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The year 2026 has opened with a literal bang. The U.S. military, under President Trump’s orders, attacked the sovereign nation of Venezuela and captured its democratically elected President, Nicholas Maduro, along with his wife, flying them out of the country. Statements from Russia, Brazil, and Mexico have already been issued, condemning the attack and insisting that further escalation be prevented. They recommended focusing on a way out of the situation through dialogue. Brazilian President Lula said the attack “crosses the line of what is unacceptable. These acts represent a very serious affront to Venezuela's sovereignty and set another extremely dangerous precedent for the international community.” ”Attacking countries in flagrant violation of international law,” he continued “is the first step toward a world of violence, chaos, and instability, where the law of the strongest prevails over multilateralism.” This illegal attack follows the just-thwarted attempt by Ukraine, or NATO forces acting in the form of Ukraine, to assassinate Russian President Vladimir Putin at his residence on the evening of Dec. 29th. The situation has been further compounded by the New Year’s Eve drone attack on a Russian cafe in Kherson, in which at least 28 civilians were killed, and many more wounded. British intelligence agencies, who want nothing more than to derail the nascent attempt at diplomacy underway by the Trump Administration with Russia, are pumping the narrative that President Putin lied about the attack to justify Russia’s war on Ukraine—a ridiculous falsehood on the face of it. Add to this the mad attempt to install advanced tactical nuclear weapon systems in Germany and Europe, in preparation for "defense" in a future war with Russia, and you have the short term makings for a thermonuclear World War III. As the world descends into the law of the jungle, the ever-clearer reality of the disintegration of the trans-Atlantic financial system, now being pumped with worthless cryptocurrencies and speculative investments in artificial intelligence (AI), is causing these warmongers to become desperate and resort to insane tactics – like kidnapping presidents to dismantle nations – in order to keep the system afloat. The outlook of Helga Zepp-LaRouche, demands that 2026 must become the year where nations seize upon her idea of a new security and development architecture for the world, overcoming 500 years of colonialism, and reorganizing the bankrupt financial system through a Global Glass-Steagall bill. The American presidency must adopt the ideas of not Teddy Roosevelt, but Franklin Roosevelt, including Glass-Steagall, the Four Freedoms, and the Good Neighbor Policy FDR’s solutions, and the Ten Principles represent the ideas which American citizens can take to the streets and organize with now.

EIR News Interview: Dr. Gershon Baskin on the Gaza Ceasefire and the Path to Lasting Peace In this in-depth 28-minute conversation, renowned Israeli peace advocate and negotiator Dr. Gershon Baskin – the architect of the 2011 Gilad Shalit exchange and a key behind-the-scenes figure linking Trump negotiator Steve Witkoff with Hamas representatives – discusses how the current Gaza ceasefire was achieved and what must happen next for it to endure. Key points include: • President Trump’s critical intervention, made possible by regional cooperation and U.S. leadership in humanitarian coordination and multinational peacekeeping • The absolute necessity of large-scale economic development and reconstruction in Gaza – in line with the principles of the Oasis Plan – to create hope and overcome decades of mutual distrust • Why joint infrastructure projects involving Israel, the Palestinian Authority, Arab states, the United States, and China offer the most realistic path forward • The role Qatar can play in bridging U.S. and Chinese cooperation, and why excluding BRICS nations would undermine the Abraham Accords and regional prosperity • Marwan Barghouti’s possible release: Baskin’s long-standing support for it, concerns about his condition after years of harsh treatment, and the importance of free Palestinian elections • One-state vs. two-state realities: why only mutual recognition of each people’s right to national self-determination can work • Baskin’s positive response to the Westphalian principle of “the advantage of the other” and Nicholas of Cusa’s approach to resolving contradictions on a higher plane Here, one of Israel’s most experienced negotiators expresses strong alignment with the development-oriented, great-power-cooperation framework that EIR and the LaRouche movement have advocated for decades. 🔔 Subscribe to EIR News for strategic intelligence and solutions-oriented analysis #GazaCeasefire #OasisPlan #MiddleEastPeace #GershonBaskin #TrumpDiplomacy #ChinaMiddleEast #BRICS #TwoStateSolution #EconomicDevelopment -------- This video is copyrighted by EIR News Service Inc. To encourage the widest distribution possible, we encourage you to spread it, repost it, and use it. We will only enforce our copyright if the video is altered in any way other than strict translation into another language or it is placed in a context, which in our sole judgement is racist or defamatory regarding any ethnic or religious group or person. ______

Join us for an exclusive, in-depth interview with Pino Arlacchi, former UN Under-Secretary-General and global expert on organized crime and drug policy. In this powerful conversation, Arlacchi pulls no punches: Venezuela & Trump’s Policy: “I’m shocked by this behavior” – a blatant violation of sovereignty and international law. It’s not about drugs; it’s about oil, regime change, and geopolitics. Drug Routes & Europe: Analyzing a live map, Arlacchi confirms the reliability of current trafficking patterns and discusses Europe’s role in the global drug trade. Money Laundering & the “Holder Doctrine”: Calls claims of systemic collapse a “blatant exaggeration.” Yes, drug money flows through banks — but it won’t bring down the financial system. The real culprit behind America’s opioid crisis, including fentanyl? Big Pharma and U.S. policy failures. Legalization? No Thanks: “I’m not a prohibitionist,” but legalization won’t solve the problem — it may even make it worse. Afghanistan & Real Solutions: Arlacchi shares his firsthand experience leading UN efforts in Afghanistan, emphasizing economic development and major infrastructure projects as the true path to eliminating drug production. The Bigger Picture: “We have the tools; we can eliminate the drug trade.” But the real global threat? Unregulated financial capital — and why China’s model offers a stark contrast. Arlacchi ends with a bold invitation: a follow-up interview on global finance and power. We’ve accepted. -------- This video is copyrighted by EIR News Service Inc. To encourage the widest distribution possible, we encourage you to spread it, repost it, and use it. We will only enforce our copyright if the video is altered in any way other than strict translation into another language or it is placed in a context, which in our sole judgement is racist or defamatory regarding any ethnic or religious group or person.

