Hey CJ, I just sent you a chunk of change through PayPal to go toward your heroic stance against tyranny. I have a substack as well, www.shrewviews.com, and so far I have given all of my proceeds to Druthers newspaper (an alt newspaper in Canada) and to you!! Hopefully, I will be giving more as time goes on.
I admire you, and your amazing work (which I see through your substack and also on OG where I also am published...an honour to be even remotely associated with you!) I wish you the best in continuing this fight and certainly wish you did not have to go through this. You are making a mark, at least they are trying to swat you!!
Hi Todd, I just saw notice of your very generous contribution to my legal defense fund. Thank you so much for that! The financial support that people have sent me has really blown me away, and I wouldn't have been able to defend myself in court without it. There are so many people suffering the same fate who can't afford a good lawyer to defend them. Heartfelt thanks to you and every other reader who has sent me money, or who has spread the word about the case, or otherwise helped me deal with this ridiculous prosecution.
Thank you, CJ. Needless to say, this all scares the bejesus out of me. Part of me would be honoured if my writing got the attention of the authorities that yours does, but I also know I would be totally stricken down with fear.
I figure if all this gets worse, which undoubtedly it will, any of us who are opposed to the agenda are going to be punished in some way—and that way will probably be automated so no humans have to spend the time, money and effort to do it, like shutting down bank access, or internet access, or email access...which would take nothing to do. I have already had my bank accounts frozen for a few days because I donated to the Canadian Trucker's Convoy. It doesn't take much to disrupt our world.
Again, best of luck to you with all of this. It is so insane they are doing this to you...I am reminded of those German trials during the war we can watch on YouTube...with the judge screaming at the defendant. Gives me the major creeps...and for your judge to put on the mask as she is leaving the court...good lord.
CJ I'm assuming you've read The Fourth Turning or at least understand the premise of the thesis regarding the cyclical nature of this human condition generationally over time.
Well, putting the present against the wall with a ruler on its head and measuring it against the rise of Nazi Germany, we are well past the Reichstag Fire, and based on the sounds of the beating of the drums of war in the West, I'd say we are at the equivalent of 1937 Europe.
In other words CJ and friends, we are very close to the shit hitting the fan.
Like Tom Hayen, the parallels between today and 1930s yesteryears gives me the creeps.
Of course this sucks, but a student of history may be able to take the object lessons from 1939-1945 and its aftermath which led to the present, and using that knowledge, make a game plan to find the least Fascist places on Earth to ride out the storm. Maybe. Or maybe not. As Einstein say, "I don't know about World War 3, but World War 4 will be fought with sticks and stones."
We're within 5 years of dissidents being placed against the wall or guillotined (remember White Rose folks) as the authoritarians molt the last of their skin and morph into their true natures.
It's past time to plan an escape strategy CJ.
"He who fights and runs away may live to fight another day."
" as the authoritarians molt the last of their skin and morph into their true natures." Excellent and apt metaphor. They really aren't hiding it any more, the fact that for them there really are no laws.
I wish. It was down for only a few days, and they never acknowledged they had closed it down for that reason. But it was BMO, and the fund I contributed to was held by BMO, which they still have on permanent hold…$150,000 collected for the truckers. They still will not release it.
I wonder if anyone lost their money permanently. I heard about accounts being frozen and credit cards cancelled but I never heard the end of the stories. Dr. Mercola's accounts and his family's accounts all got frozen also.
Well, as I said above, the Druthers folks set up a GoFundMe with BMO bank for the Truckers Convoy in Canada. They raised $150,000. BMO froze it and has not yet released it.
Hey CJ, Don't know if I've missed anything... But any idea how much this has all cost you financially to defend yourself (and the rest of the world)? Feel free to add links and info on how we can best support you - please. I hope you know you are amazing and the brilliant charismatic rebel we all wish we could be. So let us help you! It's not like you are normally shy. How much do you need?
This first trial was a bit over 10K in legal fees ... my lawyer has been giving me a bit of a break on the billing, trying to keep my costs down, bless him. No real idea what Round Two will cost yet. I absolutely HATE asking for money, but I am so grateful to everyone who has donated. I hope they all see this reply ... because they have paid my legal fees so far, and that has taken so much pressure off me.
You should also include the opportunity costs as well, CJ; i.e. lost sales of you book; the time/energy spent defending/worrying when you could have been engaging ion other revenue creating activity, etc.
Thank you ... there is no bucket currently. Anthony Freda had a thing he set up for USA folks, but it's down now. Here's the post about my defense fund that I did last August. It has all my bank details, PayPal, etc. Paid subscriptions to my Substack work also ... it all just goes to me. There's no 501(c)3 or anything. https://cjhopkins.substack.com/p/my-legal-defense-fund
I deleted mine a few years ago. Every dissident should do the same. If you are reading this comment, please send the request to your social media followers if you have any platforms left to get rid of PayPal.
Not sure where you go this from. I cancelled my PayPal account after they began openly censoring the resistance. They definitely let me go, which was what I wanted.
