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LaRouche Blast Exposes
Synarchist Pro-Terrorist Operation
by Dennis Small

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In the Vol. I, No. 1 issue of MSIa Pagina Iberoamericana (MSIa Ibero-American Page), dated November 2003 and now being circulated in Mexico, a small group of former associates of U.S. Presidential candidate Lyndon LaRouche have repeated their earlier lies regarding the nature of their August 2003 break with LaRouche. Their new publication insists that their split with LaRouche "was not the result of disagreements regarding international Synarchism," and that they "still today support the ideas of Lyndon H. LaRouche on matters" of the International Monetary Fund, free trade, and so on.

They are lying on both points.

As the Editors of EIR stated at the time, in an Aug. 5 note, Marivilia Carrasco and Angel Palacios in Mexico, Lorenzo Carrasco and Silvia Palacios in Brazil, and Gerardo Teran and Diana Olaya de Teran in Argentina broke with LaRouche "politically and philosophically over the substantive issue of LaRouche's continuing public exposure, since 1984, of Synarchism, the formal name for universal fascism."

Their continuing cover-up of the true nature of those disagreements—and the fact that they have associated themselves with the views expressed by a Synarchist cabal gathered around the person of the Spanish fascist Blas Piñar and an Argentine Carlist magazine called Maritornes—points to an issue which may be a significant international security problem within the Americas.

Normally, when groups or factions leave an organization, they state the reasons for their departure—and often loudly so. But in the case at hand, the anti-LaRouche Carrasco grouplet is denying and lying about the actual reason for the split—which they themselves had previously stated was their support for Synarchism. The obvious immediate questions are: Why are they running under cover? Why don't they admit the real reasons for the split? Who or what is trying to conceal a behind-the-scenes role in this operation? And, given the documented terrorist connections of the Synarchist networks in question, and the fact that terrorism is being cranked up internationally, what is the game being played here?

EIR is now investigating the answers to these and related questions, for which the following update is urgently relevant.

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THE CRISIS IN THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE
Lyndon LaRouche gave this presentation to an international webcast on Jan. 10. The entire three-hour event, including an lengthy question-and-answer session is archived on LaRouche's website, www.larouchein2004.com

LAROUCHE ADDRESSES 'LESSER-KNOWN CANDIDATES' FORUM — IN CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE
Democratic Presidential candidate Lyndon LaRouche gave this speech on Jan. 6, 2004, at the New Hampshire Historical Society's Tuck Memorial Library.

A TALE OF TWO PRESIDENTS
Here are Lyndon LaRouche's opening remarks at the New Hampshire College Convention 2004, at New England College in Manchester, on Jan. 8. The candidates' event, held every Presidential election year, just ahead of the New Hampshire primary...

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this week in history

January 12 - 18, 1706

Although we celebrate Benjamin Franklin's 298th birthday on Jan. 17, he may not be quite so old as we think. He has had a lot of time to go in the opposite direction, as he demonstrates in his letter to Dr. Thomas Bond in 1780: "For my own part, I do not find that I grow any older. Being arrived at seventy, and considering that by traveling further in the same road I should probably be led to the grave, I stopped short, turned about, and walked back again; which having done these four years, you may now call me sixty-six. Advise those old friends of ours to follow my example; keep up your spirits, and that will keep up your bodies; you will no more stoop under the weight of age, than if you had swallowed a hand-spike."

Franklin and the recipient of the above letter had been friends from at least 1751, when they collaborated on an important infrastructure project—building a Pennsylvania hospital where the poor would receive excellent medical care. Dr. Bond had conceived of the idea for a hospital serving both Philadelphia and the growing agricultural counties to the west. But when he attempted to raise funds, everyone asked him if he had asked for Ben Franklin's advice. When he answered "no," they said they would think about it. So, Dr. Bond went to Franklin and enlisted his help.

In his Autobiography, Franklin says that he "engag'd heartily in the Design of Procuring Subscriptions from others. Previous however to the Solicitation, I endeavoured to prepare the Minds of the People by writing on the Subject in the Newspapers, which was my usual custom in such Cases, but which he [Bond] had omitted." Donations at first were generous, but when they began to flag, Franklin realized the hospital would also need help from the Pennsylvania Assembly. When he introduced a bill, members from outside Philadelphia objected on the grounds that it would only serve the city, and said that they doubted that the citizens themselves actually approved of the project. Franklin responded that, on the contrary, the citizens approved so heartily that they would gladly contribute 2,000 pounds.

The legislators considered this statement a most extravagant claim, and utterly impossible, and this is where Franklin had them in his snare. He brought in a new bill which stipulated that if a capital stock of 2,000 pounds were raised, then the Assembly would match it with 2,000 pounds paid over two years. Said Franklin, "This Condition carried the Bill through; for the Members who had oppos'd the Grant, and now conceiv'd they might have the Credit of being charitable without the Expence, agreed to its Passage; and then in soliciting Subscriptions among the People we urg'd the conditional Promise of the Law as an additional Motive to give, since every Man's Donation would be doubled. Thus the Clause work'd both ways."

