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Here are the links mentioned in the Update: 1. Please sign and circulate the Schiller Institute Petition: "Convoke an International Conference to Establish A New Security and Development Architecture for All Nations" https://schillerinstitute.nationbuilder.com/convoke_an_international_conference_to_establish_a_new_security_and_development_architecture_for_all_nations 2. Use press release with VIP signers to organize others: https://schillerinstitute.com/blog/2022/03/11/international-press-release-schiller-institute-international-petition/

A possible default of Russian debt; strikes by truckers in Italy and Germany, and by fishermen in Italy and Spain; inflation takes off in the U.S.; no-fly zones and a Shakespearean reference from Lindsey Graham (?); will it be up to U.S. and Russian military officials to stop the madness? And a humorous side to the war tensions!

Fears are surfacing among western financial networks that the sanctions policy against Russia could trigger a global debt default. Victoria Nuland admitted under oath, during Senate testimony, that the U.S. has bioweapon labs in Ukraine, despite continuing denials from other U.S. officials. And the Russians released a war plan, drafted by the Commander of Ukraine's National Guard, on January 22, which shows that Ukraine intended to launch a deadly, full-scale invasion against the Donbass republics later this month, had Putin not intervened. As the truth emerges, why would anyone believe the stories fed to the mainstream media by the War Hawks, given the ample evidence that they are serial liars when it comes to psychological warfare measures to promote wars and regime change?

The Trans-Atlantic so-called democracies have not just launched economic warfare against Russia -- they have declared economic war against their own populations! The sanctions against Russia, which are expanding daily, are already having a disastrous impact in the west, accelerating soaring prices for fuel, heating and food. But this has not been caused by Russia. The global financial system is bankrupt, due to the policies of the financial oligarchy; and they are trying to blame Russia for the consequences of their own decisions.

The refusal to negotiate with Putin, and accept his demand that reasonable security guarantees be extended to Russia, is what provoked his actions for the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine. This refusal to engage in serious negotiations, which has been U.S.-NATO policy for at least 15 years, is NOT based on a defense of Ukraine's sovereignty and freedom, but to provide an excuse for economic warfare against Russia. WHY? The economic annihilation of Russia is an essential precondition for the successful implementation of the Great Reset and Green New Deal, which Russia and China will not accept, as it requires that they surrender their sovereignty to a global central banker's dictatorship. To resolve this crisis, join us in mobilizing for a convention to establish a new security architecture -- sign and circulate this petition: https://schillerinstitute.nationbuilder.com/convoke_an_international_conference_to_establish_a_new_security_and_development_architecture_for_all_nations

Today, we take on the war-time propaganda coming from the U.S. and NATO forces, desperately attempting to defend their collapsing world order by deploying economic warfare against Russia, to prevent the consolidation of an economic alliance between sovereign nations of Eurasia and Europe. The economic integration of Europe and Eurasia is no threat to the people of the U.S. and western Europe. The Chinese have again invited the U.S. to join the Belt-and-Road Initiative. But it is a threat to the bankrupt financial system the oligarchs in the Trans-Atlantic countries are trying to protect, using war and austerity against the populations of their own countries, to prop up their collapsing post-Cold War Unipolar order.

When Putin said one of the goals of Russian military ops in Ukraine is "deNazification", there were howls of protest from U.S. and NATO officials, and the pro-war media ridiculed him, accusing him of being unbalanced and pushing false "conspiracy theories." But he is right, as proven by quotes from the leader of the C14 neoNazi group, who said they are being armed by NATO "because we perform the tasks set by the West, because we are the only ones who are ready to do them. Because we have fun, we have fun killing and we have fun fighting." The truth about the role of neoNazis in Ukraine's military, and the killings in Donbas they brag about, has been censored, so you won't protest the spending of U.S. taxpayers' dollars to arm and train them.

A review of events since the launch of the Great Reset in August 2019, shows that Russia's military operation in Ukraine provided the pretext for regime change against Russia, using economic and financial warfare measures to bring the nation to its knees. This has nothing to do with defending the freedom and sovereignty of Ukraine, as the globalists have shown no interest in defending the people of any nation. Instead, it is intended to destroy one of the leading opponents of the post-Cold War unipolar order, as an warning to any other nation which is inclined to resist the surrender of its sovereignty.

