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Pete Seeger: 1919-2014

by Pier Marton | Jan 28, 2014 | Death, Human Rights, Jewish, Music, Peace, Poet, Politics, Women, World, Youth

Inscribed on his banjo: “This machine surrounds hate and forces it to surrender.” “It is better to have struggled and lost, than never to have struggled at all.” Pete Seeger – The New York Times’ Obituary – The author of “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?” (with Joe...

Sometimes ‘Nazi’ is the Right Word

by Pier Marton | Jan 18, 2014 | Antisemitism, Human Rights, Jewish, Middle-East, Racism, Shoah, Words

In the New York Times: Sometimes ‘Nazi’ Is the Right Word By ETGAR KERET JAN. 17, 2014 TEL AVIV — “NAZI” is a short word. It has only two syllables, like “rac-ist” or “kill-er.” “Democracy,” on the other hand, is a long word with lots of syllables that is very tiring...

David Steven Nash (Friend & Actor) – 1949-1989

by Pier Marton | Jan 11, 2014 | Film, Jewish, Theater

From IMDB, my friend David Nash’s bio: David Nash was born on December 25, 1949 in New York, USA as David Steven Nash. He was an actor, known for The Man in the Glass Booth (1975), Little Ladies of the Night (1977) and Trapper John, M.D. (1979). He died on June 14,...

The Kindness of Yoram Gross (of Blinky Bill Fame)

by Pier Marton | Dec 28, 2013 | Antisemitism, Doc, History, Jewish, Review, Shoah, Wars

Post-Screening Note & Review: At my recent presentation of the film at the St. Louis Holocaust Museum and Learning Center, it was clear that the audience was enthralled by watching the elder Yoram Gross, the noted Australian animator, passing the baton of history...

SLIFF BUZZ ’13 – Some Recommendations

by Pier Marton | Nov 14, 2013 | Afri, Antisemitism, Art, Death, Doc, Eco, France, Future Tech, Games, Human Rights, Humor, Jewish, Media, Middle-East, Politics, Racism, Review, Sci/Nat, Shoah, Software, STL, Time, Video, Women, World

Amongst 350 films at the St. Louis International Film Festival, there are of course a great many more… below is a short selection of some seen and some unseen (guesses) films I would recommend. I will post others (after the festival during which I was “kidnapped” by...

Yeb Saño: If Not Now When?

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 –...

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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