Syria Times Publishes Interview With Helga Zepp-LaRouche May 7 (EIRNS)–The Syria Times on May 7th published an interview with Helga Zepp-LaRouche with a very nice picture of a smiling Helga. In replies to three main questions, she was able to explain her reasons for founding the Schiller Institute and the role it had been playing […]
As we are dashing headlong into a systemic economic collapse and a danger of annihilation through nuclear war, how can we organize our fellow citizens to recognize the common interests we share with citizens of all nations? In today’s Update, we hear the words of President John F. Kennedy from June 1963, shortly after the […]
May 6 (EIRNS)–Under the title: “Biden’s Taiwan Policy Is Truly, Deeply Reckless,” the New York Times Opinion writer Peter Beinart warned on May 5 that the Administration’s policy is bringing us very close to war, and quotes experts that the war would become nuclear. He also quotes military experts that the U.S. could not win […]
Did Geopolitics Sink Portugal’s Sines Port Expansion Project for Now? May 5, 2021 (EIRNS)—At the close of the April 6 deadline for submitting bids to construct a new, huge container terminal at Portugal’s Sines Port, not a single bid had been entered. Port authorities blamed the fiasco on the drop in world shipping from the […]
The Group of 7 Foreign Ministers met in London to prepare for June’s leadership conference. They devoted two ninety-minute sessions to coordinate military and financial containment of Russia and China, two nations they designated as threats to the “Rules-Based Order” (RBO). While there, Secretary of State Blinken praised the U.S.-U.K. Special Relationship as the cornerstone […]
May 4, 2021 (EIRNS)–In its May 1 cover article, the Economist wrote with satisfaction about the dangerous strategic condition created with respect to Taiwan. The outgoing head of the Pacific Command, Adm. Phil Davidson, had told Congress in March that he worried about China attacking Taiwan as soon as 2027. The {Economist} notes the unique […]
Police-State Measures Against Protesters with ‘Wrong’ Thoughts May 4, 2021 (EIRNS)–An Arkansas man photographed at a desk in Nancy Pelosi’s office was taken into custody on Jan. 8, charged with trespassing, disorderly conduct, and possession of a “deadly or dangerous weapon” (the retired firefighter’s walking stick — fitted with a stun gun but without batteries […]
Edward Snowden provided us with an excellent example of how to debunk the self-righteous rants from the likes of Biden’s Secretary of State Blinken. After Blinken used the occasion of World Press Freedom Day to praise the U.S. for its advocacy of “press freedom”, Snowden asked, “What about Julian Assange?” This is one of many […]
Both Biden’s Secretary of State Blinken and National Security Adviser Sullivan were trotted out for Sunday news shows to defend the “rules-based order” against threats from Russia and China. The order they back is a global central banker’s dictatorship, to be enforced by U.S. and NATO military might. The oligarchs they work for are the […]
Apr. 30 (EIRNS)–Friday was yet another new record with over 386,000 official new cases. New Delhi hospitals are beyond capacity and patients are sharing beds and using the floors of corridors. In the next two weeks, 1,200 more intensive care beds are to be added, but New Delhi has about 24,000 new cases/day with approximately […]