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

“The Chinese Wall”: A 1946 satire on the futility of wall building
January 30, 2018 By Eric A. Gordon
Like the IWW’s Little Red Book of songs, it aims to “fan the flames of discontent” with wit and righteous anger, and move a mute audience toward action.
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Arts

Harold Pinter’s dark comedy “The Hothouse” menacingly amuses in L.A.
January 29, 2018 By Eric A. Gordon
The acting is ace, the material challenging, the production rare.
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Culture

“Django”: A world-renowned jazz musician in wartime
January 26, 2018 By Eric A. Gordon
This new feature captures a few months in the life of world-famous Belgian-French Gypsy jazz guitarist and composer Django Reinhardt.
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U.S.

‘There’s nothing automatic about determination’: L.A. labor federation honors MLK
January 24, 2018 By Eric A. Gordon
The Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO held its annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Labor Breakfast at the Convention Center.
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U.S.

Power to the Polls: “First we march, now we run”
January 22, 2018 By Chauncey K. Robinson And Eric A. Gordon
“Our movement will not advance unless we all walk together to the finish line.”
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Culture

Roy Zimmerman reZists in hilarious and moving contemporary topical songs
January 17, 2018 By Eric A. Gordon
Most of his songs involve clever lyrics, fresh, unexpected rhymes, and good cheer, but on one or two he turns intensely, deadly serious.
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Culture

Santa Monica honors Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., symphonically
January 16, 2018 By Eric A. Gordon
The Santa Monica Symphony continued its now several-years-long tradition of presenting a concert free and open to the public to honor the legacy of our nation’s most renowned spokesperson for civil and human rights, a Nobel...
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Books

“A Queerly Joyful Noise”: LGBT choruses in theory and practice
January 10, 2018 By Eric A. Gordon
This is a complicated subject with a lot of moving ideas and parts.
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