Such people seem to be ruled by something other than a normal mind that cares about truth and justice:
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. (Eph 6:12-13)
As I wrote in my Note about this latest head-smacking development:
“Of course, they did. The battle rages on. They’re only giving @CJ Hopkins an opportunity to further expose their totalitarianism, persecution of dissidents, and mockery of the justice system.
I meant what I said in my article about this the other day, CJ:
“I fervently hope CJ will turn his experience into a full-length play and that The Verdict will become The Crucible of this century, with his play and the one-act of his courtroom coup de grace against New Normal fascism being performed all over the world and in multiple languages for centuries to come. May his historic speech serve as a continual reminder of how close civilization came to falling into the abyss of totalitarianism and how it was courageous dissenters like CJ and the Canadian truckers who pulled us back from the brink of self-annihilation.” (https://margaretannaalice.substack.com/p/a-good-day-for-freedom-truth-and)
Please tell me that play is in the works, CJ. This must be memorialized as a testament to the madness of these times to help bring this tragicomedy to a curtain close and prevent future remakes.
Thanks, Margaret, but I seem to be doing most of my theatrical writing for real life these days, the theater having been reduced to a kind of animated wax museum for the simulated aristocracy, or an incestuous after-school activity for the terminally woke, or something. (See Clifton Duncan for details.)
Oh yes, I’m well-aware the conventional theater world has been corrupted beyond redemption, but that just means it’s time to create parallel grassroots alternatives. Simply having the play in written form would be significant, but I understand writing that on top of living this performance may be too much all at once. You could tackle it in hindsight, but the way things are going, it may never end 😆
So in lieu of that, I could see people performing your speech on street corners, in coffee shops, in churches, wherever people are gathered. Maybe get Clifton in on the act :-) Performances could be filmed and disseminated online for viralization to raise awareness about this absurdist plot. It’s time to break the fourth wall and bring theater directly to the people.
Hi Margerate. Remember i wrote you? My youngest son is a gifted actor who lost everything in 2020. He had to give up his life and apt in NYC and return home. I bet he could do CJs story justice. Ill ask.
He lost his entire artistic community so no, hes not bouncing back. I think collaborating on a one man show would actually give him something to feel alive again about. But as you correctly pointed out , its up to CJ. And my son.
Does he have anyone who can film him at a professional-quality level? Perhaps we could collaborate on a reading of one of my poems for a video. He may resonate with "Eulogy for the COVID Kapos," for example:
Ill have a serious talk with my youngest son, a gifted Adler / Neighborhood Playhouse NYC trained actor. He would understand how important turning this story into a play or musical would be. His favorite musical was The Producers. If you put his name into youtube you can see him messing around back when he was 17. Incredibly gifted. There are a bunch of his renditions from The Producers. Ill try and link one. When youve seen them maybe you could talk to him . He’s a highly intelligent introspective 25 year old. We are also Jewish and we lost half our family on one side in the Camps. Hed be the perfect person to try and turn your story into a play or Musical. If you watch this link and search for more short clips i put up of him and youre interested, you can email him to set up a time to talk. I shared this info with him but he doesn’t know who you are so id leave it to you to discuss it and let him think on it . Joshuawolfebraverman1@google.com. You can look at his resume post NYC at Actors access here : https://resumes.actorsaccess.com/joshuabravermanhttps://m.youtube.com/shorts/Jh1w8t5o95E
As awful as what is and has been done and what they are still attempting to do to CJ ….the idea of a play that reports the story over and over for ever would be their worst nightmare and we free peoples greatest triumph .
In the US, we used to have “Double Jeopardy” in which one couldn’t be retried for a crime they were acquitted of. That right was destroyed by the Feds in order to appease the masses in the “Rodney King” show trial. Until the governments of the world are held responsible for their lawfare, we are doomed in the west. Best of luck in the Forth Reich.
Probably 95% of justice in America consists of defendants trying to come up with a defense using a lawyer that costs over $200/hr to defend against government autocrats with nearly unlimited budgets, being judged by politically connected judges who consider their party before they consider the law. A plea of guilty is no reason to presume that the defendant is really guilty. It is very likely that he had no real choice.
They used to say, "Justice for some." Now they say, "Justice for sum." I didn't used to be so negative. But I've kept my eyes open my entire life, and I won't deny what's there to be seen.
And the USA is now a bnana republic. Until three years ago, I thought that would NEVER happen in the USA. Donald Trump is being politically persecuted. There are useful idiots who are sure it's all legitimate legal prosecution for actual crimes. But those of us with our eyes open know better. I used to be opposed to Trump. But I have never been blind to the truth. As I've watched the DNC machine grind people up in their machine to gain power by whatever ruthless means it takes, I know that I MUST support Trump, because he's all that we have left.
I see it as you do. To be brief: I was a life-long Democrat. And with the coming of Obama, I saw the truth of what Democrats had become. I couldn't vote for Trump and I didn't vote at all. Then his persecution began; I followed it closely. Last year I decided I have to vote for Trump because, as you say, "he's all that we have left."
