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Published: Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2003
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Volume 2, Issue Number 48
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On Nov. 28, Mr. LaRouche, the second-ranking candidate, in popular financial support, for the 2004 Democratic Presidential nomination, issued the following statement on withdrawal of U.S. forces from the presently, catastrophically deteriorating situation in Iraq.
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The continued floundering of my putative rivals on the matter of U.S. military disengagement from Iraq, prompts me to issue the following statement. This statement is intended to help them clarify the presently confused states of mind which nearly all of them have expressed publicly on this subject, so far, and is also intended to signal to President George W. Bush, Jr., some of his immediate options for liberating the President from the sucking quagmire into which Vice-President Cheney's brutish, anti-constitutional blundering and fraudulent interventions have plunged the nation and its military forces.
I propose that the U.S. take, immediately, three clear steps toward withdrawing from its presently indefensible, and rapidly worsening position in, not only Iraq itself, but the Middle East as a whole.
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LaRouche in Plymouth, New Hampshire
Here is a the transcript of Lyndon LaRouche's remarks to a forum for Presidential candidates, at Plymouth State College in Plymouth, New Hampshire, on Nov. 13, 2003. LaRouche was introduced by a student moderator, who read from a summary of the biography on the LaRouche in 2004 website.
Lyndon LaRouche at Middlebury College
Democratic Presidential candidate Lyndon LaRouche addressed a college audience in Middlebury, Vermont on Nov. 14. The event was sponsored by the Middlebury College Democrats. Opening the meeting were Laura Kelly and John Brand, co-presidents of the College Democrats.
LaRouche to Ibero-American Cadre School: The Classical Principle Is Intrinsic To Humanity
Lyndon LaRouche gave the following address, by telephone hookup, to LaRouche Youth Movement cadre schools in Mexico, Colombia, Peru, and Argentina, on Nov. 23, 2003.
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December 1, 1955 would well be remembered as the seed-kernel of the mass-based civil rights movement in the United States, under the leadership of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. While it would be another four to five years before a youth movement took off, around the launching of the freedom rides, the sit-ins, and ultimately, the voter registration drives, the refusal of Mrs. Rosa Parks of Montgomery, Ala. to give up her seat on the bus to a white man, on this date, set in motion the famous Montgomery Bus Boycott, which began to put non-violent resistance to segregation on the political map.
Rosa Parks was a 42 year-old African-American seamstress in Montgomery, who was coming home from work on that Thursday evening. She had sat down in the middle of the bus, which was designated as a "mixed" area for blacks and whites. At that point the bus was not full. But, under the segregation laws of Montgomery, if the bus became full, black (then "Negro") riders were obliged to give up their seats to whites, and move to the "back of the bus."
When the bus filled up, and a white man was left standing, the bus driver ordered Mrs. Parks to give up her seat. She refused, and was arrested for violating the segregation law.
In reality, this was not a unique situation. Other women had done the same thing. But Mrs. Parks was a well-known member of the Negro community, having been a former secretary of the NAACP, and a beloved, gentle woman. The news of her arrest outraged her friends, and spread like wildfire throughout the black community.
The immediate idea for a bus boycott seems to have come from a group called the Women's Political Council, but it immediately became the talk of the ministers and political leaders of the community. A meeting of leaders was scheduled for Friday evening, Dec. 2, which included Rev. David Abernathy, and Rev. Martin Luther King. King was a relatively new member of the Montgomery community at that time, and not noted for political action. On the agenda of the meeting, was the launching of a boycott of the city buses, to commence the day that Mrs. Parks had to appear for trial, Monday, Dec. 5.
The Dec. 2 meeting issued the following message, which was reproduced on leaflets, and then, fortuitously publicized on the front page of the major local newspaper (in an ill-fated attempt to discourage participation):
"Don't ride the bus to work, to town, to school, or any place Monday, December 5.
"Another Negro woman has been arrested and put in jail because she refused to give up her bus seat.
"Don't ride the buses to work, to town, to school, or anywhere on Monday. If you work, take a cab, or share a ride, or walk.
"Come to a mass meeting, Monday at 7:00 pm, at the Holt Street Baptist Church for further instruction."
On Monday, after publicity through Sunday sermons, leaflets, word of mouth, and the newspaper, the boycott was over 99% effective. The mass meeting that evening, which drew thousands more citizens than could fit in the church, voted to continue it until the following demands were met:
1. Courteous treatment by bus operators was guaranteed.
2. Passengers were seated on a first-come, first-serve basis.
3. Negro bus operated were employed on predominantly Negro routes.
From that time forward, under a newly established organization headed by a newly elected President, Dr. Martin Luther King, the Montgomery Improvement Association, the boycott continued for a full 381 daysmore than a yearuntil the court appeal of Mrs. Parks' conviction led to a Supreme Court decision that nullified the segregation law. A victory for non-violence resistance was won, which would be repeated again and again in the years ahead.
