by Pier Marton | May 12, 2013 | Afri, Death, Highlights, Human Rights, Humor, Ideas, Idées, Music, Politics, Popular, Racism
The talented Cyril Effala dies in Yaoundé at the age of 35 from typhoid fever. More songs (Le laboureur, Nuits Perdues, Ashuka Ngongoli, Saint Pierre) are available on this MySpace page. May someone produce a compilation CD! Thanks to my friend Jay Lou, I have one...
by Pier Marton | Apr 24, 2013 | Antisemitism, History, Jewish, Poet, Racism, Shoah, Wars
The poems of W?adys?aw Szlengel were read in houses of the Ghetto and out of it, in the evenings and were passed on from hand to hand and passed from mouth to mouth. The poems were written in burning passion, while the events, which seemed to last for centuries...
by Pier Marton | Feb 3, 2013 | Eco, France, Hispanic, Human Rights, Native, Politics, Racism, Sci/Nat, Wars
More pictures below. The world’s lungs – Les poumons du monde. From chief RAONI’s petition in 2000: 10 years ago, I came to explain my concern about the destruction of the Amazon rainforest. I told you about the fires, the burning sun and the great...
by Pier Marton | Jan 2, 2013 | Dance, Film, KeyFilm, Music, Racism, Roma, Wars, Women
From India, through Egypt, Turkey, Hungary, Germany, France and Spain, the Roma have traveled… and now that entire film and others are online, on YouTube. Twenty years later, Latcho Drom’s visual and musical delight echoes through time. Version anglaise,...
by Pier Marton | Dec 3, 2012 | Antisemitism, Human Rights, Ideas, Jewish, Juif, Magyar, Politics, Racism
Mi Magyarok megvédjük Zsidó honfitársainkat. We the Hungarians will defend our compatriots. Nous les Hongrois nous défendrons nos compatriotes. Viktor Orban Viktor, Miniszterelnök, Prime Minister of Hungary, Premier Ministre de Hongrie. Said in the Hungarian...
by Pier Marton | Nov 15, 2012 | Middle-East, Politics, Racism, Wars, Women
Nina Menkes, the filmmaker, says “DEAR BIBI and HAMAS: DEFINITION OF INSANITY–KEEP DOING THE SAME THING AND EXPECT DIFFERENT RESULTS.” A message to Israel’s leaders: Don’t defend me – not like this. [en Français ci-dessous: «Ne nous...