Your daily update for April 21, 2022 from Harley Schlanger.
Carnegie Hall, the Rotterdam Philharmonic, Italy’s Teatro alla Scala, the Munich Philharmonic, the Vienna Philharmonic, and probably others have joined in a McCarthyite witch-hunt against prominent Russian artists, including renowned conductor Valery Gergiev.
Carnegie Hall has cancelled the appearance at a three-concert series of both Gergiev and Pianist Denis Matsuev, while in actions straight out of Senator Joseph McCarthy and the House Un-American Activities Committee, other musical institutions are demanding that Gergiev state his answer to the question: “Are you, or have you ever been a friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin?”
In doing so, it would certainly seem that these western musical institutions have taken a political stand in defense of war-mongering circles centered in London and Washington, circles bent on nothing less than the economic and political destruction of the nation of Russia. These circles have been training and supporting Nazis in Ukraine, overt admirers of Adolf Hitler and Stepan Bandera. It has even been mooted that nuclear weapons will be put into the hands of the Nazi-dominated Kiev government, which owes its existence to a NATO-backed coup in 2014. These circles have also continued to adamantly refuse to acknowledge Russia’s concerns over the vital threat to Russia’s national security.
The Schiller Institute therefore demands that Carnegie Hall issue its own letter clearly renouncing its support of NATO’s illegal expansion up to Russia’s borders, and also renouncing NATO’s use of Nazi hooligans and other terrorists as part of their openly stated intention to crush the Russian nation.
If, on the other hand, Carnegie Hall remains silent, is it not confirming the remark made in 2014 by Willy Wimmer, Vice President of the Organization for Security and Cooperationin Europe (OSCE), that the West refuses to denounce Ukrainian Nazis because “these are good Nazis, because they’re our Nazis”?
The Schiller Institute is urging everyone that, rather than engaging in infantile witch-hunts and economic sanctions that are damaging to us all, an international conference must be convened to establish a new world security architecture based on mutual respect and peace through economic development.
In her webcast/dialogue on April 20, Helga Zepp-LaRouche pointed to the intensifying confrontation between the demands of the oligarchy, and those pursuing the Common Good of mankind, as the nature of the battle ahead, following the highly successful April 9 Schiller Institute conference.
“The conflict is not between the ‘democracies’ and the ‘autocracies’, but between the colonial system and those who oppose it.” There is a realignment underway, which is emerging around Russia, China and India. This is taking shape as her late husband, Lyndon LaRouche, had advocated. To create the necessary change away from the collapsing Trans-Atlantic system, you need a coalition of nations powerful enough to stand up to London, Wall Street and Silicon Valley. This is occurring — the main question is whether we can mobilize enough forces in the U.S. and Europe to support this new strategic and financial architecture before those defending the present bankrupt system provoke World War III.
The immediate future, she said, will be increasingly tumultuous, adding that she is convinced that “we won’t get through this year without major developments.” She advised those wishing to direct the developments toward peace and development should avoid being influenced by the narratives coming from the war faction and instead to think, study and be inner directed.
Summary of presentations delivered to the Schiller Institute conference “To Establish a New Security and Development Architecture for All Nations” of April 9, 2022.
International Schiller Institute/ICLC online conference February 19, 2022
Panel 1 — Saturday, February 19, 10am EST
Who and what are driving the rush towards world war? How close are we?
Moderator: Dennis Speed (U.S.), The Schiller Institute
- Keynote: Harley Schlanger (US), The Schiller Institute: “What Happens After D-Day? Will Russia Invade Ukraine?”
- Natalia Vitrenko (Ukraine), Chairwoman, Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine (PSPU): “Ukraine’s Role in Present World Affairs”
- Col. (ret). Alain Corvez (France), International Consultant, former Counselor for the French Defense and Interior Ministries, “Evaluation of the Strategic Situation; a French Perspective”
- Jens Jorgen Nielsen (Denmark), “Why we need a new security architecture,” Former Moscow correspondent for the Danish daily Politiken, author books on Russia and Ukraine, Director, Russian-Danish Dialogue and assistant professor, communication and cultural differences. Niels Brock Business School.
- James Jatras (US), diplomat, former advisor to U.S. Senate Republican leadership: “The Evolution of NATO in the Post-Soviet Period”
- Shakeel Ahmad Ramay (Pakistan), Political Economist: “Imran Khan’s Proposal for Pakistan to Mediate the U.S. and China”
Panel 2 — Saturday, February 19, 2pm EST
Crafting a new strategic architecture: The Russian–Chinese Feb. 4 joint agreement, the World Land-Bridge economic development perspective
Moderator: Dennis Small (US), Ibero-American Director, Executive Intelligence Review
- Keynote: Helga Zepp-LaRouche (Germany), Founder and chairwoman of The Schiller Institute: “Long-Term Survival: A New International Security Architecture”
- Dr. Wang Wen (China), Executive Dean, Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies; Professor of Silk Road School, Renmin University: “The China-Russia Agreement of Feb. 4, 2022”
- Alejandro Yaya (Argentina), Civil Institute of Space Technology: “Argentina Joins the Belt and Road Initiative”
- Graham Fuller (US), 25 year career as a CIA operations officer, author: “The Validity of the Concept of Spheres of Influence” [10 min.]
