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IPC #113 Report: Sound the Alarm on the Nuclear War Danger

August 3, 2025by tobi in General, International Peace Coalition

The 113th consecutive online meeting of the International Peace Coalition was opened by its initiator and founder of the Schiller Institute, Helga Zepp-LaRouche, who warned that we may be approaching the “final storm” of the strategic situation. As the meeting took place, news came out that President Trump had, as he wrote on Truth Social, “ordered two Nuclear Submarines to be positioned in the appropriate regions,” in the spirit of confrontation with Russia. Zepp-LaRouche, warning of this escalation, called on everyone to “alarm the whole world that we need to unify the peace movement,” and make an “extraordinary intervention in the strategic situation” to change its dangerous course.

Zepp-LaRouche in her briefing included other updates she termed “fast moving and wild.” On the genocide in Gaza, even though the media is now reporting on it, the world community has been impotent to stop it. A 24-page report delivered by UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese names the corporations that are profiting from the slaughter in Gaza, which deserves international scrutiny. In a grotesque response, Secretary of State Marco Rubio placed sanctions on Albanese. She went on to say that the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is a “death trap,” luring desperate Palestinians to their deaths with the promise of food. No lasting solution is possible without the New International Security and Development Architecture.

Turning to economic issues, Zepp-LaRouche asserted that “President Trump has obviously created havoc” in the international economic and financial system. Trump’s trade deal will hurt Europe, but it’s already falling apart. Trump’s claims about the content of the deal are being disputed; supposedly Europe will spend $750 billion over three years to buy LNG, but it is “hanging in the air” because energy purchases are the province of individual firms and governments, not the EU.

The hope that Trump could normalize relations with Russia is very much in question. Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov has authored an article saying that Europe is becoming the Fourth Reich because of their “unrestrained militarization.” Is Trump backing General Christopher Donahue’s proposal to seize Russia’s Kaliningrad oblast?

The second speaker was Mossi Raz, former Knesset Member, former Director of-General of Peace Now, and former Israeli paratrooper, who said that the conflict in Gaza cannot be ended by force. He acknowledged the significance of Macron and others calling for a Palestinian state, and called attention to Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto’s statement that Indonesia is willing to recognize and establish diplomatic relations with Israel if Israel itself recognizes an independent Palestinian state. Raz supports the Egyptian peace plan, which can work under such circumstances.

Ray McGovern, former CIA analyst, co-founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) and frequent IPC panelist, congratulated the first two speakers, saying, “The emphasis is exactly where it should be, that my country is enabling genocide.” He quoted South African Bishop Desmond Tutu who said, after visiting Israel, that apartheid was worse there than in South Africa. He followed this with a quote from Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, who said that when genocide happens, not all of us are guilty, but all of us are responsible. Trump is supporting Israel because he fears being blackmailed with Epstein material. McGovern described this as “heinousness squared.” He reminded participants that the Deep State, including intelligence agencies, media, and the Democratic Party, tried to “emasculate” Trump after 2016 victory to prevent normalization with Russia. “My specialty is intentions,” said McGovern, and “if Trump had any flexibility at all, he would do a deal on Ukraine.” He asked participants to look at his latest piece on Consortium News.

Veteran Brazilian journalist Luiz Erthal was pleasantly surprised by the outcome of the recent BRICS summit, which he covered along with EIR’s Tim Rush. Previously, Brazil was bending to the Biden administration. But now the Brazilian government maintained a firm position. The energetic condemnation of the genocide in Gaza was important. Lula has defended the country’s sovereignty and united the Brazilian people.

Brazil has become a priority target for Trump, because its constitution gives the government control over everything in the subsoil, including strategically important rare earths. Support for indicted former President Bolsonaro is seen as a way to circumvent this.

Erthal concluded by saying, “we hope for the day when the United States joins the BRICS.”

Reports on Activism

Diane Sare, President of The LaRouche Organization President reported on their activity around the conference at the UN July 28-29 for the two-state solution. UN security guards actually tried to confiscate their leaflets from delegates who were entering the building, but there was very little resistance to anti-genocide polemics and calling for similar measures to those that ended apartheid in South Africa.

Activist Rafed Aljoboury reported on his disaster relief organization, the Integrity Political Action Committee, and its activity in Gaza. They are getting emergency requests for baby formula, which is only available on the black market. A week’s supply for one baby costs $60-70. Israeli forces are in cahoots with bandits that steal the food and sell it.

His group plans big rallies on September 15. He called attention to Anthony Aguilar, a former Green Beret who has accused the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) of committing war crimes at aid distribution sites, and endorsed the Universal Disaster Relief Foundation.

Moderator Anastasia Battle offered a report on the recent World Peace Conference in China, which she attended along with 3,000 youth. The conference focused on the importance of the Global South and peace through economic development. She was particularly moved by the cultural panel, which featured presentations from around the world. The delegation from Japan sang “Sakura,” a traditional Japanese folk song that depicts the beauty and transience of cherry blossoms, which was seen as a gesture of reconciliation after World War II, and many Chinese participants were crying.

There were also activism reports from France and Nicaragua.

Zepp-LaRouche said we must redouble our efforts to unify the international peace movement, and thanked Erthal for his call for the U.S. to join BRICS.

Erthal said that BRICS needs a permanent headquarters in the Western Hemisphere so that no one can say that BRICS opposes the West. Rio de Janeiro has been proposed as a site.

Discussion: Is the IPC a ‘Big Tent’?

During the discussion period, there were objections to Israelis who claim they want peace, but deny the right of Palestinians to self-defense or oppose the release of Palestinian hostages held in Israeli prisons.

In response, Zepp-LaRouche said international law has already broken down after the U.S. prepared an attack on Iran while pretending to negotiate. She emphasized the gravity of the present situation: “We have a situation where Civilization is almost gone—I think the clock is ticking.” Politicians are gambling with nuclear war—if we can’t stop that, “You can forget all the other issues.” This demands the method of the coincidence of opposites—a solution must be found on a higher level than the level on which the dispute arose. This is why we don’t exclude people with whom we have disagreements on that lower level.

Co-moderator Dennis Small added that if we begin by excluding from the discussion people who are not on our line, we will be talking to ourselves. He said that on the “higher level,” the central issue of the collapse of the global financial system. Trump’s tariff policy is the flip side of the promotion of crypto-currency. Debtor nations who cannot export will default. They will be forced to choose between IMF genocide, or moving to a new trading system. There will be a massive explosion of inflation in the U.S. because Trump’s crypto-currency policy will unleash an unprecedented bubble of speculation. The money from the tariffs will not go to productive investment, but get sucked into the bubble. This is the real source of the problem which is causing the genocide.

