Stanley Cohen was a bright silver lining in 2016 — and now in 2017. By simply being himself he bestows hope to the most fiendishly exploited and he always buoys the spirits of his worldwide supporters.
I flip the calendar back to 2015 and remember when Stanley spent 11/12ths of 2015 in the Canaan PA prison ‘campus’ — down in the northeast corner of Pennsylvania. Imprisoned without cause. His voice temporarily muffled, but he witnessed Prison America firsthand. And so his full-throated voice is back and he’s upped the volume 🙂 Certainly made my 2016 — and not just mine. Click More on Stanley for more on Stanley.
Trumped up charges raised over the years by a convenient and expedient arm of federal government (IRS) repeatedly found nothing. Investigators found no basis for charges because none exist. So they sent him to Canaan (aIn’t the promised land) anyway.
Wait a minute you may say, this is America.
Read about Kalief Browder. Then discover how he died.
Did the IRS find Stanley Cohen’s secret rumored lucre?
No.
It’s what happens when you speak up for the über disenfranchised on this planet. People such as Palestinians.
See my blog category Palestine for complete details.
How does Israel get away with the longest occupation in modern history? You can stay up to date on that question by following Stanley Cohen on Twitter. He’s eloquent, he’s prolific, he’s been at it for 50 years.
A quick unrelated aside. Does white phosphorous demonstrate characteristic trails? On Gaza for instance.
Fortunately, Stanley’s Twitter-feed nourishes the humane soul daily. Click Caged but Undaunted. #UpTheRebels
Stanley Cohen is a dedicated, determined and honest human-rights attorney, a man of integrity — that rare endangered specie of homo sapiens known as Menschen. No vested interest has ever owned Mr. Cohen and none ever will. Truth guides him, honesty defines him.
Few even know that Stanley Cohen exists. Electoral results confirm insatiable ignorance.
We teeter at the edge of impending dystopia. Thinking critically is passé. Unthinking is the more modern way. I find it curious that George Orwell is the antithesis of Orwellian, but in proper NewSpeak fashion, his very name now defines it.
Oddly timely that my favorite NewSpeak website is no longer available.
What is Winston Smith’s job. Where does he work? What does he do?
Winston Smith works as a clerk in the Records Department of the Ministry of Truth, where his job is to rewrite historical documents so they match the constantly changing current party line.
“To hear the simplistic denial of those who scream out with naiveté “give Trump a chance” as they condemn others engaged in selfless protest against a certain political and social tsunami in the making, is to ignore his life-time public embrace of policies that tens of millions reject as not just destructive, but evil per se. They are not mistaken. — Caged but Undaunted
Thanks for reading.
billziegler1947 
We are indeed in for some very dark times. But thanks for the glimmer of hope.
One other aspect of 1984 that is less frequently remarked on. And that’s that the constant, loud, obscene prating of Big Brother coming out of all the screens everywhere. We got a glimpse of that during the election. It will be much worse when every dark mood, or smirk or ignorant sneer of the orange buffoon is amplified by all the media outlets all the time.
My own temptation is to ignore it all because it is all so offensive and unpleasant. But I suppose that’s the reaction of the “good German.” I don’t know if I can take it though. Even Winston Smith had to turn the screens away (or hide behind them) frequently.
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It’s great to hear from you DK. The dimmer switch is indeed sliding low. Thanks for reference to noise, screens and obscenity in 1984. The image of the orange one looms large and luminous. Sadly, 2016 bulged that countenance to Riefenstahlesque proportion. Strength in ignorance. Real irreality-reality really is offensive and unpleasant. Remain real, my friend 🙂
Up the rebels and bless the resistance!
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