Jonah Raskin

Jonah Raskin is the author of biographies of Jack London, Allen Ginsburg, and Abbie Hoffman. His latest novel is "Beat Blues, San Francisco, 1955." His writing appears in a variety of venues and covers topics as varied as food, farming, and the wilderness. He is a Professor Emeritus at Sonoma State University and writes for CounterPunch, and Tablet magazine, and reviews books for the New York Journal of Books. Es profesor emérito de la Universidad Estatal de Sonoma y escribe para las revistas CounterPunch y Tablet, y reseña libros para el New York Journal of Books.

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La exhibición de SFMOMA Diego Rivera minimiza la política radical del artista
September 16, 2022 By Jonah Raskin
Tal vez mire el arte, decida por sí mismo lo que ve, piensa y siente al respecto, y no tome las interpretaciones del MOMA como la última palabra.
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Hold the communism, please: SFMOMA’s Diego Rivera exhibit downplays artist’s radical politics
September 13, 2022 By Jonah Raskin
The museum allows that Rivera was a communist, but it also aims to sanitize the artist, and make him less revolutionary than he was in person and on walls and canvases.
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Jonah Raskin

LATEST ARTICLES BY Jonah Raskin

La exhibición de SFMOMA Diego Rivera minimiza la política radical del artista

Hold the communism, please: SFMOMA’s Diego Rivera exhibit downplays artist’s radical politics