poetry
‘Crowns of Thorns’: A poetic response to the coronavirus crisis
May 18, 2020A new selection from working-class poet Peter Marcus.
Read moreConsolation and empathy in a time of plague: Some helpful readings
May 6, 2020Grief and sadness are exponentially multiplied by isolation. There is no Consoler in Chief.
Read morePOETRY: We are the public workers of New York City
April 23, 2020Chris Butters, a member of DC 37, AFSCME, wrote the following poem in 2013 in response to the destruction wreaked upon New York City by Hurricane Sandy.
Read more‘Something is Going On’: A white worker wakes up to racist police violence
March 6, 2020This poem was part of the program at the New York CPUSA African-American History Celebration.
Read moreAuschwitz, a poem
January 24, 2020The United Nations General Assembly designated January 27—the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau—as International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
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