Is he making what -- to him and those closest to him, at least -- is an acceptable Faustian bargain in a critical moment? I find it hard to swallow that he really believes what he's saying, especially given the surreal "antisemitism" smear against him and Congressional hearing shortly before.
Well in reality you're not going to get RFK anyway. You're not even going to get Trump. Almost certain either Biden or Haley weasel their way in. Openness to spending trillions on military contracts is as prerequisite for office.
Trump is playing ball with the globalists. And politics is theatre. Trump's son-in-law is more powerful than he is, calling the shots from behind the scenes. Trump knows he is being used to facilitate the hegemonic power shift from the west to the middle east, where headquarters for world domination will reside with the Kabbalist Kabal.
Maybe in my next post. I dare say you could do your own radical research and discover, all roads lead to Jerusalem... with the ending of this world, and that better world which is to come.
My own independent journalism reads actions, not lips. Primary sources are Babylonian Talmud, Protocols of Zion... (namely Jesuits), Round Table discussions leading to Abraham Accords, Noahide Laws, the Bible, etc. This is not the place to post your request for details.
If Trump was all we had left we would already be doomed. He brought you the Great Warp Speed. He kowtows to AIPAC and supports the Israeli attacks of aggression. And on and on. He is a covert member of the enemy camp. What we do have is the ability of people to open their eyes, stiffen their spines, organize and resist. Heroes are not needed if regular people just organize.
What about Dr Shiva Ayyadurai? He is completely shadowbanned by major mainstream media channels, despite numerous attempts to publicly debate Trump and other 2024 candidates. He goes beyond left/rightism.
"Donald Trump is being politically persecuted." That is not necessarily a bad thing, right? A 2-tribe political systems works by tribe B persecuting the mistakes and wrongdoings of tribe A. In the long run one would hope that there is some kind of equilibrium.
Hate to quote Nixon, but the only way you can be beat is to give up. I'm donating too. You're our dude and an example to inspire courage when the time comes to show our quality too.
This was a great article, CJ. Thanks for continuing to put into (very succinct) words those thoughts and ideas which are not so easy for some of us to articulate, although we know their truth. Thank you for fighting the good fight.
Sorry, you won't like this, but it was not 6 million. We 'awake & aware' souls need at least to dig for the truth. Not following the current narrative, but following an old one, is simply not good enough. Do a lot more research. I have known it was a gross exaggeration all my life. I am committed to calling out anyone who tries to perpetuate it. We cannot create the future we want until we have confronted the real truth about everything. Everything.
Be advised, you are right on the brink of getting banned from my BTL replies. I have an extreme case of "trigger finger" when it comes to Holocaust denial/revision these days. There are many places on the Internet where people can debate the precise number of Jews (and other human beings) mass-murdered by the Nazis. This is not one of them.
I am not going to engage with you on the statistics. What I can do is to remind you that many millions were killed. And this, from Gore Vidal:
“I was present when Christopher Isherwood reminded a Zionist that 300,000 homosexuals were also killed in the camps.
The man said: ‘But how can you compare, 300,000 against six million?’
Isherwood asked: ‘What are you, in Real Estate?’”
The Nazis killed over 12,000,000 in their campaign of death. One of my grandfathers was among them. I don’t know if he was Jewish, and I can proudly say that I don’t care, because death is the final solidarity, they are as one.
So next time you want to quote numbers, remember that they mean nothing to the dead.
The novel, "Stones From the River" (1994) by Ursela Hegi, examines this very theme, where Jewish citizens, previously respected and held in affection by their Gentile neighbors, are marginalized, then disappeared.
"Call me a hopeless idealist if you want, but I have to believe that somewhere deep down inside even the most fanatical New Normals (or most of them anyway) is a decent human being, with principles, who does not want to be a fascist (or a least doesn’t want to look like a fascist), and who can still be reached, if they can be forced into the position that judge was forced into last week."
I think that is a good strategy. It is not used enough. Not everybody, but most people do have good intentions. Holding up the mirror, as you say, will be better than accusing them of sth they dont believe they are.
That decent being is "very" deep inside many of our fellow humans...so deep that they are at high risk of obliterating truth-tellers just to prevent facing discomfort from crumbling reference points for reality.
Mattias Desmet (take or leave him, don't need to hear it) pointed out that those enforcing the "lie" don't need to believe it in their hearts. They just want the rush of relief. Conformity and punishing outliers is their version of submitting to a "higher authority" to make the pain stop. It is torture on a massive scale, conscripting victims to enforce for an illusion of relief. Their definition of truth is comfort, however temporary or hard-won. When it doesn't work out, they compartmentalize even further, like an addicted gambler doubling-down instead of cutting losses.
Did you mean truth vs comfort? Or truth as dis-comfort?
