Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi's support for the Anglo-American invasion of Iraq has caused a domestic crisis, in a country whose people overwhelmingly opposed that war. In an April 8-11 visit there, Lyndon LaRouche provided leadership to both opponents and supporters of the government, illustrating the nature of the "chicken-hawk" faction controlling U.S. policy, and indicating how the political class must provide a peace-building policy based on economic developmenta role for which Italy is uniquely well situated.
LaRouche's speech in Rome on April 10.
An interview with LaRouche on Italian TV.
Economics
Economist and political leader Sergei Glazyev's initiative is potentially of decisive importance for the Russian domestic political scene, as well as for shaping Russia's international policy in the wake of the Iraq war.
Mexican Initiative for `Creating' New Water Resources for Mideast Peace
Water and Energy:
Solution to Conflict in the Middle East
By Manuel Frías Alcaraz, a Mexican engineer and the author and director of the "Mexico in the Third Millennium National Project."
A Mexican Contribution to
Middle East Peace
An open letter to the President of Mexico from the Mexican branch of Lyndon LaRouche's Ibero-American Solidarity Movement (MSIA).
China's `New Deal' Is the
Engine of Asia's Growth
Chinese leaders have vowed to quadrupal the size of the national economy by 2020an enormous challenge, which will require cooperation with other Eurasian nations, to the benefit of all concerned.
International
Iraqi People Speak Out for
National Sovereignty
Almost all Iraqis feel some sort of relief that Saddam Hussein's dictatorship has ended. Nonetheless, they strongly oppose the presence of any foreign forces on their soil. Thus any plans to impose U.S.-backed "Cocktail Party" opposition groups to rule the country, will meet stiff resistance from diverse social and religious forces.
`Anti-War Three' Hold
St. Petersburg Meetings
The April 11-12 meetings of French President Jacques Chirac, German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, and Russian President Vladimir Putin signalled progress toward a Eurasian alliance.
Iraq's Antiquities:
A U.S. Faction Wanted Looting of Museums
Brits, Neo-Cons Launch
New Imperial Offensive
Six Powers, or Five?
Russia Offers Guarantee to North Korea
Bush Must Now Push for
Middle East Peace
Afghan Crisis Coming:
What Will U.S. Do?
National
Clinton-Bayh Split Highlights
Policy Battle in Both Parties
The Democratic Party is split wide open on the issues of war and peace; and whether the United States will remain a Constitutional republic or an empire. At the same time, leading Republicans, closely allied with the elder President Bush, have spoken out against the policies of the current "chicken-hawk"-dominated Bush Administration, which threaten World War III.
Clinton Breaks With War Policy
Syria War:
Neo-Cons' `Clean Break' Again
Iraq War Fuels
Military Transformation Debate
Rumsfeld Pentagon Purge
Echoes Hitler's in 1938
Andrew Marshall:
Key Architect of Utopian Military Policy
Congressional Closeup
Books
Robert Maxwell:
A Spy BetrayedBut Whose Spy?
Robert Maxwell, Israel's Superspy: The Life and Murder of a Media Mogul, by Gordon Thomas and Martin Dillon.
African-American Woman Was a
Pioneer in American Classical Music Tradition
A Biography of E. Azalia Hackley, 1867-1922, African-American Singer and Social Activist, by Lisa Pertillar Brevard.
Schiller Institute Upholds the
Legacy of Mme. Hackley
The `New Economy,' Frankenstein's Monster
When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long Term Capital Management, by Roger Lowenstein.
Departments
Editorial
Money Talks, News Media Lie.