by Pier Marton | Sep 10, 2010 | Afri, Asia, France, Hispanic, Magyar, Middle-East, Roma, Time, Travel
In honor of the holiday of Eid ul-Fitr Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit TweetShare on...
by Pier Marton | Sep 9, 2010 | Afri, Care, Human Rights, Ideas, Music
Will someone write a song? “People, I just want to say, you know, can we all get along? Can we get along? Can we stop making it, making it horrible for the older people and the kids?…It’s just not right. It’s not right. It’s not, it’s not going to change...
by Pier Marton | Sep 7, 2010 | Afri, Death, Film, France, Human Rights, Racism, Wars, Women
Watch this film to learn how it felt like to try to survive with the Tonton Macoutes thugs and the Doc Duvalier dictatorship. His Lumumba films are also important… another filmmaker falling between the cracks. More about Raoul Peck here. Email a link to a friend...
by Pier Marton | Sep 2, 2010 | Afri, Asia, Care, Eco, Health, Hispanic, Human Rights, Ideas, Middle-East, Mystery, Native, Politics, Racism, Wars, Women
People who stick their necks out for the good (“Most Giraffes have broken through or acted in the presence of fear.”) Their mission: To foster the citizen courage and know-how that are essential to a just, ethical and compassionate world. 25 Good Reasons...
by Pier Marton | Aug 27, 2010 | Afri, Health, Human Rights, Racism, Spectacle, Time, Travel
I talk about my years in solitary as if it was the past, but the truth is it never leaves you. In some ways I am still there. Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit TweetShare on...
by Pier Marton | Aug 7, 2010 | Afri, Antisemitism, Asia, Books, France, History, Human Rights, Ideas, Jewish, Judaism, KeyText, Middle-East, Racism, Roma, Spectacle, Women
“In this brave new century we shall miss the tolerant, the marginals: the edge people. My people.” And a quote from another text, as excerpted by Peter Fredlake of the USHMM – thank you: “The historian’s task is not to disrupt for the sake of it, but...