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

Opinion

“With liberty and justice for all someday”
December 5, 2014 By Eric A. Gordon
I don't know about you, but over the last few years I've become more aware of patriotic expression in our public life.
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Arts

Revolutionary Soviet ballet premieres in the U.S.
December 3, 2014 By Eric A. Gordon
It took a full 82 years, but a revolutionary Soviet-era ballet that was purported to be Joseph Stalin's favorite has finally come to American shores.
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Arts

“The Chesapeake Bay Retriever”: A shaggy dog mystery story
December 1, 2014 By Eric A. Gordon
Blitzstein was a fine writer and critic, whose articles appeared several times in communist publications in the 30s and 40s when he was a Party member.
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U.S.

Making new victims out of revictimization
November 21, 2014 By Eric A. Gordon
It is now possible in American law, under the cover of "victim relief," to create new victims by depriving them of their freedom of speech.
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Arts

Hurry! Hurry! Two great events at Lincoln Center, NYC
November 20, 2014 By Eric A. Gordon
Two great events of transcendent cultural significance are taking place at or across the street from Lincoln Center in Midtown Manhattan.
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Labor

Today in labor history: Freedom of the press
November 17, 2014 By Eric A. Gordon
On this date, Nov. 17, 1734, New York printer and journalist John Peter Zenger (1697-1746), a German immigrant, was arrested.
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U.S.

California bucks national GOP election wave
November 7, 2014 By Eric A. Gordon
By an impressive vote of 58.5 percent to 41.5 percent, with a majority in every county in the state, Prop 47 passed, truly a huge people's victory.
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Arts

“Citizenfour”: “The Shock Doctrine” plays out in the Patriot Act
November 7, 2014 By Eric A. Gordon And Dale Greenfield
The NSA and the National Security State have committed possibly irreparable damage to democracy itself, which depends on free speech and liberty of thought.
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