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Tag Archives: Ben Shahn

1. The New Deal Era and Today: Some comparisons

   Recently references to the New Deal programs that provided federal assistance to painters, photographers ( Dorothea Lange being the most famous), and theater ( the shut down of Hallie Flanigan’s radical Theater Program), abound in our press these days, as the Corona Virus devastates the arts and the creative sphere. Even the conservative commentator David […]

   This entry was posted on May 8, 2020 and is filed under Uncategorized.

   Tags: Ben Shahn, Green New Deal, New Deal, New Masses, Walter Quirt

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