It is still unknown whether the withdrawal of U.S./NATO forces from Afghanistan is the end of the era of endless wars, or a move to a new phase of geopolitical confrontations, directly challenging Russia and China. The push for continued war comes from the onrushing financial collapse, for the same reason that the wars were launched following the 9/11 attack: wars are used, by the globalist financial and corporate cartels who fund the war hawks, to justify the imposition of emergency measures, including austerity economic policies and the surveillance state. That is why it is necessary that LaRouche’s economic policies, for collaborative mutual economic benefit, represent the only real alternative to chaos.
On April 21, Russian President Putin warned that certain “red lines” are being crossed by actions of western forces, which threaten Russia’s security and sovereignty. If this continues, it will force Russia to respond in an “asymmetrical, swift and tough” way. Yet, as he stated, as such hostile actions toward Russia have become commonplace, “Everyone pretends nothing is happening.” Fortunately, there are some voices in the West speaking out, including Tulsi Gabbard, Dr. Lyle Goldstein, and Helga Zepp LaRouche. A Schiller Institute online conference will be held on May 9, to bring you up-to-date on the strategic crisis, and give you an opportunity to join our mobilization to break out of the present trajectory, which is shaped by City of London and Wall Street geopoliticians and neoliberals. Sign up to participate here: https://schillerinstitute.nationbuilder.com/20210508-conference
While the mainstream media is focused on censoring real news, and increasing polarization around hot-button issues, there are significant strategic developments occurring: —Meetings of Afghanistan’s neighbors to help build an economy, to prevent a dissolution into civil war, starvation and drug production;—China’s development of a hypersonic, low-orbit glide vehicle, which caught western intelligence by surprise;—a new report on how wild liquidity pumping by central banks is behind accelerating inflation, and how it benefits 1.1% of the population;—Putin blaming Europe’s leaders for causing energy shortages and soaring prices, on the eve of the next climate “summit”, COP26.
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 aria, “Komm, Hoffnung!”
Monster! Where are you rushing?
What will you do in your wild rage?
Does the call of sympathy,
The voice of humanity,
Move nothing in your savage heart?
But just as like stormy seas
Anger and hatred surge in your soul,
There appears to me a rainbow,
That rests bright on the dark clouds,
That watches so quietly,
So peacefully below,
That mirrors old times,
And newly calmed my blood flows.
Come, Hope, let the last star
Not fade for the weary,
Illuminate my goal, be it ever so far,
Love will reach it.
I follow an inner drive,
I waver not,
I am strengthened by my duty
Of true wedded love.
Oh you, for whom I bore everything,
Could I only be at your side,
Where evil has you chained,
And bring you sweet comfort!
I follow an inner drive,
I waver not,
I am strengthened by my duty
Of true wedded love.
Ms. Ludwig was also a signer of the Schiller Institute’s 1988 call for the Verdi tuning to be restored bringing the pitch back to A = 432 cycles per second. [Message by Margaret Scialdone and Mary Jane Freeman.]
Beethoven: Sparks of Joy — his beautiful song, An die ferne Geliebte to contemplate the future.
Alois Jeitteles was a young physician who was also making a name for himself as a poet when he wrote the six poems which Beethoven wove into the beautiful “An die ferne Geliebte” (To the distant Beloved). It is a true Liederkreis (song cycle), thoroughly composed so that the songs are inseparable from one another.
This performance by John Sigerson and Margaret Greenspan was part of an international conference of the Schiller Institute that took place in April of 2020. [Notes by Margaret Scialdone.]
All the symptoms of a systemic economic breakdown — shortages, inflationary prices, the failure of institutions to address the explicit dangers, while pushing for a global central banker’s Green dictatorship — are signs of the WEAKNESS of the Davos billionaires who think they are the Kings of the Universe. In their frantic pursuit of their utopia, with its drastic reduction of human population, they have planted the seeds of their own defeat. What’s needed to defeat them is a strategy. Join with the Schiller Institute to rally the millions of those suffering from the policies of the establishment, to put them out of business!
