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Nuremberg: Its Lesson For Today

by Pier Marton | Jan 18, 2012 | Antisemitism, Death, Doc, History, Human Rights, Jewish, Media, Politics, Racism, Review, Roma, Shoah, STL, Time, Wars, Women

The outstanding film that was produced in 1948 by Stuart Schulberg (with Pare Lorentz) yet never screened in the US until NOW! A time to remember Whitney Harris’s work (cf. below). My review: TO LIVE WITH AN OPEN HEART (and eyes/ears) so that today may have a...

Culture Unplugged

by Pier Marton | Jan 18, 2012 | Afri, Art, Asia, Care, Dance, Doc, Eco, Film, Food, Health, Hispanic, History, Human Rights, Humor, Ideas, Jewish, Media, Middle-East, Music, Mystery, Native, Now, Poet, Politics, Racism, Roma, Sci/Nat, Site, Travel, Women

Watching certain films… Culture Unplugged Philosophy: What we do matters, but why we do matters more. Individuality matters, but universality matters more. Idealism matters, but humanity matters more. Past & post matters, but present matters more. Product...

Some of My Favorite Quotes

by Pier Marton | Dec 30, 2011 | Afri, Asia, Books, Ego, France, Highlights, Humor, Ideas, Idées, Jewish, Judaism, Middle-East, Poet, Quotes, Software, Sound, Spectacle, Teach, Text, Time, Wars, Women

[UPDATED HERE WITH THE EXTENSIVE SCHOOL OF NO MEDIA COLLECTION] Besides Crane, Eco and quite a few others available on this blog under the “Quotes” category, these are quotes I have used in the past, either on my office door or as part of my signature: • ...

Talking Twin Babies – 56 Million Views Later

by Pier Marton | Dec 30, 2011 | Afri, Art, Asia, Books, Dance, France, Hispanic, History, Humor, Ideas, Idées, Jewish, Juif, Magyar, Middle-East, Mystery, Native, Poet, Politics, Racism, Sounds, Spectacle, Theater, Women

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Being Pro-Israel can be Progressive!

by Pier Marton | Dec 25, 2011 | Antisemitism, Cam, Death, Ego, France, Highlights, History, Human Rights, Ideas, Idées, Jewish, Judaism, Juif, KeyText, Middle-East, Native, Now, Politics, Racism, Shoah, Time, Wars, Women

Recently an apparently well-known British blogger featured on Democracy Now! was denouncing some British politicians for being “Pro-Israel” and from my progressive perspective I was shocked. I shouldn’t have been… Too many times I have been...

“We Are All Icelandic Jews!” (after the 1968 “Nous Sommes Tous des Juifs Allemands!”)

by Pier Marton | Dec 24, 2011 | Antisemitism, Human Rights, Humor, Jewish, Judaism, Middle-East, Politics, Women

Iceland Jews are left out in the cold by Judy Maltz Though it numbers under 100 members, Iceland does have a Jewish community, and even a Jewish first lady. Some of them, however, say they’re afraid to identify themselves publicly as such. REYKJAVIK – Even...

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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