There is a risk that we've been so severely disappointed, tricked, and worn-down that we could also rush to the worst possible outcomes just to end the agony of anticipating. Waiting for the other shoe to drop probably stresses people who are not in denial even more. That sounds like a strategy to collect critical thinkers in the filter as well.
Greetings Mr. Hopkins. I've been following your thoughts since the Black Death 2.0 back in 2020. I too am an expat, came to Germany around the same time you did. This is why I am surprised that somewhere along the way you did not learn that if a swastika in any form — whether the size of a kernel of corn, in any type of imagery, drawn in the sand with a stick at the beach, carved in a pumpkin, exhaled by a cigarette smoker into a demonically generated “Sonnenrad”, sharply focused or barely visible like that which you used —if this evil symbol should appear anywhere within Germany's borders -- if even a lone one-eyed man stricken with cataracts should catch a fleeting glimpse of it, he would in that moment suffer a kind of seizure and immediately run out into the street, arm raised in the "Hitler Gruß",goose-stepping through the neighborhood and screaming the “Horst Wessel Lied” at the top of his lungs. This simply won’t do, Mr. Hopkins. Imagine the contagion that would ensue, which would make covid, which claimed countless millions of souls, seem like a widespread outbreak of athlete’s foot. That said, in all seriousness now, I will say a little prayer that this lunacy will soon be behind you. All the best!
Have you contacted Jeff Childers (of Covid and Coffee substack fame)? He does a great multiplier using GiveSendGo which we contribute to when we see a good cause. I'm sure he'd be happy to give you a mention and I would really like to contribute in that way as I don't like Paypal.
I second this proposal. I resigned from PayPal last year due to their policy of freezing the accounts of people they don't like. So GiveSendGo would be great. I've already contributed to a couple of the Jeff Childers multipliers, and would be happy to do it again for C.J.
My hope is the Mr. Hopkins will start selling signed hardcover editions of his books on his own site, at a premium, as fundraisers. I am first in line. I am grateful for his work, which deserves to be printed on acid-free paper, and properly bound for posterity. Digits disappear, cheap paperbacks yellow and crumble. With care and luck, quality books last.
All members of the Council of Europe (which includes nearly all European countries and every member of the European Union) have adopted the European Convention on Human Rights.[10] The optional Protocol No. 7 to the convention, Article 4, protects against double jeopardy: "No one shall be liable to be tried or punished again in criminal proceedings under the jurisdiction of the same State for an offence for which he or she has already been finally acquitted or convicted in accordance with the law and penal procedure of that State."[11]
All EU states ratified this optional protocol except for Germany, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands.[12] In those member states, national rules governing double jeopardy may or may not comply with the provision cited above.
In other countries, there are in some cases options to retry if new evidence has been found or if the accused has made a credible confession of guilt, neither of which apply here, obviously.
Just for context. Sorry to hear this, CJ. Fucking kangaroo court bullshit.
Hey CJ, I just sent you a chunk of change through PayPal to go toward your heroic stance against tyranny. I have a substack as well, www.shrewviews.com, and so far I have given all of my proceeds to Druthers newspaper (an alt newspaper in Canada) and to you!! Hopefully, I will be giving more as time goes on.
I admire you, and your amazing work (which I see through your substack and also on OG where I also am published...an honour to be even remotely associated with you!) I wish you the best in continuing this fight and certainly wish you did not have to go through this. You are making a mark, at least they are trying to swat you!!
Hi Todd, I just saw notice of your very generous contribution to my legal defense fund. Thank you so much for that! The financial support that people have sent me has really blown me away, and I wouldn't have been able to defend myself in court without it. There are so many people suffering the same fate who can't afford a good lawyer to defend them. Heartfelt thanks to you and every other reader who has sent me money, or who has spread the word about the case, or otherwise helped me deal with this ridiculous prosecution.
Thank you, CJ. Needless to say, this all scares the bejesus out of me. Part of me would be honoured if my writing got the attention of the authorities that yours does, but I also know I would be totally stricken down with fear.
I figure if all this gets worse, which undoubtedly it will, any of us who are opposed to the agenda are going to be punished in some way—and that way will probably be automated so no humans have to spend the time, money and effort to do it, like shutting down bank access, or internet access, or email access...which would take nothing to do. I have already had my bank accounts frozen for a few days because I donated to the Canadian Trucker's Convoy. It doesn't take much to disrupt our world.
Again, best of luck to you with all of this. It is so insane they are doing this to you...I am reminded of those German trials during the war we can watch on YouTube...with the judge screaming at the defendant. Gives me the major creeps...and for your judge to put on the mask as she is leaving the court...good lord.
The censorship shit-hammer is coming down on us right now. The DSA is going into full effect in the EU this month. The Online Safety Act in the UK. Etc. OffGuardian just did a piece on the OSA ... https://off-guardian.org/2024/02/02/uks-online-safety-act-officially-grants-msm-permission-to-publish-lies/
"The Online Safety Act". Because it's For the Children.
CJ I'm assuming you've read The Fourth Turning or at least understand the premise of the thesis regarding the cyclical nature of this human condition generationally over time.
