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

Culture

¡Viva Maestro!: Conductor Gustavo Dudamel and his roots in Venezuela’s ‘El Sistema’
December 8, 2022 By Eric A. Gordon
The “maestro” of its title surely belongs to Dudamel, but the dynamic Venezuelan had been inspired since childhood by his own maestro, José Antonio Abreu, 1975 founder of ‘El Sistema.’
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Culture

Despite the ban, queers made important contributions to U.S. Communist movement
December 1, 2022 By Eric A. Gordon
Bettina Aptheker knows whereof she speaks. The daughter of Party leader Herbert Aptheker, and a 17-year member of the Party herself, she adopts the “new journalism” approach to history.
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Politics

What happened with the midterm propositions and measures in California?
November 22, 2022 By Eric A. Gordon
Generally, the state’s left-liberal-progressive reputation held up.
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Culture

‘If I Forget’: The Holocaust, Zionism and the uses of historical memory
November 22, 2022 By Eric A. Gordon
It has been proclaimed to be “one of the greatest Jewish plays of this century.”
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Politics

Could California have saved the House for the Democrats?
November 21, 2022 By Eric A. Gordon
National Democratic Party leaders are feeling the heat over some needless losses.
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Culture

‘Man’s Favor Devil’s Plan’ world premiere treats racism in 1930s
November 18, 2022 By Eric A. Gordon
Make a deal with the devil, and you’ll always come out on the losing end.
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Culture

‘Eisenhower: This Piece of Ground’: General, president, man and play
November 17, 2022 By Eric A. Gordon
People should, maybe not run, but dutifully show up to check out an important historical figure and, equally or even more important, a masterful monument of acting.
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Culture

‘Falling Out of Time’: What it feels like to lose a child
November 4, 2022 By Eric A. Gordon
How would you characterize the work? “It’s not an opera or cantata,” Rechter responded, later adding, “The fact that this is a piece of art is the answer.”
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