The required sum was raised very quickly, the money from the Assembly followed, and "a convenient and handsome Building was soon erected, the Institution has by constant Experience been found useful, and flourishes to this Day." But in this day of shrinking medical facilities, mismanaged care, and the security threat to even our nation's capital from the closing of its high-level trauma center, D.C. General Hospital, it is useful to look at Franklin's 1751 articles in "The Pennsylvania Gazette" which laid out the reasons for founding a hospital, especially one which would serve the poor.

"But the Good particular Men may do separately, in relieving the Sick, is small, compared with what they may do collectively or by a joint Endeavour and Interest. Hence the Erecting of Hospitals or Infirmaries by Subscription, for the Reception, Entertainment, and Cure of the Sick Poor, has been found by Experience exceedingly beneficial, as they turn out annually great Numbers of Patients perfectly cured, who might otherwise been lost to their Families, and to Society. Hence Infirmaries spread more and more in Europe, new Ones being continually erected in large Cities and populous Towns where generally the most skilful Physicians and Surgeons inhabit. And the Subscribers have had the Satisfaction in a few Years of seeing the Good they proposed to do, become much more extensive than was at first expected; for the Multitude and Variety of Cases continually treated in those Infirmaries, not only render the Physicians and Surgeons who attend them, still more expert and skilful, for the Benefit of others, but afford such speedy and effectual Instruction to the young Students of both Professions, who come from different and remote Parts of the Country for Improvement, that they return with a more ample Stock of Knowledge in their Art, and become Blessings to the Neighbourhoods in which they fix their Residence....

"But the Difference with Regard to the unhappy Sufferer is still greater. In an Hospital his Case will be treated according to the best Rules of Art, by Men of Experience and known Abilities in their Profession. His Lodgings will be commodious, clean and neat, in an healthy and open Situation, his Diet will be well chosen, and properly administred: He will have many other necessary Conveniencies for his Relief, such as hot and cold Baths, sweating Rooms, chirurgic Machines, Bandage, &c. which can rarely be procured in the best private Lodgings, much less in those miserable loathsome Holes, which are the common Receptacles of the diseas'd Poor that are brought to this City.-In short a Beggar in a well regulated Hospital, stands an equal Chance with a Prince in his Palace, for a comfortable Subsistence, and an expeditious and effectual Cure of his Diseases."

"It is hoped therefore, that whoever will maturely consider the inestimable Blessings that are connected to a proper Execution of the present Hospital Scheme in this City, can never be so void of Humanity and the essential Duties of Religion, as to turn a deaf Ear to the numberless Cries of the Poor and Needy, and refuse for their Assistance, a little of that Superfluity, which a bountiful Providence has too liberally bestowed on them."

Happy Birthday, Benjamin Franklin!

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Feature:

Pamphlet Exposes Synarchist Subversion of Both Parties
by Jeffrey Steinberg

The first 200,000 copies of the LaRouche in 2004 campaign report, Children of Satan II—The Beast-Men, hit the streets of cities all across America on Jan. 5. The report, among other things, provides American voters with an in-depth bill of indictment against Vice President Dick Cheney and other members of his neo-conservative cabal inside the Bush Administration, who used fraud and disinformation to launch the March 2003 Iraq war, and who intend, if not stopped, to stage similar unjust and needless wars all across Eurasia.

Mannikin: The Making of Tom DeLay
by Tony Papert

The snakelike cast of Tom DeLay's eyes can be disconcerting, can't it?—Somewhat as though you had pulled open a long- hidden door, only to start at finding a pair of lidless eyes staring directly back into your own. Intently,—but with just what intent? 'Close that door,' you say? 'Enough for now.'

Dope Czar Soros Bids To Buy Up Democratic Party
by Michele Steinberg and Scott Thompson

George Soros is using his ill-gotten billions to cast himself as the 'saviour of the Western World,' claiming to be in a fight against the 'preemptive war doctrine' crafted by Beast-man Dick Cheney. The vehicle he has selected for the campaign is the Democratic Party in the United States, buying it up with tens of millions of dope dollars, to turn it into a toothless tool of the 'Billionaires' Club,' which will posture as the 'anti- Empire' party, but will in reality be a 'protection racket' for Cheney.

LaRouche Campaign Tour Points to NH Primary
by Bonnie James

Democratic Presidential pre-candidate Lyndon LaRouche's second swing through his native New Hampshire, in advance of the early primaries this month, began with a smashing success in the state capital, Concord, on Jan. 6.

  • Use the FDR Approach To Rebuild the Nation
    Lyndon LaRouche gave this presentation on Jan. 7 to the New England Action Candidates' Forum in Nashua, New Hampshire, sponsored by the New England Community Action Association. He was introduced by James Griffin, the Connecticut state president of the NAACP.

Economics:

New Year Deepens Dollar Crisis
At the middle of the ninth week of consecutive losses against all other leading currencies, on Jan. 5 the U.S. dollar tumbled to a new historic low against the euro ($1.277), having fallen through the $1.25 level without stopping or looking around. Statements by American currency 'experts' and by Treasury Secretary John Snow, that the dollar fall is being slowed and will not go below $1.35, look panicky.

