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Manuel Tiago’s ‘A Line in the Sand’: How to beat back a fascist coup
December 12, 2022In many of his previous works , “Tiago” would use his own experiences to look at Communist militants emerging from a life of underground struggle in prisons, factories, shops and streets in the last days of Europe’s oldest fascist state.
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Manuel Tiago’s ‘Eulalia’s House’: A powerful reminder of fascism’s ever-present danger
November 10, 2022Álvaro Cunhal offers a gripping retelling of the war against fascism in Spain from the vantage point of Portuguese partisans fighting alongside the Spanish Republicans.
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A Portugal diary: People, places, and memory
October 19, 2022People’s World staff member Eric Gordon on his first visit back to Portugal since the fall of the fascist dictatorship nearly half-a-century ago.
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A quilt for Ruben, our shared lives in t-shirts
October 11, 2022How do we remember our loved ones? How do we memorialize them?
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Neo-realism: The cultural expression of a people in struggle
October 07, 2022What is the proper role of fiction in societies fighting for basic rights, fair labor practices, and human dignity?
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The Portuguese Communists’ Avante Festival is a party like no other
September 22, 2022It takes herculean effort to put on a show like this, and a slew of Communist Party volunteers from all parts of Portugal do most of the work.
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Manuel Tiago’s ‘Eulalia’s House’ translator reflects on one of his best books
July 29, 2022Eulalia’s House is the sixth of the eight books in the Manuel Tiago series from International Publishers.
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‘The Slackers and Other Stories’: Earnest purpose, useful lessons and enjoyable reading
July 19, 2022The Slackers, comprising five separate short stories, presents small slices of historical fiction about the land the Romans called “Lusitania.”
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Manuel Tiago’s ‘The Slackers’: A conversation with the translator
June 14, 2022An interview with translator Eric Gordon about the latest in International Publishers' Manuel Tiago series of books.
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‘Ballad of an American: The Autobiography of Earl Robinson’ back in print
March 18, 2022Ballad of an American: The Autobiography of Earl Robinson has just been reissued in a new paperback edition.
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