- Dr. Carlos Gallardo (Peru), President, Christian Democratic Party of Peru: “Development Is the Name of Peace in South America”
- Tony Magliano (US), Internationally Syndicated Catholic social justice and peace columnist: ”War Is Not Inevitable! We Have a Moral Obligation To Save Afghans from Starving! The Need To Create a New, Human-Centered Paradigm”
Excerpt of Helga Zepp-LaRouche speaking at a joint conference by the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the Schiller Institute (SI) on Thursday, February 10, 2022 on the topic, “The Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan: Toward a Long-term Solution.” Among the topics addressed by a panel of six speakers were:
· What are the causes of the Afghan humanitarian crisis?
· What are the geopolitical implications of a failed state in Afghanistan?
· What is needed to reverse the immediate threat of mass starvation and refugee problems?
· A long-term solution to the humanitarian crisis: the role of the global powers.
Opening and closing statements will be presented by Dr. Andrey Kortunov, Director General of RIAC, and Helga Zepp-LaRouche, chairwoman of the SI.
Additional speakers will include:
Ivan Safranchuk, Director at the Center for Eurasian Studies of MGIMO University
Temur Umarov, Fellow at the Carnegie Moscow Center
Jim Jatras, U.S. diplomat, former advisor to U.S. Senate Republican leadership
Graham Fuller, 25 year career as a CIA operations officer, author
Listen to part of the op-ed “Faced with the Ukrainian Crisis, France’s NATO-EXIT Is an Absolute Emergency” published in the French “sovereignist” weekly Marianne by Peter Dittus and Hervé Hannoun. (The German economist Peter Dittus is the former secretary general of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), while Frenchman Hannoun is its former deputy director general). Read the full text here.
In commemoration of Lyndon LaRouche’s passing on February 12, 2019, we invite you to meet, or reacquaint yourself with the mind and the personality of one of the greatest geniuses of the last 100 years. Genius without beauty is not genius at all. Join our LaRouche marathon, and bring your friends young and old alike.
Helga Zepp-LaRouche stated today that the agreement released following the summit between President Putin and President Xi last week was extremely important, and has shaken things up in a positive way. The two leaders reasserted the concept of peaceful coexistence, which includes non-interference in other nations’ affairs, reflecting the principles of the Bandung conference. Coming at the time of the ramping up of tensions between NATO and Russia, it is shaping the potential for a new international geometry, which requires a discussion of a new security architecture. President Macron’s meeting with Putin pushed things in that direction, and other smaller countries are speaking out — for example, Pakistan’s President Imran Khan. She is hopeful about what might come from Germany, but agreed with Zakharova, the spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, that Germany remains a “U.S. protectorate.”
The other major development she highlighted was the Schiller Institute-RIAC seminar yesterday addressing achieving a solution to the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. She described the announcement by President Biden that the U.S. will release funds frozen by the U.S. which belong to Afghanistan, which can be used to purchase food, medicine, etc., is a “step forward”, but what is required to fully overcome the crisis there is the cooperation of all major powers, with the regional powers, to fully integrate the country into the regional economy.
The Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the Schiller Institute (SI) will be convening a seminar on Thursday, February 10, 2022 at 4 PM Moscow time/2 PM CET/8 AM EST on the topic, “The Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan: Toward a Long-term Solution.” Among the topics to be addressed by a panel of six speakers will be:
- What are the causes of the Afghan humanitarian crisis?
- What are the geopolitical implications of a failed state in Afghanistan?
- What is needed to reverse the immediate threat of mass starvation and refugee problems?
- A long-term solution to the humanitarian crisis: the role of the global powers.
Opening and closing statements will be presented by Dr. Andrey Kortunov, Director General of RIAC, and Helga Zepp-LaRouche, chairwoman of the SI.
Additional speakers will include:
Ivan Safranchuk, Director at the Center for Eurasian Studies of MGIMO University
Temur Umarov, Fellow at the Carnegie Moscow Center
Jim Jatras, U.S. diplomat, former advisor to U.S. Senate Republican leadership
Graham Fuller, 25 year career as a CIA operations officer, author
Questions may be submitted to questions@schillerinstitute.org