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Talking Twin Babies – 56 Million Views Later

by Pier Marton | Dec 30, 2011 | Afri, Art, Asia, Books, Dance, France, Hispanic, History, Humor, Ideas, Idées, Jewish, Juif, Magyar, Middle-East, Mystery, Native, Poet, Politics, Racism, Sounds, Spectacle, Theater, Women

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Being Pro-Israel can be Progressive!

by Pier Marton | Dec 25, 2011 | Antisemitism, Cam, Death, Ego, France, Highlights, History, Human Rights, Ideas, Idées, Jewish, Judaism, Juif, KeyText, Middle-East, Native, Now, Politics, Racism, Shoah, Time, Wars, Women

Recently an apparently well-known British blogger featured on Democracy Now! was denouncing some British politicians for being “Pro-Israel” and from my progressive perspective I was shocked. I shouldn’t have been… Too many times I have been...

“We Are All Icelandic Jews!” (after the 1968 “Nous Sommes Tous des Juifs Allemands!”)

by Pier Marton | Dec 24, 2011 | Antisemitism, Human Rights, Humor, Jewish, Judaism, Middle-East, Politics, Women

Iceland Jews are left out in the cold by Judy Maltz Though it numbers under 100 members, Iceland does have a Jewish community, and even a Jewish first lady. Some of them, however, say they’re afraid to identify themselves publicly as such. REYKJAVIK – Even...

How I became a ‘terrorist’ by Abdelrahman Al Ahmar

by Pier Marton | Dec 24, 2011 | Human Rights, Jewish, Judaism, Middle-East, Politics

How I became a ‘terrorist’ by Abdelrahman Al Ahmar in Haaretz. Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit TweetShare on...

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by Pier Marton | Dec 24, 2011 | Afri, Death, Doc, France, Human Rights, Middle-East, Politics, Women

For English translation click on CC on the first of the clips. Because of the brutality contained in these clips “viewer discretion is advised.” Photographs of army soldiers, thugs and unknown civilians who were throwing rocks, sharp marble plates and...

Time Magazine Person(s) of the Year(s): Bradley Manning/Julian Assange/Daniel Ellsberg!

by Pier Marton | Dec 19, 2011 | Asia, Death, History, Human Rights, Media, Middle-East, Politics, Quotes, Racism, Site, Travel, Wars

From Daniel Ellsberg on Democracy Now: The Time magazine cover gives protester, an anonymous protester, as “Person of the Year,” but it is possible to put a face and a name to that picture of “Person of the Year.” And the American face I would...