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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...

Salim Halali: 1920-2005

by Pier Marton | Mar 31, 2012 | Antisemitism, Film, France, Hispanic, Human Rights, Jewish, Juif, Middle-East, Music, Politics, Racism, Shoah, Wars

Praised by Oum Kalthoum and saved by Si Kaddour Benghabrit who headed the Paris Mosque during WWII. The war story is the subject of Free Men/Les Hommes Libres, a film by Ismaël Ferroukhi. with a review of that film by Ofer Aderet |March 2012 (in Haaretz): The Great...

Rena Kornreich’s Book: “Rena’s Promise – A Story of Sisters in Auschwitz”

by Pier Marton | Mar 31, 2012 | Antisemitism, Books, Death, Doc, Health, Human Rights, Jewish, Politics, Racism, Shoah, Time, Women

“Rena’s Promise – A Story of Sisters in Auschwitz” is one of the most historically accurate and important books ever written on the women’s camp in Auschwitz I” – Irena Strzelecka, Director, Auschwitz Museum of Women, O?wi?cim, Poland. http://youtu.be/4KIEwc18bCE Rena...

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...

(some of) the Baron Cohen Gene(ous)

by Pier Marton | Mar 10, 2012 | Antisemitism, Care, Dance, Health, History, Human Rights, Humor, Ideas, Jewish, Judaism, Media, Politics, Racism, Roma, Shoah, Wars

“Zero Degrees of Empathy” by Dr. Simon Bar Cohen, professor of Developmental Psychopathology in the Departments of Psychiatry and Experimental Psychology at the University of Cambridge. He is the Director of the University’s Autism Research Centre. “The role of art...

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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