The economic/financial warfare unleashed by the U.S., NATO and the EU against Russia has been planned for months, a leading U.S. "senior" official admitted yesterday. This proves Putin's point, that the U.S. had no intent to address his demands that Russia be given legally-binding security guarantees. The Schiller Institute is calling for a commitment to such guarantees for all nations, in a petition linked below -- something which is not acceptable to the arrogant beneficiaries of the unipolar order, who demand that all nations submit to their Great Reset. They are now resorting to psychological warfare and censorship to blind you to the danger humanity faces if there is no move to a new security and financial architecture. Sign and circulate this petition: https://schillerinstitute.nationbuilder.com/convoke_an_international_conference_to_establish_a_new_security_and_development_architecture_for_all_nations

Events have taken an ominous turn in the last 24 hours. The sanctions imposed against Russia and the accelerating flow of weapons into Ukraine have convinced Putin that it is necessary to put Russia's nuclear forces on alert. What happens next cannot be left to the corrupt leaders of the Trans-Atlantic nations, who are prepared to risk global nuclear war to protect their collapsing financial/economic system. Join our mobilization to demand the convening, immediately, of a conference to adopt a new strategic and financial architecture, rather than allowing a sleepwalk into war. Make sure to sign and spread the Schiller Institute petition "Convoke and International Conference to Establish A New Security and Development Architecture for All Nations." https://schillerinstitute.nationbuilder.com/convoke_an_international_conference_to_establish_a_new_security_and_development_architecture_for_all_nations

While the mainstream media has proven to be nothing but a brainwashing tool run by Anglo-American financial oligarchs and their Military-Industrial-Complex, there is a way to know what's going on in Ukraine: Listen to what Putin is saying! He spelled out his goals yesterday -- a demilitarized Ukraine, and a de-Nazified Ukraine. While some, such as Blinken, scoff at that, there are Nazis in positions of influence in Ukraine, who have threatened Pres. Zelensky whenever he threatens to move away from a confrontation with Russia. Why do western nations cover up for the Nazis in Ukraine? Because they are key to the intent of the Trans-Atlantic powers, which is to destroy Russia, to remove them as an obstacle to their attempt to consolidate a global dictatorship under the guise of a "Great Reset" and a "Green New Deal."

Russian military moves into Ukraine are the inevitable result of the rejection by Trans-Atlantic leaders to seriously negotiate the draft treaties presented by President Putin, which would offer security guarantees to Russia. Putin has called the bluff of the Bidens, Blinkens and BoJos, knowing that they actually wanted him to launch an attack so they could unleash sanctions aimed at destroying Russia. It will not succeed, but could trigger a nuclear war. The Schiller Institute is circulating an emergency call for an international conference to negotiate a security and development architecture that advances the interests of all people in all sovereign nations. Read it, sign it, and circulate it. You can find it here: https://schillerinstitute.com/blog/2022/02/23/petition-convoke-an-international-conference-to-establish-a-new-security-and-development-architecture-for-all-nations/

How much do you know about the reasons behind Putin's decision to recognize the independence of the Luhansk and Donetsk People's Republics? How much do you actually know about Ukraine, whose people are being used as cannon fodder in a war between Trans-Atlantic financial oligarchs, and Russia and China? The west has poured over $5 billion in new weapons into Ukraine, paid for by loans, when Ukraine already is facing default on $4 to 5 billion in debt. And did you know that "democratic" Ukraine has shut down opposition media, jailed and threatened opposition leaders, and placed hard-core Nazis is leading positions in its security and defense forces? To learn the truth, watch Ukrainian economist and political leader Natalia Vitrenko, in her Feb. 19 address to the Schiller Institute:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQIbhQbrs7E

Putin just called the bluff of the War Hawks who are trying to prop up their collapsing unipolar order. By recognizing the independence of the "breakaway republics" of Ukraine, Donetsk and Luhansk, he is offering to protect them from the escalating shelling and shooting coming from the Ukraine side of the Line of Contact. He said no matter what Russia did, the West would respond with sanctions, because their goal is not peace, but the destruction of Russia's economy, to force a regime change there, which he will not allow. The alternative is to organize a new security architecture -- is anyone in the West listening?

