Eric A. Gordon

Eric A. Gordon is the author of a biography of radical American composer Marc Blitzstein, co-author of composer Earl Robinson’s autobiography, and the translator of a memoir by Brazilian author Hadasa Cytrynowicz. He has received numerous awards for his People's World writing from the International Labor Communications Association. His latest project is translating the nine books of fiction by Manuel Tiago (pseudonym for Álvaro Cunhal) from Portuguese, the first volumes available from International Publishers NY.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Eric A. Gordon

U.S.

A Jewish congregation moves toward affirming anti-Zionism as a core value
January 19, 2022 By Eric A. Gordon
Anti-Zionism will be a core value of Tzedek Chicago.
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Politics

CPUSA issues historic statement on trans rights: How did it happen?
January 18, 2022 By Eric A. Gordon
Trans people, no less than others, are seeking a home in the Communist Party for radical social transformation that embraces both their own demands and the larger challenges of the working class.
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Culture

Blues singer Bessie Smith shines in a new novel in memoir form
January 7, 2022 By Eric A. Gordon
If Bessie Smith’s story itself is an American phenomenon worthy of recapitulating in any number of artistic forms, it’s as a writer that Crittendon shines.
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Books

‘The Red Raven’: A quartet of crime fiction novels ends in AIDS-era L.A.
December 27, 2021 By Eric A. Gordon
The literary world has lost an important voice that spoke not just to the LGBTQ community but to any reader who loves a good crime story with a redemptive ending. Steve Johnson’s work survives him.
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Opinion

It’s high time for a new United Front Against Fascism
December 16, 2021 By Eric A. Gordon
Many Democrats, liberals, progressives, media commentators, and even some on the self-defined left, have assumed an “It Can’t Happen Here” attitude, still holding onto a fantasy of bipartisanship.
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Culture

A small but mighty IATSE organizing drive pops up in Beverly Hills
December 16, 2021 By Eric A. Gordon
Workers at The Wallis won a union representation vote, but management has yet to recognize it or even agree on who is eligible to be the unit—supervisors, part-timers?
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Culture

‘Good People’: Some are better than you think, others a whole lot worse
December 14, 2021 By Eric A. Gordon
The “good people” of the title are those who subjectively earn that title by some combination of lineage, class, morals and behavior. But it’s a shape-shifting concept.
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Culture

Two new CDs about life in America
December 2, 2021 By Eric A. Gordon
It’s almost as if the impulse to keep singing is what keeps us alive—and maybe it’s true.
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