BANNEDTHOUGHT
Far East Reporter
Published by Maud Russell
From 1952 until her death at the age of 96 in 1989,
Maud Russell
published a magazine in New York City called the Far East Reporter. Actually,
this was more like a long series of pamphlets, most of which were about revolutionary
China in the Mao era. Some of them were written by Maud Russell herself, and others
were written by different people, sometimes famous personalities. Many of these pamphlets
remain of considerable interest today, though they are now increasingly difficult to
find. We are presently scanning and posting as many of these issues/pamphlets as we
can.
A predecessor publication to the Far East Reporter was the Far East Spotlight, published from about 1945 into the early 1950s by the Committee for a Democratic Far Eastern Policy, whose executive director was Maud Russell. We will scan and post as many of these issues as we can as well, though so far we only have access to one issue.
Most of the pamphlets below are scanned with two pages per sheet, so if printed they will only require half the number of sheets of paper indicated by the page count. If you know of the availability of other pamphlets in this series, please contact us at: freespeech@bannedthought.net
FAR EAST REPORTER
- 1983:
- “The Kampuchean Struggle for National Survival: Pertinent Historical and Current Facts about Vietnam’s Presence in Kampuchea”, by Thiounn Mumm, June 1983, 38 pages.
- 1978:
- “Historical Perspective: China and the Olympics”, by Phillip K. Shinnick, 32 pages + cover, August 1978. PDF Format (1,901 KB)
- “Answers to Some Question about Cancer, Mental Illness, the Handicapped, Schistosomiasis, Family Planning, Venereal Disease, and the Application of the Mass Line in the People’s Republic of China”, by Han Suyin, Li Ping, a report by the American Cancer Society, Carl Ratner, Victor & Ruth Sidel, Julian Schuman, and Dan Schwartz. 48 pages + cover, February 1978.
- 1976:
- “The Mass Line in the Chinese Revolution”, by Dr. Boon-Ngee Cham, 39 pages + cover, August 1976.
- “Some Observations on Law in China”, including: “Criminal Justice in China”, by George W. Crockett, Jr., and “People’s Courts in China”, by Maud Russell. June 1976, 39 pages + cover.
- “Back Home in China”, by Lee Yu-Hwa, 24 pages + cover, April 1976.
- “What About Workers in China?”, by Janet Goldwasser, Stuart Dowty and Maud Russell, including a reissue of "Chinese Factories are Exciting Places" by Goldwasser & Dowty. 36 pages + cover, January 1976.
- 1975:
- “What About Religion in China? Some Answers for American Christians”, by Maud Russell, 25 pages + cover, n.d. (but probably from 1975). PDF Format (1,798 KB)
- “Taiwan Prospect: Does the United States Want to Get Out?”, by Hugh Deane and Maud Russell, 32 pages + cover, October 1975. PDF Format (2,559 KB)
- “Marxism and the Cultural Revolution in China: A New Kind of Revolution”, by Ruth Gamberg, 47 pages + cover, March 1975. PDF Format (3,030 KB)
- 1974:
- “The Making of the New Human Being in the People’s Republic of China”, three articles by Dr. K. T. Fann, 48 pages + cover, September 1974. PDF Format (2,845 KB)
- “Chinese Traditional Medicine”, conversations and observations by Rewi Alley and an old Chinese doctor, 24 pages + cover, May 1974. PDF Format (1,818 KB)
- “Building a Socialist Educational System in China”, includes 3 articles: “China’s Cultural Revolution in Education”, by Rewi Alley; “Observations of an American Educational Consultant”, by Annie Stein; and, “The Ongoing Building of China’s Socialist Educational System” (Hsinhua). 64 pages + cover, February 1974. PDF Format (5,227 KB)
- 1973:
- “The New Human Being in the People’s Republic of China”, includes 3 small articles: “Free to Be Human”, by Felix Greene; “Psychiatric Treatment”, by Leigh Kagan; and, “Living Together in a Community”, by Lucilee Stewart Poo. 24 pages + cover, April 1973. PDF Format (1,813 KB)