The Caribbean/Venezuela situation is extremely worrying. The worst since the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. There is no reason for the military buildup other than the overthrow of Maduro. When overwhelming military assets are gathered, it becomes more than likely it will be used. A group of former leaders of Caricom, incuding Ramotar, issued a statement a week ago demanding the Caribbean remain a zone of peace. We are descending internationally into the law of the jungle. The U.S. fears the BRI, which the nations of the South find attractive because China actually build things. The U.S. views this as a threat, but they should not fear it. China targets no one. The U.S. can and should cooperate with the BRI. The U.S. has great potential historically for doing good. Xi Jinping’s policy coincides with the LaRouche proposals, they have the same intention of North-South cooperation. The interview ends with a warning about the danger of nuclear war, and an endorsement of EIR as a source of vital intelligence. -------- This video is copyrighted by EIR News Service Inc. To encourage the widest distribution possible, we encourage you to spread it, repost it, and use it. We will only enforce our copyright if the video is altered in any way other than strict translation into another language or it is placed in a context, which in our sole judgement is racist or defamatory regarding any ethnic or religious group or person.

Your daily update for Thursday, November 20 from Diane Sare.

Leading into tomorrow’s 11am EIR Roundtable discussion on the increasingly dangerous situation in the Caribbean–led by Helga Zepp-LaRouche, and including participants from Venezuela, Brazil, Guyana, Mexico, and the United States–tonight’s report begins with two organizing items that address this hot issue. First we watch Diane Sare’s Latest Tiktok Video, where she speaks on the situation in Venezuela and how to actually stop the drug trade. Then we hear from Fabiola Ramirez (LaRouche Movement, Mexico) on the organizing done in Mexico this week to show that physical economic development with the BRICS+ and the Belt and Road Initiative provides an actual pathway for the Carribean region to develop and get out of any ‘drug wars.’ We then return to Paris, the location of our recent International Conference, for an on-the-ground organizing report given by younger members attending the conference from Brazil and Mexico.

The fight over the Epstein "Files", the ADL and its "Israel First" policy, and the push for war against Venezuela exposes the vulnerability of the War Hawk-neocon establishment, and have opened a potential to defeat them. This is an opportunity to free the population from the hybrid warfare of the pro-censorship crowd, with their fanatical efforts to control the narrative. Get moving with us -- Now is the time for organizing, NOT the time to "wait and see" what happens! Upcoming "must see" events: Wed., Nov. 19 at 11 AM eastern: https://schillerinstitute.com/blog/20... Thursday, Nov. 20 at 11 AM Eastern time: https://schillerinstitute.com/blog/20...

President Trump said he's open to a diplomatic resolution with Venezuela instead of another disastrous regime change coup. He also announced a flip-flop on his decision to NOT release the Epstein files, bowing to the pressure for disclosure. But we are not yet guaranteed full disclosure. To get to the Deep State role, whether in pushing war against Venezuela or a cover-up of who was deploying and protecting Epstein, you must get the full picture. That's why you should subscribe to the EIR (see link for subscription below). Link to EIR Round Table on Venezuela, Thurs., Nov. 20 https://eir.news/2025/11/news/eir-eme... https://eir.news/#/portal/signup

This week, Diane will be joined by long time LaRouche co-thinker and President of France's "Solidarity & Progress" Jacques Cheminade.

Will the growls and howls of the pro-war wolves drown out the reasonable voices calling for peace and development? Have we not seen enough war and destabilization to know it solves nothing, but makes matters worse? The City of London needs Permanent war, but the Global Majority is crying out for peace. That voice needs to be louder in the U.S., to overcome the censorship and brainwashing committed to war. The International Peace Coalition i(IPC) is playing a unique role in rallying forces to construct a new architecture for peaceful economic cooperation. Here is a link to a crucial dialogue on the method of self-development of the quality of mind needed to win this fight:

MASTER MANIPULATORS! WITH ALEX KRAINER AND HARLEY SCHLANGER by The LaRouche Organization

Your Friday questions will be answered by Harley: on the Ukraine war, signs of weakness in the U.S. economy, an update on moves by the Global Majority for economic cooperation, and the latest on the Epstein saga. Link to Nov. 12 Webcast Dialogue with Helga Zepp-LaRouche: https://schillerinstitute.com/blog/20... Sign up for EIR news: https://eir.news/#/portal/signup Join the International Peace Coalition at 11am ET today: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83288789255

Explain Lyndon LaRouche’s science of physical economics by exploring the concept of fundamental discovery through the scientific approach of great thinkers such as Pierre Fermat and Georg Cantor Speakers: Sébastien DROCHON - Solidarity & Progress (France) Yoan DELHOTAL - Solidarity & Progress (France) Jason ROSS - LaRouche Organization (United States) Benoît Odille - Solidarity & Progress (France)

Explore the true political and revolutionary nature of thought in art, culture, and history through the study of the works of great geniuses such as Rembrandt, Rabelais, Shakespeare, Schiller, and many others. Draw inspiration from Louis XI and Mazarin on the great principles they implemented to transform the course of history. Speakers: Jacques CHEMINADE - Solidarity & Progress (France) Karel VEREYCKEN - Solidarity & Progress (France) Megan DOBRODT - Schiller Institute (United States) Kynan THISLETHWAITE - Schiller Institute (United States) Rémi LEBRUN - Solidarity & Progress (France) Johanna CLERC - Solidarity & Progress (France)

