Culture

Forgetting in the land of poets and bones: Spain’s ‘Desmemoria’

January 21, 2021 By Jordan Elgrably

"Our shared task is to promote the discourse of human rights to guarantee our future.”

Poet Amanda Gorman: ‘Even as we grieved, we grew.’

January 20, 2021 By Hillel Italie

It was an extraordinary task for Gorman, the youngest by far of the poets who have read at presidential inaugurations.

Homage to Michael: My (East) German friend of half a century

January 15, 2021 By Eric A. Gordon

The World Federation of Democratic Youth, a pro-Communist network of student and young people’s organizations based in Prague, published World Student News, a magazine gently trying to promote peaceful coexistence and socialist politics. The magazine carried...

‘I’m Thinking of Ending Things’ and ‘Ham on Rye’: Odds and ends

January 15, 2021 By Michael Berkowitz

Both Ham on Rye and I’m Thinking of Ending Things deal with the tensions of young America’s uncertain future.

Chicago’s HotHouse presents the Havana Jazz Festival, 5 nights of sizzling music

January 14, 2021 By Special to People’s World

Their five-night online program features both Chicago legends and Cuban superstars in a two-hour presentation of all new material created for this exclusive event.