Well, putting the present against the wall with a ruler on its head and measuring it against the rise of Nazi Germany, we are well past the Reichstag Fire, and based on the sounds of the beating of the drums of war in the West, I'd say we are at the equivalent of 1937 Europe.
In other words CJ and friends, we are very close to the shit hitting the fan.
Like Tom Hayen, the parallels between today and 1930s yesteryears gives me the creeps.
Of course this sucks, but a student of history may be able to take the object lessons from 1939-1945 and its aftermath which led to the present, and using that knowledge, make a game plan to find the least Fascist places on Earth to ride out the storm. Maybe. Or maybe not. As Einstein say, "I don't know about World War 3, but World War 4 will be fought with sticks and stones."
We're within 5 years of dissidents being placed against the wall or guillotined (remember White Rose folks) as the authoritarians molt the last of their skin and morph into their true natures.
It's past time to plan an escape strategy CJ.
"He who fights and runs away may live to fight another day."
Unfortunately, there is no place to which you can escape. They will come find you.
" as the authoritarians molt the last of their skin and morph into their true natures." Excellent and apt metaphor. They really aren't hiding it any more, the fact that for them there really are no laws.
Oh please sue someone over shutting down your accounts! I would love to see vindication of that BS!
I wish. It was down for only a few days, and they never acknowledged they had closed it down for that reason. But it was BMO, and the fund I contributed to was held by BMO, which they still have on permanent hold…$150,000 collected for the truckers. They still will not release it.
I wonder if anyone lost their money permanently. I heard about accounts being frozen and credit cards cancelled but I never heard the end of the stories. Dr. Mercola's accounts and his family's accounts all got frozen also.
Well, as I said above, the Druthers folks set up a GoFundMe with BMO bank for the Truckers Convoy in Canada. They raised $150,000. BMO froze it and has not yet released it.
Or the show trials of composers Prokofiev and Shostakovich in 1940's Soviet Union - the apparatchiks living out their power fantasies.
What show trials? Is this some made up CIA BS like Stalin Killed 48 million people?
I’m grateful for you, CJ, keep it up. I just bought your book. Write more.
Hey CJ, Don't know if I've missed anything... But any idea how much this has all cost you financially to defend yourself (and the rest of the world)? Feel free to add links and info on how we can best support you - please. I hope you know you are amazing and the brilliant charismatic rebel we all wish we could be. So let us help you! It's not like you are normally shy. How much do you need?
This first trial was a bit over 10K in legal fees ... my lawyer has been giving me a bit of a break on the billing, trying to keep my costs down, bless him. No real idea what Round Two will cost yet. I absolutely HATE asking for money, but I am so grateful to everyone who has donated. I hope they all see this reply ... because they have paid my legal fees so far, and that has taken so much pressure off me.
You should also include the opportunity costs as well, CJ; i.e. lost sales of you book; the time/energy spent defending/worrying when you could have been engaging ion other revenue creating activity, etc.
Where will I find your legal defence fund donations bucket? There but for the grace of God....
Thank you ... there is no bucket currently. Anthony Freda had a thing he set up for USA folks, but it's down now. Here's the post about my defense fund that I did last August. It has all my bank details, PayPal, etc. Paid subscriptions to my Substack work also ... it all just goes to me. There's no 501(c)3 or anything. https://cjhopkins.substack.com/p/my-legal-defense-fund
I deleted mine a few years ago. Every dissident should do the same. If you are reading this comment, please send the request to your social media followers if you have any platforms left to get rid of PayPal.
You can never delete your PayPal account. They don't let you go.
But you can disengage your bank account from it. Just switch banks or change the account number.
Not sure where you go this from. I cancelled my PayPal account after they began openly censoring the resistance. They definitely let me go, which was what I wanted.
Incredible article. Absolutely terrifying.
The minds of the enemy are so mediocre, their souls so small, it’s THAT reality that’s hard to grasp; and once grasped, hard to bear.
Such people seem to be ruled by something other than a normal mind that cares about truth and justice:
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. (Eph 6:12-13)
As I wrote in my Note about this latest head-smacking development:
“Of course, they did. The battle rages on. They’re only giving @CJ Hopkins an opportunity to further expose their totalitarianism, persecution of dissidents, and mockery of the justice system.
“Sorry you’ve been cast in this role, CJ, but I can't think of a better person to fill it.” (https://substack.com/@margaretannaalice/note/c-48764095)
I meant what I said in my article about this the other day, CJ:
“I fervently hope CJ will turn his experience into a full-length play and that The Verdict will become The Crucible of this century, with his play and the one-act of his courtroom coup de grace against New Normal fascism being performed all over the world and in multiple languages for centuries to come. May his historic speech serve as a continual reminder of how close civilization came to falling into the abyss of totalitarianism and how it was courageous dissenters like CJ and the Canadian truckers who pulled us back from the brink of self-annihilation.” (https://margaretannaalice.substack.com/p/a-good-day-for-freedom-truth-and)
Please tell me that play is in the works, CJ. This must be memorialized as a testament to the madness of these times to help bring this tragicomedy to a curtain close and prevent future remakes.