The Deeper Issues
The Montgomery Bus Boycott reflected the intersection of two factors, that of leadership, and that of the social climate which had brought the African-American community to the point of being willing to brave the wrath of the authorities, and take action.
First and foremost, of course, there was Mrs. Parks, who explained her refusal to move this way: "It was a matter of dignity; I could not have faced myself and my people if I had moved." And alternately, "The only tired I was, was tired of giving in." In other words, Mrs. Parks made an individual decision that she was not going to act like a slave, and submit to injustice. This was a matter of personal courage, of leadership.
The second necessary element of leadership came from the clergy of Montgomery, which decided to act. Among this group of clergy, Reverend King came to the fore, and became the spokesman. But he was not the only one. There had been years before, when "professionals," such as ministers, teachers, lawyers, and others from the African-American community, had refused to buck the blatantly discriminatory laws, in the interest of holding on to their relatively more advantageous positions. This time, however, they decided to act.
The third element appears more elusive: the fact that the African-American population of Montgomery responded. This was not a foregone conclusion, and, actually shocked King and others, who were expecting 60% compliance with the call for the boycott, at best. Why were they ready? Perhaps it had to do with the fact that the Federal courts had begun to rule for desegregation, starting with the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education in 1954. Perhaps it had to do with the courage they saw shown by respected members of their community, who did have something to lose by acting. King himself can't explain itexcept perhaps as God's providence.
From the standpoint of today, and the LaRouche movement's unique understanding of the tradition of the American Revolution within the history of our people, we can even better comprehend this sea-change in American politics, where people rallied behind leaders who called on them to put their lives on the line for those principles on which the nation was founded. At that time, the African-American population of Montgomery had the moral qualities to respond. Under today's conditions, where such action against economic and social injustice globally is long overdue, we can only fight to arouse the same sense of sublime morality in our fellow citizens, for their good, and that of our nation.
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LAROUCHE IN DETROIT
A U.S. President for All Generations And All Nations
Here is Lyndon LaRouche's Presidential campaign speech to 230 supporters at the Pontchartrain Hotel in Detroit, on Nov. 20. The candidate was introduced by Midwest campaign organizer Robert Bowen; by Michigan State Representative LaMar Lemmons, who hosted the meeting; and by State Representative Ed Vaughn.
Strategic Study:
Cheney Faction Goes Berserk Over LaRouche Expose´s
by Jeffrey Steinberg
According to a well-placed Washington source, in October of this year, a series of heated, closed-door debates took place in the office of Vice President Dick Cheney. The subject: whether or not to launch a public smear campaign against Democratic Party Presidential candidate Lyndon LaRouche, over LaRouche's year-long campaign to expose the Vice President as the leader of the neo-conservative war party inside the Bush Administration, responsible for the disastrous Iraq war and schemes for a string of future, similar senseless military engagements, all aimed at promoting a unilateral American imperium.
Economics:
How Much Investment Does Europe Need for a Recovery?
by Lothar Komp
The ambitious Tremonti Plan for a dramatic increase of infrastructure investments in Europe has nowbeen rudely reduced, so that, for the most part, only a small 'growth plan' remains.The details were publicly presented by the European Commission on Nov. 11.
France-Germany:
Poland Says 'Let Me Be The Third of Your Union'
by Frank Hahn
While talk of a German-French union has been buzzing European capitals, too little attention has been paid to an important initiative, involving the cooperation of the two nations with an eastern European partner, Poland. On Nov. 20, a conference was held in Potsdam, near Berlin, in which French-German-Polish campaign for growth and innovation was discussed, which would surpass the Tremonti Plan for European development.
After Dying Maastricht: New Bretton Woods!
by Rainer Apel
On Nov. 25, the 14 finance ministers of the European Union member governments voted 10-4 not to apply Maastricht Stability Pact sanctions against Germany, the 15th member, for continued violation of the Pact's rule: state deficits cannot exceed 3% of GDP. And in a vote France, the constellation was the same. Afterwards, finance ministers gave assurances that the Pact was ' dead.' But the fact that the Pact is no longer alive, cannot be denied.
Dominican Republic: In The Eye of IMF Hurricane
by Jorge Luis Meléndez Cárdenas
Those poor Heads of State attending the XIII Ibero-American Summit Nov. 14-15 in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, just couldn't escape reality. Not only had their host government hastily taken office less than a month before, after mass protests against International Monetary Fund (IMF) policies drove its predecessor out of office; but the first speaker to address them was Hipólito Mejía, the President of the Dominican Republic,who just three days before had ordered the military out against a national strike against those same policies. This crude repression had left nine dead, but done nothing to stop the strike; its organizers announced more actions to come.
