by Pier Marton | Dec 24, 2011 | Human Rights, Jewish, Judaism, Politics, Women
Israel’s real Rosa Parks takes to the buses by Tamar Rotem in Haaretz Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit TweetShare on...
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...
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...
by Pier Marton | Dec 18, 2011 | Death, Doc, France, Human Rights, Middle-East, Politics, Wars
D’une amie au Caire, écrit ce Dimanche: Les tirs ont repris ce matin, je les entends de chez moi, + de 450 blessés, disparus et morts se comptent plus ! Plus personne ne comprend ce qu’il se passe, ça dégénère et ça peut virer sous peu en guerre...
by Pier Marton | Dec 16, 2011 | Books, Death, Human Rights, Humor, Jewish, Middle-East, Mystery, Politics, Quotes, Racism, Sci/Nat, Spectacle, Wars, Women
His take on Nietzsche’s “Whatever doesn’t kill me makes me stronger.” Oh, really? Take the case of the philosopher to whom that line is usually attributed, Friedrich Nietzsche, who lost his mind to what was probably syphilis. Or America’s homegrown philosopher...
by Pier Marton | Dec 15, 2011 | Death, Future Tech, Human Rights, Middle-East, Politics, Software
Pro-Assad ‘Army’ Wages Cyberwar In Syria on NPR (4 Minutes) Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit TweetShare on...