What Have We Learned Since Jonestown?

In June I gave the Keynote Address at the International Cultic Studies Association annual meeting in Philadelphia. The address was titled "Violent Outcomes of Ideological Extremism: What Have We Learned Since Jonestown?" This November was the 30th anniversary of the tragic events at the Jonestown commune in Guyana, and I was asked to contribute to a publication devoted to this subject. An abridged version of my keynote address has been published in The Jonestown Report, which is a publication that is part of a large Web site devoted to information, writings, and opinions about Jonestown and Peoples Temple. The link is below and I hope you will find it of interest.

 —Janja Lalich

CLICK HERE for Lalich's keynote address

CLICK HERE to listen to an interview with San Francisco radio station KGO at the time of the Jonestown 30th anniversary in November 2008(676KB file)