Pier Marton, Author at Pier Marton

Chris Hedges Interview – Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle

by Pier Marton | Aug 26, 2012 | Death, Health, History, Human Rights, Ideas, Media, Politics, Spectacle, Wars

You may also want to check out his latest book, Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt, with a public presentation. On CBC radio, the web page where for an hour writer Chris Hedges argues that North American culture is dying because it has become transfixed by illusions...

Pascal Blanchard (l’immigré français, le racisme, le colonialisme…)

by Pier Marton | Aug 26, 2012 | Afri, Asia, France, Hispanic, History, Human Rights, Juif, Podcasts(F), Racism, Wars

Historien, spécialiste du « fait colonial », des immigrations des « Suds » en France, de l’imaginaire colonial et de l’histoire du corps. Chercheur au Laboratoire Communication et Politique du CNRS, ancien chercheur associé au GDR 2322 du CNRS Anthropologie des...

(i)Typewriter Nostalgia/(i)Machine à Écrire Nostalgie

by Pier Marton | Aug 20, 2012 | Art, Humor, Ideas, Idées, iOS, Poet, Sci/Nat

In honor of a gritty slow efficiency, a roundtrip to the future and back/En souvenir de la machine à écrire, un aller-retour vers la lenteur et le monde analogue. EmailMoreRedditTweetShare on...

NASA Advice to Survive Jet Lag

by Pier Marton | Aug 20, 2012 | Care, Food, Future Tech, Health, Sci/Nat, Time, Travel

A Battle Plan for Jet Lag by Stephanie Rosenbloom in the NYTimes 1. Understand that the direction you are traveling makes a difference. 2. Schedule when to expose yourself to light and when to avoid it. 3. Survive the first night by eating right and preparing the...

Troubled Hungary

by Pier Marton | Aug 19, 2012 | Antisemitism, History, Magyar, Middle-East, Racism

Hungary far-right leader discovers Jewish roots by Pablo Gorondi BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — As a rising star in Hungary’s far-right Jobbik Party, Csanád Szegedi was notorious for his incendiary comments on Jews: He accused them of “buying up” the...