President Trump told a group of Republican National Committee staffers, many of them young people in their 20’s, that he didn’t go to Wall Street to finance his political campaign, in order not to be beholden to those interests. The statement came in answer to a question about funding of his campaign. “We had plenty […]
Check out the IAEA’s new webpage identifying the locations of all known experimental fusion research devices worldwide. Based on information which it collects and then reviews with the International Fusion Research Council, the IAEA launched a new webpage with a world map indicating where the 115 fusion research projects, in 26 countries, are either now […]
Beethoven and the Heroic ; Part 2: Leonore Notes by Fred Haight Part 2: Leonore No-one ever portrayed a woman more heroically then Beethoven. His only opera, Fidelio, is about a woman named Leonore, who courageously disguises herself as a boy, goes into prison, risking her life, in order to rescue her husband, Florestan, who […]
Part 1: The Eroica Symphony Notes by Fred Haight Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 “Eroica”: 1st mvt (Furtwängler) Beethoven lived in a time of great hope and optimism. The world was changing, and the future looked bright. The poet Friedrich Schiller, expressed this in “The Artists”: “How beautifully, O man, with your […]
Beethoven Piano Sonata “Pathetique” in C minor Notes by Fred Haight Beethoven’s Pathetique Sonata, in 3-PARTS (the second of the C-Minor Series) Part One: Why is this work called “Pathetic”? Beethoven’s electrifying Piano Sonata #8 in C minor, op.13, known as the “Pathetique”, was composed in 1798, when he was 28 years of age. It […]
December 16, 2020 marks the 250th birthday of Ludwig van Beethoven. As part of the international celebrations this year and next year, in honor of Beethoven, the Schiller Institute is happy to inaugurate a new feature on our website. We will regularly post selections of Beethoven’s music with short discussions of the pieces. Friedrich Schiller’s beautiful […]
by Ramasimong Phillip Tsokolibane, Leader of LaRouche South Africa Earlier this week, speaking on behalf of millions of starving Africans, I demanded a full global mobilization to save their lives and the lives of hundreds of millions of others around the globe who are also facing near-term death from starvation. I urged Donald Trump, in […]
NASA and the European space agency signed an agreement committing their space agencies to building the Gateway together. A release from NASA.gov states, “The agreement signed Tuesday marks NASA’s first formal commitment to launch international crew members to the lunar vicinity as part of NASA’s Artemis Mission.” Under the agreement the European space agency will […]
Two of the leaders of the crash program to develop Covid-19 vaccines, General Gus Perna, Chief Operating Officer, and Dr. Matt Hepburn, head of Vaccine Development, provided their story, “The Fight to Get a COVID-19 Vaccine: The Inside Story of the Administration’s Operation Warp Speed,” on Tuesday.” The core point was the obvious: the crash […]
To offer solutions through a new global health initiative. By Helga Zepp-LaRouche, The Schiller Institute, Founder and Chair (To add your name to endorse the Committee for the Coincidence of Opposites click here.) The combination of crises we are now facing has reached such unprecedented proportions that it seems to exceed the psychological limits of […]