- “Chinese Factories are Exciting Places!”, by Janet Goldwasser and Stuart Dowty, 24 pages + cover, February 1973. PDF Format (2,649 KB)
- 1972:
- “The ‘Why?’ of Nixon’s Trip to China”, by Maud Russell. Includes the joint Chinese/U.S. communiqué of Feb. 27, 1972. Published c. July 1972, 64 pages + cover. PDF Format (3,921 KB)
- “Hand and Brain in China, and other essays”, a reprint of an Anglo-Chinese Educational Institute pamphlet which includes: “Hand and Brain in China”, by Joseph Needham; “China’s Economic Policy”, by Joan Robinson; “The Open Door”, by Edgar Snow; and “China and the Hungry World”, by Tim Raper. May 1972, 44 pages (including cover). PDF Format (3,825 KB)
- 1971:
- “Oceania—An Outline for Study”, by Rewi Alley, 2nd edition, 82 pages. This pamphlet was independently published in New Zealand and was then also distributed to Far Eastern Reporter subscribers. Searchable PDF Format (5,893 KB)
- “The People’s Republic of China Approach to History’s Heritage: Of Territorial and Border Aggressions and to Current Revolutionary Movements”, by Neville Maxwell, 16 pages + cover, October 1971. PDF Format (1,386 KB)
- “Ping Pong Serves! First-Hand Returns”, quotes from reporters and visitors, 40 pages + cover, August 1971. PDF Format (2,957 KB)
- “An American Soldier Changes Worlds: Life in China of an Ex-Prisoner of War”, 9 pages + cover, May 1971. PDF Format (696 KB)
- “The People’s Republic of China: On Becoming 21 — Socialist World Power”, by Maud Russell, March 1971, 40 pages + cover. PDF Format (2,614 KB)
- “China’s Centuries of Contributions to World Science and Technology”, two articles by Joseph Needham and Maud Russell, 24 pages + cover, January 1971. PDF Format (1,984 KB)
- 1970:
- “The Liberation Process for Japanese Women”, a book review by Maud Russell, 16 pages + cover, Nov. 1970. PDF Format (1,394 KB)
- “Education: A Critique From China — Pedagogical Theory: Bourgeois or Socialist?”, 25 pages + cover, July 1970. PDF Format (2,011 KB)
- “Chinese Women: Liberated”, by Maud Russell, 40 pages + cover. N.d., but probably from around March 1970. PDF Format (2,589 KB)
- “Revolution Promotes Production”, by Maud Russell, n.d. (but probably from around March 1970), 24 pages including cover. PDF Format (1,483 KB)
- 1969:
- “The Sino-Soviet Ussuri River Border Clash”, by Maud Russell, 24 pages + cover, n.d. (but appears to be from around April 1969). PDF Format (1,839 KB)
- “United States Neo-Colonialism — Grave Digger in Asia”, by Maud Russell, n.d. (but appears to be from around March 1969), 36 pages + cover. PDF Format (2,548 KB)
- “The Rising National Liberation Struggles of the Peoples in a Key Area of Southeast Asia: Coming Events Cast Their Shadows!”, by Maud Russell, n.d. (but from early 1969), 28 pages + cover. PDF Format (2,004 KB)
- 1968:
- “The Ongoing Cultural Revolution in China”, by Maud Russell, 28 pages + cover, n.d. (but appears to be from around Oct. 1968). PDF Format (2,174 KB)
- 1967:
- “China’s Genuine Democracy”, including: “Among the Communes of Mao Tien”, by Rewi Alley, and “Mass Democracy in China”, by Israel Epstein. N.d. (but probably from 1967 or perhaps 1968), 20 pages. PDF Format (1,577 KB)
- “China’s Socialism or India’s Neo-Colonialism: A Development Race and its Outcome”, by Curtis Ullerich, 16 pages, n.d. (but probably from late 1967). PDF Format (857 KB)
- “The Great Proletarian Revolution and China’s Economic Health”, by Maud Russell, n.d. (but from around August 1967), 32 pages + cover. PDF Format (2,136 KB)
- “The Making of New Man: How the Thinking of Mao Tse-tung Helps a Man Look at Himself and Change Himself”, by Tuan Ping-li, 16 pages, April 1967. PDF Format (917 KB)
- “Some Background on China’s Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution”, by Maud Russell, March 1967, 40 pages + cover. PDF Format (3,158 KB)
