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

Labor

Writers union vows support for whistleblowers
September 6, 2013 By Eric A. Gordon
CHICAGO - The National Writers Union, Local 1981 of the United Auto Workers, held its biannual Delegates Assembly here recently.
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Labor

Join LA “listening session”: Working people must be heard!
August 20, 2013 By Eric A. Gordon
The AFL-CIO, in advance of its September convention, has issued a call for "listening sessions," a way for working people and allies to come together and add their creative ideas and strategies.
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Arts

“Conduct of Saints”: conscience, crime, and Catholics in post-Nazi Rome
August 8, 2013 By Eric A. Gordon
Emanating from a small publishing house, this novel likely has no five- or six-figure advertising budget, and may escape notice. Make sure your local library gets it.
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Arts

“Fruitvale Station”: an American tragedy
July 29, 2013 By Eric A. Gordon And Dale Greenfield
Ryan Coogler gives us Fruitvale Station as a symbolic recapitulation of the Stations of the Cross, recounting the last 30-plus hours of Oscar Grant III's life.
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Opinion

It’s always Passover: Freedom is a process
March 28, 2013 By Eric A. Gordon
This is the season of Passover, the Jewish holiday of freedom from slavery in Egypt. Even if never substantiated as a historical event, it nevertheless has inspired liberation struggles all over the world.
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Labor

L.A. healthcare security workers demonstrate
March 14, 2013 By Eric A. Gordon
"No contract, no peace!" chanted over fifty demonstrators from SEIU/USWW (Service Employees International Union/United Service Workers West) here Mar. 12.
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Arts

Walking a mile in Barbara’s shoes
December 28, 2012 By Eric A. Gordon And Dale Greenfield
Andre is aware that East Germany has been following the orthodox Soviet model, one that doesn't, reflect the highest humanitarian principles of socialism.
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Arts

Nature vs. nurture in the Middle East: “The Other Son”
December 11, 2012 By Eric A. Gordon And Dale Greenfield
What does it mean to be a parent? A Jew? A Muslim? Israeli? Palestinian? What is the nature of identity politics when you don't even know what your identity is?
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