Pier Marton, Author at Pier Marton

Intravenous Vitamin C to The Rescue

by Pier Marton | Feb 5, 2014 | Cancer, Food, Health

When I was sick with mononucleosis, I received large doses of intravenous vitamin C. Only this small clinic in the Catskills seemed willing to try to do anything about it… In the Los Angeles Times: Vitamin C as cancer treatment? High doses boost chemotherapy...

Cutting Edges Get Blunt 30 Years Later

by Pier Marton | Feb 4, 2014 | Future Tech, History, Objects, Tech, Time

– Obsolescence and Coolness in One Package – With 128 KB RAM, 64 KB ROM, a single-sided 3.5 inch 400 KB floppy drive, a 1-bit 512×342 pixel 9 in (23 cm) CRT b&w monitor, a mouse, “System 1.0″and Finder application and a couple of...

Holocaust/Shoah: Today & Tomorrow

by Pier Marton | Jan 28, 2014 | Antisemitism, Doc, Education, History, Jewish, Judaism, Middle-East, Peace, Politics, Shoah, Spectacle, Wars, Women

Ceux qui vivent, vivent des morts/Those that live, live from the dead./Los que viven, viven de los muertos/Azok akik élnek, a hullákból élnek. Antonin Artaud I have a particular relationship to the Shoah that travels with me through time… but what does it mean...

Pete Seeger: 1919-2014

by Pier Marton | Jan 28, 2014 | Death, Human Rights, Jewish, Music, Peace, Poet, Politics, Women, World, Youth

Inscribed on his banjo: “This machine surrounds hate and forces it to surrender.” “It is better to have struggled and lost, than never to have struggled at all.” Pete Seeger – The New York Times’ Obituary – The author of...

Sometimes ‘Nazi’ is the Right Word

by Pier Marton | Jan 18, 2014 | Antisemitism, Human Rights, Jewish, Middle-East, Racism, Shoah, Words

In the New York Times: Sometimes ‘Nazi’ Is the Right Word By ETGAR KERET JAN. 17, 2014 TEL AVIV — “NAZI” is a short word. It has only two syllables, like “rac-ist” or “kill-er.” “Democracy,” on the other hand, is a long word with lots of syllables that is very tiring...