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April 18, 2003
The stark contrast between statements delivered during the week of April 14-21, by former President Bill Clinton and Democratic Leadership Council (DLC) chairman Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.), underscores that the Democratic Party is split wide open on the
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most pressing issues of the day: the issues of war and peace; and whether the United States will remain a Constitutional republic or seek to become a sick-joke version of the Roman and Napoleonic empires.
The Clinton-Bayh conflict surfaced at the very moment that Democratic Presidential pre-candidate Lyndon LaRouche issued a call for a political "counter-coup" against the neo-conservative power-grab in the Bush Administration, which led to the illegal "preventive" war on Iraq, and to an ongoing drive for an extension of that war to Syria, Iran, and even Saudi Arabia.
Because former President Clinton's remarks were largely blacked out of the corrupt U.S. media, while Bayh's threats received wide publicity, it is critical that the basic facts be presented through the independent press of Lyndon LaRouche, so that leading political circles around the globe have an accurate assessment of the level of political warfare occurring in the United States, as the result of the disastrous policy course adopted by the Bush Administration. A parallel policy battle has erupted inside the Republican Party, involving the circles of former President George H.W. Bush.
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THIS WEEK IN HISTORY
April 21-27, 1945
Within weeks of the death of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on April 12, 1945, the long-awaited meeting for the establishment of the United Nations Organization convened in San Francisco, California. We turn our attention to this event, which occurred on April 25, in order to elaborate the principles which the anti-colonialist FDR intended to have enshrined in that institution, in contrast to what it eventually became. In light of the current drive toward world empire by the United States and Great Britain, in particular, the implementation of Roosevelt's idea is long overdue.
Most important, FDR viewed the creation of a permanent organization of sovereign nation-states, acting cooperatively for stated goals and discussing, as sovereign states, their joint policy, as an extension of that same type of cooperation that was the hallmark of the "United Nations," as the Allies in the war effort were known; to achieve that, there must be debate and agreement by these sovereign states on principles that would govern their relations, and on goals, as defined from these principles as the common objectives of humanity. In particular, he demanded that the new Bretton Woods Monetary Agreement (1944) be incorporated into the United Nations structure in order to link such institutions to the decolonization and economic development that he saw as the cornerstone of a real peace among nations, and to prevent the great power that these international monetary and banking institutions would necessarily have, from being usurped by a cabal of bankers, colonialists, and worse. On most of these issues, his policy was bitterly opposed by the British, and their allies within the U.S. establishment and FDR's own government.
That these things did not all happen was not FDR's fault or the result of a flaw in his vision. Those who have attempted to coopt the UN into becoming something else, as well as those who have slandered Roosevelt as a supporter of utopian world government, do harm to his true intent and to the truth itself.
The principles which President Roosevelt put forward as the basis for the postwar order were first laid out in the Atlantic Charter, which was issued as a joint statement by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and FDR, on Aug. 21, 1941. It was comprised of the following eight principles, "on which they base their hopes for a better future for the world."
"First their countries seek no aggrandizement, territorial or other;
"Second, they desire to see no territorial changes that do not accord with the freely expressed wishes of the peoples concerned;
"Third, they respect the right of all peoples to choose the form of government under which they will live....
"Fourth, they will endeavor, with the respect of their existing obligations, to further the enjoyment by all states, great and small, victor or vanquished, or access, on equal terms, to the trade and to the raw materials of the world which are needed for their economic prosperity;
"Fifth, they desire to bring about the fullest collaboration between all nations in the economic field with the object of securing, for all, improved labor standards, economic advancement, and social security;
"Sixth, after the final destruction of the Nazi tyranny, they hope to see established a peace which will afford to all nations the means of dwelling in safety within their own boundaries, and which will afford assurance that all the men in all the lands may live out their lives in freedom from fear and want;
"Seventh, such a peace should enable all men to traverse the high seas and oceans without hindrance;
"Eighth, they believe that all of the nations of the world, for realistic as well as spiritual reasons must come to the abandonment of the use of force...." - The Shaping of the United Nations -
From this time forward, intensive discussions began over the question of what the shape of the postwar world would be. At the center of the battle was whether the British (and the French and other European colonial powers) would maintain power over their colonial possessions, and whether the two Asian allies of the Allied Powers, the Soviet Union and China, would be given equal status in whatever institution was set up to achieve this objective.
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LaRouche in Italy Outlines Exit Strategy From War
by Claudio Celani
- Time for Mankind To Come Out of Childhood
LaRouche's speech in Rome on April 10
'Four Democratic Candidates Stand Out'
An interview with LaRouche on Italian TV
The LaRouche Youth MovementThe 'University on Wheels' in Ibero-America
Lyndon LaRouche gave this address on April 12 to scores of LaRouche Youth Movement organizers gathered simultaneously in Mexico City, and in Lima, Peru. His opening remarks were followed by a question-and-answer dialogue, part of which follows
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Feature:
Greece: Child of Egypt
by Susan Kokinda
In 490 B.C., 11,000 Greeks battled 30,000 Persians on a plain north of Athens, called Marathon. In the previous century, the Persians had cut a swath of pillage and conquest westward from their homeland in what is today Iran; they defeated everything in their path: Babylon, Assyria, the entire Turkish peninsula, northern Greece, and the great milliennia-old civilization of Egypt. Nothing, it seemed, could stop them.
Economics:
Russia's Glazyev: To Stop War, Create New Monetary System
by Rachel Douglas
As the war in Iraq unfolded with shocking destruction of that country, Russian political figure and economist Sergei Glazyev took to the air waves with a bold appeal to nations opposing the invasion: Act now, to create a new monetary system.
