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

Arts

“Transition” imagines the Obama-Trump meeting in the Oval Office
March 16, 2017 By Eric A. Gordon
This is a piece of fun for the moment that tickles our sympathies without a hint of challenge.
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Arts

“Still Life”: A play about life and death, art and redemption
March 16, 2017 By Eric A. Gordon
“Like the characters in Still Life, we are all trying to figure it all out, trying to learn as best we can how we can go on."
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Arts

“Paradise Lost: Reclaiming Destiny,” a movement adaptation of Milton’s epic poem
March 15, 2017 By Eric A. Gordon
The show features highly athletic movement—including acrobatics, rope swings, chains, contortion, and more. It’s a powerfully physical form of ballet, a kind of modern-day Spartacus.
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Culture

Sacred resistance: L.A. faith community united in holy opposition
March 13, 2017 By Eric A. Gordon
Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice and its affiliates certainly have their work cut out for them in the Trump Era.
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U.S.

This week in history: Habitat for Humanity turns 40
March 13, 2017 By Eric A. Gordon
By its fifth anniversary, Habitat had fourteen U.S. and seven international affiliates and had built 342 houses.
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Arts

A young woman’s poignant dreamscape in world premiere play “Good Grief”
March 9, 2017 By Eric A. Gordon
"Good Grief" is a unique theatrical experience that will delight, entertain and inform any receptive theatergoer.
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Culture

A love poem by feminist activist Betty Millard
March 8, 2017 By Eric A. Gordon
Millard joined the Communist Party in the 1940s, drawn by the hope that the movement could lead to the realization of the values she held dear.
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Labor

Songs, poems, speeches and sewing honor 100 years of L.A. garment work
March 6, 2017 By Eric A. Gordon
To mark International Working Women’s Day/Día international de la mujer trabajadora, the UCLA Labor Center, pairing with the UCLA Center for Jewish Studies, sponsored an uplifting afternoon at the Labor Center’s building across from downtown’s MacArthur...
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