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Beyond Despair by Aharon Appelfeld

by Pier Marton | Dec 13, 2011 | Books, Care, Death, History, Jewish, Juif, Middle-East, Mystery, Poet, Politics, Quotes, Racism, Roma, Shoah, Time, Wars

From the opening of the Preface: The three lectures presented here took shape within me over the past years. They do not present an organized body of thought, but rather reflections and feelings grounded in the tribulations of a Holocaust childhood, wanderings and...

Zsuzának és Lucának/Pour Zusza et Luca/For Zsuzsa and Luca

by Pier Marton | Dec 7, 2011 | Care, Dance, Ego, Jewish, Juif, Magyar, Music, Poet, Shoah, Women

http://youtu.be/SHe-GwMsSMU Erd?, erd?, erd?, Marosszéki kerek erd?, Madár lakik benne, madár lakik… tizenkettö. Cukrot adnék annak a madárnak, dalolja ki nevét a babámnak. Csárdás kisangyalom, érted fáj a szívem nagyon. —————- La forêt, la forêt, la forêt, la forêt...

The Last Iraqi Jews!

by Pier Marton | Nov 30, 2011 | Asia, Care, Death, Doc, History, Human Rights, Jewish, Middle-East, Politics, Racism, Shoah, Travel, Wars

Do you want to understand some of the complexity in the Middle-East (and Israel)? After a history dating back 2,500 years, they have gone from being one third of the Baghdadi population in 1917 to being only seven (highly threatened) Jews now: a 40 minutes program on...

Greg Palast’s “Vulture’s Picnic” (the 1%’s trophies) –> Investigative Journalism

by Pier Marton | Nov 22, 2011 | Afri, Asia, Books, Death, Doc, Eco, Food, Health, Hispanic, History, Human Rights, Humor, Ideas, Jewish, Middle-East, Politics, Racism, Sci/Nat, Travel

Palast is recipient of the George Orwell Courage in Journalism Prize for his BBC television documentary, Bush Family Fortunes. His website. Touring the U.S. Monday, November 28 Chicago Barbara’s Bookstore UIC – 6 pm 1218 Halsted Street Chicago, IL 60607 More Info...

Mel Levine: “Obama has kept Iran threat at bay, and U.S. Republicans know it.”

by Pier Marton | Nov 14, 2011 | History, Jewish, Media, Middle-East, Politics, Spectacle

“Former U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan coined a famous phrase that “everyone is entitled to his own opinion but not to his own facts.” Apparently, the Republican candidates for president, led by former Governor Romney, have been so busy talking with each other...

Miss Representation – The Film

by Pier Marton | Nov 14, 2011 | Afri, Art, Asia, Care, Dance, Death, Doc, Food, France, Health, Hispanic, History, Human Rights, Ideas, Jewish, Magyar, Media, Middle-East, Music, Native, Objects, Politics, Shoah, Spectacle, Theater, Time, Wars, Women

Missrepresentation’s Website. Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit TweetShare 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