The Schiller Institute conference of Feb. 19 intervened in the midst of a continuing war drive to make two vital points. 1.) The war danger is driven by the ongoing systemic collapse of the authority of the Unipolar world, led by the economic collapse; 2.) The solution is a shift to a multi-polar world built upon a new security architecture, which recognizes the right to sovereignty of all nations, and promotes mutually beneficial economic policies, centered on making scientific and technological progress available to all. The efforts by war hawks in the Trans-Atlantic to provoke a Russian invasion of Ukraine will serve as an excuse to impose sanctions designed to destroy Russia's economy, as various western spokesmen have confirmed -- and to divert attention away from the failed economic, social and cultural policies harming all nations, produced by the Unipolarists! Here is a link to Schiller conference: https://schillerinstitute.com/blog/2022/02/18/conference-100-seconds-to-midnight-on-the-doomsday-clock-we-need-a-new-security-architecture/ Also, watch my interview with Alexander Rahr: https://schillerinstitute.com/blog/2022/02/18/what-is-the-truth-about-the-war-danger-between-the-u-s-nato-and-russia/

Blinken's difficulty with truthful dialogue was again on display yesterday, in an interview with ABC-News, and in a speech before the U.N. Security Council (UNSC). At the UNSC, he presented lie after lie, asserting that Russia will invade Ukraine, Russia has violated the Minsk Agreement, is preparing a false flag event in the Donbas as an excuse to invade, etc., etc. Expect more of the same today from him and NATO spokesmen at the annual Munich Security Conference. To hear the full, actual truth, be sure to register for the online Schiller Institute Conference on Saturday: https://schillerinstitute.nationbuilder.com/100_seconds_to_midnight_02192022

Speaking to reporters yesterday, President Biden seemed to be facing reality. The invasion of Ukraine by Russia, which his intelligence team had predicted for February 16, did not happen. While not acknowledging the error, he said he will address the security concerns raised by President Putin, and engage in continuing dialogue. But one of the major factors behind the war drive -- the collapse of the Trans-Atlantic economic/financial system continues, with investment guru Jeremy Grantham saying he believes we are at "the beginning of the burst." The Schiller Institute will address the interconnection between economic collapse and the war drive this Saturday, Feb. 19 at 10 AM EST -- register for the online conference here: https://schillerinstitute.nationbuilder.com/100_seconds_to_midnight_02192022

Today is the day we were told by U.S. and NATO intelligence officials that Russia would invade Ukraine. This narrative was built on an escalating cascade of lies, designed to scare you into silent submission to the cabal of liars who created the narrative. Every day, more voices are speaking out against the narrative. Today we report comments from former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Matlock, and former French Foreign Minister Dumas, debunking the Trans-Atlantic war hawk drumbeat. But a word of warning -- the war threat has not ended, as the danger exists of a provocation by NATO-backed and trained crazies in Kiev, which could trigger a Russian response. Matlock's statement is available here: https://original.antiwar.com/Jack_Matlock/2022/02/14/todays-crisis-over-ukraine-was-avoidable-and-predictable/

The issue at the heart of the present U.S.-Russia showdown is not Ukraine, but the need to move to a new security architecture, one which not only guarantees Russia's security, but that of every nation. The Russians have been clear on this. It's the response from the War Hawks in the West that has deliberately muddied things, putting the world into a moment of tension not experienced since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. Will war begin tomorrow, as some in U.S. intelligence are insisting? Or is this a bluff, another fake narrative, which will allow the war hawks to proclaim victory if there is no war?

