by Pier Marton | Oct 29, 2012 | Antisemitism, France, History, Jewish, Middle-East, Politics, Racism, Shoah, Wars
… a sizable section of the European left has been reluctant to take a clear stand when anti-Zionism spills over into anti-Semitism… Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the militant group Hezbollah, famously commented: “If we searched the entire world for a...
by Pier Marton | Oct 1, 2012 | Antisemitism, Books, Highlights, History, Ideas, Jewish, Politics, Quotes, Shoah
(from “Why Auschwitz” – in an “auto-interview”) It is the duty of everyone to meditate on what happened. Everybody must know or remember that Hitler and Mussolini, when they spoke in public, were believed, admired, adored like gods. They...
by Pier Marton | Sep 25, 2012 | Antisemitism, Death, France, History, Human Rights, Jewish, Juif, Politics, Racism, Shoah, Time, Wars
Tristan Bernard, romancier et auteur dramatique, avant de partir pour Drancy: « – De quoi avez-vous besoin M. Tristan Bernard ? » « – D’un cache-nez. » Tristan Bernard, the noted writer/journalist/lawyer upon his arrest to be sent to Drancy: «...
by Pier Marton | Aug 31, 2012 | Afri, Archi, Art, Books, Care, Death, Doc, Eco, Health, Highlights, Hispanic, History, Human Rights, Ideas, Native, Now, Politics, Racism, Spectacle, Wars, Women
You may also want to check out a CBC interview around his Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle From Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt From the Introduction: AMONG INDUSTRIALIZED NATIONS, THE UNITED STATES HAS THE: • highest poverty...
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...
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...