, that is now trying to find an alternative standard of exchange besides US currency.
Chile – in Sept. 1973 Allende was overthrown and assasinated. He’d been an elected President – Socialist, and hadn’t properly safeguarded his gov’t against the USA – CIA so the army turned on him. The US spent $9 million on his assasination alone. Pinochet regime that they came into power is a torturous cruel regime that tortures and kills without regard for the UN sanctions and the reports on inspections by humanitarian groups. Dad is reading a book on Chilean prisoners and tortures now – from the beginning of the coup when the last free radio station was finally broken and the courageous radio broadcasters were arrested taken thru the torture chambers and with many others were killed or tortured
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So America
Laura Johnston
Chile- cont’d recently some prisoners were released, but still a drop in the bucket. People are still disappearing there. There is some activity growing to oppose Pinochet, but it is slight at this time.
Uruguay – a fascist capitalist country has agreed to take in some of the white racists from Transki.
Nicaragua – they recently had a revolution and won. The US has been involved in that nation for 120 years – in the past President Pierce and then another President sent in troops to keep “order” and ass kissing. (It is just so. of Mexico, so is actually in Latin or Central America). We, PT, were directly involved in their freedom battle.
Bolivia – six women fasted and caused freedom fighters all over So. and Central America to struggle and unite.
Panama – Central America – Panama treaty was a total sell out by the US – after Carter signed it, Congress amended and to make it worthless – finally after 1999, Panama will be self-governing but always “neutral” – so the US has excuse to interfere if that is not followed.
Granada – island near here – independent with socialist President Manley but less vocal and, as a possible refuge for us – more shaking because of the closeness to US.
Puerto Rico – US territory fighting against US domination – fishing vessels held of US naval demonstration.
West Indes [Indies] – Gr. Britain is trying to return minorities from the West Indes – an area that Gr. Britain controlled and governed for years – back rather than keep them and educate them.
The governments of Haiti, the Phillipines and Jamaica are especially repressive and murderous. England, that had once had the reputation of being fair to all ethnic races is now retracting that position. Thatcher, in Gr. Britain Min. of Education, has openly said that minorities should be sent back because of the expense of giving adequate education, care, is so high. Since they are so close to the US – their struggle for freedom and be more difficult tho in the Phillipines there have been struggles against Marcos regime
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Cuba – island in Latin Amer – just 90 miles so. of Florida, is aiding in the struggles of other 3rd world countries – now in Ethiopia. Their country continues to progress, they have highest literacy rate in Latin and So. America, they have been supportive of Guyana’s independence from Gr. Britain’s influence and Socialist path.
U.S.
– 3 children 3, 4, 7, burned to death is Taylor, Alabama, a goat placed on top
– 80 cities had racial riots
– Police chief Davis running 2 to 1 against Gov. Brown is poll for next governor. He favors lynch mob violence, is a member of racist clubs.
– Frank Rizzo is mayor of Phila – running on a new party – White Rights party. When he ran years ago – he ran on platform that “your home is your castle” and no one has the right to interfere – integrate, etc.
– Carter said he’d stop making nuetron bomb – never planning to do so – then “changed his mind” 2 weeks later – bullshit. Nuetron bomb is designed for us in US ghettos – they can be made with exact ingredients to destroy a district – within yards. The bomb is being used in So. Africa and US has given it to France to that is a front for US to continue making it
– Senate Bill 1 – 1437 continues on course
– Chicago – young children are castrated in schools, on streets
– C.P. office in New York was blown up, along w/other leftist group offices
– more police violence than ever before in US and LA, SF included
– Zodiac killer has ret’d to SF, killed 3 – now SF is all afraid, deserves it as it was and is unwilling to stand up to injustices
– Malcolm X killed after he went to Ghana and changed from Black nationalist fighter for all oppressed – every color. He said policy maker in US is not President but the ones with financial strings. He was still too religious but was getting too close to home, so was killed.
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Laura Johnston
Conspiracy –
- Stoen has contracted Eureka Research Assoc. – an aerial photography reconnaisance group, as mercenaries, to come to Guyana – earlier, mercenaries were sent in to kidnap John children – Now – the plan is to kill or kidnap dad. Stoen has collaborated with all class enemies in US to destroy Jim Jones – he set up Chris to be murdered, and now openly meets with Coleman of Texas, who was directly involved in the murder. He, Neva and others are stirring up shit with Medlocks in L.A. – who now say they wish Clara and her children were dead. Liane’s dad, enemies of many of us here. We found 2 police using ultraviolet ray cameras outside the SFPT photography all who come there.