Join Helga Zepp-LaRouche in her live dialogue and discuss the issues and solutions that move the world and its people. Send your questions, comments, and reports to [email protected] or post them in the next live stream. “The content of policy is the method by which it is made.” That was the idea of statecraft espoused by Lyndon LaRouche, founder of Executive Intelligence Review and co-founder of the Schiller Institute. The question of method in statecraft was the topic of a two-day-plus conference just concluded by the Schiller Institute in Paris. The conference, led by Helga Zepp-LaRouche, founder of the Schiller Institute, and by Jacques Cheminade, former French Presidential candidate and president of Solidarité et Progrès (Solidarity and Progress), was titled “Emancipation of Africa and the Global Majority, A Challenge for Europe.” Why, despite the increasing potential for thermonuclear war between NATO and Russia; despite the mounting panic regarding the looming financial meltdown of the hopelessly bankrupt trans-Atlantic system; despite the depopulation of Gaza, and the destruction ongoing in Sudan and several other locations—why was it the self-development of the African continent which was chosen in Paris as the focus of deliberation for the international participants, many of them young people, including from several African nations? To understand this, contrast two speeches given on Nov. 9. One was by the President of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier. The other was by Schiller Institute founder and chairwoman, Helga Zepp-LaRouche. Under the guise of commemorating “the significance of the date Nov. 9 in German history—in 1918 (abdication of German Kaiser and proclamation of the Weimar Republic), 1938 (beginning of the Kristallnacht/"Night of the Broken Glass” violence against Germany’s Jewish population and their various establishments), and 1989 (fall of the Berlin Wall), German President Steinmeier chose to stoke fear, claiming that there had been a rise of antisemitism since the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel. His remarks led to calls for constitutional bans on emerging German political parties and other forms of censorship—the politics of fear. Fortunately for current history, there are people that actually understand the role of the Classical artist in universal history, and therefore the role of poet Friedrich Schiller in Germany—including in the events of Nov. 9, 1989. Instead of the politics of fear, Helga Zepp-LaRouche, speaking to an audience in Paris, invoked the life, the work and living presence of the poet Friedrich Schiller. “I can only advise you to read Schiller. Schiller, apart from LaRouche and Cusa and Plato and some others, but Schiller is one of the most important, because he came to the conclusion that in his time, people were already barbaric. He said, why is it that we are still barbarians? He said the most important task of our time—meaning his time—is to develop the Empfindungsvermögen. I have never found a good English translation, because if you just say ‘compassion,’ or ‘empathy,’ it does not quite capture it. What Schiller meant with Empfindungsvermögen is that you have to be able to educate your soul and your mind in such a way that you are able to absorb the world in an all-encompassing manner and feel compassion with the whole world; which means everything. It doesn’t just mean pity or empathy with people who are suffering; it also means to be able to always take in whatever is happening in the world, in your heart and your mind. It’s still not capturing it entirely, but it’s larger than the word empathy.…” This is the idea that must immediately become the basis and the method of international policy. This is the soul of the idea of “promoting the General Welfare” contained in the United States Constitution’s Preamble.

Tonight’s Weekly Battle Report explores highlights of last weekend’s November 8-9 LaRouche Movement conference “The Emancipation of Africa and the World Majority, A Challenge for Europe.” In video reports, Kynan Thistlethwaite (LaRouche movement, USA) and Clement (LaRouche movement, France), help give us the character of optimism and fighting spirit expressed by attendees. While the main conference was held live in Paris, France, simultaneous participation took place throughout the world! Participation included individuals and groups in at least 10 African countries, over a dozen countries in Ibero America, many European nations, and many of the states in the USA. Take note! The LaRouche movement didn’t stop organizing after the conference! Fabiola Ramirez gives this week’s Mexico LaRouche movement Activities report on street organizing they did on Tuesday. We also have reports on Veterans Day organizing in the USA: Richard Connelly and Harrison Elfrink report from the Veterans Day parade in New York City, and John Jambour and Betty Jennings report from the Veterans Day parade in Houston, TX.

Your daily update for Thursday, November 13 from Dave Christie.

There is an escalation in threats for a U.S. military intervention against Venezuela, and for more European involvement against Russia in Ukraine. It is legitimate to ask, "What are these 'leaders' smoking? How could they be so detached from reality?" You can hear a clinical dismantling of the Euro-fantasy retreat from the real world from Helga Zepp-LaRouche at 5 PM CET/11 AM EST, and progress in building a youth movement to face reality today -- use the link below.

Unless humans can overcome the ideological strait-jacket of geopolitics, we are headed to extinction. We cannot remain passive in the face of an oligarchical commitment to use the ideology of geopolitics to blind us to the common interests of all mankind. This was an underlying theme of last weekend's Schiller Institute conference in Paris. Taking up the theme of Africa's future provided an opportunity to focus on why we must fight against the false axioms of geopolitics.

Moderator : Odile MOJON Speakers : Chérine Sultan - Representative of the Solidarity & Progress Party (France) Carolina Dominguez - Representative of the Schiller Institute Youth Movement (Mexico) Daniel Burke - Representative of the LaRouche Organization (United States) Jonathan THRON - Representative of the Bueso (Germany) Jose Vega - Independent candidate FOR cONGRESS in the Bronx and member of the LaRouche Youth movement (United States) Megan Dobrodt - Representative of the Schiller Institute (United States) In dialogue with our international guest and Jacques Cheminade. Representatives and young activists from Solidarité & Progrès and the Schiller International Institute, hailing from several continents, will present their recruitment and training work to other young people, politicians, and institutional leaders in their respective countries. Whether they are candidates for election, researchers in the field of physical economics, or committed to promoting a dialogue among civilizations and a universal culture of discovery, their commitment to building a new economic system aimed at peace and the mutual development of peoples will be the common thread running through the final roundtable of our training and mobilization day. They will be invited to ask questions of the other speakers and answer questions from the audience, in a spirit of emulation and mutual understanding.

