John Reed
John Reed
John Silas Reed (October 22, 1887 – October 17, 1920), affectionately called ‘Jack’ by his friends, was an American journalist, poet, and socialist. He was married to feminist and socialist Louise Bryant. Sergei Eisenstein’s silent feature October: Ten Days That Shook the World (1927) is based on Reed’s book. Reed is the subject of Warren Beatty’s multiple Oscar-winning Reds (1981), with Beatty himself playing Reed, Diane Keaton appearing as Bryant and Jack Nicholson as Eugene O’Neill. Reed not only experienced the October Revolution first-hand, but he was also in heat of the 1911 Mexican Revolution—which he wrote about in Insurgent Mexico (1914). Reed is one of only three Americans buried at the Kremlin Wall Necropolis in Moscow.
- Ten Days That Shook The WorldINR 675
‘The authenticity of [John Reed’s] writing on the revolution gained from its being a first-hand, eyewitness account. Seen from the streets and barricades, drawn from the meeting halls and fiery...
Morgan Chua
Morgan Chua, author of Tiananmen: 25th Anniversary Edition, is a Singapore-born cartoonist who started drawing for the Singapore Herald in 1970. When the paper was closed down by the government in
Sunil Khilnani
N/ANandini Manjrekar
Nandini Manjrekar is Professor, School of Education, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai.
Mukul Sharma
Mukul Sharma is a Delhi-based freelance journalist and writer.
Akshara K.V.
N/AAnubha Yadav
Anubha Yadav is an academic and writer based in Delhi. She has been teaching broadcast studies since 15 years at the University of Delhi. A member of the International Screenwriting Network, she ha