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The product came in assorted flavors sweetened with artificial sweetener, [B] and was mixed with water to make a beverage. Jones concealed the communist aspects of his teachings until the late 1960s, following the relocation of Peoples Temple to California, where he began to gradually introduce his full beliefs to his followers.

The majority of the community members were minors or the elderly, and the fewer people of working age found it difficult to keep up with the workload required to support the community. Main article: Peoples Temple in San Francisco Peoples Temple members attend an anti- eviction rally at the International Hotel, San Francisco, in January 1977.

In one 1978 White Night drill, Jones told his followers he was going to distribute poison for everyone to drink in an act of suicide. After Timothy Stoen also left Peoples Temple in June 1977, Jones kept the child at his own home in Jonestown. Jones saw a need for publicity, and began seeking a way to popularize his ministry and recruit members.

While Kool-Aid grapes have been covered with drink mix, crack grapes are grapes that have been coated with a sugary syrup and then rolled in broken hard candy (such as Jolly Ranchers or rock candy). S. as a "capitalist" and "imperialist" villain, while casting "socialist" leaders, such as Kim Il Sung, [185] Robert Mugabe, [186] and Joseph Stalin [187] in a positive light.

Russell Winberg, Peoples Temple's assistant pastor, strongly resisted Jones's efforts to move the congregation and warned members that Jones was abandoning Christianity. In a less successful attempt in 1971, Jones and a large number of his followers visited the tomb and shrine erected for Father Divine shortly after his death. Jonestown stood on poor soil, so it was not self-sufficient and had to import large quantities of commodities such as wheat.

Nevertheless, the publicity which was generated by Jones's activities attracted a larger congregation. They uncovered a staged healing, the abusive treatment of a woman in the church, and evidence that Jones raped a male member of his congregation.Mass murder-suicide in Jonestown [ edit ] Houses in Jonestown, Guyana, the year after the mass murder-suicide, 1979.