Thanks, Margaret, but I seem to be doing most of my theatrical writing for real life these days, the theater having been reduced to a kind of animated wax museum for the simulated aristocracy, or an incestuous after-school activity for the terminally woke, or something. (See Clifton Duncan for details.)
Oh yes, I’m well-aware the conventional theater world has been corrupted beyond redemption, but that just means it’s time to create parallel grassroots alternatives. Simply having the play in written form would be significant, but I understand writing that on top of living this performance may be too much all at once. You could tackle it in hindsight, but the way things are going, it may never end 😆
So in lieu of that, I could see people performing your speech on street corners, in coffee shops, in churches, wherever people are gathered. Maybe get Clifton in on the act :-) Performances could be filmed and disseminated online for viralization to raise awareness about this absurdist plot. It’s time to break the fourth wall and bring theater directly to the people.
Coupled with readings of your anthem, Margaret.
Hi Margerate. Remember i wrote you? My youngest son is a gifted actor who lost everything in 2020. He had to give up his life and apt in NYC and return home. I bet he could do CJs story justice. Ill ask.
What a lovely idea, Jane, provided CJ gives his blessing :-) I'm so sorry about your son and hope he is bouncing back.
He lost his entire artistic community so no, hes not bouncing back. I think collaborating on a one man show would actually give him something to feel alive again about. But as you correctly pointed out , its up to CJ. And my son.
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Does he have anyone who can film him at a professional-quality level? Perhaps we could collaborate on a reading of one of my poems for a video. He may resonate with "Eulogy for the COVID Kapos," for example:
• https://margaretannaalice.substack.com/p/eulogy-for-the-covid-kapos
Ill have a serious talk with my youngest son, a gifted Adler / Neighborhood Playhouse NYC trained actor. He would understand how important turning this story into a play or musical would be. His favorite musical was The Producers. If you put his name into youtube you can see him messing around back when he was 17. Incredibly gifted. There are a bunch of his renditions from The Producers. Ill try and link one. When youve seen them maybe you could talk to him . He’s a highly intelligent introspective 25 year old. We are also Jewish and we lost half our family on one side in the Camps. Hed be the perfect person to try and turn your story into a play or Musical. If you watch this link and search for more short clips i put up of him and youre interested, you can email him to set up a time to talk. I shared this info with him but he doesn’t know who you are so id leave it to you to discuss it and let him think on it . Joshuawolfebraverman1@google.com. You can look at his resume post NYC at Actors access here : https://resumes.actorsaccess.com/joshuabraverman https://m.youtube.com/shorts/Jh1w8t5o95E
How about "Verdict, the musical"? ;-)
Like The Producers ? Springtime in Germany
As awful as what is and has been done and what they are still attempting to do to CJ ….the idea of a play that reports the story over and over for ever would be their worst nightmare and we free peoples greatest triumph .
Continuing my paid support while you continue fighting the good fight. We are with you!
Thank you!
As will I.
In the US, we used to have “Double Jeopardy” in which one couldn’t be retried for a crime they were acquitted of. That right was destroyed by the Feds in order to appease the masses in the “Rodney King” show trial. Until the governments of the world are held responsible for their lawfare, we are doomed in the west. Best of luck in the Forth Reich.
Probably 95% of justice in America consists of defendants trying to come up with a defense using a lawyer that costs over $200/hr to defend against government autocrats with nearly unlimited budgets, being judged by politically connected judges who consider their party before they consider the law. A plea of guilty is no reason to presume that the defendant is really guilty. It is very likely that he had no real choice.
They used to say, "Justice for some." Now they say, "Justice for sum." I didn't used to be so negative. But I've kept my eyes open my entire life, and I won't deny what's there to be seen.
And the USA is now a bnana republic. Until three years ago, I thought that would NEVER happen in the USA. Donald Trump is being politically persecuted. There are useful idiots who are sure it's all legitimate legal prosecution for actual crimes. But those of us with our eyes open know better. I used to be opposed to Trump. But I have never been blind to the truth. As I've watched the DNC machine grind people up in their machine to gain power by whatever ruthless means it takes, I know that I MUST support Trump, because he's all that we have left.
I see it as you do. To be brief: I was a life-long Democrat. And with the coming of Obama, I saw the truth of what Democrats had become. I couldn't vote for Trump and I didn't vote at all. Then his persecution began; I followed it closely. Last year I decided I have to vote for Trump because, as you say, "he's all that we have left."
A lot of people are realizing the same thing. Same with Kennedy who is wrong on so many things but right on one big thing,
I could be persuaded to vote for Kennedy but for a few of his policy recommendations and the many political problems of an independent candidacy.
Unless he’s just another actor in this horrific play.
His career suggests otherwise.
It’s possible that Homer Simpson laid that bit of prescience on him.
