Eric A. Gordon
LATEST ARTICLES BY Eric A. Gordon
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‘The Wayland Rudd Collection’: When state power was harnessed to combat racism
February 4, 2022Imagine a world where a powerful global entity, leader of a worldwide bloc of socialist nations, poured its intellectual, artistic, journalistic, and organizational resources into the fight against racism and national chauvinism. Such was the Soviet...
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Europop musical ‘Singing Revolution’ treats leadup to Estonian independence from Soviets
February 2, 2022A cast of 20 all-singing, all-dancing performers and a five-piece band brought Singing Revolution: The Musical to the stage here for its world premiere.
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‘The Cultivators’: African American art and history, a superb exhibition in Malibu
January 31, 2022If you are anywhere near Los Angeles, or plan to be from now until March 27, you will find a couple of hours no better spent than with a visit to Pepperdine University’s Frederick R. Weisman...
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A Jewish congregation moves toward affirming anti-Zionism as a core value
January 19, 2022Anti-Zionism will be a core value of Tzedek Chicago.
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CPUSA issues historic statement on trans rights: How did it happen?
January 18, 2022Though the Communist Party made amends for its belated embrace of the LGBTQ community, a new statement on trans issues is stunningly historic.
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Blues singer Bessie Smith shines in a new novel in memoir form
January 7, 2022If Bessie Smith’s story itself is an American phenomenon worthy of recapitulating in any number of artistic forms, it’s as a writer that Crittendon shines.
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‘The Red Raven’: A quartet of crime fiction novels ends in AIDS-era L.A.
December 27, 2021The literary world has lost an important voice that spoke not just to the LGBTQ community but to any reader who loves a good crime story with a redemptive ending. Steve Johnson’s work survives him.
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It’s high time for a new United Front Against Fascism
December 16, 2021Many Democrats, liberals, progressives, media commentators, and even some on the self-defined left, have assumed an “It Can’t Happen Here” attitude, still holding onto a fantasy of bipartisanship.
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