Rep. Jackie Speier talks about surviving Jonestown – January 4, 2019

It’s time to stop calling what happened at the Jonestown massacre mass suicide and start calling it murder – that’s according to U.S. representative Jackie Speier.

We’re continuing our conversation with Speier about her recently published autobiography “Undaunted.” Speier traveled to Guyana forty years ago to help rescue defectors from Jim Jone’s cult during the Jonestown massacre. KRCB News Director Steve Mencher asked how her personal experiences have informed her politics.

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