Eric A. Gordon
LATEST ARTICLES BY Eric A. Gordon
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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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U.S.
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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Politics
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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News
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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World
Mexicans vote on how they think AMLO’s government is doing
August 2, 2021Turnout lower than expected in a nationwide referendum.
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Culture
New crime fiction novel ‘A Hello to Arms’ slams postwar capitalism in L.A.
July 21, 2021Dennis Broe’s new crime fiction novel starring private investigator Harry Palmer in his second Los Angeles outing has just appeared from Pathmark Press.
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Culture
Fiddler on the sidewalks of New York: What became of Tevye
July 2, 2021The date is July 4, 1914, and the perennial hard-luck Tevye is out on the street with his ice cream cart as the crowds (Jews, Irish, Italians) gather for the parade to start.
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Culture
New ‘Dictionary of the Queer International’ informs, inspires, confounds, puzzles, delights
June 21, 2021The 'Dictionary of the Queer International' is a big open tent where people from every corner of the globe can assemble, mingle, and revel in each other’s myriad ways of self-expression.
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