Diane Sare emphasized that Russiagate was not just about the election. It was a British operation to orchestrate a war with Russia.

Zepp-LaRouche concluded that time is running out, and more is needed than our weekly discussion. Anyone who has access to international organizations must bring them into direct collaboration. [eir]

On the Potsdam Conference 80 Years Ago and the Establishment of a Peace Order Today

August 1, 2025by tobi in General, Helga statement, article, transcript

July 31, 2025 (EIRNS)—On July 24 , 2025, some 40 scholars, business leaders, diplomats, and journalists gathered at the Chinese Embassy in Berlin to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Potsdam Conference. Chinese Ambassador Deng Hongbo, the host of the event titled “Upholding a Correct Historical Perspective on World War II and the Post-War International Order,” gave a keynote address and welcomed the panelists and guests. Among the nine high-level speakers was Helga Zepp-LaRouche, founder and president of the Schiller Institute. Other speakers included a former ambassador, the CEO of a major business association, and academic heads of German universities. Below is the full text of Helga Zepp-LaRouche’s remarks.

It seems incredible: 80 short years after the end of World War II, a great number of experts agree that the world is closer to the brink of World War III than it was even during the Cuban Missile Crisis. And while many people in the rubblefields of Germany in 1945 certainly meant it when they said “Never again fascism! Never again war!” it is extremely shocking to see how many of our contemporaries have forgotten history, as if a general amnesia has set in regarding the horrors of the civilian catastrophe that both world wars caused in large parts of the planet.

The Potsdam Conference established the political and geographical reorganization of Germany, the so-called five “Ds”: demilitarization, denazification, democratization, decentralization, and decartelization, and in a separate declaration concerning Japan, the return of all occupied territories to China and thus the one-China policy. Recent historical research, however, has shed light on deficits in the implementation of denazification, among other things.

A closer look at the background to the Potsdam Communiqué, during which the political and geographical reorganization of Germany was discussed, makes clear that it was not about establishing a lasting peace, but rather about the prelude to the Cold War and a continuation of geopolitics. While the negotiations in Potsdam were still ongoing, President Truman gave the order on July 25, 1945 for the atomic bomb to be dropped on Hiroshima at some date “after August 3,” as soon as “weather conditions permitted.” Historical research has since shown beyond a doubt that it was no longer necessary militarily, since Japanese Emperor Hirohito had already initiated negotiations on a surrender with Pope Pius XII’s secretary for diplomatic affairs Giovanni Montini, who later became Pope Paul VI. Nevertheless, the official narrative is repeated, that the lives of “1 million American soldiers” were saved by the atomic bombs.

The purpose of this first-ever use of the atomic bomb was in fact to make the experience so horrible, that the Soviets would agree to submit to the dictates of the United States, an illusion that was shattered at the latest by the Sputnik shock. Even before that, in May 1945, Churchill had instructed his staff to draw up a plan for a pre-emptive war against the Soviet Union, which was delivered to him by this staff on May 22, under the codename “Operation Unthinkable.”

After the subsequent Cold War came to an end with the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, which, according to then-U.S. ambassador in Moscow Jack Matlock, had ceased to be considered a threat to the West for some time, and after the Iron Curtain had disappeared, the conditions would in fact have been met for the reaffirmation of the UN Charter as the basis for the world order and for the establishment of a peace order for the 21st Century.

But instead of seizing this historic opportunity, the neocons in the U.S. and the U.K. were overcome by a triumphalism that went together with the illusion that the “West” had won the Cold War. Francis Fukuyama went so far as to make the shortest-lived forecast ever concerning the “end of history,” by which he meant the spread of neoliberal democracy around the world.

What followed was the attempt to establish an Anglo-American-dominated unipolar world, which led to a massive undermining of the world order as defined by the Yalta process, Potsdam, and the UN Charter. In the meantime, this order has de facto ceased to exist. Countless examples of that could be cited, such as the recent statement by U.S. General Christopher Donahue, commander of the U.S. Army for Europe and Africa, who recently stated that NATO is able to cut off the enclave of Kaliningrad, which had been assigned to Russia at Potsdam, from Russia in an “unheard of” timeframe.

Time is too short here to even begin to describe the disintegration of the world order, from the apparent inability of the world community to prevent the genocide (as characterized by the ICJ) in Gaza, to the recent unprovoked military strikes against Iran, etc., etc., which has led in sum to the de facto non-existence of international law.

So, what needs to be done to prevent an escalation into a third, this time final, world war?

There was already in European history an example of the successful overcoming of geopolitics: the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, which ended 150 years of religious war in Europe. This gave birth to the idea that any peace order must always take into account the “interests of the other,” in fact of all “others.” We must therefore urgently put on the agenda the establishment of a new global security and development architecture which, in the tradition of the Peace of Westphalia, establishes a new paradigm in international relations that actually does take into account the interests of all countries of the planet.

President Xi Jinping’s idea of the common future of humanity represents this new paradigm, in that the concept of the one humanity takes precedence over the multiplicity of nations, i.e., the one is a higher order than the many. If the interests of individual nations are brought into affinity with the interests of humanity as a whole, then the supposed contradiction is eliminated. The Confucian idea of the harmonious development of all into a great whole and Nicholas of Cusa’s idea of the development of all microcosms as a prerequisite for concordance in the macrocosm correspond to the same lawfulness and to the principle of Pope Paul VI that the new name for peace is development. That same idea can be found in President Xi’s three initiatives, the GSI, GDI, and GCI [the Global Security Initiative, Global Development Initiative, and the Global Civilization Initiative].

Humanity is the only known creative species in the universe to date, and our creative reason always enables us to discover a solution to all problems that are on a higher level than the one on which the problems arose. It is this state of mind that we need today!

See Helga Zepp-LaRouche’s Ten Principles of a New International Security and Development Architecture

Live with Helga Zepp-LaRouche: Opposition to Genocide in Gaza Grows, Door Open for the Oasis Plan, July 30, 11 am EDT

July 29, 2025by tobi in General, Helga Video, Helga Webcast

In a time of growing tension and fraying nerves, where each successive provocation threatens to trigger a civilization-ending world war, staying a step ahead of the oligarchy’s war hawks is essential for survival.
Each week, Helga Zepp-LaRouche presents a precise overview of changes in the overall strategic dynamic, the implication of those changes, and updates a strategy to outflank those running the international war party.
Send your questions to questions@schillerinstitute.org

Events are swirling crazily beneath the persisting danger of warfare breaking out into nuclear conflagration. “The war danger is the key dynamic which remains unbroken,” was the warning given today by Helga Zepp-LaRouche, founder and leader of the Schiller Institute. The danger is dramatically evident in Southwest Asia—in Israel’s genocidal actions in Gaza, and the recent attacks on Iran by Israel and the U.S., in Ukraine, and in the madness of ReArm Europe and Global NATO. In this context three events are notable today.