Over the weekend, the chicken hawks in the U.S. State Department and intelligence were out in force, beating the drums for war, insisting that Russia may invade Ukraine by this Wednesday. Why are they doing this? Former presidential candidate and military veteran Tulsi Gabbard asked why won't the Biden administration guarantee that we will not allow NATO membership for Ukraine: "Is it because the war mongers actually want Russia to invade?" More to the point, it is that they fear the Anglo-American unipolar world order, absurdly called by Blinken the Rules-Based Order, has lost any semblance of legitimacy after two decades of regime change wars, followed by imposing murderous sanctions on those who reject giving up sovereignty to the imperial looters, and is an advanced state of collapse.

The pathetic attempt by UK Foreign Minister Truss to imitate her model, Margaret Thatcher, in her confrontation with her Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, fell flat, as she came off looking like an ill-prepared buffoon. At the same time, the French and Germans saw in a Normandy Four meeting in Berlin, that the Russians are right, that it is Ukraine -- NOT Russia -- that is blocking the fulfillment of the Minsk Accords. And the EU's version of a Green Build Back Better plan was hit by a blow from Senegal's President, who said Africans are more concerned about having electricity than in meeting the COP 26 agreement's demands on hydrocarbons.

A coordinated diplomatic effort by French President Macron and German Chancellor Scholz to resolve tensions with Russia over security guarantees shows some promise. Unfortunately, the war hawks making policy for the U.S. and U.K. continue to spread through compliant media their false narrative of an "imminent" Russian invasion, and a buildup of NATO forces at or near the borders of Russia. What are they covering up with their incessant campaign of bluff and bluster? Make sure to watch Schiller Institute's Seminar tomorrow at 8 AM EST "The Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan — Toward a Long-term Solution" https://schillerinstitute.com/blog/2022/02/07/seminar-the-humanitarian-crisis-in-afghanistan-toward-a-long-term-solution/

Why is it that U.S. nuclear war exercises are good, as we are told they are "to secure our freedoms", but Russian exercises are described as a prelude to invade another country? Who has invaded more countries in recent years, the combined U.S./NATO forces, or Russia and China? Which alliance has used false flags as an excuse for war, organized Color Revolutions to carry out coups, and imposed sanctions to punish innocent civilians? The lying narratives must stop! The Schiller Institute will hold a joint event with the Russian International Affairs Council on Feb. 10 to discuss a solution to the crisis in Afghanistan. Join us: https://schillerinstitute.com/blog/2022/02/07/seminar-the-humanitarian-crisis-in-afghanistan-toward-a-long-term-solution/

The desperation evident in the succession of increasingly blatant lies, coming from Anglo-American spokesmen about an impending Russian invasion of Ukraine, demonstrates that they know their attempt to dictate the shape of the post-Cold War world is reaching an end. Each day, a new fabrication is produced, while in the background, a new Russian-China alliance has been cemented, caling for a new global security architecture which protects the interests of people in all nations. The issue of war or peace has never been so clear -- can the Anglo-American war drive be stopped?

The ability of the Empire to keep the world on a course of war and depression depends on their ability to control the narrative, through intense psychological warfare. Their most important weapon in this is to promote the belief in the "Magic of Money", to seduce otherwise intelligent people to seek personal security, rather than to mobilize to defend the Common Good. Join us to mobilize to bring down the Empire of the Mind, and replace it with the principles of the American System of physical economics, as developed by Lyndon LaRouche in his Four Economic Laws. https://larouchepub.com/eiw/public/2014/eirv41n24-20140613/34-37_4124-lar.pdf

As war mongering loonies from U.S. and U.K. intelligence and diplomatic circles keep foaming at the mouth about Russia's "invasion plans", saner voices are being heard. Even Ukraine's President Zelensky doubts U.S. intelligence reports of an imminent invasion, which has made him a target for the War Hawks who ran the 2014 Maidan regime change coup, as inadvertently revealed in an article in the {Washington Post}. With nuclear war as a real possibility if the war hawks are not stopped, it is time to place them in an asylum, and let diplomacy take over.

Harley Schlanger gave a presentation on Saturday, January 29, at the LaRouche Organization Manhattan Project, titled THE BRITISH HAND BEHIND THE U.S./NATO WAR DRIVE.

