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First organized in October 1929, the John
Reed Clubs were a successful and highly interesting
project by the Communist Party to appeal to intellectuals
and to recruit aspiring writers. Left Front, the
organ of the Chicago Club, was, with the New
Masses and the Anvil, the first to publish the
work of Richard Wright. Wright was deeply shocked in 1935
when the John Reed Clubs were arbitrarily abolished to
pave the way for the new Popular Front organization, the
League of American Writers, and vividly conveyed his
feelings about his whole involvement in the chapter he
contributed to The God that Failed.
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