First, that the Gaza carnage continues. New gestures of relief have been taken, but no intervention to stop that carnage. Today was Day Two of Israel’s announced agreement to halt military action for a few hours a day to allow some aid trucks to enter Gaza, and air drops; that little did take place, but nothing sufficient to lower the terrible, rising death toll from malnutrition, starvation and dehydration. On Sunday, July 27, Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu said mockingly, “There is no policy of starvation in Gaza. There is no starvation in Gaza,” calling any reports of starvation “bold-faced lies.” His Minister of Energy Eli Levy admitted that Israel has only agreed to allow some aid, in order to avoid sanctions, threatened over the weekend by Europe.

New voices are sounding from within Israel, denouncing acting Prime Minister Netanyahu for committing genocide, but more leadership from everywhere is needed.

Secondly, today was the first of two days of the UN High-Level Conference on the Implementation of the Two-State Solution, for Palestine and Israel, in New York. For six hours, reports were given on the prior work from several roundtables, as well as speeches presented from dozens of nations.

The UN described the intent of the two-day conference as being to lay “the groundwork for sustained international engagement, accountability, and implementation in support of a just and lasting peace.” But where is the “economics”? How are the means to life to be secured? The infrastructure? The basis for hope? Even the work on Roundtable 3, whose assigned subject was “From Rubble to Renewal: Humanitarian Relief, Reconstruction, and the Promise of Peace,” gave no vision of regional economic development, indispensable to guide actions for peace.

This makes it all the more necessary to circulate the LaRouche “Oasis Plan”—the perspective of full development throughout the region, from water and power, to transportation, agro-industry, towns and countryside.

The LaRouche Organization and Schiller institute organizers were out in force on the streets around the United Nations for today’s important gathering, putting forward the Oasis Plan and why it’s a necessity.

Thirdly, President Trump, alongside British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Scotland today, made a spectacle of announcing to the skies his triumph of concluding a U.S.-European Union trade deal, after talks with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen over the weekend. The terms are outlandishly terrible for Europe and bad for the U.S. “Europe is self-destructing by self-capitulating,” commented Zepp-LaRouche. Italian economist Michele Geraci said, “In Palermo, we would say, ‘cornute e bastinati’” (cuckolded and beaten).

The terms include that EU goods into the U.S. will have a 15% tariff imposed, but U.S. goods go tariff free into the EU. The sector tariffs of 50% will remain on European steel and aluminum entering the U.S. The EU is to invest a new $600 billion in the U.S. over the period left until the end of Trump’s term; and likewise make purchases of $750 billion of U.S. energy exports.

The White House issued a Fact Sheet today, titled, “The United States and European Union Reach Massive Trade Deal.” Another White House release is, “DEAL-MAKER-IN-CHIEF: President Trump Secures Landmark Peace, Trade Deals,” claiming many successes. Trump himself, addressing the world, said today: “We’re going to be setting a tariff for the rest of the world. They’re going to pay if they want to do business in the United States.”

Capping off his economic madness, Trump announced in Scotland that Russia has only 10 to 12 days to come to terms of ceasefire in Ukraine—not the 50 days he set two weeks ago—or face economic retaliation. Trump made comments about being disappointed in Russia, and then repeated his threat from before, that he will impose sanctions and secondary tariffs if Russia is noncompliant. Dmitry Medvedev, former President of Russia, replied on X today, “Each new ultimatum is a threat and a step towards war. Not between Russia and Ukraine, but with his [Trump’s] own country.”

Be sure to link up with the International Peace Coalition, which meets Fridays by Zoom: the next meeting Aug. 1.

OASIS PLAN FOR PALESTINE AND ISRAEL- Peace through mutual development!

July 21, 2025by tobi in General

The Schiller Institute issued the following statement on July 21 for the widest international circulation:

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On July 28–29, 2025, France and Saudi Arabia are convening a conference on a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine at the United Nations in New York.

This conference has to create the framework for peace among Palestinians and Israelis, this time by arriving at concrete initiatives in coherence with the humanist principles of the Abrahamic traditions (Islam, Judaism and Christianity), international law, and the UN Charter.

Today, in the real world, transmitted by the world media, mankind is assisting directly in a horrible spectacle: that of an Israeli government that is, in the name of the right to “defend itself against terrorism,” committing war against humanity, and barbaric acts akin to genocide. This government is kept artificially alive by the governments of Washington and London, via the injection of billions of dollars and increasingly lethal weapons.

In that context, recognizing and creating a Palestinian State is an absolute necessity. Giving it sovereignty over its water and energy resources will be one of the indispensable pillars to turn a dream—our proposal for an “Oasis Plan” of mutually beneficial development—into reality.

This perspective has to be adopted to the benefit of all participants of Southwest Asia who have to define its modalities and the means of its application.

As early as 1975, American statesman and economist Lyndon LaRouche had proposed the Oasis Plan to address the geological realities relevant to the people of Israel, Palestine and Jordan, who inhabit an arid region located at the connection of three continents. The essential developments of water infrastructure to make the deserts bloom, and transportation connectivity to allow the blossoming of trade and production, were central to his vision of economic development plans required for political solutions to be reached.

Such a plan is contrary to British geopolitics and colonial powers. The Oasis Plan approach defines a development perspective that goes, as it must do, beyond the plans of the World Bank, the French proposals, and those of the Arab League.

The plan takes inspiration from the Reconciliation Commission created by Nelson Mandela to overcome apartheid.

The Schiller Institute calls for:

• an immediate cease-fire;

• release of hostages and prisoners;

• immediate reinstatement of humanitarian aid and supply of water and electricity; and

• immediate recognition of a Palestinian state as a full member of the UN.

The Oasis Plan is the cornerstone for creating a new paradigm of “Detente, Entente, and Cooperation.”

