by Pier Marton | Nov 14, 2013 | Afri, Care, Film, Human Rights, Middle-East, Review, STL, Women
Addendum: now that the festival is over, here is a YouTube version with English subtitles. Thank you SLIFF for bringing such vibrant films to St. Louis! From the filmmaker, Mohamed Diab’s YouTube channel, the trailer: The film seems viewable at this point on...
by Pier Marton | Nov 12, 2013 | Afri, Asia, Care, Death, Eco, Education, Food, France, Future Tech, Health, Hispanic, History, Human Rights, Jewish, Magyar, Middle-East, Native, Now, Politics, Sci/Nat, Time, World
Complete Speech: Before going on a hunger strike, Yeb Saño tells UN summit in Warsaw “colossal devastation” from Typhoon Haiyan should serve as warning to planet. Philippines lead negotiator Yeb Saño addressed the opening session of the UN climate summit in Warsaw –...
by Pier Marton | Nov 6, 2013 | Care, Death, Food, France, Health, Highlights, Human Rights, Jewish, Middle-East, Politics, Women, Youth
“Nobody asks permission to kill. We do not ask permission to save lives.” Through PayPal Special Report by Yaron Shagal: En Français: Flash Video: About IL4 The organization is a not-for-profit, volunteer-based, Non Governmental Organization (NGO) that...
by Pier Marton | Nov 6, 2013 | Care, Dance, Health, Human Rights, Middle-East, Mystery, Native, Photo, Politics, Wars, Women
If they can do it… on the rocky terrain… One of the winners of the 2013 Magnum Foundation Emergency Fund: Tanya Habjouqa for Occupied Pleasures From her website: “Occupied pleasures brings together glimmers of hope, dignity and laughter; all of...
by Pier Marton | Nov 2, 2013 | Afri, Art, Asia, Care, Death, Education, Food, Galleries, Hispanic, Human Rights, Humor, Ideas, Media, Mystery, NON, Objects, Peace, Poet, Politics, Racism, Sights, Spectacle, Teach, Text, Time, US, World, Youth
At the edges of the art world and its fetishisation, and banking on it. BETTER OUT THAN IN October 2013 An Artists Residency on the Streets of New York All pictures painted inside, in the studio, will never be as good as those done outside. Paul Cézanne Excerpts from...
by Pier Marton | Oct 31, 2013 | Antisemitism, History, Human Rights, Jewish, Magyar, Middle-East, Music, Politics, Racism, Roma, Shoah, Theater, Time
Addendum: Dec. 11, 2013 A letter to The Guardian by Andras Schiff, the Hungarian-born British classical pianist: Hungarians Must Face Their Nazi Past, Not Venerate ItAddendum: Nov. 3, 2013 HU – ES – EN – DE – FR From the New York Times An Opera...