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The first 9/11 documents declassified as a result of President Biden’s order show active involvement of Saudi officials in the events of 9/11. What must be answered now is 1.) Who in the U.S. government covered up the Saudi role for 20 years?; and 2.) Who benefited from the coverup? The place to begin to answer these questions is with Lyndon LaRouche’s forecast on January 3, 2001, in which he warned that a “Reichstag Fire” event would be used by the Bush administration to impose emergency crisis management policies.
A quick survey of today’s world indicates that most people in the so-called advanced sector are indifferent in the face of mass murder being perpetrated in their names, or feel impotent to do anything about it. There is no question that the sanctions policies imposed by western governments are killing people; yet regime change wars continue, while the War Hawks are creating provocations against Russia and China which could lead to hot wars, and a global Green New Deal is being implemented to destroy the physical economy needed to sustain life. There is now a great potential to build a global anti-Malthusian movement, to take power away from the neo-con/neoliberal killers, and instead initiate a process of real economic development. Join with the Schiller Institute, and our Committee for the Coincidence of Opposites — this is a fight for justice which we must win!
Join us LIVE on Saturday, October 16 at 2pm EDT. Now that the Chinese government has made it clear what they really think about the CO2 goals of the October 31-November 6 COP26 climate summit, the strategic circumstances of the upcoming three weeks, starting with the Halloween Night beginning of the Glasgow Séance, have significantly changed. Action, and action now will have surprising, non-linear, even seismic impact.
The recent release of a CLINTEL/Schiller Institute statement, “A WAKE-UP CALL: THE DANGER FOR MANKIND IS NOT THE CLIMATE, BUT TOLERATION OF A DEVIOUS POLICY THAT USES CLIMATE TO DESTROY US!” was extremely well-timed. It has already caused a firestorm among the “green Malthusians”, and relief for those that insist that real scientific and technological progress is in the self- interest of every nation and person–including the daft Malthusian ghouls that oppose it. This Saturday will consist of a report about the Thursday “Day of Action” for Afghanistan conducted worldwide. Diane Sare will join Dennis Speed and others for a discussion of not only that mobilization, but of the Chinese policy-shift from the Malthusian one-child policy of the 1970s and early 80’s, to their recent eradication of poverty in their nation, a feat unprecedented—especially for a nation of well over one billion people.
On October 11, 2021 the Schiller Institute in Denmark held a seminar in Copenhagen, Denmark. Now that the war in Afghanistan is over, and many people in the West are shaken by the events, there is an opportunity to exchange the policy, which has been based on regime change and military interventions to a policy for peace through economic development. That goes for Afghanistan and also for the rest of the world.
Speakers:
Hussein Askary: the Schiller Institute’s Southwest Asia Coordinator, board member of the Belt and Road Institute in Sweden
Prof. Pino Arlacchi: Executive Director of the UN Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention (1997-2002), and former EU Rapporteur on Afghanistan. Professor of Sociology at the University of Sassari in Italy
H.E. Ahmad Farooq, Ambassador of Pakistan to Kingdom of Denmark: Ambassador in Denmark since April 2020. 2013-2016: Counsellor/Alternate Permanent Representative of Pakistan at the Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the Rome-based UN Agencies, Rome. 2010-2013: Counsellor Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the United Nations, New York. Member of Pakistan’s Security Council team during Pakistan’s membership of the UN Security Council from 2012 to 2013. 2018-2020: Director General (Counter Terrorism) dealing with counter terrorism at the United Nations and other multilateral forums. 2016-2018 and 2008-2010: Director United Nations, dealing with UN General Assembly, UN Security Council, Counter Terrorism, UN Peacekeeping and other political and peace and security issues.
Moderator: Tom Gillesberg: Chairman of the Schiller Institute in Denmark, Bureau Chief for Executive Intelligence Review in Copenhagen.