We had a meeting of communists there – SFPT – including Herbert Aptheker – longtime US communist party leader – and others. Dad made strong radio message connecting us all in one struggle, and get standing ovation there. ((I met Aptheker 10 yrs ago during college demonstrations – my philosophy professor, Howard Parsons was one of the advisors on strategies of the C.P. – New York branch).
We’re selling the RV church property separately so traitors can’t tie up our resources.
Stoen was threatened with a few short months in jail and sold out – now he’s vicious – as an unle Tom policeman who has to show he’s white – Stoen is on offensive tho he knows he’ll never be trusted (Dad said last night – they’d kill Stoen and then blame us – so obvious but I hadn’t thought of it) –
KKK is growing – uniting with Nazis more and more.
Niva Muttes, Stoen live as neighbors – probably for “security” and have no idea how closely they’re observed.
A police killed Christ – SWAT teams Red squads are being surfaced all over US – in SF and other cities.
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Africa – Europe
– So Africa – aparteid still reigns supreme – Vorster tried to set up 2 puppet states to show how well he treats Blacks – in Transkei and Botswana – they both rebelled from So. Africa to set up indip. states. So. Africa is attacking Angola a free nation – a sent troops in 3 times in 36 hours – The So African govt is a US puppet – US controls the capital, the industries, etc. and financially (and therefore completely) controls the county under aparteid –
– unemployed Blacks for 120 days are sent to the Bantustan – a desert area of concentration camps
– wives and children are sent to the interior, pregnant mothers too
– stamps are put on arms of workers for identity, harassment
– all workers must be in by dark, have miles to walk to job
– 40 Blacks to 1 white, pay scale 4 or 5 to 1 inverted
– workers w/out passes are arrested
– workers living in Johannesburg are in concentration type housing
– family life is destroyed
– people are beaten, abused, with no recourse for justice
– worst, racist, most oppressive fascist gov’t in world – as [illegible word] puppet, we see what faces U.S. So. Africa is rich in resource so U.S. is keeping tight control
Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) under Ian Smith runs close second to ratio – Black to white, yet no rights to Blacks
Transki – new gov’t wants to send racist whites to other country in So America or anywhere – to get these out – we disapprove of any in this continent.
Red Brigade – continue to work in France, Italy, Germany, Japan – over 8 officials and financial leaders have been shot in the legs, over 15 killed. Aldo Mors, former PM of Italy, wrote his final note farewell to family etc – stating capitalists had sold him out – his life for just 1 prisoner – still refused. In US – over 2 million has been robbed has been robbed from banks by leftists for freedom fight. USSR supports Red Brigade.
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Africa-Europe (cont’d)
Laura Johnston
Ethiopia and Somalia – fight continues over boundary and rights to Horn of Africa. Capitalist forces pour money, troops to work from Somalia causing border disputes this area could easily be pretense for nuclear holocaust. Somalia thinks, relates white – though Arabic – so divided from Ethiopia
Zambia – turn to agriculture, US tried to manipulate copper payment and ruin Zambia’s economy
Yemen – offered sanctuary to Red Brigade members. Socialist Arab states [illegible word] location – helps Soviet solidarity in No. Africa
Italy – they think Also Mors may have been smuggled back in, so they set up martial law, went house to house, found nothing. He wrote final note – saying his death soon – sold out by fellow capitalists.
Ghana – where Patrice Lamumba killed – formerly Belgium Congo, Malcolm X changed policy when visiting here – to [illegible]
SWAPO – So. West Africa Peoples Organization set up in Botswana as the Socialist group – freedom fighters
OPEC – oil producing countries. -Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Venezuela, Iran, _______________ are meeting to discuss oil prices. They are discussing changing off of U.S. currency as exchange figure
Asia and Middle East, Africa
Libya – leaders Khadafi who is very friendly to PT – an indep Socialist state – Arabic, but w/out the false separation that some Arabic Socialist states have – (ie Somalia) pro-Soviet nation
Uganda – Idi Amin purged his gov’t to get rid of opposition.
Israel – Begin P.M. is visiting US as Carter wanted Zionists in US to be assured of US support since Carter has been meeting with other Middle Eastern countries for oil negotiations. Isreal is artificial state set up when other nations refused to accept Jews when Hitler tried to sell them internationally. So Isreal was set up by UN – puppet move – in a desolate part of Middle East – but on Lebanon’s territory.