Mexican Initiative for 'Creating' New Water Resources for Mideast Peace
by Marcia Merry Baker
An important contribution to the urgent question of how to provide water and energy resources as the basis for peace in the Mideast, has been provided by Manuel Frías Alcaraz, a prominent Mexican engineer with wide experience in hydraulic and energy projects in his country.
- 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
by Mary Burdman
Chinese leaders have vowed to quadrupal the size of the national economy by 2020--an enormous challenge, which will require cooperation with other Eurasian nations, to the benefit of all concerned.
International:
Iraqi People Speak Out for National Sovereignty
by Hussein Askary
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
by Rainer Apel
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
by Muriel Mirak-Weissbach
When Mongol invaders razed magnificent buildings and plundered precious objects in Baghdad seven centuries ago, they did so out of ignorance and hatred. But under the barbarian policy of the Rumsfeld Pentagon, the American armed forces deliberately and methodically allowed looting of the most important cultural institutions of Iraq, robbing it of priceless examplars of thousands of years of history.
Brits, Neo-Cons Launch New Imperial Offensive
by Mark Burdman
Now that the American and British governments have declared 'victory' in the war against Iraq, the publishing empires of Lord Conrad Black and Rupert Murdoch, the two leading promoters of fascistoid neo-conservative causes around the world, have gone into overdrive to herald the coming-into-being of a new, aggressive, and supposedly matchless 'Pax Americana.'
Six Powers, or Five? Russia Offers Guarantee to North Korea
by Kathy Wolfe
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov proposed on April 10 that Russia, China, South Korea, the United States, and Japan sign a multilateral non-aggression pact with North Korea, a 'Six-Power' guarantee to end the Korean crisis.
Bush Must Now Push For Middle East Peace
by Dean Andromidas
President Bush's only exit strategy from the current quagmire of spreading war and chaos, is for him to move immediately and aggressively to implementwithout compromisethe Israel/Palestine two-state solution, with the needed economic investment to assure that it works, said Democratic Presidential pre-candidate Lyndon LaRouche on April 12.
Afghan Crisis Coming: What Will U.S. Do?
by Ramtanu Maitra
Notwithstanding repeated Pentagon assertions, U.S. troops and the International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) are all at sea in Afghanistan. If late reports are to be believed, Washington, facing a Taliban takeover in the South, is trying to turn the tide by concentrating on what it describes as 'reconstruction Afghanistan.' But as usual, stated American intent and actual actions differ.
National:
Syria War:
Straussians' 'Clean Break' Again
by Michele Steinberg
'If George Bush attacks Syria, all Hell will break loose in the Arab world against us,' stated a retired U.S. general, who served under World War II Gen.'Vinegar Joe' Stilwell. He believes the policies of neo-con Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz are insane.
Iraq War Fuels Military Transformation Debate
by Carl Osgood
The sudden fall of Baghdad after a messy three-week campaign will, no doubt, add further fuel to the debate that has long been raging in military circles regarding military transformation. Were the transformational concepts, long advocated by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, instrumental to the military outcome, or were the troops on the ground forced to resort to much maligned but more traditional 'kinetic methods' to defeat Iraqi forces?
Rumsfeld Pentagon Purge Echoes Hitler's in 1938
by Steve Douglas
In his March 31 New Yorker article on the battle between Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and military officers, Seymour Hersh speaks of 'Rumsfeld's personal contempt for many of the senior generals and admirals' and that he is 'especially critical of the Army.' Hersh reports that Rumsfeld has purged the Joint Staff, the operating arm of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, by replacing all those senior planners who challenged his view.
Andrew Marshall: Key Architect of Utopian Military Policy
by Carl Osgood
In early 2001, newly confirmed Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld selected Andrew Marshall, the director of the Pentagon's Office of Net Assessment (ONA), to conduct a review of military strategy and force structure. The review was to lay the foundation for the transformation of the military that then candidate George Bush had promoted in a speechsaid to have been written by prote´ge´s of Marshallat the Citadel in September 1999.
Books:
Robert Maxwell: A Spy BetrayedBut Whose Spy?
by George Canning
Robert Maxwell, Israel's Superspy: The Life and Murder of a Media Mogul, by Gordon Thomas and Martin Dillon.
This book on the late London-based publisher and tycoon Robert Maxwell is less a biography than an exposition of particular aspects of Maxwell's life and death. It particularly focusses upon Maxwell's role as an international operative of the Israeli state and the Mossad intelligence service...
African-American Woman Was a Pioneer in American Classical Music Tradition
by Susan W. Bowen
A Biography of E. Azalia Hackley, 1867-1922, African-American Singer and Social Activist, by Lisa Pertillar Brevard
Lisa Brevard's biography of Emma Azalia Hackley (1867-1922) tells the story of a remarkable but little-known African-American woman, who, during a cultural 'little dark age' in America, fought to bring Renaissance culture and education to former slaves and their children.
- Schiller Institute Upholds The Legacy of Mme. Hackley
In the early 1990s, civil rights heroine Amelia Boynton Robinson and two other African-American legends, vocal coach Sylvia Olden Lee and operatic baritone Robert McFerrin, collaborated with Lyndon LaRouche on a project of making Washington, D.C., a desirable, safe, and beautiful place to live.
The 'New Economy,' Frankenstein's Monster
by Stuart Rosenblatt
When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long Term Capital Management, by Roger Lowenstein.
A battle broke out among financial policy-making circles in the United States and Europe in February and March 2003, centering on what to do about the out-of-control, completely unregulated financial bubble in the market for so-called fi- nancial derivatives contracts.
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