Once again -- Surprise, Surprise! -- CNN is caught lying to promote a war. CNN "reporter" Matthew Chance said that Pres. Biden told Ukraine's Pres. Zelensky that Kiev could be "sacked" by invading Russian forces, while CNN "reporter" Marquardt said Biden told Zelensky that a Russian invasion "is virtually certain." A spokesman for Zelensky said the first report, which cited a Ukrainian official, is "completely false", while a spokeswoman for the U.S. National Security Council, Emily Horne, told CNN that "anonymous sources are ‘leaking falsehoods'”. Help us get out the truth -- share these Daily Updates, and subscribe to our Daily Alert! https://store.larouchepub.com/category-s/1864.htm

Secretary of State Blinken used the occasion of the release of the U.S. response to Putin's proposed treaties to repeat the accusations of Russian aggression, and reiterate that Russia will face a harsh response if Russia invades Ukraine. Putin insists upon written security guarantees because the U.S. has broken numerous promises, financed and organized Color Revolutions and regime change coups, and launched aggressive wars, all supposedly to defend "human rights" and "democracy." In reality, the hypocritical and bloody foreign policy of the U.S. since the end of the Cold War has not been to secure peace or benefit the American people, but to defend the geopolitical interests of the City of London and its allies on Wall Street. What is needed is not further militarization in Europe, but diplomacy aimed at achieving mutually beneficial economic cooperation.

To protect a bankrupt financial system, the City of London and its allies in the Military-Industrial-Complex in the U.S. and NATO are demanding an end to sovereign governments, insisting that nations submit to their Great Reset -- which is a global central banker's dictatorship. Russia and China will not submit, putting us on a pathway to war in Ukraine and Taiwan. But such wars cannot be won, and could trigger nuclear war. The alternative was developed by Lyndon LaRouche: put the predatory financial institutions into bankruptcy, establish a New Bretton Woods financial system, and apply his Four Economic Laws to revive the American System of Physical Economy -- see https://larouchepub.com/eiw/public/2014/eirv41n24-20140613/34-37_4124-lar.pdf

As war preparations hit a feverish pace, driven by the usual false narratives from the Military-Industrial Complex war hawks, there are other warnings being stated quietly, hoping you are not paying attention. These have to do with the Fed's decision to "fight inflation" by raising interest rates, a strategy that risks triggering a wave of defaults of 54 mostly poor, heavily-indebted countries -- including Ukraine -- but also of debt-ridden zombie corporations, banks, insurance companies, etc. If you suspect there might be a connection between the war drive and the systemic financial collapse of the economy, you are right.

Once again, a fraudulent report has been produced by British intelligence to push the U.S. into war, this time with Russia over Ukraine. Using the usual tactics -- anonymous sources, promoting fake intelligence, asserting devious schemes by Russia -- they may be reacting to a sense of reluctance in Washington, by Biden, and some NATO countries, to plunge into World War III. That the U.S. has now announced that it will respond to Putin's demands for "legally-binding security guarantees" may have spooked the Brits into "ramping up preparations" for war. A thorough background report was produced in a Schiller Institute video seminar on Jan. 22, "Can War with Russia Still Be Averted", available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o32znt4i_zE

In the last days, and in the next days ahead, decisions are being made which will determine whether mankind has the moral capacity to survive. In her weekly dialogue, Helga Zepp-LaRouche presented a dramatic tour d'horizon, weaving together an analysis of summit meetings, troop deployments, and positive economic developments around the Belt-and-Road Initiative, communicating both the tremendous danger of the present, and, importantly, a pathway out of that danger. She emphasized that the bluster of Blinken in Ukraine is not completely in step with the pronouncements of Biden. She also emphasized that Putin has been clear on why Russia requires strategic guarantees, and that some in the West, such as David Pyne, Gilbert Doctorow and Gen. Kujat, are openly discussing that. You have the delegation of seven knucklehead Senators blustering after a trip to Kiev, demanding that Biden toughen up, with one -- whom she referred to as Sen. Wicked -- saying that Putin must be given a bloody nose. At the same time, the Iranian President was in Moscow, signing a 20-year deal, and the Chinese and Syrians finalized a Memo of Understanding for collaboration on the BRI. Finally, she spoke movingly of the Schiller Institute conference on January 15 on Afghanistan, which contrasted the present threat of millions starving, with the axiom-busting decision by India to ship wheat to Afghanistan, traveling through Pakistan. SIW 1/20/22