Moderator : Sébastien PERIMONY Speakers : International Guest Princy MTHOMBENI (video) - Founder of Africa4Nuclear, Nuclear Energy Specialist (South Africa) Filomène EBI N’GODO (video) - Doctor of History of International Relations Professor and Researcher at Alassane Ouattara University (Côte d’Ivoire) Zenobita MAGANGA - Activist for peace and the cause of the Democratic Republic of Congo (Democratic Republic of Congo) Dora MUANDA (video) - Advisor on Reforms, Pedagogical Innovations and Assessments, Ministry of National Education and New Citizenship (Democratic Republic of Congo) Chekaraou Halidou Namaiwa (video) - Panafricanist (Niger) Mariano Nguema ESONO MEDJA - Professor of International Relations at the National University of Equatorial Guinea (Equatorial Guinea) Odile MOJON - Representative of the Schiller Institute (France) Several of our international guests, leaders (politicians, historians, scientists), and our partners from the Schiller Institute will demonstrate how to envision the future and emancipation of Africa and the Global Majority, ensuring a radical change in the policies of Europe and the West. They will demonstrate how the latter must assume their responsibilities in building a new architecture of security and mutual development. An architecture that is taking shape today around the structures of win-win relationships embodied, among others, by the BRICS and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).

Moderator : Sébastien PERIMONY Speakers : Jacques CHEMINADE - President of Solidarity & Progress (France) Our legislative candidates with Solidarity & Progress (France) Jose Vega - Independent candidate FOR CONGRESS in the Bronx and member of the LaRouche Youth movement (United States) Diane SARE - Activist with the LaRouche Organization. Former U.S. Senate candidate in New York State (United States) Jacques Cheminade will call for mobilization against the military-financial occupation of France, alongside our legislative candidates and Diane Sare, former U.S. Senate candidate. In their speeches and during a Q&A session with the audience, they will address this essential question : How can we "respond to the cry of the people" and the ferment of mass strikes brewing today, in France and elsewhere ?

The Demise of the Pelosi-Cheney United Front Friday's questions: Any solution to the government shut-down? Why did Trump call-out Putin as turning Russia into a paper tiger? Comments on simultaneous departure of Pelosi and Cheney?

Graham Fuller, a former US diplomat and CIA official, is a co-signer of a Nov. 5 Alert Memorandum to President Trump released by the Steering Group of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS), which warns President Trump against plunging the U.S. into “a wider and/or `forever’ war” with Venezuela. EIR Ibero-American Editor Dennis Small interviewed Fuller on Nov. 7, noting the urgency of the issue, as the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier group is currently on its way across the Atlantic towards the Venezuelan coast, where it is expected to arrive Nov. 11—12. Fuller explained the reason for the VIPS warning: “What’s going on here? Why, in the middle of an appalling genocidal war in Gaza,” is the Trump administration considering a new war? The VIPS statement is meant as “a warning shot across the bow to suggest we’re drifting into another of these classic scenarios of a war that seems relatively pointless, cannot possibly achieve anything, and ends up miring the U.S. in a true quagmire.” Fuller emphasized that Russia, China and other nations of the Global South, such as the BRICS, no longer accept a world in which “the U.S. asserts its right to act with impunity.” A new paradigm of global relations is being demanded, and is needed. He stated that the U.S. “butting heads” with China and Russia is the wrong approach, and must give way to a change in the “potential nature of international relations… I want to emphasize, above all else, the question of human agency, which Helga Zepp-LaRouche has talked about… We’re not simply billiard balls on a table.” The U.S. has to change, Fuller concluded; above all “it’s a mind-set issue.”

oin us for an exclusive, in-depth interview with Pino Arlacchi, former UN Under-Secretary-General and global expert on organized crime and drug policy. In this powerful conversation, Arlacchi pulls no punches: Venezuela & Trump’s Policy: “I’m shocked by this behavior” – a blatant violation of sovereignty and international law. It’s not about drugs; it’s about oil, regime change, and geopolitics. Drug Routes & Europe: Analyzing a live map, Arlacchi confirms the reliability of current trafficking patterns and discusses Europe’s role in the global drug trade. Money Laundering & the “Holder Doctrine”: Calls claims of systemic collapse a “blatant exaggeration.” Yes, drug money flows through banks — but it won’t bring down the financial system. The real culprit behind America’s opioid crisis, including fentanyl? Big Pharma and U.S. policy failures. Legalization? No Thanks: “I’m not a prohibitionist,” but legalization won’t solve the problem — it may even make it worse. Afghanistan & Real Solutions: Arlacchi shares his firsthand experience leading UN efforts in Afghanistan, emphasizing economic development and major infrastructure projects as the true path to eliminating drug production. The Bigger Picture: “We have the tools; we can eliminate the drug trade.” But the real global threat? Unregulated financial capital — and why China’s model offers a stark contrast. Arlacchi ends with a bold invitation: a follow-up interview on global finance and power. We’ve accepted.

From an untrustworthy source, the Gov. of the Bank of England, comes a warning of "alarm bells" about the economy. He joins others observing dark clouds, but with no plan to fix it. In 2007-08, Lyndon LaRouche not only warned of the coming banking/financial crash, but had a plan for how to fix it. Link to report on organizing for LaRouche's solution to the 2008 crash: https://www.nj.com/njv_publicblog/200... Link to LaRouche's call on Donald Trump in 2016 to adopt his Four Laws: https://schillerinstitut.dk/si/wp-con...

On October 28 I visited the site of the newly restored Albert Pike statue at Judiciary Square in Washington, D.C. The stature of the KKK founder and judicial officer, Confederate General Pike had been torn down by vandals in June of 2020, coincident with Black Lives Matter protests which erupted after George Floyd was killed a few weeks earlier. In 1992, when Lyndon LaRouche was in federal prison, he called for the removal of the monument, and I participated at the weekly Friday Pike Statue protest where we educated the City and Federal Workers about the statue through our loudspeaker and banners. The restoration of the statue of this treasonous man at Judiciary Square indicates the problems within our government today. It belongs in a museum, not in a public park to be celebrated by passers by. You will hear from congressional candidate Jose Vega, American historian Anton Chaitkin, and Lyndon LaRouche about why this matters.

