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

“Love During Wartime”: A Romeo and Juliet story from the Holy Land
April 18, 2011 By Eric A. Gordon And Dale Greenfield
A couple's innocent dream to escape the bonds of politics, time and tribe ineluctably butts up against the sanctions of all-too-organized society at every turn.
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Opinion

Passover: A people’s holiday
April 12, 2011 By Eric A. Gordon
The Jewish festival of Passover comes around every spring, but in 2011 it has taken on ever more powerful relevance.
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Opinion

“Miral”: controversial film paints Middle East mirage
April 5, 2011 By Eric A. Gordon And Dale Greenfield
Painter and filmmaker Julian Schnabel's latest venture onto the screen is a controversial adaptation of Rula Jebreal's novelistic memoir of her childhood and youth beginning just around the time of the Nakba, otherwise known as Israel's...
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Opinion

Communism at the opera
October 4, 2010 By Eric A. Gordon
Communism has taken over the stage at the Los Angeles Opera, and soon will be occupying opera houses in Vienna and Paris!
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U.S.

Feminist pioneer Betty Millard dies at 98
March 25, 2010 By Eric A. Gordon
Betty (Elizabeth Boynton) Millard, feminist, writer, photographer, political activist and philanthropist, born in 1911 under the presidency of William Howard Taft, died on March 6.
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Labor

Ballad of an American
May 1, 2009 By Eric A. Gordon

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