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Imperialism and the Struggle Against It Begins at Home

BY STANLEY L. COHEN Down with all colonial policy, down with the whole policy of intervention and capitalist struggle for the conquest of foreign lands and foreign populations, for new privileges, new markets, control of the Straits! With these words, Vladimir Lenin spoke life-times ago to a paradigm of a brave new world built of promise and justice, of hope and confidence in the certain…

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Israel Has Not Earned an African Welcome

by Stanley Cohen Origanally published October 1, 2021 in CounterPunch “I want people to remember me as someone whose life has been helpful to humanity.” Though he tenaciously believed in African unity, the African liberation struggle and its social and economic freedom, with these words legendary Pan-Africanist, Thomas Sankara spoke of a world community, one that transcended the narrow…

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Star of David … Land of Myth

{Previously published in CounterPunch May 28, 2021} “We stand for justice, truth and the value of a single human being.” With these simple but powerfully inspiring words, a life-time ago, the world held-out hope that at long last international law and accountability would progress from abstract, esoteric principle to momentous binding application. The Nuremberg Tribunals spoke directly to the…

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Footnotes to article:

Supplement to initial declaration UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. BETIM KAZIU April 5, 2021 – caged but undaunted (wordpress.com) [1] ” It should be noted that in its reply the government does not challenge the defendant’s argument that given the drop of count 4, the surviving counts are, for purpose of resentence, but one inchoate offense. See Dkt. # 300, p.66, at IV. Nor does it take issue with…

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Supplement to initial declaration UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. BETIM KAZIU April 5, 2021

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTEASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ——————————————————X UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. BETIM KAZIU Defendant. —————————————————–X DECLARATION I, Yasir Qadhi, under penalty of perjury pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1746, hereby declare as follows: This declaration serves as a supplement to my initial declaration which was submitted to the Court on or about March 18, 2020 and is…

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The Honorable Frederic Block April 16, 2021 Re: United States v. Betim Kaziu

The Honorable Frederic Block April 16, 2021 United States District Judge Eastern District of New York 225 Cadman Plaza East Brooklyn, New York 11201 Re: United States v. Betim Kaziu Criminal Docket No. 09-660 (FB) Dear Judge Block: This letter brief is submitted in reply to the government’s sentence memorandum and to supplement the information and arguments set forth in our initial…

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The Honorable Frederic Block April 16, 2021 United States District Judge Eastern District of New York 225 Cadman Plaza East Brooklyn, New York 11201 Re: United States v. Betim Kaziu Criminal Docket No. 09-660 (FB) Dear Judge Block: This letter brief is submitted in reply to the government’s sentence memorandum and to supplement the information and arguments set forth in our initial…

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The Honorable Frederic Block April 16, 2021 United States District Judge Eastern District of New York 225 Cadman Plaza East Brooklyn, New York 11201 Re: United States v. Betim Kaziu Criminal Docket No. 09-660 (FB) Dear Judge Block: This letter brief is submitted in reply to the government’s sentence memorandum and to supplement the information and arguments set forth in our initial…

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The Honorable Frederic Block April 16, 2021 United States District Judge Eastern District of New York 225 Cadman Plaza East Brooklyn, New York 11201 Re: United States v. Betim Kaziu Criminal Docket No. 09-660 (FB) Dear Judge Block: This letter brief is submitted in reply to the government’s sentence memorandum and to supplement the information and arguments set forth in our initial…

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The Honorable Frederic Block April 16, 2021United States District JudgeEastern District of New York225 Cadman Plaza EastBrooklyn, New York 11201 Re: United States v. Betim Kaziu Criminal Docket No. 09-660 (FB) Dear Judge Block: This letter brief is submitted in reply to the government’s sentence memorandum and to supplement the information and arguments set forth in our initial filing. Though…

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The Honorable Frederic Block April 16, 2021 United States District Judge Eastern District of New York 225 Cadman Plaza East Brooklyn, New York 11201 Re: United States v. Betim Kaziu Criminal Docket No. 09-660 (FB) Dear Judge Block: This letter brief is submitted in reply to the government’s sentence memorandum and to supplement the information and arguments set forth in our initial…

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The Honorable Frederic Block April 16, 2021 United States District Judge Eastern District of New York 225 Cadman Plaza East Brooklyn, New York 11201 Re: United States v. Betim Kaziu Criminal Docket No. 09-660 (FB) Dear Judge Block: This letter brief is submitted in reply to the government’s sentence memorandum and to supplement the information and arguments set forth in our initial…

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MEMORANDUM AND ORDER 5-3-21

MEMORANDUM AND ORDERCase No. 1:09-cv-00660-FB-1UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTEASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK———————————————–xUNITED STATES,Plaintiff,-against BETIM KAZIU,Defendants. Appearances:For the Plaintiff:MARK J. LESKOActing United States AttorneyEastern District of New York By: ROBERT POLLACKGILLIAN KASSNERAssistant United States Attorneys271 Cadman Plaza EastBrooklyn, NY 11201 For the…

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Stealing Native Children: the Revolting Legacy of Canada’s Residential School System

Stealing Native Children: the Revolting Legacy of Canada’s Residential School System by Stanley L. Cohen @stanleycohenlaw

{Originally published in Counterpunch December 25, 2020} The Sum of Memories by Joni Sarah White. Tsi Wá:ton tsi Enskarihwahserón:ni – Tsi Niká:ien Rati’terón:tahkwe neRonnonkwehón:we Tsi Ionteweiénsta Ronwati’terontáhkhwa “… [I]f anything is to be done with the Indian, we must catch him very young. The children must be kept constantly within the circle of civilized conditions.” -Nicholas…

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Hey Joe: A Memo To Joe Biden

{Originally published in Counterpunch November 13, 2020}

Stanley L. Cohen

Hey Joe…

Thou are not conquered yet, dear land, Thy spirit still is free. Though long the Saxon’s ruthless hand, Has triumphed over thee. Though oft obscured by clouds of woe, The sun has never set, Twill blaze again in golden glow, Thou art not conquered yet […]

Through ages long of war and strife, Of rapine and of woe,

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Everywhere is War

{Originally published in Counterpunch June 5, 2020}

I Can’t Breathe by Joni Sarah White.

Everywhere is War

Until the philosophy Which hold one race superior and another Inferior Is finally And permanently Discredited And abandoned Everywhere is war Me say war

That until there no longer First class and second class citizens of any nation Until the color of a man’s skin Is of no more…

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Israeli Justice… a Futile Chase

(Originally published JANUARY 3, 2020 in Counterpunch) Israeli Justice… a Futile Chase

by STANLEY L. COHEN

“Doctrine of Futility”

Seventeen years ago, 23 year old Rachel Corrie (a Washington State volunteer with the International Solidarity Movement) was crushed to death by an armored military bulldozer as she stood on top of a mound of dirt trying to prevent the dozer from destroying…

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