“[Nicholas of Cusa] developed a method of thinking, of thinking something completely new… It was the idea that human reason has the capability to define a solution on a completely different and higher level, than those on which all the conflicts and contradictions arose. It addresses the capacity to think a One, which is of a higher magnitude and power, than the Many. And once you train your mind to think that way [according to the coincidence of opposites], you have the inerrant key to creativity, and one can apply this way of thinking to virtually all realms of thought.” —Helga Zepp-LaRouche, June 2021. On Oct. 25, 2025 in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Leo XIV spoke to tens of thousands of people from over 90 countries about Cardinal Nicholas of Cusa and his “theology of Hope.” Due to the revival of Cusa's extraordinary life and work by founder and chairman of the Schiller Institute Helga Zepp-LaRouche and by her late husband Lyndon LaRouche, generally only people who have been following the LaRouche movement over the years have become familiar with Cusa's ideas. Now, with the Pope's message, mankind has a much greater opportunity to again benefit from this father of the 15th Century Golden Renaissance. This week's video, originally titled "Will Human History End Now in a Tragedy, or Triumph in a New Paradigm?", features an in-depth presentation by Helga Zepp-LaRouche on the method of thinking discovered by Cusa given to an audience of young people from around the world in June of 2021. Zepp-LaRouche asserts that to get out of the onrushing New Dark Age, mankind must learn from Cusa, starting by addressing the underlying crisis, that in the method of thinking.

With most eyes fixated on actions within the diplomatic sphere, there are new warnings of an approaching crash of the "everything bubble." Signs point to an accumulation of problems similar to those which led to bubbles popping in 2008 (the "mortgage securities" bubble) and the need for massive Fed intervention in 2021 (the RePo crisis), only on a much larger scale. Remember the old saying; When economic crises hit, the bankers opt for war.

Your daily update for Wednesday, Nov. 5 from Harley Schlanger.

From townhall meetings to public streets around the world, the LaRouche movement is organizing a revolution for the good. Tonight's report includes: Diane Sare’s latest Tiktok, indicating her insights on yesterday’s US elections A report-back from Diane Sare on last weekend’s Townhall Meeting of the Jose Vega for Congress (NY-15) campaign "The Bronx is Gaza West, Rebuilding Starts Here--and There." This week’s organizing report from the LaRouche movement, Mexico A wonderful briefing from organizer Doug Mallouk (LaRouche, Maryland) on an important flank: get ‘letters to the editor’ published A new letter issued by Schiller Institute Founder Helga Zepp-LaRouche that you can use to organize, 'Replicate Cusa's Thinking and Initiate a New Renaissance for Our World Today’ See you tonight!

Your daily update for Thursday, Nov. 6 from Dave Christie.

Censorship Industrial Complex Exposed: UK Column’s Mike Robinson and Harley Schlanger Trace the Origins of Global Surveillance and Narrative Control In this in-depth interview, Harley Schlanger of the Executive Intelligence Review speaks with Mike Robinson, co-editor of UK Column, to uncover the historical and institutional foundations of the modern censorship and surveillance apparatus. Key topics include: DARPA’s Total Information Awareness Program (2002): Launched post-9/11 under John Poindexter, this initiative laid the groundwork for mass metadata collection and predictive profiling—capabilities now enhanced by AI infrastructure. UK Leadership in Internet Regulation: David Cameron’s 2015 UN General Assembly speech, delivered months after the Maidan events, marked a pivotal call for government oversight of online speech. Theresa May later convened social media executives at Downing Street and secured G7 agreements on synchronized narrative dissemination. EU Digital Services Act and UK Online Safety Act: Recent examples include LinkedIn’s content removals, the rollout of digital IDs, and mandates linking government-issued digital IDs to online accounts—effectively ending anonymous speech. Encryption and Privacy Under Assault: The UK government has challenged Apple over iCloud encryption, demanded pre-approval for cryptographic updates under the Investigatory Powers Act, and continues to push for backdoor access—moves that threaten secure communications worldwide. Anglo-American Intelligence Integration: Close operational ties between MI6 and CIA, GCHQ and NSA, and the Five Eyes alliance. UK intelligence played a central role in originating the Russiagate narrative and the Skripal/Salisbury Novichok operation. NGO-Driven Influence Networks: The Integrity Initiative—exposed through leaked documents and a nonexistent Scottish headquarters—built clusters of journalists and influencers to promote anti-Russian narratives. Similar efforts continue via BBC Media Action (training Syrian opposition media since 2004), Thomson Reuters Foundation, and the Zinc Network. Foreign Office Funding Transparency: UK Column’s database at fcdospending.ukcolumn.org tracks billions in grants to organizations including the British Council, White Helmets, and Bellingcat—revealing the financial backbone of “soft power” operations. The Spiral of Self-Censorship: Ideological bundling and pre-bunking tactics discourage open discourse. Accusations of “conspiracy theory” are countered with primary-source documentation, not speculation.

Join EIR News on our YouTube channel today, November 5, at 10am EST for a live interview of the Russian Federation's First Deputy Permanent Representative at the United Nations, Dmitry Polyanskiy, conducted by Helga Zepp-LaRouche, editor-in-chief of EIR. The danger of nuclear extinction war has not abated, as Dr. Ted Postol of MIT showed in his October 24 comments to the International Peace Coalition. Nevertheless, a new paradigm of peace through development is shining through, as reflected in the circulation of the Bering Strait Tunnel project as a solution to the crisis in US-Russia relations by Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund. A representative of the RDIF participated in the October 22 EIR international roundtable discussion on the strategic implications of the Bering Strait Tunnel project, during which program Zepp-LaRouche shared her view: "[T]he realization of the Bering Strait Tunnel is potentially and very likely the answer as to if we have war or peace. Because, if we get to an agreement between the two largest nuclear powers in the world, to replace confrontation with cooperation which is to the benefit not only of those two countries, but actually of all countries in the world, it can be the game changer which marks the departure from the present extremely dangerous moment in history." How does the Russian government view the strategic dynamic? What are the principles of the "polyphonic world order" advocated by Russian President Vladimir Putin? Join the program to learn more. Subscribe, like, and share!

