by Pier Marton | May 12, 2013 | Afri, Death, Highlights, Human Rights, Humor, Ideas, Idรฉes, Music, Politics, Popular, Racism
The talented Cyril Effala dies in Yaoundรฉ 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 worldโs lungs โ Les poumons du monde. From chief RAONIโs 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 winds that would...
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 traveledโฆ and now that entire film and others are online, on YouTube. Twenty years later, Latcho Dromโs visual and musical delight echoes through time. Version anglaise, English...
by Pier Marton | Dec 3, 2012 | Antisemitism, Human Rights, Ideas, Jewish, Juif, Magyar, Politics, Racism
Mi Magyarok megvรฉdjรผk Zsidรณ honfitรกrsainkat. We the Hungarians will defend our compatriots. Nous les Hongrois nous dรฉfendrons nos compatriotes. Viktor Orban Viktor, Miniszterelnรถk, 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 โDEAR BIBI and HAMAS: DEFINITION OF INSANITYโKEEP DOING THE SAME THING AND EXPECT DIFFERENT RESULTS.โ A message to Israelโs leaders: Donโt defend me โ not like this. [en Franรงais ci-dessous: ยซNe nous dรฉfendez pas โ pas comme รงaยป ] As...