James Jatras, former Foreign Service Officer and Senior Foreign Policy Analyst Read the transcript here: https://schillerinstitute.com/blog/2022/01/19/interview-only-a-systemic-change-can-save-the-u-s/ EIRI 1/19/22

Founder and President of the Schiller Institute Helga Zepp-LaRouche's keynote address to an international gathering of youth on the strategic importance of the great thinker Ibn Sina (980 A.D-1038 A.D) for humanity today. In the midst of a new, vicious humanitarian crisis striking Afghanistan, in which nation 22 million people exist on the verge of death by starvation, Mrs. Zepp-LaRouche is calling on youth to mobilize an international movement for a global renaissance of the highest ideas from every culture—those ideas that recognize the human individual life as sacred, in imago viva Dei. Today we stand on the brink of hot war between the major powers, a situation made explicit in recent weeks by Russian President Putin and others, but ignored and distorted in the West. To advance a positive peace—a shared future among brotherly civilizations—let us advance the global understanding of Ibn Sina, a hero in the history of Afghanistan and one of the greatest medical scientists to ever have lived. Nations must now put aside geopolitics and join together to build the advanced medical and other critical infrastructure needed to defend lives and lift up all nations with a common mission. SIIC 1/15/22

These days, when someone offers you a “narrative,” expect a lie. The new (annual) book out this month from Klaus Schwab, the head of the World Economic Forum, whose Davos sessions are this week (virtual,) is titled, :”The Great Narrative (The Great Reset Book 2).” Health care itself has been one of the deadliest examples of lying narratives for over half a century. Take the case of how the principle of public health embodied in the 1940s Hill Burton Act, was subverted by “managed” care and privatization. There’s more to this story, even involving Tony Blair’s health care hitman, who came to the U.S. to help design Obamacare. Marcia Merry Baker, of the EIR Editorial Board, joined the discussion this week. FC 1/20/22

A Twitter Space dialogue between Hussein Askary (@HusseinAskary, Southwest Asia Coordinator for the Schiller Institute), Cade Levinson (@GeldStandard), and Daniel Burke (@Burke4Senate) from January 13, 2022. Read about the economic potential of U.S. cooperation with China's Belt and Road Initiative: "The Coming US Economic Miracle on the New Silk Road" https://laroucheorganization.nationbuilder.com/the_coming_us_economic_miracle_on_the_new_silk_road

On this week's Midwest Meeting we were joined by Leni Rubenstein, longtime fighter for truth and beauty alongside Lyndon and Helga LaRouche. The discussion focused on why the vast majority of political movements fail to hit the mark, and why Friedrich Schiller's contributions point the way to truly moving mountains - and nations! MM 1/17/22

A reevaluation of the strategic significance of Martin Luther King’s insightful and principled critique of war, viewed from the standpoint of Helga Zepp LaRouche‘s recent call for a new world defense architecture to replace the obsolete NATO. Speakers include Ray McGovern and Mike Billington. Also featured: Lyndon LaRouche’s reflections on “The Immortal Talent of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King,” delivered in Talledega, Alabama in 2004. MP 1/15/22

The comments made in Berlin yesterday by Tony Blinken on the continuing war tensions between the U.S. and Russia over Ukraine show a dangerous detachment from reality. In stating before his meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov today, "I don't expect a breakthrough," he is demonstrating the delusional attitude of much of the Trans-Atlantic leadership, which is willing to risk a nuclear war, rather than take President Putin's demand for national security guarantees seriously. Lavrov will likely call his bluff -- then how will Mr. Blinken respond?