In her international webcast, Schiller Institute Chairwoman Helga Zepp-LaRouche referenced the importance of Pope Leo XIV’s speech on Oct. 25, in front of thousands assembled at St. Peter’s Square, where he talked about the founder of modern science and great Renaissance thinker, Nicholas of Cusa. Pope Leo XIV had said that during the fifteenth century, in Cusa’s time, many people lived in fear, took up arms against each other, and looked at their neighbors with general distrust and suspicion, while Cusa, “believed in humanity.” Pope Leo XIV said that Cusa “understood that there are opposites which must be held together.” Nicholas of Cusa’s philosophical breakthrough, which he developed throughout the course of the Council of Florence from 1431-1445, was his method of the Coincidence of Opposites. Helga Zepp-LaRouche described this method in-depth on her international webcast. The Coincidence of Opposites is, “a method of thinking [of] how you [can avoid getting] get stuck in the nitty-gritties of this problem or that problem, but how you can train your mind to think the one. This is extremely important. The Pope applies it very clearly to the political situation, because, obviously, If you look at every conflict in the world today, if you look at the situation in the Middle East or Ukraine or the Caribbean, if you only look at the facts, the history of the crisis, the tensions and the personalities involved, you will never find an adequate solution. But if you start totally the other way around, if you think the one first, in this case the one humanity—that which unites us all—and then from that elevated point of view look at the concrete crisis, you can always find a solution…. You can apply that method to any problem, to politics, economics, military issues, social issues, cultural issues, because it is a way of conflict resolution which does exactly that: that the hope of synthesizing the next step of the evolution of the development of mankind, you can see something that does not exist but which can be brought about by people of good will by concerted efforts. So, this is a very beautiful intervention…" The revival of Nicholas of Cusa’s philosophy is one of the most profound questions which will determine the durable survival of all of humanity, during a time when geopolitical divisions are at their height, and when the prospect of thermonuclear war is incredibly high. While a step back from the brink has taken place today, with the meeting of President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the APEC Summit in South Korea, what is needed is a move towards durable survival between nations. Civilizations have collapsed, not out of fate, but based on whether a culture was capable of rejecting its flawed axiomatic beliefs, and proceeding to a higher solution which seemed impossible before. This is what Nicholas of Cusa pioneered, when he engineered the successful Council of Florence which resolved the schism between both the Western and Eastern Churches. We can do the same today, following the approach of Helga Zepp-LaRouche, and Nicholas of Cusa. Speakers: Bill Jones and Dennis Speed

Friday Questions -- I answer your questions on the Trump-Xi meeting in South Korea, U.S. renewing nuclear testing, Hegseth warning about China, and the significance of Pope Leon XIV's advocacy of the method of seeking truth of the genius of the 15th century, Cardinal Nicholas of Cusa. Link to Helga Zepp-LaRouche's comments on the Pope's statement -- insights you will never see or hear from the controlled "mainstream" media: https://www.laroucheorganization.com/...

Watch 4 fantastic reports in tonight’s Weekly Battle Report on work done this week by the international LaRouche movement. We are intervening on the most important questions facing humankind: Will the war mongers let peace and cooperation among mankind occur? Will we, citizens of the world, have the courage and wisdom to bring a potential international renaissance into being? First in tonight’s report, LaRouche movement leader Diane Sare co-filed on October 16, 2025, a lawsuit to defend the right of voters in the state of New York to have their votes counted, and counted accurately! Watch Diane’s remarks at a Press Conference on the suit held yesterday in Washington DC at the Hay Adams hotel. Next, watch Joe Jenning’s (LaRouche, Houston, TX) testimony to this month’s meeting of the Houston Port Commissioners. Joe encourages their support for the US-Russia Bering Strait project. The LaRouche movement in Mexico gives their weekly activities report, as they organize for bringing Mexico into the new paradigm of peace and development, including the fight to defend farmers’ right to produce food, as against the speculators. Finally, we see a cross-generational dialogue on the importance of the intellectual Cardinal Nicholas of Cusa, discussed by Lyndon LaRouche in his 1984 “The Power Of Labor,” and by Pope Leo XIV in his Jubilee address last Saturday.

Your daily update for Thursday, October 30 from Dave Christie.

Hopeful signs from summits in Asia contrast with more suicidal lunacy from the West! Lyndon LaRouche identified the systemic flaw in western strategic policy decades ago -- submission to City of London power -- and presented an alternative -- cooperation in major infrastructure projects and development of new technologies. We have reached the point where a choice must be made: War and chaos directed by London and Wall St., or cooperation in the physical economy, as presented by LaRouche.

A Turn Toward Asia On October 25, Pope Leo XIV delivered an address in which he spoke of Cardinal Nicholas of Cusa's conception of discovering truth through a "coincidence of opposites". The revival of this 15th century idea is coherent with what Putin has called the "diplomacy of complexity", and Lyndon LaRouche's conception of higher truth existing in the invisible "complex domain". Whether you know it or not, this is the most efficient path to peace. It includes within it LaRouche's idea that joint projects, based on a physical economy policy of mutual benefit, is essential for peace. Report on Pope Leo XIV's references to Cardinal Nicholas of Cusa: https://www.laroucheorganization.com/... Link to CNN reporting on Dmitreyev's support for the Bering Strait project: CNN clip – Kirill Dmitriyev with Tapper, on the Bering Strait. https://t.me/SolovievLive/342479