Pay Attention to That Man Behind the Curtain
by John Hoefle

Any good illusionist knows the trick: You provide a distraction for your audience, keeping their eyes away from that which you do not want them to see. Such is the case with the Parmalat investigation now playing out in the press, just as it was in the Enron, WorldCom, and other cases over the recent period.

The Story Behind Parmalat's Bankruptcy
by Claudio Celani
The bankruptcy of the giant food company Parmalat, warned Italian Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti on Dec. 22, runs the risk of leading to 'general corporate insolvency' in Italy, if there is a run on corporate bonds. Throughout Europe, financial operators are nervous about the enormous sums of fraudulent financial paper that went up in smoke—and about where the trail of criminal investigation will lead.

Archbishop Endorses New BrettonWoods
by Liliana Gorini

Does morality have anything to do with economics and the financial system? Should financial institutions orient toward profit, or the Common Good? Should Italy, as a Catholic country, promote a New Bretton Woods? These questions were answered with a resolute 'Yes,' by Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi, Archbishop of Milan, at a conference on 'Moral Orientation in Credit and Finance,' held at the Cariplo Foundation in Milan on Nov. 24.

Spirit Rover Makes Successful Mars Landing
by Marsha Freeman

Seven months of nervous waiting and 'six minutes of hell' ended well for more than 200 scientists and engineers late evening on Saturday, Jan. 3, when the first of two identical exploration rovers safely landed on Mars. The rovers—the Spirit and Opportunity mobile geologists— will explore different sites on opposite sides of the red planet, as the next step in NASA's research effort to 'follow the water' on Mars.

For Peace in Korea, Put 'Economy First'
by Kathy Wolfe

The Eurasian Land-Bridge, also known as the 'New Silk Road' concept of infrastructure 'great projects,' should be used in a specific way to ensure against military conflict in Korea, and promote the success of the Six-Power Talks, U.S. Presidential candidate and EIR Founding Editor Lyndon LaRouche advised recently. LaRouche is the conceptual 'grandfather' of the New Silk Road.


Science & Technology:

Fighting the Red-Hunters at The Dawn of the Atomic Age
After the unnecessary atomic bombing of Japan by Harry Truman, Trumanism as 'McCarthyism' also hit the atomic scientists and engineers. From a new book by veteran Oak Ridge nuclear engineer Ted Rockwell.


International:

Has the Narco-Terrorism Lobby Been Stymied in Colombia?
by Valerie Rush
Ecuadoran law enforcement officials moved in and arrested Ricardo Palmera on the streets of Quito on Jan. 2, after video surveillance tapes sent to their Colombian counterparts had confirmed that their quarry was indeed the infamous Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) commander 'Simo´n Trinidad,' wanted in Colombia on multiple charges of murder and terrorism.

SAARC Summit:
South Asia Wants To Get Its House in Order
by Ramtanu Maitra

Exhibiting a fresh attitude to cooperate for mutual benefit, the South Asian nations held what observers described as a 'landmark' summit in Islamabad, Pakistan on Jan. 4-5. The summit shows the potential to pave the way for developing a regional common market and to bring peace among the South Asian nations.

In Memoriam: K.R. Ganesh
LaRouches Lose a Friend; I've Lost an Advisor
by Ramtanu Maitra

On Jan. 2, 2004, Shri K.R. Ganesh, former Minister of State for Finance in the late Indira Gandhi's 1972 Cabinet, passed into history. Suffering for years with complications of the lungs, he embraced death quietly in the early hours of the day, at 81.

IDF Shootings Spark Resistance in Israel
by Dean Andromidas

Soldiers of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) fired on Israeli demonstrators on Dec. 27 during a protest at the 'separation fence' on the West Bank, better known as Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's new Berlin Wall.

Why the Washington Post Hates Thailand's Thaksin
by Mike Billington

A Washington Post editorial on Dec. 26, 2003, titled 'Our Man in Bangkok,' denounced Thailand's popularly elected and widely supported Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, as a 'populist' who is moving Thailand away from 'democracy,' implying that he had obtained his office through corruption.

Report From Germany
by Rainer Apel

Elites Begin New Year in Denial .Claims about an inevitable 'upswing' in Germany's economic situation will be dashed by a reality shock.


National:

'Leak-Gate' Escalates: All Roads Lead to Cheney
by Edward Spannaus
By all indications, recent developments in the Justice Department's investigation into the illegal disclosure of the identity of CIA undercover operative Valerie Plame, are very bad news for Dick Cheney.

Campaign 2004: Where They Stand
The third in a series. Ten Democratic candidates compared on "Military Policy: Defense of the Nation in a Time of Global Economic Crisis."


Books:

The Puzzle of Wesley Clark
by Tony Papert
Winning Modern Wars and Waging Modern War, by Gen. Wesley K. Clark.

General Clark's first book, Waging Modern War, was written when he was fresh from military service and still free from the distraction of contemplating an election campaign. It reveals much more of his thinking than his more recent Winning Modern Wars.

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