- “Chinese Traditional Medicine: An Observation on Acupuncture — A Practicioner’s View”, by Felix Mann, 16 pages (incl. cover), January 1967. PDF Format (1,006 KB)
- 1966:
- “Traditional Medicine in Communist China: Science, Communism and Cultural Nationalism”, by Ralph C. Croizier, 32 pages (incl. cover), n.d. (but probably 1966 or perhaps 1967). PDF Format (2,481 KB)
- “The Influence of the Thought of Mao Tse-tung”, by Rewi Alley, n.d. (but probably from 1966), 16 pages including cover. PDF Format (1,019 KB)
- “Mass-Line Leaders and Leadership in Rural China”, Chapter XVIII of The First Years of Yangyi Commune by Isabel and David Crook, October 1966, 25 pages + cover. PDF Format (1,894 KB)
- “The Process of Urban and Rural Economy in China”, includes: “The Role of the People’s Communes”, by Shirley Wood; and “Self-Reliance”, by David Crook, 11 pages + cover, March 1966. PDF Format (967 KB)
- “Seeing Is Believing”, by an American POW in China, 7 pages + cover, February 1966. PDF Format (662 KB)
- 1965:
- “The Past in China’s Present: A Cultural, Social, and Philosophical Background for Contemporary China”, by Joseph Needham, 40 pages, Oct. 1965. PDF Format (3,960 KB)
- “In Southeast Asia Today: The United States, Vietnam, China”, Four Poems by Rewi Alley, 8 pages + cover, September 1965. PDF Format (492 KB)
- “Some Observations on Education, Trade and the Political Process in China”, by Dr. C. H. Geoffrey Oldham, J. Russell Love, and Anna Louise Strong. June 1965, 32 pages + cover. PDF Format (2,650 KB)
- “Some Background on United States in Southeast Asia — MAPHILINDO”, an article by Jose Ma. Sison about the “Maphilindo” concept, 8 pages + cover, April 1965. PDF Format (907 KB)
- “Letters from Friends in China”, 20 pages, March 1965. PDF Format (1,638 KB)
- 1964:
- “Asians Speak Out on United States ‘Aid’ Policy and Programs”, includes “US Aid to Pakistan: An Evaluation”, by Hamza Alavi, and “Why Cambodia Rejected Aid”, by Han Suyin. 20 pages + cover, June 1964. PDF Format (1,755 KB)
- “China Speaks for Herself: In Interviews Granted by Prime Minister Chou En-Lai to British, American, Pakistani and Japanese Newsmen”, 20 pages (incl. cover), April 1964. PDF Format (1,615 KB)
- 1963:
- “Some Facts About Today’s Tibet”, excerpts from “The Truth About Tibet”, by Stuart and Roma Gelder, n.d. (but probably from late 1963), 16 pages + cover. PDF Format (1,219 KB)
- “China 1963 — Food — Medicine — People’s Communes”, as seen by Rewi Alley, Dr. Wilder Penfield, David Crook and Anna Louise Strong, 36 pages + cover, 1963. PDF Format (2,776 KB)
- “The China-India Conflict”, 50 pages, n.d. (but almost certainly from early 1963). PDF Format (19,590 KB)
- 1961:
- “China’s Path to Her New Society”, unsigned article, 17 pages + cover, June 1961. PDF Format (1,147 KB)
- “How the Chinese are Conquering the Food Problem: Letters from China”, 20 pages + 2-page addendum, c. March 1961. PDF Format (1,025 KB)
- 1960:
- “Why Do Chinese ‘Refugees’ ‘Escape’ to Hongkong?”, including “Is This a Valid Question?”, by Maud Russell, and “The Letter Life Would Not Print”, by Anna Louise Strong. 15 pages + cover, n.d. (but probably from March or April 1960). PDF Format (1,133 KB)
- 1959:
- “We Build the Ming Tombs Dam”, by Israel Epstein, 12 pages, n.d. (but very likely from 1959). PDF Format (990 KB)
- “The Real Tibet”, by Susan Warren. [Not yet available.]
- 1955:
- “Constitution of the People's Republic of China”, adopted September 20, 1954, 36 pages, n.d. (but likely from 1955). Searchable PDF Format (1,586 KB)
- 1953:
- “What Path for India?”, by Gerhard Hagelberg. [Not yet available.]
FAR EAST SPOTLIGHT
- Vol. VI:
- #1 — April-May, 1950: Focusing on the recent Chinese-Soviet Treaty, 28 pages. PDF Format (2,508 KB)
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