International Peace Coalition, Week 111: IPC Meets on Nelson Mandela Day

July 21, 2025by tobi in General, International Peace Coalition

July 18, 2025 (EIRNS)—Helga Zepp-LaRouche, founder of the Schiller Institute, opened the 111th consecutive online meeting of the International Peace Coalition on July 18, the birthday of Nelson Mandela, which is celebrated worldwide as Mandela Day. She urged all participants to view the videos of panels from the July 12-13 Berlin conference of the Schiller Institute, which urged the U.S. and Europe to join hands with the nations of the Global South to pursue a policy of real development, as an alternative to the war drive that is promoted by the Anglosphere. She described some of the demented proposals of Malcolm Chalmers, advisor to British Defense Secretary Healey, such as a plan to send a “small, Hiroshima-sized” nuclear weapon to destroy a Russian military base, with the assumption that it would compel Russia to negotiate on terms advantageous to the Anglophiles. U.S. General Christopher Donahue, Commander of NATO’s ground forces, has an equally crazy proposal to militarily cut off the Russian Baltic Sea enclave of Kaliningrad. Reviewing more hopeful developments, she reported that The Hague Group met in Bogotá and announced a plan to compel a halt to Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Zepp-LaRouche concluded her remarks by saying that we must renew our efforts to make the Oasis Plan central to a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine, saying, “We have to leave geopolitics behind us and go for real development as the basis for peace.”

Scheduled panelist Prof. Richard Falk was unable to make his presentation due to technical problems. Mariano Esono, who is responsible for Diaspora Affairs in the Foreign Ministry of Equatorial Guinea, as well as being Focal Point for UN Center for Peace and Disarmament in Africa, sent a brief video on the importance of Nelson Mandela Day. He reminded participants that Mandela said that “forgiveness frees the soul.” He didn’t fight for retribution, but for justice and fundamental rights.

Reports from the Schiller Institute Conference in Berlin

Stephan Ossenkopp, who was a moderator and organizer for the July 12-13 Berlin Conference, described the organizing process which led up to it. The title of the conference was “Man Is Not a Wolf to Man,” and it stressed coexistence and collaboration as the only alternative to the threatened Third World War. He emphasized the importance of the cultural contributions from around the planet, saying that “People were very moved, not just by the speakers, but by the music.” The buildup to the conference included street organizing, diplomatic activity, and a very successful press conference by frequent IPC panelist Ray McGovern and former Deputy National Intelligence Officer for the Near East in the National Intelligence Council Elizabeth Murray, both of whom visited Germany and spoke at the Schiller Institute conference.

IPC moderator Anastasia Battle presented photos from the conference and described the effect of the Classical music performances as helping the participants to effectively organize their minds to take up the challenge of steering the world away from the precipice of nuclear war. Sébastien Drochon reported on the impact of the conference from an organizing site on the street in Paris, where he was organizing the public along with French youth and a leader of the Schiller Institute in Mexico.

Former President of Guyana Donald Ramotar participated as a panelist in Berlin by internet. He praised the just-concluded The Hague Group conference in Bogotá and called for public support for UN Rapporteur Francesca Albanese, supporting her nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize and condemning the recently announced U.S. sanctions against her. He also condemned President Donald Trump’s attempts to interfere with the internal affairs of Brazil regarding the legal case against former President Bolsonaro, and charged that Trump’s encouraging Zelenskyy to strike at Moscow is very dangerous. Russia is still open to diplomacy, he asserted; it is the West that prefers the continuation of war.

Co-moderator Dennis Small thanked President Ramotar and emphasized the importance of making the voices of the Global South heard in Europe and the U.S.

The Voice of the ‘Sane North’

Small also reported on the two-week visit of EIR correspondent Tim Rush to Brazil, where Rush had been the only U.S. speaker at various events surrounding the BRICS summit, offering what Small described as the voice of the “sane North.” This perspective needs to be heard in the Global South; they need to know that “they do have allies and interlocutors in the North.” Small charged that the Anglophile press are intentionally misrepresenting the BRICS Summit, claiming it was uneventful. One of the most important developments was President Vladimir Putin’s proposal for New Investment Platforms (NIPs), supported by Chinese President Xi Jinping, and also viewed favorably by Brazil’s Lula da Silva.

Later, Rush came on live from Brazil to give his own report. He said that Trump’s denunciation of Brazil and demand for charges against Bolsonaro to be dropped “set a lot of things buzzing.” Rush described a “nationalist reflex” in the Brazilian press, with even Lula’s critics reacting to attacks by Trump.

Optimism in the Face of Evil

Some comments came from participants in Germany, decrying the evil of their nation’s current leadership. Co-moderator Dennis Small emphasized the British role as the authors of evil, both at the time of the rise of Nazism in Germany, and in the promotion of Israel’s genocide in Gaza today. Zepp-LaRouche speculated about a possible “Oreshnik moment,” in which Russia could no longer hold back in response to NATO provocations, and described German Chancellor Merz as having a “complete lack of political instinct.” But as always, she sees reason for optimism, reminding the participants that the 10th of her Ten Principles of a New International Security and Development Architecture is that “man is fundamentally good.” She said that one must evaluate a nation’s trajectory and described how, as a child, she played on the rubblefields of post-war Germany, but she and her playmates were optimistic because they could sense that the trajectory of the nation was upwards due to its Wirtschaftswunde, the “economic miracle” following the end of World War II.

Working with the Global South

A participant in Nigeria asked how people in Africa can participate in the work of the IPC. Zepp-LaRouche said that we have put together extensive plans for Africa, starting with electrification (600 million inhabitants have no access) and “game-changer projects” such as the Grand Inga Dam in D.R. Congo and the Transaqua project to refill Lake Chad. She added that we have been working with the Global South since 1975, and this is why people trust the Schiller Institute and we have the capability of pulling off something like the Berlin conference,

French leader Jacques Cheminade said that if Europe can bring something good to Africa, that will be a revolutionary break from the past, and a move toward what President Putin describes as a “polyphonic society.”

Concluding Remarks

Small said that almost as bad as the overt calls for nuclear warfare is Trump’s announcement that the future of the financial world is “crypto, crypto, crypto,” because that would lock the world into a system dominated by privately-run financial speculation that negates the possible development perspective that we are promoting.

Ramotar called attention to Francesca Albanese’s report on corporations which are profiting from genocide. He added that “we have to bring out the stark figures on how much money is wasted” on the arms industry, and what we could do if those funds were put to productive purposes.

Helga Zepp-LaRouche spoke of “those people who have money notes in their eyes … one of them is clearly [EU Commission President] Ursula von der Leyen.” In conclusion, she said, we should celebrate Nelson Mandela Day by spending at least one hour doing something unselfish, and “be a loving person for at least one hour today.”