As of now, the world is in the same situation it was exactly 63 years ago, on October 22, 1962, when President Kennedy, in a special broadcast to the American people, had announced the policy of the U.S. against the Soviet Union’s stationing of nuclear missiles in Cuba. He had said, “It shall be the policy of this Nation to regard any nuclear missile launched from Cuba against any nation in the Western Hemisphere as an attack by the Soviet Union on the United States, requiring a full retaliatory response upon the Soviet Union.” The increase in hostility against Russia from the trans-Atlantic nations, including the U.S., Germany, the United Kingdom, and France, risks the danger of a breakout of thermonuclear war. Speaking to the International Peace Coalition yesterday, MIT professor and leading U.S. nuclear expert Ted Postol had shown the tenuity of the nuclear architecture, which could be unleashed upon the world by accident or miscalculation, and that even after the first nuclear device was used—whether low-yield or high-yield—there is no stopping the chain-reaction of retaliatory attacks by nations. Ted Postol’s presentation is a wake-up call to every concerned citizen in the world, to take immediate action to stop the unthinkable from occurring. There was a glimmer of hope showcased this Wednesday in the emergency EIR roundtable discussion on the construction of a corridor between Alaska and Russia through the Bering Sea, which connect Afro-Eurasia with Canada, the U.S., and possibly even southwards towards Central and South America. The antidote to nuclear war is contained within big projects, which unite nations through economic development, and contribute to the greater good of mankind’s future. Russian Direct Investment Fund CEO and Kremlin Special Envoy Kirill Dmitriev, just a few days after the ill-conceived U.S. sanctions on Russian oil companies, has signaled that peace is still possible. Dmitriev is an enthusiastic proponent of the Bering Strait Tunnel project to link the Americas with Afro-Eurasia, and shared a map drawn in the 1960s showing the “Kennedy-Khrushchev Peace Bridge,” a proposed linkage between Alaska and Russia during the Kennedy Administration. Dmitriev has proposed that the tunnel be built under the name, “Putin-Trump Peace Bridge.” With Dmitriev now in the U.S., the potential exists to turn geopolitical conflict into dialogue on infrastructure for peace. That is dependent on people grasping the solution-concepts of Lyndon LaRouche and his wife Helga Zepp-LaRouche today. Speakers: Harley Schlanger and Bill Jones

While President Trump is in Asia meeting with key leaders of the Global Majority, the delusional leaders of Europe speak only of war and re-armament. A potential for a new Golden Renaissance has emerged, to replace the bankrupt funny-money system the Euro establishment is trying to keep on life support, through escalated predatory looting and bailouts. Is a new RePo crisis looming? Join with us to repudiate the braindead oligarchs, and help us bring the west into the New Paradigm of mutual benefit which is being built.

Please mobilize your organizations. This Friday, the International Peace Coalition, holding its 125th consecutive meeting, will feature Nuclear weapons expert Ted Postol, and a report on the Wednesday symposium. We will take up both the still-looming danger of thermonuclear war, and the newly-emerging prospect for a 180-degree shift in relations among the United States, Russia, China and other nations through the construction of what some have now called the Putin-Trump Peace Bridge. Please send reports and initiatives for the agenda ASAP. Friends of the International Peace Coalition, It was exactly 63 years ago, America at 7 PM, October 22, 1962, President John. F. Kennedy, in a special emergency broadcast to the American people, stated: “It shall be the policy of this Nation to regard any nuclear missile launched from Cuba against any nation in the Western Hemisphere as an attack by the Soviet Union on the United States, requiring a full retaliatory response upon the Soviet Union.” Over the 18 minutes of the President’s speech that night, the world was transformed. Humanity was closer to global thermonuclear war, and therefore, to its potential annihilation, than at any time before or since — until the Fall of last year. On Dec. 25, 2024, Russian Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said: “Recently, Pentagon generals have openly deliberated on the potential for ‘limited nuclear strikes’ with the Russian Federation, with the intention to ensure they emerge victorious from such an `exchange.’” When the Biden Administration authorized and enabled the deployment, through Ukraine, of long-range missiles against Russia, and Russia, in response, successfully deployed in November 2024 its new, still-presently-unstoppable Oreshnik missile — without the nuclear warheads which it is capable of carrying — against Ukraine, the world stepped beyond the brink of what Kennedy had merely enunciated in the Cuban Missile Crisis of October, 1962. In the last week, however, a startling revelation regarding 1963 has emerged from a file on the Kennedy assassination just provided to the United States from the Russian government. That just-released file contained a hand-drawn map which described a proposal to construct what was called on the map the “Khrushchev-Kennedy Peace Bridge.” On the map, written in English, and in large lettering, appear these words: “Kennedy-Khrushchev World Peace Bridge – could and should be built between Alaska and Russia. At once.” All the points of emphasis appear on the original map. The Bering Strait Tunnel Project, in illustrated form, has been a widely circulated part of the Schiller Institute’s work for the past 35 years. For three years, since the 2022 escalation of the war between NATO and Russia in Ukraine, it has been the unique role of the International Peace Coalition, the Schiller Institute, and the LaRouche Organization, to insist that “peace through development” is the only way to durably end war, or to even propose a durable peace. Yesterday (Wednesday) Russian and American experts on what is often referred to as “the Bering Strait Tunnel Project” met on an online symposium sponsored on very short notice by the Executive Intelligence Review, the magazine founded by economist and statesman Lyndon LaRouche (1922-2019).

Your daily update for Tuesday, October 21 from Dave Christie.

