Eric A. Gordon
LATEST ARTICLES BY Eric A. Gordon
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In new play, St. Clare of Assisi emerges from the Occupy movement
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Historian Enrique Rivera says the history of capitalism needs a fresh narrative
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Steven Estrada, veterano del ejército y comunista, candidato al Concejo Municipal de Long Beach
October 12, 2021Steven Estrada habla en nombre de los residentes y trabajadores afectados por el cierre de las tiendas de comestibles de Kroger en Long Beach. Cerraron para que no tuvieran que pagar un aumento salarial temporal por...
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Steven Estrada, Army veteran and Communist, running for Long Beach City Council
October 12, 2021Developing free food programs for the city’s homeless, mobilizing against police injustice, and advocating for other working people’s needs in the city - Estrada has become a familiar presence.
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‘Songs in Dark Times’: Yiddish poets engage mid-20th century crises and traumas
October 1, 2021What do we even mean when we use a simple word like “we?” We Jews? We survivors? We anti-fascists? We people of social conscience? We humans?
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Resounding defeat of Trumpism in California’s recall election
September 16, 2021Newsom beats back GOP coup scheme with an even bigger margin than he received when he won his original election.
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Republican-instigated recall vote of Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom: D-Day is Sept. 14
September 8, 2021The struggle to promote the issues people need passed, such as labor rights, voting rights, climate justice, single-payer health care, immigration rights, and reproductive rights—all this is on the ballot.
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Healing old wounds on the left: My brief interaction with Ed Asner
September 1, 2021Ed Asner represented the perfect fusion of art, responsible social activism on a global stage, and intensely devoted Jewish pride—perhaps the single largest source of his consciousness.
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