Live Dialogue with Diane Sare & Helga Zepp-LaRouche, July 16, 11.00 am EDT / 5pm CET

July 15, 2025by tobi in General, Helga Webcast

WW 3 or a New International Security Architecture

In a time of growing tension and fraying nerves, where each successive provocation threatens to trigger a civilization-ending world war, staying a step ahead of the oligarchy’s war hawks is essential for survival.
Each week, Helga Zepp-LaRouche presents a precise overview of changes in the overall strategic dynamic, the implication of those changes, and updates a strategy to outflank those running the international war party.
Send your questions to questions@schillerinstitute.org

[“Fear them not, therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hidden, that shall not be known.”](Luke, 8:17, King James Bible).

Don’t be distracted by the indigestible news-feeds and blog posts coming your way on every variety of topic today. Of course, there are events that “everyone is talking about,” such as the announcement of more weapons to be sent to Ukraine by the Trump Administration and NATO. These, however, no matter how important they may momentarily be, operate within the realm of entropic, predictable tragedy. Such, however, is not, and will hopefully never be, our focus.

We must be clear-eyed about unfolding tragedy, in order to avoid it. The tragi-comedy in Ukraine, with its Wal-Mart Pagliacci, is now coming to a close, no matter what the headlines say, and the weapons shipments, real and merely promised, are. Yesterday, a new deadline, 50 days, by which time the war in Ukraine must conclude, was decreed by President Trump. As with the famous story, “The Monkey’s Paw,” however, we should not only wish for the Ukraine war to end in 50 days, because that wish might be granted in ways that neither the United States, nor Russia, nor anyone else in the world, except for haters of the human race, would intend.

Nothing done by anyone in NATO, including the United States Presidency, can reverse defeat on the battlefield there, which was inevitable. This includes escalation with more weapons being sent to Ukraine, or with sanctions, for reasons contained in Annie Jacobsen’s story. Loss of the fragile trust that now exists between Russia and the United States can mean that the slightest miscalculation, or careless dismissal of an evaluation provided by officers that go against prevailing opinion, including that of the leader of a nation, can cost humanity everything.

Instead, we invite you to challenge the hidden axioms that underpin tragedy. We investigate reality, not “virtual reality.” We rely on our real ideas, and not others’ “artificial intelligence.” We stand for the sovereignty of principle, not “the rule of law.” Our forces have just addressed, over July 12-13, the international community, particularly the BRICS nations, with the Schiller Institute’s Ten Principles for a New International Security and Development Architecture, placed at the center of the world dialogue.

This dialogue and call to action consists of our organizing a series of presentations, now in the ascendancy, including conferences, seminars, classes. The purpose is to fashion a new system of international and intercontinental congresses, in person and online, focused on the method of discovery and re-discovery of new ideas, and old ideas that have been lost. In doing this work, we are walking in the footsteps of thinker Lyndon LaRouche, and the mission expressed in the life’s work of the late economist and statesman.

A clean break with our recent past, particularly the past 55 years since August 15, 1971, must be made by a United States that has not only de-industrialized itself, de-populated itself, and pauperized itself, but is now tearing itself down. Technological progress through mass employment in mining, manufacturing and agriculture, has to be returned to the United States. The promise of a future must be given to the nation’s (and the world’s) youth. And a new security and development architecture must be composed by Russia, the United States, China and other nations, with which this Presidency must engage.

In a time of growing tension and fraying nerves, where each successive provocation threatens to trigger a civilization-ending world war, staying a step ahead of the oligarchy’s war hawks is essential for survival.
Each week, Helga Zepp-LaRouche presents a precise overview of changes in the overall strategic dynamic, the implication of those changes, and updates a strategy to outflank those running the international war party.
Send your questions to questions@schillerinstitute.org

The Clash of Optimism and Despair

July 6, 2025by tobi in General, International Peace Coalition

Report on IPC #109

July 4, 2025 (EIRNS)—The 109th consecutive online meeting of the International Peace Coalition became a roundtable discussion of the threatened demise of International Law, in the wake of the brazen violations by Israel and the United States. The question became, is there any hope of restoring it, or are we now forced to acclimate ourselves to a new reality where nations who possess sufficient military power may violate it with impunity?

Helga Zepp-LaRouche, founder of the Schiller Institute and initiator of the International Peace Coalition, reported that following the corrupt collaboration by leaders of the International Atomic Energy Agency with the neocon war party, Iran has suspended cooperation with the IAEA, but will not abandon the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Donald Trump is pursuing a 60-day ceasefire with Hamas, which has indicated its willingness to negotiate, but Netanyahu has rejected any lull in his attacks on the population of Gaza. Who wins out, Trump or Netanyahu? Trump “has the means to put his foot down,” but he has not done so, Zepp-LaRouche said. The US has suspended weapons shipments to Ukraine, pending an inventory of US stockpiles. French President Macron spoke to Putin after three years of interruption, which Zepp-LaRouche termed a “baby step in the direction of diplomacy.” Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs Kaja Kallas, telling her bluntly that if Russia is defeated in Ukraine, China will be the next target.

Turning to her homeland of Germany, Zepp-LaRouche reported that a CDU faction leader is demanding that Germany acquire nuclear weapons. The Germans have banned journalists Thomas Röper and Alina Lipp from re-entering Germany because their reporting is not pleasing to the war party. Röper has compared the rhetoric of today’s German leadership with that of the Nazis. Hitler called for Germany to become Kriegsfähig (capable of war), whereas Defense Minister Boris Pistorius prefers the term Kriegstüchtig (fit for war.)

On the hopeful side, the yearly BRICS summit will begin in Rio de Janeiro on July 6, with proposals for a “new investment platform” to channel credit to development, not speculation. Trump should not regard this as a threat.

Ray McGovern, former CIA analyst and co-founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS), declared that he is packing his bags and looking forward to attending the Berlin conference of the Schiller Institute in one week. He asked for 30 seconds of silence for the ongoing genocide in Gaza. He lamented the descent into lawlessness represented by the activities of the US and Israel, while also expressing his satisfaction that despite recent events, the US-Russia dialogue continues. Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov wants to pursue better relations with US despite the illegal war against Iran. Referring to Putin’s talk with Macron, McGovern declared that neither he nor Putin trusts Macron after so many broken agreements. The polls in Russia indicated that for Russians, Germany has now replaced US as their main enemy. McGovern also charged that, because of misconduct by the IAEA, we have lost our ability to accurately monitor Iran’s nuclear program.

