history – Page 67 – People's World

‘Eisenhower: This Piece of Ground’: General, president, man and play

November 17, 2022 By Eric A. Gordon

People should, maybe not run, but dutifully show up to check out an important historical figure and, equally or even more important, a masterful monument of acting.

‘Joe Hill, Alive as You and Me’ unites and inspires in Akron

November 16, 2022 By Patrick Chura And Sydney Stroll

Now is a good time to talk and learn about Joe Hill, as we did on a November evening in Akron.

Manuel Tiago’s ‘Eulalia’s House’: A powerful reminder of fascism’s ever-present danger

November 10, 2022 By Dan Wright

Álvaro Cunhal offers a gripping retelling of the war against fascism in Spain from the vantage point of Portuguese partisans fighting alongside the Spanish Republicans.

Decades after Berlin Wall fell, Cold War victors still trashing East Germany

November 9, 2022 By John Wojcik

The GDR, as the old East Germany was officially known, was a lot more than the totalitarian prop paraded out during anniversaries to prove the supposed superiority of capitalism over socialism.

George Bernard Shaw’s ‘Pygmalion’: A study in working-class literature

November 9, 2022 By Jenny Farrell

Highlighted at the award ceremony was “his work which is marked by both idealism and humanity, its stimulating satire often being infused with a singular poetic beauty.”