Science and Technology:
'A Brightly Shining Star':
Susan McKenna-Lawlor
There is a small number of women space scientists, fewer yet who run their own space technology company. Marsha Freeman interviewed this extraordinary Irish scientist at a European conference.
International:
Restore Iraq's Constitution
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
On Nov. 28, Mr. LaRouche, the second-ranking candidate, in popular financial support, for the 2004 Democratic Presidential nomination, issued the following statement on withdrawal of U.S. forces from the presently, catastrophically deteriorating situation in Iraq.
Philippines Faces 'Total Collapse'
by Michael Billington
'I'm afraid the country is heading for total collapse,' said former Philippines Sen. Francisco 'Kit' Tatad on Nov. 25; and he is not alone in fearing such a catastrophe. Although Presidential elections are scheduled for May, there is mounting concern that military action may interveneor, if the election proceeds, that the results will not be credible.
Georgia: Soros, Stalin, And a Barrel of Wine
by Roman Bessonov
On Nov. 21, two correspondents of the Russian newspaper Kommersant Daily travelled from Gori, Georgia, the birthplace of Iosif Stalin, to the Georgian capital of Tbilisiaccompanying a column of opposition activists headed by Michael Saakashvili, an ambitious young man with an American education and economic views considered by Georgian businessmen to be 'complete nonsense.'
- Amb. Richard Miles: Man for Regime Change
by Rachel Douglas
The conviction that Washington engineered the overthrow of Georgia's elected President is widely held in the country, Tbilisi sources report, in part because the figure of U.S. Ambassador Richard Miles has been so visible. Flitting between opposition headquarters and government offices, making pronouncements on the quality of the electoral process, Miles and his intimate involvement in the events could not be missed.
Why Is Turkey Being Destabilized?
by Muriel Mirak-Weissbach
The two massive bomb attacks on Nov. 15 and 20, against synagogues and British institutions (the British Consulate and the HSBC bank) in Istanbul, have initiated a process intended to destabilize the strategically located nation of Turkey. No sooner had the smokecleared after the attacks, than the official line went out internationally, that 'al-Qaeda did it.'
Pakistan Extends Olive Branch to India
by Ramtanu Maitra
Pakistani Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali, in his address to the nation on Nov. 23, on completion of the first year of his government, announced a unilateral cease-fire along the Line of Control (LoC) that divides the disputed state of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) between India and Pakistan, beginning with the holy Muslim day of Eid (Nov. 26). India has accepted the proposal, while urging Pakistan to stop crossborder infiltration.
For a New Schiller Era, Not 'A Bit of Schiller'
by Gabriele Liebig
Germany's President Johannes Rau, in an unusual Nov. 12 speech commemorating Friedrich Schiller's birthday, wished for 'a little bit of Schiller' to enrich modern German culture. Helga Zepp-LaRouche and the Schiller Institute, who celebrated the event with beautiful celebrations of the poetry and drama of the 'Poet of Freedom' throughout Europe, were not at all satisfied with Rau's timid formula. Nonetheless, it was noteworthy that the state President became so engaged in the subject of a Schillerzeit (an era of Schiller) through a major speech. A few days later, the president of the Berlin Academy of the Arts, Adolf Muschg, announced in an interview with the Berliner Zeitung, a 'Schiller Year' for 2005, for which Schiller's On the Aesthetical Education of Man is to provide the basis.
National:
LaRouche's Youth Movement Key To Capital Primary Victory
by Marla Minnicino
With six weeks to go before the Jan. 13 Democratic Presidential primary in Washington, D.C., the LaRouche Youth Movement is taking the city by storm. Every day between now and the primary, 50-100 LaRouche youth will hit the streets of the nation's capital, increasing the presence, strength, and visibility of LaRouche's Presidential campaign in the District, both in communities where the lower 80%of income brackets live, and in the 'corridors of power.'
- LaRouche's D.C. Declaration
This is Lyndon LaRouche's Nov. 22 declaration of candidacy for the Washington, D.C. Presidential primary, defining the leading principles of his campaign for the capital district's voters' guide.
The Kennedy Assassination, Kennedy's Presidency, and Our Mission
This round-table discussion of the crucial points of history of John F. Kennedy's Presidency, took place on 'The LaRouche Show' Internet radio broadcast on Nov. 22, the 40th anniversary of the fateful shock to the nation and the world, which was the killing of America's 35th President. Participants were Jeffrey and Michele Steinberg, EIR Counterintelligence Editors; EIR White House correspondent William Jones; Technology editor Marsha Freeman; and members of the LaRouche Youth Movement over the Internet. The questions and discussion are excerpted.
- The American University Speech
In the June 10, 1965 mold-breaking speech in which he halted U.S. nuclear testing and offered the Soviet Union a peace based on common principles of mankindonly months after the Cuban Missiles CrisisPresident Kennedy included these statements.
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