While it appears in the visible realm that no accord was reached in the Russian talks with the U.S. and NATO last week, there are developments which suggest that at least some in the West realize that President Putin is serious that his demands regarding Ukraine must be addressed. Blinken is in Kiev today, Berlin tomorrow, then will meet with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov Friday. Yesterday, German Foreign Minister Baerbock met with Lavrov, as the new Scholz government in Germany is putting itself forward as a mediator. The next days will go a long way toward determining whether there is a step back from a possible nuclear World War III.

The War Hawks behind the foolish endless wars, who continue their destruction with sanctions and freezing funds belonging to the people of Afghanistan -- which threaten the lives of millions due to starvation -- have been engaged in a dangerous escalation against Russia. While some pundits say that Putin has made his point, and "de-escalation" will occur, the cause of the problem remains: NATO, the tool used by the neocons against Russia. The best way to de-escalate, says Helga Zepp-Larouche, is to disband NATO, and cooperate in a global financial bankruptcy reorganization

The Schiller Institute (SI) has taken the lead in mobilizing to save the people of Afghanistan. After finally ending four decades of war, which killed tens of thousands of civilians and left the nation in chaos, the war hawks of the Trans-Atlantic region took out their anger by adopting policies to "punish" the Taliban, which in reality are killing innocent civilians. There is now a growing recognition of the evil this represents; also the possibility that collaboration among Russia, China and the U.S. can not only end the suffering, but create a basis for further collaboration. Join the SI online seminar today, "To Stop the Killing of Afghanistan" -- register here: https://schillerinstitute.com/blog/2022/01/16/live-event-stop-the-murder-of-afghanistan/

"It is midnight in the social order. As we look out on the international horizon we see the nations of the world engaged in a colossal and bitter contest for supremacy. Within a generation two world wars have been fought, and the clouds of another war are constantly hovering dangerously low. Man now has within his possession atomic and nuclear weapons that can completely destroy any of the major cities of the world in a matter of seconds. In spite of this, the arms race continues at breakneck speed. Nuclear tests continue to explode in the atmosphere with the grim prospect that the very air we breathe will be poisoned by radioactive fallout. Bigger and faster missiles continue to carve highways of death through the stratosphere. There is the ever present danger that all of these conditions and weapons will yet conspire to bring about the total annihilation of the human race." - From Strength to Love, a compilation of sermons of Dr. King, this sermon was delivered on February 11, 1962 Eight months before the Cuban Missiles Crisis, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. made the above remarks in a sermon entitled "A Knock at Midnight," thus demonstrating the quality of leadership and insight which caused Lyndon LaRouche to say that King would have been qualified to become President of the United States. We are closer to midnight now than we were in 1962, and neither King, nor LaRouche is here to personally guide us, but we have had the privilege to know their work, and we should learn from their example how to meet the crisis currently challenging us in the immediate days ahead. Join Diane Sare of the LaRouche Movement National Executive Committee to discuss! FC 1/13/22

Register to participate in our January 17 online conference: https://bit.ly/3r6BO1G In reviewing the ongoing series of discussions this week between Russia, the U.S. and NATO -- which she said so far "looks terrible" -- Helga Zepp-LaRouche returned to what she described as the two alternative approaches to relations between nations. The Versailles Treaty at the end of World War I has in common with the posture of the U.S. and NATO today the view that the victors in war can dictate the terms of peace, as a unipolar force. This blatant assertion of world dominance ignores the legitimate wishes of other nations, and insists on their subordination to the unipolar power. This typifies the "arrogance of power" of today's globalist war hawks, who claim the U.S. "won the Cold War", and therefore has the right to be the dominant world power. In contrast, the Peace of Westphalia, which ended the Thirty Years War in 1648, was based on the idea that recognizing the "interests of others" is the key to a durable peace. The outright rejection thus far by U.S. negotiators of the legitimacy of President Putin's security concerns will not be accepted by Russia. While it is better to talk than not, she said, the overall posture of the U.S. in these talks has "lowered the nuclear threshold", making the use of nuclear weapons more likely should war break out. NATO, which should have been dissolved at the end of the Cold War, must be replaced, especially since its present policy course leads to a war in which its members in Europe will be destroyed. Belonging to a security alliance which would lead to war doesn't make sense. Demonizing Putin and attacking the Belt-and-Road Initiative when the western financial system is crashing also does not make sense. She concluded by calling on our viewers to participate in the emergency Schiller Institute's online seminar on January 17, on the theme, "Stop the Murder of Afghanistan." SIW 1/13/22

