The discussion on our previous post, “Headlines”, inspired me to write a bit about Jack Reed, an American Communist who had – and still has – the honour of having his remains interred in the Kremlin Wall, because he was instrumental in assisting Russia’s Communist Revolution of 1917.
Why have I been inspired to remember Jack Reed? Well, as the previous post’s discussion and some related blogosphere discussions have indicated, I (and my China Blogosphere friend, “Ivan”) seem to be regarded by many, as rabid anti-communists who hate the Chinese Communist Party (and all “Communists”) for blinkered, unthinking, ideological reasons.
Nothing could be further from the truth. Read the rest of this entry »
