Beethoven: Spark of Joy — Tribute to the incomparable Christa Ludwig on her passing To honor the memory of the great mezzo-soprano Christa Ludwig, who passed away April 26th, we hear today her legendary performance in the title role of Beethoven’s opera, Fidelio. She sings the recitative, “Abscheulicher! Wo eilst du hin?” followed by the […]
In ihrem wöchentlichen Dialog griff Helga Zepp-LaRouche die Warnungen auf, die der russische Präsident Putin in seiner Rede an die Nation am 21. April ausgesprochen hatte. Putin warnte vor der Gefahr, „rote Linien“ zu überschreiten, was Rußland zwingen würde, aktiv seine Sicherheit und nationale Souveränität zu verteidigen. Als Bedrohung nannte er unter anderem die westliche […]
In her weekly dialogue, Helga Zepp LaRouche expanded on the warnings given by Russian President Putin in his April 21 National Address. Putin warned of the danger of crossing “red lines”, which would force Russia to act to defend its security and national sovereignty. Among the threats he identified was western involvement in a coup […]
The Belarus State TV station reported that a top Biden adviser, Michael Carpenter, was involved in the plans for a regime change coup in Belarus, including the assassination of President Lukashenko. At the same time, leading mouthpieces of British intelligence call for “raising the cost” imposed on Russia for its alleged continued “malign behavior,” arguing […]
Am vorigen Donnerstag gab der Sprecher des chinesischen Außenministeriums, Zhao Lijian, bekannt, daß China mit Indien über Sauerstoffnotversorgung und andere Hilfsgüter in Kontakt stehe. Bis Sonntag wurden 800 Sauerstoffkonzentratoren geschickt und 10.000 weitere sollen innerhalb einer Woche folgen. (Es ist erst einige Monate her, daß Feuergefechte an Chinas und Indiens gemeinsamer Grenze stattfanden, mit all […]
Alexander Mercouris von The Duran gab in seinem Video-Blog am 25. April einen auf seine südwestasiatischen Quellen gestützten, ausführlichen Bericht darüber, daß es Rußland gelungen sei, trotz der vom US-Kongress verhängten todbringenden „Caesar Act“-Sanktionen erhebliche Mengen an Weizen, Öl und Medikamenten nach Syrien zu transportieren. Dies wurde in einem Artikel vom 17. April in der […]
The Four Days when Countries Woke Up to India’s Fight against COVID-19 Apr. 26 (EIRNS)–On Thursday, China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman, Zhao Lijian, announced that China was in touch with India about emergency oxygen and other supplies. By Sunday, 800 oxygen concentrators were sent, and 10,000 more were to come within a week. (It was only […]
Report: Russia Is Getting Wheat, Oil, Medicines to Syria April 26 (EIRNS) – Alexander Mercouris of The Duran gave a lengthy report from Southwest Asiasources on his video blog April 25, that Russia has succeeded in conveying significant amounts ofwheat, oil and pharmaceuticals to Syria despite the killing “Caesar Act” sanctions imposed by the U.S.Congress. […]
On April 23, I interviewed Col. Richard Black (ret.), on his view of the inhuman sanctions the U.S. has imposed on Syria, to provoke a change in regime there. Col. Black, the former chief of the U.S. Army’s Criminal Law Division at the Pentagon, was blunt in his condemnation of this policy, which he described […]
Beethoven: Sparks of Joy — String quartet Opus 18, no. 3 The third of Beethoven’s Opus 18 string quartets was actually the first composed – Beethoven himself placed it third in the cycle. It’s a warm-hearted, genial work, with a rollicking, knee-slapping finale. We present once again the Amadeus Quartet. [Notes by Margaret Scialdone.]