Eric A. Gordon
LATEST ARTICLES BY Eric A. Gordon
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Culture
‘The Children’: Play tackles generational responsibility
November 10, 2021“The moral dilemma is: what world are we leaving to our children?”
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Culture
New vocal CDs address big social issues: Attention, stocking stuffers!
November 8, 2021In the wake of George Floyd, and still amidst the climate crisis, Covid, the lingering sulfurous odor of Trumpism, and so much more, musical artists are stepping up with new releases reflecting deep concerns about the...
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Culture
‘Fire Shut Up in My Bones’: First Black composer at Metropolitan Opera
October 29, 2021History was made at New York City’s world-famous Metropolitan Opera when it opened the season on September 27 with its first work written by a Black composer, jazz musician, and well-known scorer of many Spike Lee...
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Culture
In new play, St. Clare of Assisi emerges from the Occupy movement
October 26, 2021
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Books
Historian Enrique Rivera says the history of capitalism needs a fresh narrative
October 25, 2021
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Mundo Popular
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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Politics
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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Culture
‘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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