by Pier Marton | Sep 15, 2013 | Afri, Death, Human Rights, Middle-East, Peace, Politics, Racism, Review, Wars, Women
โWhen you see the humanity in the other, itโs the end of conflict. โ โ Robi Damelin, the main character. The Filmโs Website Miri Laufer & Eriz Laufer, 2012, Israel and South Africa, 86 min. My review: It is only after the guns have stopped firing that the hard...
by Pier Marton | Aug 15, 2013 | Afri, Asia, Books, Health, Hispanic, Human Rights, Ideas, Jewish, Middle-East, Now, Politics, Spectacle, US
Michael Walzer, the author of 27 book,ย is co-editor emeritus ofย From Haaretz (Please Subscribe!) Michael Walzer tells Haaretz || Blame the liberals for social inequality. An interview with the former co-editor of Dissent magazine on social democracy and the role Big...
by Pier Marton | Jul 22, 2013 | Afri, Asia, Care, Death, Doc, Eco, Food, Health, Hispanic, Human Rights, Ideas, Media, Native, Now, Politics, Quotes, Racism, US, Women, Youth
The fundamental conclusion Iโve reached after 79 years and a lot of work is that life is lottery. I donโt buy this argument that people are self-made; our opportunities are presented to us โ how we resolve them, how we exploit them, how we respond to them are the...
by Pier Marton | Jul 17, 2013 | Afri, Death, Human Rights, Humor, Media, Music, Politics, Popular, Racism, Spectacle, US
John Oliverโs segment on The Daily Show was called: โWait: What? How could you possiblyโฆ Youโve got to be kidโฆ There is no wayโฆ I canโtโฆ Oh My Godโ โ and โAcquitted Development.โ Obama: โIt could have been me.โ Lester Chambers of the Chambers Brothers: A Slate article...
by Pier Marton | May 12, 2013 | Afri, Death, Highlights, Human Rights, Humor, Ideas, Idรฉes, Music, Politics, Popular, Racism
The talented Cyril Effala dies in Yaoundรฉ at the age of 35 from typhoid fever. More songs (Le laboureur, Nuits Perdues, Ashuka Ngongoli, Saint Pierre) are available on this MySpace page. May someone produce a compilation CD! Thanks to my friend Jay Lou, I have one...
by Pier Marton | May 4, 2013 | Afri, Art, Asia, Highlights, Hispanic, Human Rights, Humor, Ideas, Jewish, Music, Politics, Popular, Quotes, Sound, Travel
The multi-talented world hero, musician & ethnomusicologist. If you are not living on the edge, youโre taking too much room. B.B. He used to quote Sun Ra: The planet is asleep, and itโs the fault of musicians who are not true to themselves. [Ed.: I would add that...