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Vote against their Majority/Vote against the Wiesenthal Center & Fox News

by Pier Marton | Sep 14, 2011 | Antisemitism, Books, Death, Jewish, Judaism, Middle-East, Politics, Racism, Shoah, Spectacle, Wars

Vote HERE. On September 14, an Israeli Peace Coalition put together a list of 50 reasons to support a unilateral decision for Palestinian state (cf. Gideon Levy in Haaretz: Israel does not want a Palestinian state. Period.) Abbas would be a gift, were Israel not held...

The School of No-Media © Marton 2011

by Pier Marton | Sep 13, 2011 | Afri, Asia, Care, Dance, Eco, Ego, Food, Future Tech, Health, Hispanic, Human Rights, Ideas, Middle-East, Native, Politics, Racism, Spectacle, Teach, Women

A free online university?! Want to join? The universe is watching the sprouts grow… ____________________ ____________________ “Substance is what remains when everything you can think of has gone.” Eli Siegel “Technology… the knack of so...

’11 SLIFF BUZZ: Restoration – Boker Tov Adon Figelman ???? ??? ???? ??????

by Pier Marton | Sep 4, 2011 | Art, Death, Film, Health, Jewish, Judaism, Middle-East, Mystery, Poet, Review, STL, Theater

A short review: Restoration “Cracks let the light in” says Leonard Cohen; director Yossi/Joseph Madmony gambled on Sasson Gabay, the venerable Israeli actor, to trust the eloquence of his face to carry that light, and he won! A great many subtleties anchor...

Criminal Language: “Roadkill/Collateral Damage/Trash”

by Pier Marton | Aug 25, 2011 | Afri, Antisemitism, Art, Asia, Care, Death, Doc, Eco, Ego, Health, Hispanic, History, Human Rights, Humor, Ideas, Jewish, Juif, Media, Middle-East, Now, Objects, Politics, Quotes, Roma, Shoah, Spectacle, Theater, Wars, Women

For more about escaping language/words: the Dictionary of Imploded Meanings. If you think the system is working, ask someone who isn’t or who was stopped “dead in his tracks.” An excerpt from Beyond Belief (Against the Weapons of Mass Distraction):...

JEWish IDentity (whispered)

by Pier Marton | Aug 20, 2011 | Antisemitism, Ego, History, Human Rights, Jewish, Judaism, Juif, Middle-East, Racism, Shoah, Sounds, Wars

by Roger Cohen in the New York Times “The lesson is clear: Jews, with their history, cannot become the systematic oppressors of another people. They must be vociferous in their insistence that continued colonization of Palestinians in the West Bank will increase...

Inequality (and Irrationality) in the Face

by Pier Marton | Aug 18, 2011 | Afri, Asia, Care, Death, Food, Health, Hispanic, Human Rights, Ideas, Jewish, Middle-East, Now, Politics, Quotes, Sci/Nat, Spectacle, Wars, Women

If you want to avoid civil war, you must become imperialists. Cecil Rhodes 1895 Land of the free, home of the poor on the PBS Newshour. Summary: Financial gains over the last decade in the United States have been mostly made at the “tippy-top” of the...

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BREAK THE SURFACE
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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