Helga Zepp-LaRouche's description that we are "sitting on a powder keg" regarding relations between the U.S. and Russia was confirmed following the conclusion of talks Wednesday. A Russian spokesman said there is no "unifying, positive agenda" between Russia and NATO, as the West is choosing a Cold War containment strategy. A sudden outbreak of war is increasingly possible, as long as relations are defined by the imperatives of imperial geopolitics, i.e., divide the world into competing blocs, with the unipolar power of the U.S./NATO dictating terms. One flank, where cooperation is possible, is collaboration to rebuild Afghanistan. Join us, Jan. 17, at 11 AM EST, for our online seminar "To Stop the Murder in Afghanistan" (register here: https://schillerinstitute.nationbuilder.com/20220117-conference).

Has there been any progress in the ongoing talks between U.S. and Russian reps? The best that can be said is that it's good they are talking, but statements issued by them show that the Russians have not received the agreement they are seeking, as the U.S. continues to insist it will not accept Russian "red lines" on NATO expansion and arms to Ukraine. Meanwhile, the attempt at a "Color Revolution" coup in Kazakhstan has been thwarted by decisive action by the CSTO allies of the nation. "Russia will not allow a 'Color Revolution'", Putin stated yesterday, after revealing that "Maidan technologies" -- a reference to the methods used in the 2014 coup in Ukraine -- had been employed in Kazakhstan.

The talks between U.S. and Russian officials yesterday in Geneva reached no positive outcome. This should not be a surprise, as U.S. spokesman Ned Price announced that the U.S. "had not intended to reach any agreement with Russia." Will this attitude persist as the U.S. approaches further talks? With the Trans-Atlantic nations facing a deepening economic crisis, warnings of a "sharp correction" in hyper-inflated stock markets, the continuing disruption caused by the pandemic, starvation threatening 22 million in Afghanistan, and electricity blackouts in Germany, this is the time to move towards cooperation between sovereign nation states, rather than geopolitical confrontation to defend bankrupt corporate cartels.

Now is the perfect time for the people living in the Trans-Atlantic nations to come to their senses, and throw out the ideological insanity embodied in neoliberal, and neo-conservative policies. The security dialogues with Russia this week provide an opportunity to move away from geopolitical confrontation with Russia; hyperinflation, supply-chain breakdowns, and unsustainable debt expose the fallacy of radical free market/free trade policies; and winter has shown why the Green New Deal must be dumped. So let's get to work, and organize a new paradigm, based on the body of work done by statesman and economist Lyndon LaRouche.

In the first week of the 2022 New Year, Tony Blair was officially declared a Knight of the Living Dead and U. S. Former Vice-President Dick "Darth Vader" Cheney was presented at the U. S. Capitol by his daughter as the new Arse-nal of Democracy. What Next for the New Year? As investigators probe the shady story of Tony Blair's long-standing connections in Kazakhstan, and Russia tries to avoid the multiple "bear traps" being set by a duplicitous NATO along its 14-nation border, the prospects for a successful world collaboration against the increasingly-consuming coronavirus pandemic or the breakout of thermonuclear war hang in the balance. A return to morality, by reversing the ongoing, premeditated starvation of millions in Afghanistan, is the prerequisite to building a durable peace through development, but with the likes of former de facto United States president Dick Cheney suddenly re-emerging from the bowels of Dante's Inferno as the "hero-defender of liberal democracy," from whence does America find the moral fitness to survive? Lyndon LaRouche believed that "the content of policy is the method by which it is made." A moral policy cannot come from an immoral method. Harley Schlanger and Mike Robinson will discuss and answer questions concerning the alternative policy methods for 2022. FC 1/8/22