by Pier Marton | Aug 18, 2010 | Antisemitism, Books, History, Human Rights, Humor, Jewish, Judaism, Middle-East, Politics, Shoah
“I am both writing in and about the tradition and spirit of Jewish cosmopolitanism: caught somewhere between Marx’s ‘ruthless criticism of everything existing’; pil-pul; zahor!; bearing critical witness; social responsibility; and perhaps a certain davka”....
by Pier Marton | Aug 18, 2010 | Antisemitism, Death, Doc, Film, History, Human Rights, Jewish, Media, Racism, Shoah, Spectacle, Time, Women
An Israeli, Yael Hersonski, Finds New Meanings in a Nazi Film 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 12, 2010 | Art, Books, Death, Doc, Eco, Ego, History, Human Rights, KeyText, Politics, Racism, Site, Spectacle, Wars
A hero of mine, showing the true face of war (what no army ever wants you to consider, and no government/media ever truly acknowledges). Writing, after WWI, a book against war in four languages to prevent future wars. His museum, not the common war museum, but an...
by Pier Marton | Aug 9, 2010 | Art, Care, Doc, Eco, Film, Highlights, History, Human Rights, Ideas, Media, Now, Politics, Site, Spectacle, TED, Wars
Don’t put down “media” when you have such people as Jeff Skoll and Participant Media. 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 9, 2010 | Dance, Death, Film, Future Tech, Health, History, Human Rights, Ideas, Now, Politics, Sci/Nat, Spectacle, Wars
But leaving STL on Friday. Hurry! Another vital (the word of the day?) film by Participant Media. Here is their website. Opening 8/13/2010 Huntington Beach, CA: Century 20 – Bella Terra Orange, CA: Century Stadium 25 Theatre – Orange Rancho Mirage, CA:...
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...