Palestine – PLO – Palestine Liberation Org is still fighting guerilla warfare from the Arabic section of Palestine, trying to free former territory.
Sudan – pro Soviet area, important resources, location in Near East politics
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Middle East, Asia
Afghanistan – leader and his son were killed, then other officials, 24 hour revolution won socialist state.
Pakistan – P.M. Bhutto awaits his execution on June 1 in a cold prison cell w/out a lover. Army took over. When nuclear devices exploded in Himalayas – US lost position in most Near & Middle East countries
Japan – youth killed 1000 porpouses – sweet, intelligent creatures by stabbing them – in US 375 thousand are killed yearly – capitalist infection is deep in minds only socialist compassion can re-educate us away from such tragic sickness
China – growing dissent to present “Nationalist” policy. While all in one neighborhood were at a communist rally, homes were blown up by dissidents who supported the internationalist policy of Mao’s wife and the 3 who were ousted with her. They have fantastic domestic policy – terrible foreign policy. They figure with their 2 billion – they’d lose one-third in a nuclear war and still have enough to control the world. They entered in an alliance with England against USSR – tracially to fight another communist state with such unholy alliance! China supports white Arabic Somalia against socialist Ethiopian on the same side as fascists – US and Gr. Brittain, China had refused to admit Chilean refugees after the ‘73 coup.
Chad – US has sent trench troops to right and Moroccan troops to keep from Socialism (North African country). In USSR, students have occupied the Chad Embassy to show solidarity with the struggle Chad is going thru now fighting off the fascists on several borders, USSR is showing support by not interfering with the students (many of Patrice Lamumba University) the students want foreign forces out of Chad, want freedom
Viet Nam and China – now involved in border disputes – a shame China is on wrong side in every controversy between capitalist states and communist states – now fighting communist against communist (here and w/Soviet Union)
Turkey – has had US money and military bases for years, now struggle going on – pro-Soviet attitude of some in country on So. border of USSR – has had recent history of fighting w/ another fascist state, greece, over Cyprus.
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5 – Laura Johnston
Third World doctrine – China’s foreign policy – world is divided into 3 worlds
- USA, USSR
- NATO – northern European nations
- China, 3rd world undeveloped nations
China includes herself in 3, but on international politics is inevitably on the side of the capitalists, against the oppressed. Until ‘69 – US was #1 enemy, but in ‘69, US failed in Vietnam, lost face as US Army rebelled and Albania switched camps from China to Soviet Union – so USSR was moved from 2nd group enemy up to #1 group and #1 enemy. China now has only one nation in her camp.
Guilt – (I wrote one note about 3 mos ago)
I feel guilt that in the US, I had my mind on my ass so much – just fantasies then but they kept me from knowing myself as I should by now. I’m sorry I couldn’t be one of the ones who had earned your trust enough to stay to the bitter end – so someone else could be here not there, I’m sorry I always have had food as such a big part of my thoughts – I’m just working through it now. I’m guilty I didn’t help more followers there, on letters or with Carol Stahl ot visiting people who needed attention. I’m sorry I wasn’t around when Melinda Breidenbach left – I maybe could have talked to her, or Ben Bowers – you mentioned once that he’d left – he was always strange, but if I’d written to you maybe I could have helped by giving him more involved some way – trying might have at least been better than not trying at all – I don’t know
Revolutionary Death or Action
I would gladly take some of those assholes with me to a death – some ways I thought of:
– jealous wife – Kill Stoen for trying to make it with say Andy, as my fiancé, or Grace, or Deanna – maybe I just found
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For long term – harassment – get some time into the community where they live – neighbor etc. – where rumors could be started about them – either Stoen or Mertles sexually abuse children – or whatever – so their comfort and stability would be shaken up – also any groups they involve themselves in. That is a small-scale idea – probably too time-consuming for results.
Some easy things to harass:
– send in their phone # to sex magazines so they get a lot of calls
– put them on mailing list for porno literature – they might have to explain that in the future.
– divide and divert attentions so Mert & Deanna think each has someone else, Tim & Grace are lost causes to this myth already – maybe have Mert think Deanna & Grace have something going – or Deanna and Liz –
to kill any of them – without lots of questions or living thru it – all I can see is going into a house where a lot of them are gathered – and for me to go in with explosives that I got – lots of them – and having the whole house explode.
