John Reed

John "Jack" Silas Reed (October 22, 1887 – October 19, 1920) was an American journalist and communist activist, famous for his first-hand account of the Bolshevik Revolution, Ten Days that Shook the World. He was the husband of the writer and feminist Louise Bryant and was the subject of a 1981 movie, Reds. Image File history File links Johnreed1. ... Image File history File links Johnreed1. ... October 22 is the 295th day of the year (296th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 70 days remaining. ... 1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). ... October 19 is the 292nd day of the year (293rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with reporter. ... Communism - Wikipedia /**/ @import /w/skins-1. ... Activism, in a general sense, can be described as intentional action to bring about social or political change. ... The Russian Revolution of 1917 was a series of political events in Russia, which, after the elimination of the Russian autocracy system, and the Provisional Government (Duma), resulted in the establishment of the Soviet power under the control of the Bolshevik party. ... Ten Days that Shook the World (1919) is a book by American journalist and socialist John Reed, about the October Revolution in Russia 1917 which Reed experienced first-hand. ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... Feminism is a social theory and political movement primarily informed and motivated by the experience of women. ... Louise Bryant (1885 - 1936) was a journalist, writer, and feminist known for her Marxist writings and bohemian lifestyle. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... See also Cincinnati Reds Reds is a 1981 movie starring Warren Beatty and Diane Keaton. ...

Birth and education

Reed was born in 1887 in Portland, Oregon. Despite recent pride by Portlanders in John Reed, he was not fond of the city of his birth. According to his own writings, he left Portland as soon as he could, to attend Harvard University in 1906, where he wrote for The Harvard Lampoon. He went on to graduate in 1910. Nickname: City of Roses, Stumptown, Bridgetown Official website: http://www. ... Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The Harvard Lampoon building with its characteristic rooftop ibis and its purple and yellow door The Harvard Lampoon is an undergraduate humor organization and publication founded in 1876 at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ... -1...

Journalism

He became well known for his journalism particularly for his sympathetic coverage of workers strikes and his reporting of the Mexican Revolution. He had a brief relationship with the society hostess Mabel Dodge. Reed and his wife, Louise Bryant, were also close friends of Eugene O'Neill's. While in Europe covering the events of World War I, Reed heard about the brewing Bolshevik Revolution, and went to Russia in 1917. His experiences and interviews with Vladimir Lenin became the subject of a book. // Introduction The Mexican Revolution was a violent social and cultural movement which brought the beginning of changes in Mexico. ... Mabel Dodge Sterne Luhan, née Ganson (February 26, 1879 - August 13, 1962) was a wealthy American patron of the arts, and a key figure in the Greenwich Village community in the years 1912 – 1916. ... Louise Bryant (1885 - 1936) was a journalist, writer, and feminist known for her Marxist writings and bohemian lifestyle. ... Eugene ONeill Eugene Gladstone ONeill (October 16, 1888 – November 27, 1953) was a Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright. ... Europe is conventionally considered one of the seven continents of Earth which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiographic one, leading to some dispute as to Europes actual borders. ... Combatants Allies: Serbia, Russia, France, Romania, Belgium, British Empire, United States, Italy, and others Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire Casualties Military dead:5 million Civilian dead:3 million Total dead:8 million Military dead:4 million Civilian dead:3 million Total dead:7 million The First World... The Russian Revolution of 1917 was a series of political events in Russia, which, after the elimination of the Russian autocracy system, and the Provisional Government (Duma), resulted in the establishment of the Soviet power under the control of the Bolshevik party. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... (help· info) (Russian: Владимир Ильич Ленин, IPA:, born Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov; April 22 [O.S. April 10] 1870 – January 21, 1924), was a Communist revolutionary of Russia, the leader of the Bolshevik party, the first Premier of the Soviet Union, and the main theorist of Leninism, which he described as an adaptation of...

Communism

John Reed's funeral in Moscow 1920

Returning to America he threw himself into the embryonic Communist movement and was a leading figure in the Socialist Party left wing, and a sympathizer of the radical labor union The Industrial Workers of the World. As such he was instrumental in the foundation of the Communist Labor Party. This party was illegal and only one of two parties vying for the support of the newly founded Communist International (Comintern). It was as a delegate of this party to the Comintern that Reed returned to Russia. He died in Moscow and became the only American buried in the Kremlin Wall Necropolis in Red Square. Image File history File links JOhnReedFuneral1920Moscow-l. ... Image File history File links JOhnReedFuneral1920Moscow-l. ... The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW or the Wobblies) is a famous international union currently headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. It contends that all workers should be united within a single union as a class and the wage system abolished. ... The Communist Labor Party together with the Communist Party of America was one of the predecessors of the Communist Party USA. It was formed August 31, 1919 by John Reed, Benjamin Gitlow and others who had been expelled from the Socialist Party of America. ... The Comintern (from Russian Коммунистический Интернационал (Kommunisticheskiy Internatsional) – Communist International), also known as the Third International, was an independent international Communist organization founded in March 1919 by Vladmir Lenin, Leon Trotsky and the Russian Communist Party (bolshevik), which intended to fight by all available means, including armed force, for the overthrow of... Moscow (Russian: Москва́, Moskva, IPA: (help· info)) is the capital of Russia and the countrys principal political, economic, financial, educational and transportation center, located on the river Moskva. ... The Kremlin Wall Necropolis (Некрополь у Кремлёвской стены in Russian) is a part of the Kremlin Wall, which surrounds the Moscow Kremlin and overlooks the Red Square, where traditionally the Soviets used to bury the most prominent figures of the USSR and other countries. ... Saint Basils Cathedral and Spasskaya Tower of Moscow Kremlin at Red Square in Moscow. ...

Trivia

• A perennial urban legend in Reed's home town is that Reed College was named for this journalist. Although Reed College's unofficial and tongue-in-cheek motto is "Atheism, Communism, and Free Love", there is no truth to this rumor.
• The 1981 film Reds starring Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, and Jack Nicholson, was based on his life and won several Academy Awards.
• Another movie adaptation of his life is the 1982 Soviet two-parter Red Bells, starring Franco Nero.

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External links

Wikisource has original works written by or about:

John Silas Reed

• The John Reed Internet Archive on Marxists.org
• The Last Days With John Reed by Louise Bryant
• Works by John Reed at Project Gutenberg
• Ten Days That Shook The World, available for free via Project Gutenberg