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Gay Rights in the U.S.

by Pier Marton | May 8, 2012 | Afri, Asia, Care, Death, Hispanic, History, Human Rights, Ideas, Jewish, Native, Politics, Roma, Shoah, STL, Time, Women

Marriage, hospital visits, adoption, employment, housing, hate crimes, schools.. Get the picture! Interactive charts from the The Guardian Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit...

Bono’s “A Dog Called Hope” – Written in Israel

by Pier Marton | Apr 18, 2012 | Health, History, Humor, Jewish, Media, Middle-East, Music, Native, Poet, Politics, Quotes, Time, Travel, Wars

From Haaretz U2’s front man Bono surprised Israeli passers-by earlier this month with his sudden visit to Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. On Wednesday, BuzzFeed published the note Bono left behind at Jerusalem’s King David Hotel, which consists of a poem about how “hope is...

Undo The Koch Brothers Before They Undo You

by Pier Marton | Apr 17, 2012 | Afri, Asia, Care, Death, Doc, Film, Food, Health, Hispanic, History, Human Rights, Ideas, Jewish, Media, Native, Now, Politics, Racism, Roma, Spectacle, Theater, Wars

Robert Greenwald’s latest film release: The Koch Brothers Exposed 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...

Tinghir-Jérusalem: Échos du Mellah/Echoes from the Mellah

by Pier Marton | Apr 16, 2012 | Death, Doc, France, History, Human Rights, Ideas, Idées, Jewish, Judaism, Juif, Middle-East, Native, Politics, Racism, Shoah, Time, Travel

Film Festival Tours: Montréal, NY, Paris, Le Touquet, Agadir, Rabat… Dans HuffPost par Ruth Grosrichard mediterraneus au milieu de la terre/in the middle of the earth Jewish Tinghir Juif Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Click to...

Harry Brod: ‘Working From and Against Privilege’ (at Webster U.)

by Pier Marton | Apr 4, 2012 | Afri, Antisemitism, Asia, Books, Care, Health, Hispanic, History, Human Rights, Jewish, Native, Politics, Racism, Shoah, STL, Wars, Women

Harry Brod What would motivate those from dominant social groups to join as allies in struggles for justice with those from correspondingly subordinated groups? How can identities of masculinity, whiteness and heterosexuality become the foundations to undo the...

Gloria Steinem Supports Obama (+ More)

by Pier Marton | Mar 29, 2012 | Afri, Asia, Care, Future Tech, Health, Hispanic, History, Human Rights, Humor, iOS, iPhone, Jewish, Media, Middle-East, Native, Politics, Racism, Software, Spectacle, Wars, Women

From the Obama YouTube Channel which includes “The Road We’ve Traveled” + Indecision Forever an iOS App from Comedy Central 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