by Pier Marton | Nov 3, 2014 | Action, Art, Death, Ego, Genocide, History, Human Rights, Ideas, Media, Middle-East, Now, Peace, Politics, Security, Shoah, Spectacle, Theater, Time, Wars, World
For the month of November 2014, I have been invited to be one of a number of guests and will post a statement on this site & with -empyre- by next week. The moderators, Alan Sondheim and Johannes Birringer are organizing the discussion around the topic of...
by Pier Marton | Sep 22, 2014 | Human Rights, Ideas, Jewish, Judaism, Middle-East, Politics, Security, US
Israel is isolated through lack of dialogue… As with Tibetan learning (like the EmailMoreRedditTweetShare on...
by Pier Marton | Aug 3, 2014 | Antisemitism, French, History, Human Rights, Jewish, Middle-East, Peace, Politics, Security, Time, Wars
The long view: being taken hostage by extremism (beyond “solutions” & slogans) – La vue longue: pris en otage par l’extrémisme (au delà des “solutions” & des slogans). From Slate: The Middle East Friendship Chart By Joshua...
by Pier Marton | Jul 23, 2014 | Human Rights, Jewish, Judaism, Middle-East, Politics, Wars
From the NY Review of Books An Open Letter to Elie Wiesel Arthur Hertzberg (1921–2006) was a Conservative rabbi, scholar and activist. His books include The French Enlightenment and the Jews: The Origins of Modern Anti-Semitism and The Zionist Idea. August 18, 1988...
by Pier Marton | Jul 22, 2014 | Human Rights, Jewish, Middle-East, Peace, Politics, Wars, Women
Israeli artists opposing the war come under attack on social networks Actors, singers and directors are expressing sympathy for the victims on both sides. That irks some rightists. By Dafna Arad | Jul. 22, 2014 – From HAARETZ As the guns roar in Gaza, Israeli...
by Pier Marton | May 26, 2014 | Action, Antisemitism, Death, Human Rights, Middle-East, Music, Politics
I am afraid this may be the start of an unfortunate series called “Things are bad in… ” [UPDATE a year after the first demonstrations: A 64-year-old woman, who fell into a coma after inhaling tear gas during another crackdown on protesters in the...