“No more killing!” That is what President Trump told acting President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy in yesterday’s two-hour White House meeting. While Zelenskyy probably expected Trump to approve the use of Tomahawk missiles, which are capable of striking deep into Russia and would certainly put the U.S. and NATO in a state of direct conflict in Ukraine, Trump instead referenced the proposal of a Budapest summit between himself and Russian President Vladimir Putin, suggesting separate meetings be held on the sidelines with Putin and Zelenskyy. This is just one example of the arc of development taking place in the world. We can either stick to the old imperial axioms which have dominated since President Franklin Roosevelt’s death, which will lead to the thermonuclear obliteration of all life on the planet, or, we can shift our axioms, and create the conditions for a new paradigm of coalesce in the world today. In another area of the world, Southwest Asia, the peace deal between Hamas and Israel, while tenuous by itself, has opened up a new path for diplomacy and economic development which can lead to a reconciliation between both sides. That potential exists with Lyndon LaRouche’s 1975 Oasis Plan, which envisions joint development in water desalination and other infrastructure, to make the deserts bloom, and integrate the region from India to the Mediterranean, from the Caucasus to the Persian Gulf, as one development area. The feasibility of implementing such an ambitious undertaking—though unconventional according to linear political thinking—is real, according to Dr. Manuel Hassassian, the ambassador from the Palestinian Authority to Denmark, in an interview with Helga Zepp-LaRouche. In the dialogue, he said to Helga: “On several occasions, I boosted the Oasis Plan as a prelude to economic development towards infrastructural development. I think this is a recipe which is ready for international donors and stakeholders to use in the process of the national reconstruction and the infrastructural development of Gaza. I think this is the time to market the Oasis Plan, to be factored in by those who are going to be involved in the reconstruction of Gaza.... The Oasis Plan now is becoming more and more visible to stakeholders to factor in [to] any process of development.” A new approach to diplomacy, which is non-linear and creative, as proposed by President Vladimir Putin at the recent Valdai Club meeting this month, is needed to implement such proposals. Only a transcendental shift in the thinking of citizens can result in such a revolutionary approach to statecraft.

This week, Diane will be joined by long-time LaRouche leader and organizer Timothy Rush.

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Your daily update for Monday, October 20 from Dave Christie.

Join the International Peace Coalition to collaborate with leaders around the world toward true peace. This week we will have Ali Rastbeen, director of the Académie Géopolitique de Paris; Mossi Raz, former Knesset member and former Director General of Peace Now; and others soon to be announced. Please send us reports for the Agenda. The eyes of the world are locked on the fragile peace deal struck just one week ago in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, bringing the more than two year, horrific war in Gaza to an end. While there are a million arguments to be made as to why this deal might fall apart—the media is full of them—Helga Zepp-LaRouche was quite firm in discussions with colleagues on Wednesday, Oct. 15 that that kind of speculation does nothing to effect a lasting peace; it does nothing for the cause of humanity. As she made clear in her international webcast the same day, "[E]verything now depends on changing the parameters for good, and I think that the most important thing that we can do, and you can do,… [is] to put the Oasis Plan on the agenda in a major way. If there would be an agreement by all the neighbors…that the hundred years of violence and tension has to be overcome by putting in a perspective of development for all—because the new name for peace is development—then I think there can be a change in the situation. Indeed, I think this region could reconnect to the great tradition it had in the times of the ancient silk road when Southwest Asia was a hub for the connection and trade between Asia, Europe, and Africa. That is exactly what the Oasis Plan would be the beginning of. …The best and maybe only way you can end this conflict is to lift the entire discussion on a completely new level where you have an economic development plan where everybody participates." Only such an approach, that of rising above the level on which the conflict arose to locate the higher "one," the higher good in the common interest of advancing humanity, can work. This is the same principle that must be invoked to avoid the geopolitical trap laid by the small minded and terribly evil warmongers in the West who are preparing Europe to march headlong into a nuclear conflict with Russia and are hoping to pull the United States with them. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was quite frank in an Oct. 15 interview with Kommersant that it is the European leaders who are driving the war policy, and "they make no secret of their desire to ‘lead Donald Trump astray from the righteous path,’ as we say—to divert him from the course he himself charted through his political instincts…." So far, to his credit, President Trump has not followed lock step; however, a big question that hangs in the air, which may be addressed on Friday when acting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits the White House, is whether or not Trump will authorize Tomahawk long-range missiles to be sent to Ukraine. Lavrov warned, "[W]hen President Trump spoke about the possibility of supplying these missiles, he also said that he did not want to escalate the war. In other words, he has admitted that sending the missiles could lead to a serious escalation. Ukraine would no longer have anything to do with it. This would cause colossal damage to the possibility of normalizing US-Russian relations…" Humanity is at a crossroads, and neither idle speculation nor cynical ("realistic") commentary will ensure that we move down the path away from the abyss. Getting the West to drop geopolitics and join the new paradigm may seem like it will take a miracle—but we know the first step to pulling off such a miracle: Get the Oasis Plan on the agenda for the upcoming November meeting in Cairo on Gaza reconstruction.

As we enter the early phase of a tentative peace deal between Israel and Hamas to end a horrific genocide conducted against largely innocent Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip, there are already moves being made by Netanyahu’s criminal team to undermine the peace process. The Gaza ceasefire went into effect noon local time on Oct. 10, while Israeli forces completed their withdrawal to lines specified in the first phase of the agreement. Only six hours later, two people in Khan Younis were killed by an Israeli drone strike. Netanyahu then threatened a return to war, if Hamas did not capitulate on disarmament and other Israeli demands, saying, “If this is achieved the easy way, great. And if not, it will be achieved the hard way.” Also, consider the fact that respected Palestinian leader, Marwan Barghouti, who was specifically named in the list of 250 Palestinian political prisoners to be released in exchange for hostages held by Hamas, was omitted later on. We cannot leave the peace process in the hands of criminal leaders who will take any chance to sabotage it. What and who is behind Netanyahu, including his criminal war cabinet ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich? The old British Empire, who intend to prevent Southwest Asia from being a world crossroad for development, are using Israel as the hand grenade to blow up the entire region. American economist and statesman Lyndon LaRouche suggested, following the 1993 Oslo Accords, that shovels be immediately put into the grounds so that people in the region could see that something was moving, and that there was real development. If nations in the region were to agree to LaRouche’s Oasis Plan, including the Arab League, Gulf Cooperation Organization, and Organization of Islamic Cooperation, they could throw a monkey wrench into imperial ambitions for the region, and promise a real future to the people of Gaza and surrounding nations. Speakers: Harley Schlanger and Mike Robinson