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Vladimir Vysotsky – My Roma Song/??? ????????? – ????????? ?????????

by Pier Marton | Jan 5, 2012 | Music, Roma

I am sorry about the ?? instead of the cyrillic characters – on my previous WordPress.com blog, it worked fine. I have tried some of the tips provided here – http://wordpress.org/support/topic/special-characters-converted-to-question-marks-on-save?replies=39 – but I...

Der Spiegel – Budapest: Europe’s Capital of Anti-Semitism

by Pier Marton | Dec 13, 2011 | Antisemitism, History, Human Rights, Jewish, Juif, Magyar, Native, Politics, Racism, Roma, Shoah, Time, Wars

Budapest Experiences A New Wave of Hate by Erich Follath (lessons never learned) 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...

Beyond Despair by Aharon Appelfeld

by Pier Marton | Dec 13, 2011 | Books, Care, Death, History, Jewish, Juif, Middle-East, Mystery, Poet, Politics, Quotes, Racism, Roma, Shoah, Time, Wars

From the opening of the Preface: The three lectures presented here took shape within me over the past years. They do not present an organized body of thought, but rather reflections and feelings grounded in the tribulations of a Holocaust childhood, wanderings and...

Randolph Braham à Budapest

by Pier Marton | Oct 14, 2011 | Antisemitism, Books, Ego, France, History, Human Rights, Jewish, Juif, Magyar, Politics, Racism, Roma, Shoah, Theater, Wars

Par Mihály Rózsa: Aujourd’hui, quand le maire de Budapest se permet d’offrir une institution culturelle prestigieuse, en l’occurence un théâtre aux nazis hongrois, il est particulièrement important de se pencher sur des événements douloureux de l’extermination des...

Criminal Language: “Roadkill/Collateral Damage/Trash”

by Pier Marton | Aug 25, 2011 | Afri, Antisemitism, Art, Asia, Care, Death, Doc, Eco, Ego, Health, Hispanic, History, Human Rights, Humor, Ideas, Jewish, Juif, Media, Middle-East, Now, Objects, Politics, Quotes, Roma, Shoah, Spectacle, Theater, Wars, Women

For more about escaping language/words: the Dictionary of Imploded Meanings. If you think the system is working, ask someone who isn’t or who was stopped “dead in his tracks.” An excerpt from Beyond Belief (Against the Weapons of Mass Distraction): (YOU WILL) KNOW...

???????????? ????? ?? ?????? ?????????? ???????? (Voluntary Assistance… Assistance Volontaire…)

by Pier Marton | Aug 10, 2011 | Antisemitism, Care, Death, Jewish, Judaism, Juif, Roma, Shoah

One aspect of Hillel that seems to work – but don’t ask them to create a debate about human rights (except about Jews). 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...

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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