We have a person with a heart, brain, experience against criminals, and common sense— Robert F Kennedy, Junior.
Loved RFK and supported him vigorously until he demonstrated zero empathy or heart for Palestinians. Hard NO.
Is he making what -- to him and those closest to him, at least -- is an acceptable Faustian bargain in a critical moment? I find it hard to swallow that he really believes what he's saying, especially given the surreal "antisemitism" smear against him and Congressional hearing shortly before.
Well in reality you're not going to get RFK anyway. You're not even going to get Trump. Almost certain either Biden or Haley weasel their way in. Openness to spending trillions on military contracts is as prerequisite for office.
Trump is playing ball with the globalists. And politics is theatre. Trump's son-in-law is more powerful than he is, calling the shots from behind the scenes. Trump knows he is being used to facilitate the hegemonic power shift from the west to the middle east, where headquarters for world domination will reside with the Kabbalist Kabal.
I'm not saying you're wrong, but can you back it up with solid information?
Maybe in my next post. I dare say you could do your own radical research and discover, all roads lead to Jerusalem... with the ending of this world, and that better world which is to come.
No, no, no. That's not how it works. You made the claim, YOU back it up.
My own independent journalism reads actions, not lips. Primary sources are Babylonian Talmud, Protocols of Zion... (namely Jesuits), Round Table discussions leading to Abraham Accords, Noahide Laws, the Bible, etc. This is not the place to post your request for details.
Simmer down, Adolf.
They use “our” money to fight us by the way!
If Trump was all we had left we would already be doomed. He brought you the Great Warp Speed. He kowtows to AIPAC and supports the Israeli attacks of aggression. And on and on. He is a covert member of the enemy camp. What we do have is the ability of people to open their eyes, stiffen their spines, organize and resist. Heroes are not needed if regular people just organize.
Anybody who says they hold the truth in their hand concerns me. You don’t know anything for sure. No one does.
What about Dr Shiva Ayyadurai? He is completely shadowbanned by major mainstream media channels, despite numerous attempts to publicly debate Trump and other 2024 candidates. He goes beyond left/rightism.
"Donald Trump is being politically persecuted." That is not necessarily a bad thing, right? A 2-tribe political systems works by tribe B persecuting the mistakes and wrongdoings of tribe A. In the long run one would hope that there is some kind of equilibrium.
Germany apparently took the wrong lesson from fascism. It’s not artwork that’s fascist—it’s the notion that “our totalitarianism is necessary.”
Plus, this would be called double-jeopardy in the US. Prosecution can’t appeal.
I’m so angry, I forgot to say ‘goddamn this sucks and i’m so sorry this wasn’t put to bed in the first place.’
They’re out to break you — that’s obvious— to make an example of anyone who dares laugh at them, expose their hypocrisy or crumble under threats.
Hate to quote Nixon, but the only way you can be beat is to give up. I'm donating too. You're our dude and an example to inspire courage when the time comes to show our quality too.
This was a great article, CJ. Thanks for continuing to put into (very succinct) words those thoughts and ideas which are not so easy for some of us to articulate, although we know their truth. Thank you for fighting the good fight.
Also... I thought of this article about the mystery of the "Good German" during WWII when reading this today... I think they go hand-in-hand:
https://filiperafaeli.substack.com/p/the-day-i-understood-the-good-german?r=r9ckx&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post
Sorry, you won't like this, but it was not 6 million. We 'awake & aware' souls need at least to dig for the truth. Not following the current narrative, but following an old one, is simply not good enough. Do a lot more research. I have known it was a gross exaggeration all my life. I am committed to calling out anyone who tries to perpetuate it. We cannot create the future we want until we have confronted the real truth about everything. Everything.
Be advised, you are right on the brink of getting banned from my BTL replies. I have an extreme case of "trigger finger" when it comes to Holocaust denial/revision these days. There are many places on the Internet where people can debate the precise number of Jews (and other human beings) mass-murdered by the Nazis. This is not one of them.
I am not going to engage with you on the statistics. What I can do is to remind you that many millions were killed. And this, from Gore Vidal:
“I was present when Christopher Isherwood reminded a Zionist that 300,000 homosexuals were also killed in the camps.
The man said: ‘But how can you compare, 300,000 against six million?’
Isherwood asked: ‘What are you, in Real Estate?’”
The Nazis killed over 12,000,000 in their campaign of death. One of my grandfathers was among them. I don’t know if he was Jewish, and I can proudly say that I don’t care, because death is the final solidarity, they are as one.
So next time you want to quote numbers, remember that they mean nothing to the dead.
You may have missed the point of the article
The novel, "Stones From the River" (1994) by Ursela Hegi, examines this very theme, where Jewish citizens, previously respected and held in affection by their Gentile neighbors, are marginalized, then disappeared.
"Call me a hopeless idealist if you want, but I have to believe that somewhere deep down inside even the most fanatical New Normals (or most of them anyway) is a decent human being, with principles, who does not want to be a fascist (or a least doesn’t want to look like a fascist), and who can still be reached, if they can be forced into the position that judge was forced into last week."
