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

Arts

Human interest stories shine at Full Frame film festival
April 20, 2015 By Eric A. Gordon
Full Frame offers a full plate of, shall we say, heavy fare: Very serious issues not ordinarily treated with a light touch.
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U.S.

Today in history: 50th anniversary of first national march against Vietnam War
April 17, 2015 By Eric A. Gordon
On this date in 1965, Washington, D.C. saw the first major demonstration against the Vietnam War.
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Labor

Workers in LA: tipping the fair wage balance
April 8, 2015 By Eric A. Gordon
"People who make less than $15 an hour know plenty about money; they know what it's like not to have enough money."
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World

Today in history: A joke from the USSR for April Fools’ Day
April 1, 2015 By Eric A. Gordon
I heard the following joke in Kiev, the Ukrainian capital, then part of the USSR, as was Moldavia.
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U.S.

This day in history: The Great American Meatout
March 20, 2015 By Eric A. Gordon
The day promotes a meat-free diet to improve health, protect the environment, and save animals.
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U.S.

A lynching in New Orleans
February 18, 2015 By Eric A. Gordon
How recent these events! How deeply seared in living human memory!
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Labor

Today in African American history: An important birthday
February 12, 2015 By Eric A. Gordon
What you may not realize is that the founding of the NAACP took place, significantly on Abraham Lincoln's centennial birthdate, in 1909.
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Arts

Radical dude: Figaro unbound
February 12, 2015 By Eric A. Gordon
L.A. Opera has launched "a city-wide celebration of the revolutionary spirit of Beaumarchais' "Figaro."
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