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’12 SLIFF BUZZ: Pelotero

by Pier Marton | Nov 9, 2012 | Doc, Ego, Film, Hispanic, Racism, Spectacle, STL

Reviewed everywhere (more below) – Sports Illustrated: “Compelling!”- The Washington Post Critic’s Pick: “Enthralling… A “Hoop Dreams” for baseball!” – NYT Critics Pick: “Startling!” Jon Paley, co-director, returns to St. Louis! – Jon started editing this film in my...

The European Left and Its Trouble With Jews

by Pier Marton | Oct 29, 2012 | Antisemitism, France, History, Jewish, Middle-East, Politics, Racism, Shoah, Wars

… a sizable section of the European left has been reluctant to take a clear stand when anti-Zionism spills over into anti-Semitism… Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the militant group Hezbollah, famously commented: “If we searched the entire world for a person more...

La France Dans Le Coup – France Caught Up

by Pier Marton | Sep 25, 2012 | Antisemitism, Death, France, History, Human Rights, Jewish, Juif, Politics, Racism, Shoah, Time, Wars

Tristan Bernard, romancier et auteur dramatique, avant de partir pour Drancy: « – De quoi avez-vous besoin M. Tristan Bernard ? » « – D’un cache-nez. » Tristan Bernard, the noted writer/journalist/lawyer upon his arrest to be sent to Drancy: « – What will you need Mr....

Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt

by Pier Marton | Aug 31, 2012 | Afri, Archi, Art, Books, Care, Death, Doc, Eco, Health, Highlights, Hispanic, History, Human Rights, Ideas, Native, Now, Politics, Racism, Spectacle, Wars, Women

You may also want to check out a CBC interview around his Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle From Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt From the Introduction: AMONG INDUSTRIALIZED NATIONS, THE UNITED STATES HAS THE: • highest poverty...

Pascal Blanchard (l’immigré français, le racisme, le colonialisme…)

by Pier Marton | Aug 26, 2012 | Afri, Asia, France, Hispanic, History, Human Rights, Juif, Podcasts(F), Racism, Wars

Historien, spécialiste du « fait colonial », des immigrations des « Suds » en France, de l’imaginaire colonial et de l’histoire du corps. Chercheur au Laboratoire Communication et Politique du CNRS, ancien chercheur associé au GDR 2322 du CNRS Anthropologie des...

Troubled Hungary

by Pier Marton | Aug 19, 2012 | Antisemitism, History, Magyar, Middle-East, Racism

Hungary far-right leader discovers Jewish roots by Pablo Gorondi BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — As a rising star in Hungary’s far-right Jobbik Party, Csanád Szegedi was notorious for his incendiary comments on Jews: He accused them of “buying up” the country, railed about...

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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