WHAT STANDS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND WORLD WAR III
These have been days in which the fires which could set off a nuclear World War III, have begun to spread from their “cockpits of war,” to involve other nations. And days in which our leading candidates and their preventive solutions—including economic development—have stepped up their mobilization. The leaders of Britain and Ukraine, which have […]
THE SHADOWS OF AUGUST
At fifteen minutes past eight on the morning of August 6, 1945, a human being sat on the stone steps of a bank in Hiroshima, waiting for it to open. Then came the flash. The heat of it—thousands of degrees in an instant—bleached the stone white around the place where they sat, and left behind […]
TALK OF US NUKES MOVING EAST, CLOSER TO RUSSIA
According to a report in the Financial Times yesterday, the U.S. is in discussion with a number of European members of NATO about the possibilities of deploying U.S. nuclear weapons on their territory, though it says that a decision is a long way off. The talks “are highly confidential and may not lead to any […]
SCHILLER INSTITUTE BERLIN CONFERENCE, 2026: ‘THE URGENT NEED FOR A NEW INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT ARCHITECTURE’
The Schiller Institute convened an international conference in Berlin May 30-31, whose opening session today was described by the participants from many nations, as “inspiring,” given the danger and depravity around us. Over the course of the full, two-day event, panelists from 15 nations, with experience and skills in international relations, economics, science, and the […]
THE SCOURGE OF COLONIALISM CONTINUES TO REIGN SUPREME IN AFRICA
Professor Fadhel Kaboub, renowned Tunisian-American political economist, recently gave a blunt appraisal of the stranglehold that the lingering traits of neo-colonialism continue to hold on the African continent. Of greater significance to his empirical evidence about the oftentimes subtle subjugation of the continent by foreign powers, Prof Kaboub – President of the Global Institute for […]
NOT THE DELUGE, BUT THE OASIS
Before the world descends into a maelstrom of total war, from which human civilization itself may not emerge, a different path must needs be taken. This Tuesday, May 26, the United Nations will convene the session, “Upholding the Purposes and Principles of the UN Charter and Strengthening the UN-Centered International System.” sponsored by the United […]
ONLY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE CAN END THIS WAR
Helga Zepp-LaRouche appeared on Pakistan television’s “Unfold” news interview program Saturday, March 7, and, with a very short time available to her, laid out three important statements about the unprovoked and escalating U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran. “This is the worst thing that could have happened to humanity; this can lead to a civilizational collapse, or […]
WHAT IS ‘WESTERN CIVILIZATION’? RUBIO’S MUNICH FANTASY MEETS THE EPSTEIN REALITY
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio stood before the Munich Security Conference on February 13th and delivered what was meant to be a stirring defense of Western Civilization. It was the European continent, he declared, “that produced the genius of Mozart and Beethoven, of Dante and Shakespeare, of Michelangelo and Da Vinci, of the Beatles and […]
GOD IS NOT AMUSED
Some people believe that because they have billions of dollars or positions of power, they can speak nonsensical schemes into being. Some recent examples follow: Many of these rich fools gathered in Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum, presided over by its interim co-chair, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, who is selling shares in Ukraine […]
ZELENSKY’S PRAISE FOR MADURO’S KIDNAPPING MUST TEACH SA TO CHOOSE ALLIES WISELY
As most of the international community paused in “shock and awe” of the US whilst staging a brazen military attack on Venezuela – kidnapping and whisking away the country’s president and his wife to a detention centre far away in New York – some celebrated the cowboy drama as a lesson for adversaries. Among the […]
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS A THREAT TO WORLD PEACE
Amidst a week of great turmoil in geopolitics, the US Senate voted 52-47 to advancea war powers resolution aimed at limiting theuse of armed forces against Venezuela. The vote followed concerns that President Donald Trump did not seek congressional approval prior to his military attack on Venezuela. Trump had ramped up his discomforting rhetoric with […]
GOODBYE TO A CHAOTIC 2025 – AND HELLO TO AN EVEN MORE TURBULENT 2026
To those hoping that the new year would bring some calm resolve to a world gripped by significant crises across the board—think again. The year 2026 has already opened with a literal bang, and promises to be even more tumultuous than its predecessor. Taking center stage in this is the major escalation between Ukraine and […]