by Pier Marton | May 26, 2014 | Action, Antisemitism, Death, Human Rights, Middle-East, Music, Politics
I am afraid this may be the start of an unfortunate series called “Things are bad in… ” [UPDATE a year after the first demonstrations: A 64-year-old woman, who fell into a coma after inhaling tear gas during another crackdown on protesters in the...
by Pier Marton | Jan 28, 2014 | Antisemitism, Doc, Education, History, Jewish, Judaism, Middle-East, Peace, Politics, Shoah, Spectacle, Wars, Women
Ceux qui vivent, vivent des morts/Those that live, live from the dead./Los que viven, viven de los muertos/Azok akik élnek, a hullákból élnek. Antonin Artaud I have a particular relationship to the Shoah that travels with me through time… but what does it mean...
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...
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...
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 –...