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

Culture

‘Jimmy’s Carwash Adventure’: A children’s bilingual introduction to worker justice
May 3, 2018 By Eric A. Gordon
This is a timely, welcome contribution to the growing literature for children about labor in America.
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Culture

American socialist Eugene Victor Debs given his due in new documentary
May 2, 2018 By Eric A. Gordon
There are a couple of well researched biographies out there, to which readers might turn, but a fine place to start is right here in this packed and impactful documentary.
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Culture

‘ICE’: A family-friendly food truck play about immigration
April 30, 2018 By Eric A. Gordon
“Here we have two immigrants trying to figure out how to become ‘American’ and what that means,” says Debbie Devine, director of the world premiere production of Leon Martell’s play ICE, now on stage at the...
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Culture

Scholars mark milestones along past utopian roads to the future
April 27, 2018 By Eric A. Gordon
One had to smile with a certain sense of bemused indulgence at some tongue-twisting, mind-bending lecture titles that university folk like to devise.
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Culture

‘Ameryka’: a thrilling play about 250 years of American and Polish history
April 26, 2018 By Eric A. Gordon
Ameryka is a moving, educational piece of theatre that is highly watchable both for its freshly nonlinear content and its ingenious stagecraft.
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Culture

Particular or universal? ‘Bad Jews’ dramatizes an old cultural and religious dilemma
April 25, 2018 By Eric A. Gordon
In the brutally, savagely dark comedy Bad Jews, now playing at the Odyssey Theatre, playwright Joshua Harmon puts a contemporary spin on a very old question that haunts any community that seeks to preserve its culture...
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Arts

Richard Wright’s ‘Native Son’ becomes more powerful with each passing year
April 20, 2018 By Eric A. Gordon
In a word, theatre doesn’t get any better than this. It’s a requiem for an America that’s still very much alive.
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Culture

‘Occupation of the American Mind’: Documentary on Israel’s effective propaganda war
April 19, 2018 By Eric A. Gordon
This is a film best seen in a group that can take the time after a viewing to discuss what role Americans can play going forward.
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