Zepp-LaRouche replied, acknowledging the damage done to International Law, but also asserting that the Feb. 4, 2022, agreement between Putin and Xi, during the XXIV Olympic Winter Games in Beijing, underscores a new strategic reality of durable partnership between their two nations.

Jonathan Kuttab, Executive Director of North American Friends of Sabeel and Co-Founder of Nonviolence International, said that “there are some hints, some indications that China may play a more important role” in Southwest Asia. The US and its NATO collaborators are hanging on to current international order, “even as it is crumbling and collapsing.” US and Israel have shown that they can violate international law with impunity. For any country to openly threaten judges of international tribunals—and their families! —is unprecedented. He said of the widespread images on social media of the Gaza genocide, “Here, you see it every day…unlike the holocaust in Germany, which took place in the dark.”

Continuing the theme of whether international law a dead letter, Zepp-LaRouche declared that, with regard to Gaza, it was only the courageous role of South Africa that saved the honor of mankind. McGovern observed that Russia and China still honor the UN, and that polls in the US show that the tide of popular opinion is turning against “Netanyahu and his boss, Trump.”

Juan Carrero, President of the S’Olivar Foundation of Spain, praised the work of the IPC and the Schiller Institute in the battle against genocide, denouncing the horrors underway in Africa as well as Gaza. He introduced a video statement by 1980 Nobel Laureate Adolfo Perez Esquivel, reminding participants that Iran is the 7th and last planned regime change in Middle East. He said that Iran “has something more powerful than nuclear weapons—it is dignity.” In the video, Perez Esquivel of Argentina appealed to the world community, and especially the allies of Israel, to take action, to overcome the lethargy of the UN and end the genocide in Gaza. He decried the West’s “contempt for humanity, contempt for values.”

Co-moderator Dennis Small followed up by describing the extraordinary meeting of Brazilian President Lula with Argentina’s former President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, who is serving six years in house arrest for crimes she did not commit, noting that Perez Esquivel also met with Lula during his visit to Argentina.

In a video statement, Dr. Georgy D. Toloraya, Executive Director the Russian National Committee on BRICS Research and concurrently Director of the Asian Strategy Center at the Institute of Economics and Chief Researcher of the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of Russian Academy of Sciences, stated that he has a feeling that diplomats are being bypassed and real deals are being made by unknown persons operating behind the scenes. “Israel has violated every possible rule,” but Iran has had a very limited response, so it looks like some kind of deal was made. How will international relations develop now that there are no longer any rules, and everything is permitted? The West, represented by NATO, wants to extract unearned income from the former colonial nations. If the West tries to eliminate all its adversaries, it can lead to nuclear war.

Organizing reports

Peace activists from around the world reported on their activities, beginning with a description of the recent conference held on the [[Oasis Plan]] [[https://schillerinstitute.com/the-oasis-plan-the-larouche-solution-for-southwest-asia/]] at the Iztapalapa campus of the Mexican Autonomous University (UAM) in Mexico City, which included a presentation by Ambassador Sisulu from South Africa.

This was followed by a report on the John Quincy Adams brigade, Americans organizing in Berlin to build for the Schiller Institute conference. Additional reports came from organizers in France, Spain. Colombia, and Boston in the US.

Conclusion

A leader of the LaRouche youth movement in Mexico sent a question to Zepp-LaRouche, delving further into the clash between optimism and despair in the current strategic crisis. She asked whether Nicholas of Cusa’s [[De Pace Fidei]] [[ https://archive.schillerinstitute.com/transl/cusa_p_of_f.html]] could provide the right framework for discussion. Zepp-LaRouche responded that this document helps people elevate their thinking to become philosophers. In the dialogue, God is asked by 17 representatives of different religions and cultures for guidance, because “we are all killing each other in your name,” and God demonstrates how, from the higher vantage point of philosophy, the various religions are in agreement.

She said that a common response to the Oasis Plan is: Can we embark on economic development without first receiving justice? This is not an easy question, but there is another dimension, typified by the Peace of Westphalia, which was premised upon forgiveness for offenses of the past. “For the sake of peace, you have to replace hatred with love.”

In conclusion, Beethoven’s setting in his 9th Symphony of the words of Schiller, “All men become brethren,” should inspire us. This unique work of art inoculates us against the “very negative emotions like hatred, anger, rage” which “take something away from our soul.” This is the most accessible way to access the higher vantage point that we need.

Live Dialogue with Diane Sare & Helga Zepp-LaRouche, July 2nd, 11.00 am EDT / 5pm CET

July 1, 2025by tobi in General, Helga Video, Helga Webcast

The Bomb Is Not In Iran, But In The Financial System

In a time of growing tension and fraying nerves, where each successive provocation threatens to trigger a civilization-ending world war, staying a step ahead of the oligarchy’s war hawks is essential for survival.
Each week, Helga Zepp-LaRouche presents a precise overview of changes in the overall strategic dynamic, the implication of those changes, and updates a strategy to outflank those running the international war party.
Send your questions to questions@schillerinstitute.org

While the Western media are filled with leaks and counter-leaks about the whereabouts of over 400 kg of enriched uranium and whether Iran’s centrifuges to enrich it were destroyed or not, what is becoming clear is that no one really cared about that. If they had, the negotiations would have continued, and the United States would have made an agreement (“a deal”), probably brokered by Russia with Iran, to allow Iran the peaceful development of nuclear energy, while guaranteeing the security of Israel.

Instead, President Trump apparently lied to the world, pretending that he had told Bibi Netanyahu to hold off bombing Iran during the ongoing negotiations, only to enable Israel to make a surprise attack, killing dozens of Iranian scientists and military leaders in their beds along with their families. On top of that, the “neutral” nuclear watch-dog IAEA, admitted after the Israeli attacks (and BEFORE the U.S. attacks) that Iran actually wasn’t building a bomb, although the IAEA had claimed just a few days earlier that Iran had “violated” certain provisions, just in time to create a pretext for Israel’s attack.

All of this hoopla about Iran has nothing to do with why certain forces are pushing for war. As Schiller Institute founder Helga Zepp-LaRouche told her international associates on June 30, the issue is “the systemic bankruptcy of the trans-Atlantic system and the unwillingness of the establishments to correct their policies and their insistence that they want to remain in their dominant position in the world.”

Therefore, the only way to be sure that we are not on the cusp of nuclear war, whether in the Middle East or elsewhere, is to eliminate the cause of the conflict by establishing a new economic and security architecture that recognizes the right of every nation to be secure and prosperous, which will require a bankruptcy reorganization of the trans-Atlantic system and the admission that the $2 quadrillion everything-bubble simply cannot be saved.

