A Legal Defense Fund Update
In which Anthony Freda sets up a crowdfunding thing
So, Anthony Freda, the brilliant artist who has designed and created the covers of all my Consent Factory Publishing books, including the one the German authorities are prosecuting me for, has set up a crowdfunding thing for my Legal Defense Fund.
Some folks back home in the USA have been having trouble with international bank transfers, so Anthony offered to set up this crowdfunding thing to make donating to my Legal Defense Fund a little easier for those folks.
He is a mensch, Anthony. Here’s the link to the crowdfunding thing.
If you don’t want to do an international bank transfer, or use PayPal, or sign up for a paid subscription to my Substack, and you’re in the USA, you can donate that way. I prefer the other methods, so, if you can use one of those, please do. If you can’t … well, now there’s this one too.
I want to tell you a bit more about Anthony Freda, because, although I’ve dropped his name in a few interviews, I have mostly avoided identifying him publicly as the cover artist of The Rise of the New Normal Reich: Consent Factory Essays, Vol. III (2020-2021), in order to try to prevent the German authorities from flying across the Atlantic to New York, storming into Anthony’s home, and renditioning him back here to New Normal Germany to face some sort of Kafkaesque “trial” alongside me.
I spoke to Anthony recently. He’s not afraid of the German authorities, and has given me permission to identify him publicly and share a link to his website, where you can peruse his beautiful, powerful artworks.
But, before I shamelessly promote Anthony and his work any further, and thank him for setting up and running this US crowdfunding thing, I want to say a few words to those of you who have already donated to my Legal Defense Fund.
Basically, wow! I am incredibly moved, overwhelmed honestly, by your generosity and all your messages expressing your support. I wish I could write back to each and every one of you, personally, and thank you, but there are just too many of you. Please know that I’m reading, or will be reading, all of your messages. I am saving them in a folder so that I can keep my in-box somewhat manageable ... it’s out-of-control just now, my in-box. I’ll be able to read all the messages I missed after the dust settles a bit.
In the meantime … THANK YOU!
You know what? I am totally swamped at the moment, so I’m going to let Anthony’s artwork shamelessly promote itself, by just pasting this screenshot from his website here. I think he’ll understand. If you click on it, it will take you to his site.
And here are the book covers Anthony has designed and created for Consent Factory Publishing so far …
That’s it. I need to get back to dealing with all this “trial” stuff. Just one more piece of Anthony’s artwork, because this is one of my favorites …
Thank you, Anthony! And my heartfelt thanks to each and every one of you who have donated to my Legal Defense Fund … you people are blowing me away!
In today's age, we don't know our true artists. Thanks so much for sharing Freda's work. Love the good/bad violence one.
The "Trumpocalypse!" cover is one of the finest pieces of political art I've seen, and I've seen a lot. That image captured the Trump-era Zeitgeist like no other. It gets deeper the more you think about it.
Thank you, Anthony, for helping CJ.