Maybe the Red Brigade act – shooting one in the knee would quieten the rest somewhat – say Tim, he’d be less likely to get around to do his dirty work – maybe it could look like these Zodiac or a Zodiac protégé did it. Also – maybe the traitors would get the word that the Zodiac is after their asses –
Thank you dad for teaching us with your sensitivity and love – thanks for insisting that we learned the news so we can better relate to all who are struggling for freedom.
Laura J.
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Test Results from Laura Johnston, June 1978
Laura Johnston
6/9/78
- The 4 enemies of communism are: Trotskyism Anarchism Revisionism Social Democracy
- Prop. 13 This proposition would mean no more tax monies spent on welfare [illegible] kind of humanitarian projects – it would send money to the same old things – military and nuclear spending, CIA etc – with extreme limit on schools, education, etc
- Armed struggle vs. terrorism – Armed struggle has motive behind it – political act – it is not a senseless act – for instance our involvement with the Roses, years ago – was an ad with a motive – bombing a poor peoples movie is senseless (except as it gets people out of passivity). Kidnapping Aldo Moro, or freeing political prisoners as one by the Red Brigade are all acts of armed struggle, terrorism is an act without political insight or planning – a mass murder of poor people, etc.
- SB1437 –
No demonstrating against bills passed
No participation in meetings discussing strike or protest or dissent
No participation in setting up anti-govt strikes
No protest of laws supported by gov’t.
No striking unless gov’t supports strike.
No question about why bills are passed
No preaching ideas about protest, or passing leaflets5. Cholera – Rhodesia and Chad.
6. Nkomo [illegible] his country welcomed Carter – his country welcomed all savages from USA
He said this to show he had no illusion of U.S. being more developed, evolved etc – he knows Carter is acting on pure capitalist greed
- All supernatural philosophies oppress people because they take the mind off the here and now, the racism, fascism, and control by the trilateral commission – they get their minds off hungry children because they’re told they’ll have [illegible] to look forward to if they work hard here. – science fiction is an illusion that the stars and universe isn’t all out of order and fucked up – that it has some compassion and sense of justice.
- Greece has ignorant bureaucrats in positions in the gov’t, police who don’t act out of concience but act as they’re told, a strong, officially sanctioned right wing – as the US has the KKK, the Nazis, the Police Athletic League off duty police, Christians and a whole range of Southern racists, etc. Also, U.S. has fine people in the gov’t who dissent, the US has few if any newspapers that questions the official statement of the gov’t. The gov’t on the US has made a practice of interfering anywhere that justice is tried – trials of Blacks that looked to be fair – the gov’t would encourage a rush finish – like Johnny Harris the top officials keep secret and walk thru lesser bureaucrats, media is controlled, no rights for dissenters.
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- Police didn’t help the Deputy men because they were following their orders without question and, allegiance was to the police, the law and order group not the gov’t – elected or assumed leader
- Mgube and Nkomo are from the Peoples Liberation Movement of Zimbabwe.
- Carter stopped SALT talks, he says until the USSR stops “interfering” in Africa and pulls out all troops.
- Kampuchia and Vietnam have a border dispute. Kampuchia has rich resources but the CIA has troops and connections there. Vietnam is liberated and the US is rocking the boat there to keep all of SE Asia from being communist and keep the shot stirred up.
- The Chilean ship the Esmerelda is in Port in San Fran – without any protest – the ship used to be docked in Chile and was a ship of torture. People who went there were tortured and many were never heard of again. It is a crime against humanity that there is no protest there for such an internationally known ship.
- Carter is demanding USS Rout of all African countries immediately before he’ll discuss limiting his arms – a stall so he won’t be pressured into no nuclear arms spread
- China and US are threatening USSR w/ war
- If arrested – we say we know we can make a call to our atty – no info given, nothing signed no matter what
- Angela Davis, Carlton Goodlett
- Carter stopped SALT and said he won’t resume them until USSR withdraws all troops from Africa
- Sadat – Egypt
Begin – Israel
Castro Cuba
Smith Zimbabwe (Rhodesia)
Vorster Rhodesia
Brezhnev – USSR
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- Z – “he’s still alive”
- Johnny Harris – 16 yr old wrongly accused of murder, Alabama is rushing death penalty to avoid real facts of case, won’t hear actual testimony-
- Joanne Little – she was in prison, raped by a prison guard who she stopped with a nail file and escaped them her ex-compansion turned her in when she contacted him from New York – he was a scumbag wreck to – made front pages w/his smile as he called authorities on her.