While the world is obsessed with whether or not Trump totally or only partially, or not at all, destroyed Iran’s nuclear enrichment capability, Russia is steadfastly winning the war against NATO in Ukraine on the battlefield. Russia just announced that Lugansk has been “fully liberated” from the pro-Nazi scourge. No amount of weapons from the bankrupt Europeans will save Zelenskyy’s regime.

Over 5 billion people on the planet live in nations which have rejected the British imperial system, and are forging a new order, not based on winner-take-all, or master-slave relations, but as Russian President Putin put it, more like a symphony orchestra, where each unique voice contributes to the harmony of the whole.

As we approach the American Independence Day holiday on July 4, now would be a good time to remember that we have been in an ongoing brawl against the British Empire for more than 250 years. LaRouche put it this way in a 2004 speech entitled, “I Stand at the Bedside of a Doomed Empire:”

“We were almost crushed, repeatedly. The intention of Britain was to destroy us. This was the perpetual policy, of the British toward the United States, and the policy of the key traitors within the United States: Such as Gallatin, such as Aaron Burr, such as the leadership of many of the political parties. The controllers of agents, such as Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, Polk, Pierce, Buchanan, who were agents of the enemy, determined to destroy us.

“In the process, the American patriotic tradition had a resurgence: around the tradition of Lafayette, around the personality of John Quincy Adams, and with a very significant recruit by John Quincy Adams to his cause, the Whig, Abraham Lincoln, who was Quincy Adams’ voice, in the Congress in denouncing the Polk Presidency for the war against Mexico, of that period. And that President Lincoln, later, led the United States to return to itself, as a nation.”

It is time for the United States to return to itself and stop participating in British imperial atrocities. Your neighbors and the world would appreciate that.

In a time of growing tension and fraying nerves, where each successive provocation threatens to trigger a civilization-ending world war, staying a step ahead of the oligarchy’s war hawks is essential for survival.
Each week, Helga Zepp-LaRouche presents a precise overview of changes in the overall strategic dynamic, the implication of those changes, and updates a strategy to outflank those running the international war party.
Send your questions to questions@schillerinstitute.org

‘What Constitutes a Beautiful Soul’: Helga Zepp-LaRouche Remarks to China-EU Human Rights Symposium in Madrid

July 1, 2025by tobi in General, Helga statement, article, transcript

June 30, 2025 (EIRNS)—Here are the remarks of Helga Zepp-LaRouche to the China-EU Human Rights Symposium in Madrid, Spain on June 29:

Topic: “The Development of Artificial Intelligence and the Value of Human Subjectivity”

Title: “What Constitutes a Beautiful Soul”

by Helga Zepp-LaRouche

Because of breaking developments, I had to change my text.

The extraordinary dangers coming from careless or malicious application of AI has just been demonstrated in the most dramatic way possible. The International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, published a resolution on June 12, that it could not trust Iran’s renewed claim that it pursues nuclear enrichment only for peaceful purposes. The former British diplomat and analyst Alastair Crooke reported on “Conflict Forum” on Substack on June 20th that this IAEA resolution was not based on human intelligence, but was drawn from IAEA software, namely Palantir’s “Mosaic” platform, an AI system that predicts nuclear threats. The model repeated, based on its algorithms, allegations which had been made and debunked over and over again for years, flagging “anomalies” at Fordow and Lavizan-Shian. The algorithm looks at metadata, patterns of behavior and signal traffic, and on that basis postulates what suspects may be thinking or planning, not facts. That report was then cited by media and politicians in the U.S. and Europe as the justification for Israel’s all-out attack on Iran two days later.

IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi corrected the assessment on CNN on June 17, but too late: The tragic events had occurred, including President Trump’s dismissal of DNI Tulsi Gabbard’s findings that Iran was not pursuing nuclear weapons, and his subsequent order to U.S. forces to bomb nuclear sites in Iran. So we may be on the short road to World War III as a result of careless or malicious use of AI.

Artificial Intelligence has opened, in one sense, the window to an entirely new chapter in the universal history of man: It is a disruptive technology, that increases the effectiveness of man’s action in the universe by orders of magnitude. On the other hand, it poses moral questions, that are not so entirely new, namely, what is the relationship between man, and the objects he creates. In literature and art, there are several examples portraying the dream of human beings to create something which has the features of his own creativity, for example, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses, or the Jewish “Golem,” a figure made of clay, made alive through magic, and naturally the “Frankenstein’s Monster,” of Mary Shelley.

Human beings are distinguished from all other living creatures by their creative reason, which enables them to again and again discover axiomatic-revolutionary improvements in the knowledge about the physical principles which govern our universe. The human mind is the faculty in which the creative hypothesis formation occurs.

AI is not the discovery of such a revolutionary new physical principle, but an appended instrument, which can gather data at a quasi-speed of light by the method of either deduction based on past experiences to arrive at a new concept, or by the method of “generative intelligence” arriving at a new conception, but within the setting of previously established rules. So the often-asked question, if AI will ever surpass human creativity, can be clearly answered negatively.

The usefulness of AI lies in the fact that it is freeing man increasingly from all repetitive forms of labor, it increases our extended sensorium to operate in domains presently inaccessible to man, such as tasks related to space travel, for example, thus it will enable man to have the free energy for axiomatic new discoveries, but it will not inspire them itself. As all other technologies, if it will be used for the benefit of mankind, or the contrary, entirely depends on the moral and aesthetic quality of the human being who is applying it.

The above-mentioned misuse of AI, which has brought mankind to the verge of potential self-annihilation, underlines the urgency that we, as a species, must invest much more care into the aesthetic education of the beauty of the human character. We should make the concept of the “Beautiful Soul,” which Friedrich Schiller established as the highest ideal of man, the subject of a dialogue among civilizations, for which President Xi’s Global Civilizational Initiative would give a perfect setting.

A beautiful soul, according to Friedrich Schiller, is a person, for whom freedom and necessity, duty and passion have become one, and who has educated his emotions so much to the level of reason, that he can blindly trust them, because they would never request anything from him, which would be different than what reason commands. The beautiful soul is obviously also a person who has fully developed what Schiller names as the most important requirement of his time, his Empfindungsvermögen, his all-encompassing empathy. And how much more are we today in need for a passionate, or maybe tender love for humanity. And this love, ren, according to both Confucius and Schiller, can be actualized by will.

