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

Go see Duke Ellington’s sweet, tangy “Queenie Pie”
February 14, 2014 By Eric A. Gordon
Ellington was one of the most versatile figures in music of the 20th century, but most people do not know that from the 1930s on, Ellington worked intermittently, all the way up to his death in...
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Arts

“Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom” is stunning must-see
December 16, 2013 By Eric A. Gordon And Dale Greenfield
"Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom" is visually stunning, unfolding professionally within a familiar bio-pic template.
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Arts

American Latino Museum could be “beacon for the planet”
December 16, 2013 By Eric A. Gordon
The Smithsonian National American Latino Museum, already 20 years in the planning, will be a reality some day, but no one can say when.
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Arts

“Dallas Buyers Club”: We’re surprised you’re even alive
November 14, 2013 By Eric A. Gordon And Dale Greenfield
Dallas Buyers Club is an uplifting morality tale that's about as good as the art of cinema gets.
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Labor

50 arrested protesting Walmart’s poverty wages
November 8, 2013 By Eric A. Gordon
LOS ANGELES - The modern-day story of David and Goliath is playing out in cities and towns across America, and last night, on Cesar Chavez Avenue, one of the story's scenes took place when Walmart workers...
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Arts

“Do You Dream in Color? Insights from a Girl Without Sight”
October 24, 2013 By Eric A. Gordon
"My purpose is to be an artist, educator, responsible tax-paying citizen, and a contributing member to society who just so happens to be blind."
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Labor

AFL-CIO blasts big business prison profiteers
September 10, 2013 By Eric A. Gordon And Juan Lopez
The nation's prison population exploded from 500,000 to 2.2 million between 1980 and 2011, in the decades since the for-profit business of incarceration was born.
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Labor

How to build our union movement: Ideas from LA
September 9, 2013 By Eric A. Gordon
LOS ANGELES - As the AFL-CIO prepared to open its national convention here, two dozen committed union members and supporters voiced a slew of ideas for revitalizing the U.S. labor movement.
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