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Reflection of Dick Tropp Letter from Laura Johnston, July 1978
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6 July 78
To: Dad
From: Laura Johnston
Re: My response to Dick Tropp’s letterComing from white, elitist background I feel is enough to make me constantly schizophrenic – one side close to treason – selling out, living in an illusion that I don’t have to relate as oppressed. The other side of me is committed to communist ideals (that is Jim Jones’ ideals – the purest form of communism). I have cycles of more one then the other, etc. – in spite of my realistically seeing that I couldn’t make it under capitalism ever again – some of the illusions persist – kind of like a “sane” person considers at times “insane” actions. I know that if I ever did leave within the first 24 hours, the pointlessness of it all would make me go back to the same escapes I used before – sex, drugs, whatever. I just cannot imagine ever working with assholes like Debbie [Blakey], TOS [Tim Stoen] – or taking racist positions. For me, the hard part of being a Jim Jones communist (or at least moving in that direction from a far off point) is that both mind and body have to move – I can physically live socialistically or follow rules (except for my fucking in Georgetown), share, not complain, stand, sit, clap, work, be on time, etc. – those things are generally not my problem. My problem is having to mentally be accountable, to make numerous mistakes and having to be accountable for them coming to be accountable for not working as many hours, with as much effort as I know I should – I guess “conscience” bothers me – it bothers me that it doesn’t motivate me like it should. I don’t like myself and like less and less as I see my shallowness about treason – I don’t feel I’ll ever commit the treason of leaving – I know my efforts are so lax as to be treacherous though. It is clear to me that life outside is a total void.
With his last thought of having intellectuals shot as they no longer have usefulness – I wrote up before – that is why I’d like to carry a bomb in to where TOS or others are and blow us all up. I do know I could do that – I really feel certain that I wouldn’t fail in that. In day-to-day things – I make so many mistakes, I’m not what I should be – and I feel I’d be more useful with the bomb idea. I think I could get myself killed if captured by enemies, I can live through jail – the more dire kinds of life or death, I have confidence in myself – specific situations with specific responses from me are things I can handle best. I agree Debbie should have been shot before this point – before she left Guyana. If I ever planned to leave – I would be saying I’d rather die than keep living today under Jonestown law – and
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I would rather be shot than ever doing the traitorous things Debbie and others have done – I know I have problems but I am certain that these things are fully integrated into myself – not adaptions but really inseparable
- I never want riches, to be wealthy to have commodities
- I never want white associations (if I were outside)
- I’d never see capitalism as anything but an oppressive giant
- I don’t trust anyone outside of myself – I only trust Jim Jones and those near him who have been taught so much – Carolyn [Layton], Terri B [Buford], Maria [Katsaris], Jean B [Brown], June [Crym], others too –
- I know people are starving to death daily and in the US as well as other places
These are just some observations I’ve made – kind of like VISITATIONS.
Pat Grunnet – She mentioned that ever since she left Tanzania and Peace Corps, she’s known she’ll go back there sometime – still believes it
Annie Moore – she jokes a lot, always did talk mostly about her job & told funny story from there. I think she’s committed to Carolyn, Kimo [Jim Jon Prokes], more than Dad – her conversation is rarely about here and now – my own opinion is that she’s best off not in Georgetown –
Edith Roller – she’s not flexible as a roommate – she gets uptight over disruption of her personal routine
Rita [Tucker] Lenin – her daughters Ruth & Mary work nights, spend a lot of time at Rita’s cottage, as does Janet. I think she hasn’t freed them enough to be independent. They sleep at her cottage often instead of their own separate cottages – I don’t know if it’s for her benefit or theirs.
Peter Wotherspoon and Mike Lund [Rozynko] – Mike was counseled for telling Shirley Baisey that he’d heard gossip about himself & Peter staying around so much together – he was very defensive about his position as a heterosexual, and his function as Peter’s supervisor – it was too defensive, I thought – and I think he is probably screwing Peter – may have been as he’d had to keep Peter off children – whatever, if so, he’s showing his reservations or rebellion.
Christine Lucientes – has been having news discussions with Odell Rhodes, Sebastian McMurry – other male & female. There is some sort of friendship or something there – to me, Odell is divisive, anarchistic and plays a game of looking important and more dedicated – does not support authority but strongly and vocally confronts anyone not consistently supporting his.
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