I think that is a good strategy. It is not used enough. Not everybody, but most people do have good intentions. Holding up the mirror, as you say, will be better than accusing them of sth they dont believe they are.
That decent being is "very" deep inside many of our fellow humans...so deep that they are at high risk of obliterating truth-tellers just to prevent facing discomfort from crumbling reference points for reality.
Mattias Desmet (take or leave him, don't need to hear it) pointed out that those enforcing the "lie" don't need to believe it in their hearts. They just want the rush of relief. Conformity and punishing outliers is their version of submitting to a "higher authority" to make the pain stop. It is torture on a massive scale, conscripting victims to enforce for an illusion of relief. Their definition of truth is comfort, however temporary or hard-won. When it doesn't work out, they compartmentalize even further, like an addicted gambler doubling-down instead of cutting losses.
All those mask wearers who really did it because everyone else was and they were afraid of being weird.
But let us not forget all those mask wearers that tried to protect themselves and their loved ones.
I find your point of truth-as-comfort interesting. On the other hand, if my truth is painful that doesnt prove that I am right.
Did you mean truth vs comfort? Or truth as dis-comfort?
There is a risk that we've been so severely disappointed, tricked, and worn-down that we could also rush to the worst possible outcomes just to end the agony of anticipating. Waiting for the other shoe to drop probably stresses people who are not in denial even more. That sounds like a strategy to collect critical thinkers in the filter as well.
Perfect
I would not make that assumption. I would note that power selects strongly for sociopathy and proceed accordingly.
Even sociopaths can be sensitive to appearances. The larger point is valid: they can’t afford to look like totalitarians. (At least not yet)
Do I simplify too much when I summarize your argument as: The only way to fight sociopaths is to act as if I was a sociopath myself?
Probably, although sociopaths do have certain advantages in competition.
I agree. Good humor, satire, sarcasm are also vital!
Greetings Mr. Hopkins. I've been following your thoughts since the Black Death 2.0 back in 2020. I too am an expat, came to Germany around the same time you did. This is why I am surprised that somewhere along the way you did not learn that if a swastika in any form — whether the size of a kernel of corn, in any type of imagery, drawn in the sand with a stick at the beach, carved in a pumpkin, exhaled by a cigarette smoker into a demonically generated “Sonnenrad”, sharply focused or barely visible like that which you used —if this evil symbol should appear anywhere within Germany's borders -- if even a lone one-eyed man stricken with cataracts should catch a fleeting glimpse of it, he would in that moment suffer a kind of seizure and immediately run out into the street, arm raised in the "Hitler Gruß",goose-stepping through the neighborhood and screaming the “Horst Wessel Lied” at the top of his lungs. This simply won’t do, Mr. Hopkins. Imagine the contagion that would ensue, which would make covid, which claimed countless millions of souls, seem like a widespread outbreak of athlete’s foot. That said, in all seriousness now, I will say a little prayer that this lunacy will soon be behind you. All the best!
Have you contacted Jeff Childers (of Covid and Coffee substack fame)? He does a great multiplier using GiveSendGo which we contribute to when we see a good cause. I'm sure he'd be happy to give you a mention and I would really like to contribute in that way as I don't like Paypal.
I second this proposal. I resigned from PayPal last year due to their policy of freezing the accounts of people they don't like. So GiveSendGo would be great. I've already contributed to a couple of the Jeff Childers multipliers, and would be happy to do it again for C.J.
My hope is the Mr. Hopkins will start selling signed hardcover editions of his books on his own site, at a premium, as fundraisers. I am first in line. I am grateful for his work, which deserves to be printed on acid-free paper, and properly bound for posterity. Digits disappear, cheap paperbacks yellow and crumble. With care and luck, quality books last.
Hey CJ,
Keep up the good fight - it’s a damn shame that you have to carry on with this ludicrous pantomime, but here we are.
Hoping you’ll ultimately prevail. I believe you will, and I think you’ve got a lot of followers who believe as I do.
From Wikipedia:
All members of the Council of Europe (which includes nearly all European countries and every member of the European Union) have adopted the European Convention on Human Rights.[10] The optional Protocol No. 7 to the convention, Article 4, protects against double jeopardy: "No one shall be liable to be tried or punished again in criminal proceedings under the jurisdiction of the same State for an offence for which he or she has already been finally acquitted or convicted in accordance with the law and penal procedure of that State."[11]
All EU states ratified this optional protocol except for Germany, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands.[12] In those member states, national rules governing double jeopardy may or may not comply with the provision cited above.
In other countries, there are in some cases options to retry if new evidence has been found or if the accused has made a credible confession of guilt, neither of which apply here, obviously.
Just for context. Sorry to hear this, CJ. Fucking kangaroo court bullshit.
I'm so sorry, CJ. Don't even know what to say.
So sorry CJ, you are a hero.