Eric A. Gordon

Eric A. Gordon, People’s World Cultural Editor, wrote a biography of radical American composer Marc Blitzstein and co-authored composer Earl Robinson’s autobiography. He has received numerous awards for his People's World writing from the International Labor Communications Association. He has translated all nine books of fiction by Manuel Tiago (pseudonym for Álvaro Cunhal) from Portuguese, available from International Publishers NY.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Eric A. Gordon

World

Today in people’s history: Nelson Mandela released from prison
February 11, 2015 By Eric A. Gordon
Today marks exactly 25 years since the day in 1990 when anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela was released from prison to become a free man in South Africa.
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Labor

Today in labor history: “What’s My Line?” debuts
February 2, 2015 By Eric A. Gordon
Sixty-five years ago, at 8 pm Eastern time on February 2, 1950, the game show What's My Line? debuted on CBS-TV.
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Environment

Historic environmental victory for L.A.’s Century City Center
January 28, 2015 By Eric A. Gordon
After years of refuting thoroughly debunked arguments against it, the Century City Center has been approved.
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U.S.

On right turns
January 26, 2015 By Eric A. Gordon
Have you ever wondered how it came about that in most places a right turn on a red light is now the law of the land? Here's how it happened.
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Labor

To honor of King they marched for lives in Los Angeles
January 20, 2015 By Eric A. Gordon
Over 3000 marchers and tens of thousands of observers lined up along Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. in solidarity with the theme Black Lives Matter.
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Labor

Kaiser Permanente mental health workers go on strike in California
January 13, 2015 By Eric A. Gordon
Union demonstrators picket in front of 35 Kaiser Permanente locations throughout the state on behalf of some 2,600 mental health clinicians.
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Arts

“The Imitation Game”: Binary consciousness at many levels
January 6, 2015 By Eric A. Gordon And Dale Greenfield
The enthralling story of an inspired, harassed and troubled genius, British mathematician Alan Turing and his conquest of the "unbreakable" Nazi "Enigma" code.
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World

The present and future of Jerusalem: a peace activist’s view
December 19, 2014 By Eric A. Gordon
Since the war between Israel and the surrounding Arab states, the mantra for many Israeli politicians has been "Jerusalem, the united and undivided eternal capital of Israel."
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