[lbo-talk] Cast of "Reds"

[andie_nachgeborenen]

Haywood and Emma Goldman were among several thousand real and alleged radicals illegally deported to Russia during the Red Scare of 1917-18. They didn't like it much. Goldman, anyway, had come from Russia a long time before. Haywood had no connection to it at all.

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On Sep 5, 2012, at 1:27 AM, socialismorbarbarism <socialismorbarbarism at gmail.com> wrote:


> Reed is buried by the Kremlin. It's true, I even saw the stone with
> his name on it (Cyrillic lettering, of course) some years back. If I
> remember correctly he shared a gravestone with Inessa Armand, and
> someone else.
> 
> He's not the only American, either. Big Bill Haywood (transliterated
> something like "Vilyam Gejvut")  is buried in the wall, or at least a
> plate with his name on it is on the wall. I saw that one, too.
> 
> On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 2:50 PM, Andy <andy274 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 8:17 PM,  <123hop at comcast.net> wrote:
>>> I vaguely remember he was buried in Red Square.
>> 
>> The only Yank, according to legend.  (Or the movie?)
>> 
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