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That seditious activity: being alive

Writing on Wall 2: Against the Spin of Violence and Hate

by Pier Marton | Jan 12, 2011 | Death, Human Rights, Media, Politics, Spectacle, Wars, Women

From a Canadian friend: about “Hate Crimes.” From the NYTimes’ Bob Herbert: “I remember having lunch with Marian Wright Edelman, the president of the Children’s Defense Fund, a few days after the Virginia Tech tragedy. She shook her head at the...

The Writing on the Wall: 400% Increase on Threats on the White House Since Obama

by Pier Marton | Jan 11, 2011 | Afri, Death, Human Rights, Media, Politics, Racism, Spectacle

To Understand Assassination Threat, Look Beyond Tucson by Nate Silver in the NYTimes “If it turns out, for instance, that Democratic members of Congress are much more likely to receive such threats than Republican ones, that might tell us something meaningful....

From Ben Vautier’s YouTube Channel

by Pier Marton | Jan 9, 2011 | Asia, Doc, Human Rights, Humor, KeyFilm

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Gabrielle Giffords – “Liberal and Jewish”

by Pier Marton | Jan 9, 2011 | Antisemitism, Death, Hispanic, Human Rights, Jewish, Judaism, Politics, Racism, Spectacle, Women

Sign this petition calling on every member of Congress, as well as the major TV news networks, to put an end to any overt or implied appeals to violence in our political debate. From my friend AR: “Been viewing the news from Arizona. Four of the people who died...

Peace Rabbi Menachem Froman Ill with Cancer

by Pier Marton | Jan 6, 2011 | Death, Health, Human Rights, Jewish, Judaism, Middle-East, Politics, Wars

Menachem Froman and Ibrahim Abulhawa at Froman’s daughter’s wedding. From Richard Silverstein’s Tikkun Olam website. EmailMoreRedditTweetShare on...

Hungarian Samisdat/Magyar Szamiszdát

by Pier Marton | Jan 4, 2011 | Human Rights, Magyar

A way to circumvent the current blockage. EmailMoreRedditTweetShare on...

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To ride the unbalance* between:
1. excellence and a kind, singular and porous identity that contains some of the scruples, humor, humility, musicality & the beauty of a harsh and confusing, yet benign and rich reality – away from distractions.
2. the stupidity and blindness of complacency, violence, injustice, pretense, egos, short-term… wishful… and group “thinking,” and empty talk – in all of their surprising embodiments. And the false sense of fullness all of this provides.
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An appeal for a world NOT so caught up in anthropo/ego/euro/ethno/oculo/esthetico -CENTRISM.
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1. Beware of those who claim to be strong – they are often dangerous.
2. Unmask the hoax of “centrality” – ask an “EX-centric” for assistance?
3. Perceive the arrogance of normalcy: everybody, in one way or another, is handicapped… which brings us back to 1.
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*Not unrelated to “There is beauty and there are the humiliated. Whatever difficulties the enterprise may present, I should like never to be unfaithful either to the second or the first.” — Albert Camus