Peace Is the Natural Vocation of Man

June 29, 2025by tobi in General, International Peace Coalition

Report on IPC Meeting No. 108

June 28, 2025 (EIRNS)—The 108th consecutive weekly online meeting of the International Peace Coalition, on Friday, June 27 was opened by Helga Zepp-LaRouche, founder of the Schiller Institute, who gave an update on the war in Iran. She questioned President Trump’s triumphal proclamations of success, saying that “it is very likely that the Iranians foresaw what was happening” and removed equipment and materials from the targeted sites before they were bombed. She charged that “the International Atomic Energy Agency has, for the time being, lost all credibility,” because they helped shape an environment that aided those who wanted an attack on Iran. We also need an investigation into Palantir and the use of AI in this regard. Worst of all is the damage to International Law by an unprovoked war of aggression, lowering the barrier to similar acts by other nations. She contrasted the hyperventilating about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to Trump’s bragging about his unprovoked attack on Iran, saying, “It is apparent to the whole world that this double standard exists…. Lawlessness is now ruling.”

Turning to her homeland of Germany, she said she was appalled by Chancellor Merz’s statement that “Israel is doing the dirty work for all of us.” “It reveals the colonial or neocolonial mindset on the part of Merz,” Zepp-LaRouche observed. Finally, she emphasized that the call by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, for a new international strategic architecture, is of crucial importance.

Former U.S. Congressman and Presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich strongly agreed, saying, “We have to recognize that the security architecture which is in place right now has been shredded.” He called the yearning of the neocons for a regime change in Iran a “fantasy” which would require an invasion with two million troops and a return to conscription in the U.S. “The unbridled use of the military is a challenge for the United States right now,” he said. Further echoing Zepp-LaRouche, he said that “the West is still up to their old colonial tricks.” Kucinich described the situation as being very dangerous but filled with great potential for good.

Graham Fuller, a former U.S. diplomat, CIA official, and Islamic scholar, presented his own assessment of the war against Iran, saying that “this was a serious loss for Israel.” Israel has been claiming that Iran was on the verge of nuclear weapons for 25 years, but now “Netanyahu is not going to be able to fear-monger on this same issue again.” Israel thought they could act with impunity; they did not expect Iran to retaliate so successfully. “The idea of the very invulnerability of Israel has been called into question,” said Fuller, adding that “the idea of Israel as an unsinkable aircraft carrier for the United States has been shattered.” The U.S. has tried to exploit Sunni-Shi’a conflicts, but was outflanked by Chinese diplomacy, which pulled off the reconciliation between Iran and Saudi Arabia. The entire Persian Gulf supported Iran in this recent war. In Fuller’s view, Iran’s response to a savage attack by the U.S. was “extraordinarily muted,” a cause for optimism, and “Trump has proven his masculinity … maybe now feels that he can step back and try diplomacy to seek rapprochement with Iran.” Another cause for optimism was the victory of Zohran Mamdani in the New York City election, where maybe we see hints of a world that is no longer dominated by settler colonialism.

Mossi Raz, former Israeli Knesset member and former Director-General of Peace Now, opined that we don’t really know the results of war on Iran, but it’s not that important. What’s important is that there be a political agreement for lasting peace. We need a two-state solution, because “the Israelis will not have security if the Palestinians don’t have security.” He reported on an important pre-discussion he participated in before the now soon-to-be-rescheduled UN Palestinian two-state meeting. Raz described that hundreds of Palestinians and Israelis joined to discuss the two-state solution.

In response, Zepp-LaRouche expressed her concern about what will happen when Trump’s boasts of success are disproven by events. She is worried that the neocons will press for a resumption of the war. She warned about the unchecked use of AI for military purposes, which could have unforeseeable consequences. She added later that AI is technology like any other, it can be used for good or evil, but we must focus on the moral character of the people who are using it. We need to convince leaders in the U.S. and Europe to join with the Global Majority, and “stop the geopolitical idea of domination.”

Activist Reports from Around the World

Carolina Domínguez of the Mexican LaRouche movement, described a planned conference at an important university, where they will discuss the Oasis Plan and the movement’s perspective of peace through development. She described an approach she called “classrooming,” in which organizers visit classrooms and ask the professor for one minute in which to brief the students on the strategic crisis, then meet them outside afterward for in-depth discussions. She said that they will be presenting a performance of classical music works by their chorus at the upcoming conference, to serve the need to “ennoble the soul of the population” in order to achieve peace.

Kynan Thistlethwaite reported from France, and Anastasia Battle from Germany, on the John Quincy Adams Brigade, comprised of Americans organizing in Europe to prepare for the Berlin conference of the Schiller Institute on July 12-13.

Tim Rush and Jose Vega reported on organizing activities in the U.S. There were also reports from Denmark, Sweden, and other locations.

Discussion

An unusual question was sent to the panelists: If the criminal charges in Israel against Netanyahu could be canceled, as Trump demands, would that reduce his motivation for starting regional wars? Co-moderator Dennis Small said we must look at the hand behind the scenes, typified by the “Clean Break” document that was issued in 1996 to then newly elected Prime Minister Netanyahu by U.S. neocons after the Nov. 4, 1995 assassination of Yitzhak Rabin. Fuller added that those who follow the situation closely know that Netanyahu is not even the most murderous politician in the Israeli establishment.

Zepp-LaRouche reported on her participation in a recent conference in Spain, which featured an encouraging level of youth participation, and representation from many nations and cultures. In response to a question about the economic impetus for war, she said, “As long as people are trying to solve their debt by wars, we are on a trajectory toward catastrophe.”

Eric Rubin, of the International Legal Forum, an independent, Israel-based NGO, reported on the activities of his group to activate UN Resolution 377 (United for Peace) to circumvent the U.S. veto in the Security Council. He said that the only way to stop atrocity on the Palestinians is to send UN peacekeeping troops into the occupied territories. Their website can be accessed here: https://www.ilfngo.org/.

In conclusion, Zepp-LaRouche said, “I’m absolutely certain that we will only get out of this really deplorable situation by mobilizing the better visions of what mankind can be.” Returning to her participation in the June 25 Madrid conference, she reported that people from entirely different backgrounds all said that what we need is love for humanity. The ideas of Schiller, that people have the capacity to become Beautiful Souls, are the natural vocation of Man. The 10th, and possibly the most controversial, principle of her Ten Principles for a New International Security and Development Architecture, is that Man is good by nature. We should have compassion for the Armselige, the wretched creatures who think that we need war. [eir]

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